Scarce City
- Additive Companion
- Creative
- Art
- 2025
- Singapore
Summary
Scarce City, an interdisciplinary participatory artwork premiered at the National Gallery Singapore in January 2025, merges immersive theatre, interactive technology, and serious games to explore narratives of scarcity in the context of climate change. Participants navigate a resource management game within an immersive rocky landscape 3D-printed from recycled plastic.
TCT Awards 2025 - Consumer Product & Creative Application Award - Winner
Project Gallery
Technology Details
- FFF (Large Format)
- Material Extrusion
- Painting, Painted
Process Steps
Printer category: Material Extrusion
- 1
Step 1Printing
- Technology
- 2
Step 2Post-processing
- Post-processing Type
- Painting
Application Profile
€€€€€
€500 plus
Indicative single unit production cost at time of manufacture.
Moderate
Requires basic problem-solving and routine skills.
Prototypes / Samples / One-Offs
Component
Arts
★★★
Uses naturally abundant, bio-based, or fully recycled materials that process efficiently with low energy, minimising environmental impact and long-term waste. This rating relates to the technology type only. The design, purpose and longevity of the entire object can offset any of the technology type's negative sustainability credentials.
Academic
Sustainability
Recognition
- TCT Creative Application Award
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