Sin título (modelo matemático)

3D printed made of PLA, a biodegradable plastic derived from cornstarch, mathematical models are used for the creation of different future scenarios. The business community uses them as tools for planning trading strategies and to determine or influence the market. Highcomplexity models are almost impossible to read by anyone who has not constructed them. They are configured with the available information, a lot of which cannot be translated to mathematical equations, which is why the models are constructed using intuitive approximations. Believing in the results of mathematical models involves an act of faith. The lack of transparency in the interpretation of these models makes them highly vulnerable to manipulation.

This piece was produced in collaboration with the scientist Tamara Ben Ari. Departing from her modeled data on the quantity of food available in the world, a 3D visualization has been generated, from which the same proportion of food destined for the production of animal feed, biodiesel, or plastics such as PLA is extracted.

The 3D modeling work was executed by sisters Marina and Lucía Fernández Ramos. The printing work by Los Hacedores.

(Text written by TBA21 and used as short text in the booklet of the exhibition "Remedios", C3A, Córdoba, 2023)