«Though the works effectively resist the hype around 3 - D modeling, they also comment upon the objects they depict: By subjecting them to an algorithm's gaze, Valla's works transform the originals from the unitary,
transcendent objects of our contemplation into provisional artifacts whose reception is necessarily conditioned by discourses and technologies alike.»
Displayed in stark white - on - white galleries, the sealed vitrines become hermetic environments for
contemplation or even mourning as these silenced
objects of ritual, play, and aesthetic devotion seem to have reached some form
of transcendent afterlife.