MAPPING
ECONOMIC ABSENCES
ECONOMIC ABSENCES
a dialogue between 3D scanning and drawing by Pat WingShan Wong and Ksenia Kopalova.
This page lists the images from an article published in Soapbox Journal under the same title. The original project can be found here.
figure 1: Texture file created by Polycam when scanning a Snoopy toy.
figure 2: Snoopy 3D-scan with the original texture.
figure 3: A texture of Snoopy scan taken by Pat (left), and Ksenia’s
drawing of the same texture made with a pencil (figure 4 shows the 3D model
created from this redrawn UV map).
drawing of the same texture made with a pencil (figure 4 shows the 3D model
created from this redrawn UV map).
figure 4: Ksenia Kopalova, 2024. Reworked “British” Snoopy found on Avito
and purchased from a seller in Moscow (left) and the 3D scan
with the original texture.
Texts in the image on the left:
“Condition: used;
Description: 1999; Peanuts Snoopy – 600 roubles;
Detailed photos available”;
“I suggest that you buy a toy and make a scan yourself :)”
“It was from a Happy Meal, bought for me at Maccies”
“Unfortunately, I would not be willing to share that kind of information”
“From 1990 to 2022, the American fast food chain McDonald’s operated and franchised McDonald’s restaurants in Russia.”
figure 5: Ksenia Kopalova, 2024. Reworked “Norwegian”
Snoopy found in a Hong Kong illegal night flea market. Texts inserted
into the image: “In other countries there is panic-buying of rice.
People here are panic-buying a toy” (Hong Kong Standard 1998, quoted in Bosco et al).
Snoopy found in a Hong Kong illegal night flea market. Texts inserted
into the image: “In other countries there is panic-buying of rice.
People here are panic-buying a toy” (Hong Kong Standard 1998, quoted in Bosco et al).
figure 6: Ksenia Kopalova, 2024.
Reworked “Spanish” Snoopy from a private
collection in London.
Reworked “Spanish” Snoopy from a private
collection in London.
figure 7: Ksenia Kopalova, 2024.
The hand-drawn acrylic texture for the 3D-scan from Nick Peill,
incorporating the story of the acquisition of the object.
The hand-drawn acrylic texture for the 3D-scan from Nick Peill,
incorporating the story of the acquisition of the object.
figure 8: Pat WingShan Wong, 2024.
Reworked “Ireland” Snoopy from Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong.
Reworked “Ireland” Snoopy from Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong.
figure 9: Pat WingShan Wong, 2024.
Reworked “Ireland” Snoopy from Sham Shui Po.
Reworked “Ireland” Snoopy from Sham Shui Po.
figure 10: Pat WingShan Wong, 2024.
The Polycam texture of “Ireland” Snoopy from Sham Shui Po.
The Polycam texture of “Ireland” Snoopy from Sham Shui Po.
figure 11: Pat WingShan Wong, 2024.
Reworked “Ireland” Snoopy from Sham Shui Po.
Reworked “Ireland” Snoopy from Sham Shui Po.
figure 12: Pat WingShan Wong, 2024. Reworked “Finland” Snoopy (Sham Shui Po).
figure 13: WingShan Wong, 2024.
Reworked “Scotland” Snoopy (Sham Shui Po). This time the texture
is applied to a 3D scan of a toy sealed in a bag, since the seller always
kept it that way, never getting it out of its package, and emphasised
the quality of the well-maintained plastic.
Reworked “Scotland” Snoopy (Sham Shui Po). This time the texture
is applied to a 3D scan of a toy sealed in a bag, since the seller always
kept it that way, never getting it out of its package, and emphasised
the quality of the well-maintained plastic.
figure 13: WingShan Wong, 2024.
Reworked “Scotland” Snoopy (Sham Shui Po). This time the texture
is applied to a 3D scan of a toy sealed in a bag, since the seller always
kept it that way, never getting it out of its package, and emphasised
the quality of the well-maintained plastic.
Reworked “Scotland” Snoopy (Sham Shui Po). This time the texture
is applied to a 3D scan of a toy sealed in a bag, since the seller always
kept it that way, never getting it out of its package, and emphasised
the quality of the well-maintained plastic.