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Dimensioned... Gallery 286 Exhibition

dimensioned...

Recent work by
MARTIN RICHARDSON

12th - 28th February 2009

These vivid holographic portraits are palimpsests, like fleeting memories of times past. They belong to the 'theatre of spectacle'; side-shows, conjuring tricks, magic theatre, optical toys and lantern phantasmagoria made digital.. Early movies by cinematographers such as the Lumières held the same potency. In 1895 the Lumières advertised 'See life-size figures…come to life before your very eyes', and today we can draw a parallel with digital holograms.

Martin Richardson is currently Professor of Modern Holography at De Montfort University, Leicester. In 1988 he graduated from The Royal College of Art with the world's first PhD in display holography and in 1999 he was awarded a Millennium Fellowship by the UK Millennium commission for his work with inner city schools.

He has recorded the film directors Martin Scorsese and Alan Parker as holograms, as well as the Fine Artist Sir Peter Blake, and worked with David Bowie on several projects including promotional lenticular material for the album 'hours', all of which was documented in his first authored book 'SPACEBOMB: Holograms and Lenticulars 1984 - 2004', published 2005.

His second book 'The Prime Illusion: Modern Holography In The New Age Of Digital Media' was published in 2007 and has now been translated into Chinese, published by The Beijing University Press 2009.

VERTIGO

Holographic stereogram

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ELECTRA

Holographic stereogram

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OVER THE RAINBOW

Holographic stereogram

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ATOMIC LOVE

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Installation views of the exhibition.
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An Invitation

The Jonathan Ross Hologram Collection website has been running for fifteen years so we decided it was time for a new look.

The new format has scope for lots more material so I would like to invite all the holographers whose work is featured here to submit background information, stories and images to supplement those I have provided. That way we can work together to make this the best resource on holographic imaging to be found on the web.

About the Collection

The Jonathan Ross Hologram Collection, based in London, UK, is one of the largest resources in the world for creative, display and commercial holography.

A number of touring exhibitions, containing work from the collection, have been presented in outstanding museums and galleries both within the UK and abroad. Information about new acquisitions and exhibitions is added here on a regular basis.  

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