On the third floor of Charles Library lies an open-access space with assorted equipment a glue gun, a typewriter, laser cutters, 3D printers and sewing machines.
This area known as the makerspace is where MFA sculpture student Ollie Goss spent two weeks building a critical piece of their final project through a new program.
Thanks to the Loretta C. Duckworth Scholars Studio s Makerspace Residency, Goss used the technology of the space to construct an amusement park ride for their thesis, The Tunnel of Love, which explores how rules and regulations govern space and limit access. They constructed the cart from a mobility scooter with a track made out of PVC pipe. Goss MFA exhibition opens on March 22 at the Temple Contemporary Gallery.
I was really interested in how digital fabrication and electronics could factor into my work, they said. I ve always had a social practice lean to my art….
