Grant Vanderpool

Nurture Drone Beta, 2024

Cardboard, aluminum foil, modeling clay, lights

A small mobile drone of the mother ship built to raise the alien offspring till they reach their pupal state. Strange science fiction mythology aside tie ship has a cardboard core frame and an outer layer of foil with some holes to thread a light string through to increase the eeriness and light effects. The position in between the mirrors gave the thought of some sort of sci-fi or X-files type scene and aliens seemed lacking so why not model a UFO in the mirror space to roam the corridors of the greater ship with the mirror illusion? A.I. inspired some of the forms of the eye stalks and UFO mockups.