ABSTRACT
3D Scanning, 3D Printing, and 3D Sculpting machines have been widely used by contemporary artists. The technology functions through the process of collecting, transferring, and analyzing digital data. As computer software and machines become more updated and affordable, artists, nowadays, can create artificial objects with much more complex details than what could have been imagined in the past. There is no difference between artworks done by hand and by machine. One is able to create artificial objects that look identical to nature, with various materials. By using four artworks exhibited in Thailand Biennale, Krabi 2018, I examine some practical approaches to how artists collaborate with these technologies to create site-specific artworks which are inspired by nature and the local community. The artworks mentioned are examples of how technology and art, together, can remind or teach people about the way to develop our society into a better one.
