“What’s on the menu?” is a joint 3D printed sculpture and digital experience. Audience members take pieces out of the humanoid figure to peer inside different cavities of the body. These cavities have smaller figures inside them that have NFC chips and can be scanned using a personal smartphone. When scanned, these chips pull up different media where, when scanned in a specific order, tell the story of this humanoid figure.

timeline

winter 2026

  • Week 1: Initial proposal for What's On The Menu?

  • Week 2: Refine proposal for What's On The Menu?; initial sketches and timeline planning

  • Week 3: Initial modeling and material procurement

  • Week 4: Continue 3D modeling giant figure; initial test prints

  • Week 5: Continue test prints; refining character design for larger fabrication; timeline refining

  • Week 6: Cutting model for printing

  • Week 7: Start torso printing

  • Week 8: Continue torso printing

  • Week 9: Continue torso printing; start initial paper draft

  • Week 10: Finish torso printing; start initial explorations of inner cavity models; finish initial paper draft

spring 2026

  • Week 1: Designs + 3D modeling for inner cavities; start head printing; start preprocessing torso pieces

  • Week 2: Designs + 3D modeling for inner cavities; continuing head printing; torso preprocessing; initial tech rider

  • Week 3: Designs + 3D modeling for inner cavities; continuing head printing; plan exhibition materials; optimize initial model for animation capabilities

  • Week 4 : Continuing head printing; start storyboarding animation and testing NFC capabilities

  • Week 5: Finish head printing; start printing legs and inner cavity printing; create foam inserts for inner cavities; start animation segments; finish torso postprocessing and start head postprocessing

  • Week 6 (TBD): Finish 3D modeling for inner cavities; Continue animation segments; continue printing legs; continue head postprocessing; finalize NFC capabilities

  • Week 7 (TBD): Finish head postprocessing; start postprocessing legs; continue animation segments

  • Week 8 (TBD): Finalize all coding portions; finish all post processing

  • Week 9 (TBD): Final testing; finalize exhibition plans/materials

  • Week 10 (TBD): Installation for final exhibition (date TBD)