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These artworks constitute a single body of work created by art and design professor Scott F. Hall, who holds a BFA in sculpture from 1991 and an MFA in sculpture from 1994. Hall initially developed this style between 1989 and present day by creating large drawings featuring intertwined figures that spanned up to 3.5 meters wide. The drawn figures emerged through an automatic process of additive and subtractive mark making, which induced pareidolia - visions conjured from the amorphous field, similar to cloud reading. Once noticed in the field, each figure could be elaborated upon to bring it into clearer view. As an undergraduate sculpture major at that time, Hall began creating equivalent 3-D imagery featuring single clay-modeled figures presented in a particular pose, usually depicted only from the pelvis upward. Throughout this three-decades-long series, Hall's sculptures depict figures in solitary and bound conditions, directly referencing Existentialist philosophy which was of focal interest to him in the late '80s during the heyday of Postmodern disillusionment. Although Hall's philosophical outlook has since moved beyond Existentialism and Postmodernism, the stark and quietly tortured look of his figures persists for consistency's sake. Every sculpture in this series remains untitled, which is fitting given the surrogate nature of Hall's figures. Each sculpture begins with white oil-based clay on a small scale, with the height of each figure ranging from 12 to 20 centimeters. The modeling process typically involves using only fingers. Composition of poses occurs only during study phases, which take place before actual sculpting of clay. Ultimately, Hall sculpts each figure quickly and from memory. The resulting works exhibit high realism in an impressionist sense: each viewer is led to interpret the figures for themselves. Following sculpting, each clay figure undergoes turntable-scanning, pixel cleaning, and conversion to STL file. If digital processing artifacts persist, Hall tends to accept them as markers of process. Some of Hall's earliest pieces were molded in silicone and cast in wax, plaster, or resin. The first piece in this series exists as a one-of-a-kind lost wax bronze and remains in the artist's collection. Contact email: Scott.Hall@ucf.edu Biography: https://svad.cah.ucf.edu/faculty-staff/?id=92