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Iain Ball — [Rare Earth Sculptures] Lutetium (INGRESS-REPORT I) (1/25 edition)
Iain Ball

[Rare Earth Sculptures] Lutetium (INGRESS-REPORT I) (1/25 edition)

2017

[Rare Earth Sculptures] Lutetium (INGRESS-REPORT I, 2017) is a 1/25 edition archival poster from Iain Ball’s ENERGY⋮PANGEA Legacy Archive. The work documents a reverse-engineered hyperdimensional polytope based on 2D designs by Jonathan Bowers, 3D modelled by Clifford Sage, then 3D printed in nylon, coloured, renamed Ingress-Report, and inserted into various environments by ENERGY⋮PANGEA. The poster layers a vibrant toucan (bearing the project title and a 3D-printed beak) above the intricate reverse-engineered polytope, adding layers of environmental signalling and interface penetration. The object infiltrates and transmutes every substrate it encounters, turning the poster itself into a live node that continues to propagate the sculptural system across digital, physical, and speculative networks.

Medium
Archival Poster from 3D-Printed Sculpture, Documentation Relic, NFT (Ethereum)
Edition
1 of 25
Signed
Yes
Condition
Excellent
Provenance
Created by Iain Ball, 2017, as part of the Lutetium reverse-engineering project within the Rare Earth Sculptures cycle of ENERGY⋮PANGEA. Minted as 1 of 25 ERC-721 edition on Ethereum via Manifold (Token ID: 4140749040) in the ENERGY⋮PANGEA Legacy Archive contract. Directly from the artist’s collection. Artist-retained since creation. Full on-chain provenance is publicly verifiable on Manifold and Etherscan.
Location
Blockchain (Ethereum) + Arweave

Notes

This piece might be titled "[Rare Earth Sculptures] Lutetium (INGRESS-REPORT I)", created in 2017

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Iain Ball, [Rare Earth Sculptures] Lutetium (INGRESS-REPORT I) (1/25 edition), 2017

[Rare Earth Sculptures] Lutetium (INGRESS-REPORT I, 2017) is a 1/25 edition archival poster from Iain Ball’s ENERGY⋮PANGEA Legacy Archive. The work documents a reverse-engineered hyperdimensional polytope based on 2D designs by Jonathan Bowers, 3D modelled by Clifford Sage, then 3D printed in nylon, coloured, renamed Ingress-Report, and inserted into various environments by ENERGY⋮PANGEA. The poster layers a vibrant toucan (bearing the project title and a 3D-printed beak) above the intricate reverse-engineered polytope, adding layers of environmental signalling and interface penetration. The object infiltrates and transmutes every substrate it encounters, turning the poster itself into a live node that continues to propagate the sculptural system across digital, physical, and speculative networks.

Medium
Archival Poster from 3D-Printed Sculpture, Documentation Relic, NFT (Ethereum)
Year
2017
Edition
of 25
Signed
Hand-signed by the artist

Related themes

Geometric, Transmedia Systems, Living Artist, Interdisciplinary, Bird, Conceptual, NFT, Vibrant, Installation, Emerging, Mixed Media, 3D Printing, Cybernetic Systems, Neo-Geo, Technology, Geometric Abstraction, Limited Edition, Interface Penetration, British, Colorful, Digital Art, Cybernetic Sculpture, Contemporary, Abstract Composition

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