Creative Photogrammetry: Digital Memories and Intangible Moments

18 January 2025 · workshop

Alex May led a two-day masterclass at Diriyah Art Futures on photogrammetry, guiding participants through the creation of 3D models from images and the transformation of physical objects into digital memory forms.

Alex May led Creative Photogrammetry: Digital Memories and Intangible Moments at Diriyah Art Futures in Riyadh on 17 and 18 January 2025.

Part of a week-long guest professorship at DAF, the two-day masterclass introduced photogrammetry as both a technical workflow and an artistic method. Working from images, the session focused on creating 3D virtual models and on how real-world objects can be translated into digital forms that carry traces of memory, presence, and transformation.

The masterclass drew on a central concern in May’s practice: how physical experience shifts when it is reconstructed as a digital double. Photogrammetry became a way to discuss not just scanning and reconstruction, but also the unstable relationship between documentation, interpretation, and the persistence of things across different media.

Regional programme listings described the event as an English-language masterclass within Diriyah Art Futures’ January 2025 programme. Further details appeared via SPA, OneArabia, and Time Out Riyadh.