Volunteer: Trojan Cow Listening Sculpture — 3D Rendering/Design & Fabrication Concept

Overview

The Climate House seeks a designer to help develop the Trojan Cow, a small interactive listening sculpture as part of the Forest Encounters art x culture project. The Trojan Cow explores commodity systems connecting cattle, land use, forests, and deforestation through a compact sculptural object.

Responsibilities

• Translate artistic and sonic concepts into a coherent physical object
• Develop a strong visual and technical concept for fabrication
• Explore the sculpture’s scale, proportions, materials, construction, sustainability, interaction, internal components, and practical fabrication requirements
• Integrate the proximity-triggered sound system and related components into the physical form while maintaining artistic character
• Provide basic dimensional drawings or views to communicate scale, proportions, and construction
• Recommend appropriate sustainable materials and fabrication approaches
• Preliminarily consider how the proximity-triggered sound system and related components could be integrated into the object
• Think about assembly, stability, access to internal components, transportation, and installation
• Identify materials, major components, fabrication processes, and technical questions requiring resolution during prototyping
• Provide editable 3D/CAD files or other design files to support subsequent fabrication

Requirements

• Experience in 3D visualization, physical/product design, spatial design, fabrication, engineering, or material studies
• Experience with material studies or sustainable materials is particularly valuable
• The sculpture should remain relatively small, materially thoughtful, and feasible to fabricate and transport

Qualifications

• Ability to think beyond simply producing a beautiful rendering
• Strong visual and technical concept for fabrication
• Understanding of sustainable materials and fabrication approaches
• Basic knowledge of 3D modeling and CAD software

Skills

• Design and fabrication skills
• Experience with material studies or sustainable materials
• Understanding of sustainable materials and fabrication approaches

Benefits

• Collaborative environment at the intersection of sculpture, sound, interaction design, sustainable materials, and fabrication
• Opportunity to work on an innovative and impactful project

Pay

N/A

Schedule

N/A

Benefits

• Flexible schedule
• Collaborative environment
• Opportunity to work on an innovative and impactful project