Sofie Hodara

 Fourth Spaces

“Fourth Spaces” is a web experiment displaying a visual archive of digital 3D models created by scanning a physical environment with off-the-shelf photogrammetry software on my iPhone. The scans are created while I am walking with friends, exploring new cities, working with colleagues, or sitting at home. They document and reassemble the physical aspects of my day-to-day activities into 3D models that can be viewed on any screen-based interface (phone, computer, etc.).

The resulting imagery is a Fourth Space: a realm in between the physical and digital places I routinely inhabit. These 3D models capture the moments of scanning — walking around in an environment, circling objects and architecture with my mobile phone. It’s as if I’m a human scanning bed, extending the capabilities of my phone to translate the physical world into the digital. This action results in broken, glitched, and incomplete representations that highlight the ephemerality of these moments and the imperfection of our tools.

The site is experimental – it is not optimized for your browser or for mobile. If you are experiencing problems, try using a different browser, and downloading a GLTF player, like Kronos.