Mel Chin – Multimedia Extras
Two young Saharawi women from the Smara Refugee camp school contribute their currency designs for the Western Sahara Bank of the Sun (part of the “Potential Project” by artist Mel Chin). Photo: Mohamed Sulaiman Labat
Artist Mel Chin checking tolerances of a “Sollar” by his converted cash exchange dispenser in the MIT “GEAR” lab (part of the larger “Potential Project” on exhibition by artist Mel Chin). Photo: Lucas Mulder
Mel Chin with Markus Kayser on-site at MIT testing the Sinter Minter.
Markus A. R. Kayser’s Solar Sinter in Action
A video of Markus A. R. Kayser‘s Solar Sinter project in action, from 2011.
About the project: “In a world increasingly concerned with questions of energy production and raw material shortages, this project explores the potential of desert manufacturing, where energy and material occur in abundance.
In this experiment sunlight and sand are used as raw energy and material to produce glass objects using a 3D printing process, that combines natural energy and material with high-tech production technology.
Solar-sintering aims to raise questions about the future of manufacturing and triggers dreams of the full utilisation of the production potential of the world’s most efficient energy resource – the sun. Whilst not providing definitive answers, this experiment aims to provide a point of departure for fresh thinking.”
