https://davidlisser.co.uk david lisser Thu, 18 Jun 2026 07:57:44 +0000 https://davidlisser.co.uk en https://davidlisser.co.uk/ercol Thu, 18 Jun 2026 07:57:44 +0000 david lisser https://davidlisser.co.uk/ercol BesInteractive 3D scan of Ercol 203 Best viewed on laptop/tablet - may be slow on mobile.&nbsp; navigate with mouse, touchscreen. fullscreen mode bottom right of viewer https://davidlisser.co.uk/Mirror_404 Wed, 16 Apr 2025 15:28:01 +0000 david lisser https://davidlisser.co.uk/Mirror_404 MIRROR 404 Machine vision cannot process reflections, computers weren't designed to perceive themselves. Our oldest technology for self-perception the mirror, is invisible to our newest, the computer. For millennia, mirrors have been how we see ourselves and understand how others see us. They are poetic objects; surfaces that reveal a perception of who we are. Contemporary life is increasingly experienced through computer-vision. Our phones, security systems, and cars all "perceive" for us, yet they remain blind to their own reflection. -to navigate these pointclouds, use mouse/trackpad/touchscreen or WASD controls. Double-click toggles fullscreen mode- This project engages directly with that limitation. Across two years, I scanned over fifty mirrors in natural environments using 3D reconstruction software. In these new works, shown as interactive pointclouds, we can move dynamically through and around the world, as understood by computer vision. As we do so, we notice the foliage and landscape reconstruct accurately, but the mirrors don’t. Algorithms treat reflected light as physical space – stretching it into three dimensions, creating depth that doesn't exist. For a full catalogue of all 50 pointclouds, please visit:https://www.transient.xyz/exhibition/mirror-404/artworks https://davidlisser.co.uk/pointclouds-viewer Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:15:32 +0000 david lisser https://davidlisser.co.uk/pointclouds-viewer https://davidlisser.co.uk/Front-page Wed, 15 Mar 2023 13:46:58 +0000 david lisser https://davidlisser.co.uk/Front-page HomeDavid Lisser is an artist working in physical and digital media, focusing on simulation, fakery and future-proofing across food, 3D scanning, and something.&nbsp; <img width="3001" height="1876" width_o="3001" height_o="1876" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/266c3eef1a0a1d03e5b656d94771db91d84f98862acfea28c88ca64897e52c0f/horizontal.svg" data-mid="171754368" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/266c3eef1a0a1d03e5b656d94771db91d84f98862acfea28c88ca64897e52c0f/horizontal.svg" /> <img width="3001" height="1876" width_o="3001" height_o="1876" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/266c3eef1a0a1d03e5b656d94771db91d84f98862acfea28c88ca64897e52c0f/horizontal.svg" data-mid="171754368" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/266c3eef1a0a1d03e5b656d94771db91d84f98862acfea28c88ca64897e52c0f/horizontal.svg" /> Vivamus semper varius risus, a congue lectus pharetra id. 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Phasellus eu sem mollis, mollis nibh ac, venenatis ante. Phasellus eu risus id nunc lacinia ornare eget varius metus. https://davidlisser.co.uk/About Wed, 15 Mar 2023 13:46:58 +0000 david lisser https://davidlisser.co.uk/About About Artist exploring 3D scanning, computer vision and the still-life tradition.&nbsp; David Lisser is an artist based in the Netherlands. His work uses 3D scanning and computer vision to consider how the natural world is simulated and translated through digital interfaces, and what is lost, distorted, or invented in that process. &nbsp; His practice spans sculpture, digital renders and short videos. He considers 3D scanning a form of expanded photography: not merely documenting the world, but actively translating it, complete with its own particular codes, distortions, and politics. <img width="2584" height="1724" width_o="2584" height_o="1724" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7dddaca8bceaa6568ed2132218c70c180284e0e65348e7a34f704c05924c2274/example2.jpg" data-mid="205220942" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7dddaca8bceaa6568ed2132218c70c180284e0e65348e7a34f704c05924c2274/example2.jpg" /> a glass darkly, installation shot Central to his practice is the proposition that these kind of tools are never neutral instruments. Every survey or scan carries the assumptions of its development: what counts as a surface, what constitutes space, how light should behave. These embedded positions become visible where materials or conditions resist the logic of machine vision, producing errors and distortions that the work uses as its starting point. David has shown work at The Bowes Museum, KARST, Uncommon Gallery, Beijing Contemporary, BALTIC, Calgary Contemporary, MIMA, Centre for Study of Existential Risk, The Newbridge Project, Watershed and Northern Gallery of Contemporary Art amongst many others.&nbsp; He has conducted research residencies with Pervasive Media Studio, Newcastle University, Cambridge University and The Museum of English Rural Life. He is the recipient of DYCP funding from Arts Council England to pursue digital production practices and was a participating artist in Syllabus IV, co-ordinated by Wysing, Eastside Projects, Spike Island, Iniva, S1 and Studio Voltaire. <img width="4418" height="3121" width_o="4418" height_o="3121" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0f240deceb56d6e7619a1d19ca27705823c4d77a63c6a7a7880be53c4c5ce78f/InstallShots2025_TheBowesMuseum_0238.jpg" data-mid="248456207" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0f240deceb56d6e7619a1d19ca27705823c4d77a63c6a7a7880be53c4c5ce78f/InstallShots2025_TheBowesMuseum_0238.jpg" /> Points in Time on view at The Bowes Museum, 2025To contact, please email here:&nbsp; For more information about his work with cultured meat, please see this interview, published by Young Artists in Conversation in 2017.&nbsp; https://davidlisser.co.uk/Mobile-header Wed, 15 Mar 2023 13:46:58 +0000 david lisser https://davidlisser.co.uk/Mobile-header David Lisser About https://davidlisser.co.uk/Mobile-nav Wed, 15 Mar 2023 13:46:59 +0000 david lisser https://davidlisser.co.uk/Mobile-nav About/contact Reflections Mirror_404 Surface Tension Points in Time Cloudburst Ghosts in the Carnery Last Ditch Attempt The Cleanmeat Revolution Carnables Buying TimeProtomoulds Self-sufficient work for sale selected exhibitons BLOOM Instagram Twitter &nbsp; https://davidlisser.co.uk/Dwell Tue, 19 May 2026 10:17:38 +0000 david lisser https://davidlisser.co.uk/Dwell Dwell (onging series) <img width="5883" height="3716" width_o="5883" height_o="3716" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/55517d76b3fb2c6d7bcee4a3cdf50771d85f6ad88e1562def9d5a2d3fd7f2246/togetehr.jpg" data-mid="248458604" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/55517d76b3fb2c6d7bcee4a3cdf50771d85f6ad88e1562def9d5a2d3fd7f2246/togetehr.jpg" />Dwell~1 &amp; 2, photogrammetric data CNC-engraved patinated copper. 2026 Dwell is an an ongoing series of works that take photogrammetric data scanned during dog walks and strolls through woodland and translates them into CNC-machined engravings.&nbsp; The process of scanning the physical world, translating it into digital coordinaates and back into physical space is necessarily a lossy one.&nbsp; We assume that these surveying tools are neutral, that a scanner captures something faithfully. But every tool has a position. Every system makes decisions about what survives and what doesn't. Taking its name from a line of G-code that controls the CNC, Dwell is a still a record of these walks, machine-memory of sorts. <img width="2400" height="3000" width_o="2400" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d8a2648810658101c9c3d1327510a24168e95a0888c7b1215cc94eb2d30fb9dc/LISSER_SUMMER_WINTER-49.jpg" data-mid="248458453" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d8a2648810658101c9c3d1327510a24168e95a0888c7b1215cc94eb2d30fb9dc/LISSER_SUMMER_WINTER-49.jpg" /> <img width="2400" height="3000" width_o="2400" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e372c6c269d3faad0399a0f54eee265aa53e43a8d482bec49d7d287988b090c5/LISSER_SUMMER_WINTER-21.jpg" data-mid="248458460" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e372c6c269d3faad0399a0f54eee265aa53e43a8d482bec49d7d287988b090c5/LISSER_SUMMER_WINTER-21.jpg" /> <img width="2400" height="3000" width_o="2400" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/81e38f684e05730ae5be1277c99e2f96ca23c1794f5debed27cf089a429819e1/LISSER_SUMMER_WINTER-25.jpg" data-mid="248458454" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/81e38f684e05730ae5be1277c99e2f96ca23c1794f5debed27cf089a429819e1/LISSER_SUMMER_WINTER-25.jpg" /> <img width="2400" height="3000" width_o="2400" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/291601ccafd1ccc211eea15598666a998bc03a262ba78e05f7cbc3debc726312/LISSER_SUMMER_WINTER-17.jpg" data-mid="248464478" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/291601ccafd1ccc211eea15598666a998bc03a262ba78e05f7cbc3debc726312/LISSER_SUMMER_WINTER-17.jpg" /> https://davidlisser.co.uk/SCREENSAVER Sun, 05 Jan 2025 15:26:05 +0000 david lisser https://davidlisser.co.uk/SCREENSAVER SCREENSAVER SCREENSAVER is a work that reflects upon the visual gravity of the digital screen; pulling attention and time towards its core. It comprises of a 3D pointcloud scan of a laptop, whereby the screen itself becomes a black void. It was exhibited at Uncommon Gallery in Seoul, Feb-March 2024 https://davidlisser.co.uk/Reflections Thu, 22 Feb 2024 11:13:59 +0000 david lisser https://davidlisser.co.uk/Reflections Reflections (ongoing) Reflections is an ongoing exploration of the way light can be manipulated in 3D software.&nbsp; Counter to the real-world, digital artists can direct reflections, change the visibility of objects, and alter how something is seen.&nbsp; Even the camera is an invisible entity - a proxy piece of geometry placed for ease of use.&nbsp; <img width="2160" height="3840" width_o="2160" height_o="3840" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5a5858e71a26d7ce3ee3bcdc95777f9add2caf8096bb48220bd3836a52143079/DavidLisser_Anthem_02.jpg" data-mid="205205954" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5a5858e71a26d7ce3ee3bcdc95777f9add2caf8096bb48220bd3836a52143079/DavidLisser_Anthem_02.jpg" /> <img width="2160" height="3840" width_o="2160" height_o="3840" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c7690daf2f3a886f0f3730620a5f41afc179d7f3f4c41cf9d95436af29ced813/DavidLisser_Anthem_01.jpg" data-mid="205205953" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c7690daf2f3a886f0f3730620a5f41afc179d7f3f4c41cf9d95436af29ced813/DavidLisser_Anthem_01.jpg" /> Anthem, 1 &amp; 2, 4k image (2024) Leonard Cohen’s famous refrain states: ‘There is crack in everything… thats how the light gets in’In Anthem 1 &amp; 2, the flowers are only visible in the reflection.&nbsp; Using a broken mirror as motif, these pieces show that the fractured and incomplete can reveal realities that the whole and pristine cannot.<img width="2919" height="2127" width_o="2919" height_o="2127" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f59a6edca46def5c086e0561e417ff0e0979c0bd858012222b714e0a8a9d4b65/DSC_2801.jpg" data-mid="224173430" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f59a6edca46def5c086e0561e417ff0e0979c0bd858012222b714e0a8a9d4b65/DSC_2801.jpg" /> Anthem#1 &amp;#2 at IHAM Galerie, Paris. 2024&nbsp;