http://www.commonolithic.com/highlights daily 0.75 2022-11-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5687f2d7a976af7af99e54a0/1615829980031-1E63J5BEDMAAWFP5QH7C/Commonolithic_Gasmask_xxxx_HSFA_4_3.jpg Highlights - Gasmask (2020) -Link to all sculpture- -Video Documentation- Limited edition, video sculpture, mixed media, 17" X 18" X 16" Custom sand-blasted plastic bottle and cap, sand-blasted canister and cap, wall fittings, projector, digital animation TRT: 04:18 Edition of 5 photo taken in XX:XX @hunter_shaw_fine_art by Ruben Diaz https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5687f2d7a976af7af99e54a0/1615829980031-1E63J5BEDMAAWFP5QH7C/Commonolithic_Gasmask_xxxx_HSFA_4_3.jpg Highlights - Gasmask (2020) -Link to all sculpture- -Video Documentation- Limited edition, video sculpture, mixed media, 17" X 18" X 16" Custom sand-blasted plastic bottle and cap, sand-blasted canister and cap, wall fittings, projector, digital animation TRT: 04:18 Edition of 5 photo taken in XX:XX @hunter_shaw_fine_art by Ruben Diaz https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5687f2d7a976af7af99e54a0/1615829980031-1E63J5BEDMAAWFP5QH7C/image-asset.jpeg Highlights - Gasmask (2020) Limited edition, video sculpture, mixed media, 17" X 18" X 16" Custom sand-blasted plastic bottle and cap, sand-blasted canister and cap, wall fittings, projector, digital animation TRT: 04:18 Edition of 5 photo taken in XX:XX @hunter_shaw_fine_art by Ruben Diaz https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5687f2d7a976af7af99e54a0/1657405062377-7P5TB9MHZC2TRYZ53L3P/Commonolithic_World_Space_V2_img1.jpg Highlights - World Space V2 (2021) Supporting render of a creative scan from WebVR work -Link to all VR- A three part web based artwork accessible on a screen or in VR. The work offers a play on perspective beginning in first person in a cave like environment to then navigating the gravitational pull of a large object as a small sphere in 3D space in third person, and finally exploring a void like space. Accessed through La Sat’s Mozilla Hubs based platform ‘Satellite’, the work affords a moment of flaneur-like exploration in the company of a broken toy as a celestial body, surrounded by sounds evoking the object’s materiality (Sound by Olivia Mc Gilchrist) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5687f2d7a976af7af99e54a0/1657408546493-BLTH5UQ5TEYUXJ51ZQGD/Commonolithic_Bell_2020.jpg Highlights - Bell (2020) -Link to all print- Photorag 308 gsm Photographic paper 32in x 24in (cropped version shown) Artwork showing 3D render of a cleaned and optimised (finished) photogrammetry scan that bears a relation to the object scanned https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5687f2d7a976af7af99e54a0/1657408284873-82UUZAHTWXI49CBR5O2J/Thomas%2BWatson%2Bimage%2B8.jpg Highlights - Extr(a)ction (2018) -Link to all print- Photorag 308 gsm photographic paper 33in x 42in This early work shows the interplay between geometry and texture misalignments alongside high fidelity sections of a photogrammetry scan. The canvas bag was captured as it slowly collapsed under its own weight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5687f2d7a976af7af99e54a0/1539709373401-UJVS4I83AHQ0V9L19WNU/2_Thomas_Watson.jpg Highlights - Crabknife (Unshown) -Link to all sculpture- Mixed media installation: Video projection onto laser cut hand assembled cardstock, 0.3m x 1m x 0.2m https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5687f2d7a976af7af99e54a0/1657408568612-I7DH7HR2OQHZN4OO6LFC/Tom_Watson_Crush_and_burn_2016_2.jpg Highlights - Crush and Burn (2016) -Link to all installation- 2000 red plastic toy bricks, two MacBook Pros running Blender software, two LCD flat screens Conflating the software environment and the physical space the bricks inhabit, this work is an attempt to jam together two spaces that are normally distinct in practices of screen-based making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5687f2d7a976af7af99e54a0/1520035671197-ZJ54DQCRSFUUSYAB0ET1/crab+knife+1.jpeg Highlights - Crabknife (Unshown) Mixed media installation: Video projection onto laser cut hand assembled cardstock, 0.3m x 1m x 0.2m https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5687f2d7a976af7af99e54a0/1606082002531-AAHU5C8X87KCTZNMCMAR/01Gasmask.jpg Highlights - Protest Digital print mounted on dibond, 83 x 104 cm, (2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5687f2d7a976af7af99e54a0/1520031155532-NVIR5Y9IY68BG7NIULWY/crab+knife+1.jpeg Highlights - Crab https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5687f2d7a976af7af99e54a0/1465943370030-UNJPT3V3CHQVKDGH6W3N/Tom_Watson_Crush_and_burn_2016_2.jpg Highlights - Crush and Burn (2016) 2000 red plastic toy bricks, two MacBook Pros running Blender software, two LCD flat screens Conflating the software environment and the physical space the bricks inhabit, this work is an attempt to jam together two spaces that are normally distinct in practices of screen-based making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5687f2d7a976af7af99e54a0/1451760160965-SSGIIA7GVPZIW0GXAXOE/IMG_2996.jpg Highlights - Crush and Burn (2015) 2000 red plastic bricks, digital prints on vinyl, green tape 3m x 3.5m x 2m Models of two machine parts; a blade for shredding plastic and a heating resistor for plastic extrusion http://www.commonolithic.com/virtualreality daily 0.75 2022-08-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5687f2d7a976af7af99e54a0/1657729459246-N7EE0JYW9MX3XW1DC2PF/01_Commonolithic_Gasmask_VR.jpg VR - Gasmask VR, screenshot (In development) Gasmask VR puts the immersant in the middle of a protest in which tear gas has been deployed. Use the tools and materials around you to assemble a protective mask that allows you to stand your ground. Developed around a 3D scan of a real homemade gas mask, the piece highlights ideas of working with what comes to hand, moments of presence, the body as an irreducible point of departure and the imaginative dimension of materiality. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5687f2d7a976af7af99e54a0/1657729459246-N7EE0JYW9MX3XW1DC2PF/01_Commonolithic_Gasmask_VR.jpg VR - Gasmask VR, screenshot (In development) Gasmask VR puts the immersant in the middle of a protest in which tear gas has been deployed. Use the tools and materials around you to assemble a protective mask that allows you to stand your ground. Developed around a 3D scan of a real homemade gas mask, the piece highlights ideas of working with what comes to hand, moments of presence, the body as an irreducible point of departure and the imaginative dimension of materiality. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5687f2d7a976af7af99e54a0/1597630316039-R7J2A52F6V1VTIGXDKNE/image-asset.png VR - Finishing Bell, screenshot (in development) Video here Finishing Bell takes place in a bellfounding pit, charging the immersant with hand finishing a process of manufacture from the middle ages, whilst in the emerging technology of VR. Gradually chipping away at the surface of a 3D model scanned from an unfinished bronze bell, the final form of this ancient instrument will be felt and heard through your own actions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5687f2d7a976af7af99e54a0/1657405062377-7P5TB9MHZC2TRYZ53L3P/Commonolithic_World_Space_V2_img1.jpg VR - Worldspace V2 (2021) Supporting render Link to WebVR work A three part web based artwork accessible on a screen or in VR. The work offers a play on perspective beginning in first person in a cave like environment to then navigating the gravitational pull of a large object as a small sphere in 3D space in third person, and finally exploring a void like space. Accessed through La Sat’s Mozilla Hubs based platform ‘Satellite’, the work affords a moment of flaneur-like exploration in the company of a broken toy as a celestial body, surrounded by sounds evoking the object’s materiality (Sound by Olivia Mc Gilchrist) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5687f2d7a976af7af99e54a0/1657730998776-DFO90DNFCA8UDS3ZZC6R/image.jpg VR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5687f2d7a976af7af99e54a0/1657733099237-6F4WFS24OYKPT39A0CW1/image.jpg VR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5687f2d7a976af7af99e54a0/1657730193425-TP5AA8LQS0DBHE0AOC7L/x8CRVBVRScreenGrab1.jpg VR - CRVB (2018), Room scale VR artwork with hand tracking Video here CRVB proposes a role reversal, switching the immersant’s perspective from being a person filming to a crab being filmed. The point of departure and source imagery for the VR experience is a viral video of a crab holding a knife. Through immersion CRVB offers the chance to interrogate the roles of the various actors involved through prolonging the duration and normally disposable nature of a viral video. http://www.commonolithic.com/sculpture daily 0.75 2022-11-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5687f2d7a976af7af99e54a0/1615829980031-1E63J5BEDMAAWFP5QH7C/Commonolithic_Gasmask_xxxx_HSFA_4_3.jpg Sculpture - Gasmask (2020) -Video documentation- Limited edition, video sculpture mixed media, 17" X 18" X 16" Custom sand-blasted plastic bottle and cap, sand-blasted canister and cap, wall fittings, projector, digital animation TRT: 04:18 Edition of 5 Photo taken in XX:XX group show at Hunter Shaw Fine Art, Los Angeles by Ruben Diaz https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5687f2d7a976af7af99e54a0/1615829980031-1E63J5BEDMAAWFP5QH7C/Commonolithic_Gasmask_xxxx_HSFA_4_3.jpg Sculpture - Gasmask (2020) -Video documentation- Limited edition, video sculpture mixed media, 17" X 18" X 16" Custom sand-blasted plastic bottle and cap, sand-blasted canister and cap, wall fittings, projector, digital animation TRT: 04:18 Edition of 5 Photo taken in XX:XX group show at Hunter Shaw Fine Art, Los Angeles by Ruben Diaz https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5687f2d7a976af7af99e54a0/1657407942520-ZNPMT0P9PVE62BCVYZR1/image.jpg Sculpture - Gasmask (2020) installation view Custom sand-blasted plastic bottle, cap, canister and cap LED projector, digital animation, wall mounts TRT: 04:18 Edition of 5 Phot taken in XX:XX group show at Hunter Shaw Fine Arts, Los Angeles by Ruben Diaz https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5687f2d7a976af7af99e54a0/1520035671197-ZJ54DQCRSFUUSYAB0ET1/crab+knife+1.jpeg Sculpture - Crabknife (Unshown) Mixed media installation 0.3m x 1m x 0.2m Video projection onto laser cut cardstock https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5687f2d7a976af7af99e54a0/1539709373401-UJVS4I83AHQ0V9L19WNU/2_Thomas_Watson.jpg Sculpture - Crabknife (Unshown) Mixed media installation 0.3m x 1m x 0.2m Video projection onto laser cut cardstock https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5687f2d7a976af7af99e54a0/1660230991801-LQ8XOD42EJCXW3LQ6D4D/image.jpg Sculpture - Crabknife http://www.commonolithic.com/installation daily 0.75 2022-08-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5687f2d7a976af7af99e54a0/1600438910101-2TYQZ3XXRBDTK80Q26D0/15_ThomasWatson_VR_showcase+Dec_2019_01.jpg Installation - VR installation showcase (2019) Two distinct VR experiences (Gasmask VR, Finishing Bell), mirroring the viewer perspective on a wall of screens, and simultaneous touchscreen interaction with 3D scans used. Concordia university visualisation studio, Montreal, Canada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5687f2d7a976af7af99e54a0/1600438910101-2TYQZ3XXRBDTK80Q26D0/15_ThomasWatson_VR_showcase+Dec_2019_01.jpg Installation - VR installation showcase (2019) Two distinct VR experiences (Gasmask VR, Finishing Bell), mirroring the viewer perspective on a wall of screens, and simultaneous touchscreen interaction with 3D scans used. Concordia university visualisation studio, Montreal, Canada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5687f2d7a976af7af99e54a0/1588368765321-K8WZJPS4UTK7VOS8XU8A/Tom_Watson_Crush_and_burn_2016_2.jpg Installation - Crush and Burn (2016) 2000 red plastic toy bricks, two MacBook Pros running Blender software, two LCD flat screens Conflating the software environment and the physical space the bricks inhabit, this work is an attempt to jam together two spaces that are normally distinct in practices of screen-based making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5687f2d7a976af7af99e54a0/1600439538355-K7RMOLRWWA2I8ZIIIPE7/17_ThomasWatson-CRVB_2018_Install01.jpg Installation - CRVB installation, 2018 Showing VR experience with hand tracking, featuring a creative scan produced using stills from a viral video, mirroring the viewer perspective on a screen and projection of scan source video over the viewer. Photo taken in Beta Lab group show at Sporobole, Sherbrooke, Canada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5687f2d7a976af7af99e54a0/1520094134056-HGVQ7IM7DWWI4JA8DVUO/201602_CTWatson06a.jpg Installation - Crush and Burn (2016) screenshot The forms rendered in the gallery space as well as in 3D model making software, represent the machine parts necessary to process the plastic bricks into a raw material useful for a 3D printer. Avec l'autorisation de la Galerie Leonard & Bina Ellen Photo : Paul Litherland http://www.commonolithic.com/print daily 0.75 2022-07-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5687f2d7a976af7af99e54a0/1657402894528-ZLG8TV6UMZJ5DW479C4I/Commonolithic_Bell_2020.jpg Print - Bell (2020) Photorag 308 gsm photographic paper 32in x 24in Artwork showing 3D render of a cleaned and optimised (finished) photogrammetry scan that bears a relation to the object scanned https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5687f2d7a976af7af99e54a0/1657402894528-ZLG8TV6UMZJ5DW479C4I/Commonolithic_Bell_2020.jpg Print - Bell (2020) Photorag 308 gsm photographic paper 32in x 24in Artwork showing 3D render of a cleaned and optimised (finished) photogrammetry scan that bears a relation to the object scanned https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5687f2d7a976af7af99e54a0/1657409709728-Y9BTNGSUH6QGFLEYLDGM/image-asset.jpeg Print - Bell terrain (2020) Inkjet print on photographic paper 48 in x 23 in The terrain surrounding the bell highlights the repetitive tiling of the ground, seemingly distorted by the movement of the bell. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5687f2d7a976af7af99e54a0/1539709652143-RZRIW5CYKH7VD28SWUCA/Thomas+Watson+image+8.jpg Print - Extr(a)ction (2018) Photorag 308 gsm photographic paper 33in x 42in This early work shows the interplay between geometry and texture misalignments alongside high fidelity sections of a photogrammetry scan. The canvas bag was captured as it slowly collapsed under its own weight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5687f2d7a976af7af99e54a0/1657409980821-IKLX67PEY0BVWBYUESF8/Iron_pile_3x2_ratio.jpg Print - Iron Pile (2021) Inkjet print on photographic paper 24in x 36in Artwork showing 3D render of full resolution photogrammetry scan and textures. The importance of fidelity to an original object is secondary here to the complexity of the object to be reconstructed and the software had a degree of influence on the final resulting ambiguity https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5687f2d7a976af7af99e54a0/1657410016597-8XVV6DIDAX8LYIRCX7WQ/Iron_pile_III_3x2_ratio.jpg Print - Iron Pile III (2021) Inkjet print on photographic paper 24in x 36in Artwork showing 3D render of full resolution photogrammetry scan and textures. The importance of fidelity to an original object is secondary here to the complexity of the object to be reconstructed and the software had a degree of influence on the final resulting ambiguity http://www.commonolithic.com/home daily 1.0 2022-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5687f2d7a976af7af99e54a0/1657722736196-AY77B998XH4PE39UGPPD/Commonolithic_Avatar.png Home http://www.commonolithic.com/contactcv daily 0.75 2024-01-31 http://www.commonolithic.com/photogrammetry-commissions daily 0.75 2023-07-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5687f2d7a976af7af99e54a0/1688738182127-W18HJ6JQ8HOJLLO60WEY/13ThomasWatsonSupportingRenderRobotCommission.jpg Photogrammetry 3d scan commissions Scanned robot Robot numérisé 48” x 24” x 24” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5687f2d7a976af7af99e54a0/1688738920100-FBCHJ2B0TZH0YR4X366S/Commonolithic_Bell_2020.jpg Photogrammetry 3d scan commissions Bell*, 2020, cropped image Scan of a bronze bell 6” x 3” x 3” Numérisation d’une cloche en bronze 6” x 3” x 3” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5687f2d7a976af7af99e54a0/1663167149279-C9QIWEYN37LAL87KEGAH/Forced_Entry_Diffuse_Shaded.jpg Photogrammetry 3d scan commissions Abandoned factory (Poblenou, Barcelona) 20’ x 26’ Usine abandonné (Poblenou, Barcelone) 20’ x 26’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5687f2d7a976af7af99e54a0/1663167267013-OUXO71JA2ZIGB53M1TVU/Pine_Beach_Textures.jpg Photogrammetry 3d scan commissions Pine beach texture map (Montreal) 6’ x 6’ Plage des pins image (Montreal) 6’ x 6’ Height + Diffuse + Normal + Roughness (Generated) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5687f2d7a976af7af99e54a0/1688500534632-4O2L0XD3T0410WLDR9LT/xSaxifraga2.jpg Photogrammetry 3d scan commissions Scanned thin plant leaves 5” to 8” height Fines feuilles numérisées 5” à 8” hauteur https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5687f2d7a976af7af99e54a0/1636745473585-EYW9SAVIIAHDN69TURTL/03ProtestCropped.jpg Photogrammetry 3d scan commissions Protest *, 2020, cropped image Scan of home-made gas mask 9”x 4”x 4” Scan masque à gaz fabriqué à la main 9”x 4”x 4” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5687f2d7a976af7af99e54a0/1663167277327-16NRTTEGAEHHNYJA0OLQ/Alley.jpg Photogrammetry 3d scan commissions Alley (Poblenou, Barcelona) 200’ x 14’ Ruelle (Poblenou, Barcelone) 200’ x 14’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5687f2d7a976af7af99e54a0/1636746009599-52FARO6KMQVD1DC48LBB/19SupportingRenderPlantCommission.jpg Photogrammetry 3d scan commissions Scanned thin plant leaves Fines feuilles numérisées 5” to 8” height / hauteur https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5687f2d7a976af7af99e54a0/1636741373439-H0754C61MA9CXJOXGNVH/Saxifraga.jpg Photogrammetry 3d scan commissions