Simulation
Song Ling
宋陵
Production date
2019
Object Detail
Media
3D printed high-density resin
Measurements
12 pieces, each approximately 5 x 40 x 10 cm
Notes
Song Ling sees beauty in functional objects, including surgical instruments. He says, ‘I think those who designed these tools wouldn’t think about their aesthetics but only their pragmatic functions. After developing over a long time, the functions and shapes of them have been continually justified and refined … For me, as long as it is a useful tool, it certainly possesses aesthetic value, and undoubtedly, a surgical instrument is a fascinating one, as it travels freely in human organs.’ Song Ling has altered their shapes to create these 3D printed objects, incorporating suggestions of insect and animal forms to render them both beautiful and slightly terrifying.
Accession number
2019.075