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A selection of texts about holography, exhibitions and items in the collection.
A varied set of works from four UK holographers Whereas most European capital cities, and a number of cities in the United Kingdom, possess permanent galleries of holography, London has none. After the closure of Light Fantastic's very successful gallery at the Trocadero because of a redevelopment scheme, only the…
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Holography has been around as an art form since the Sixties, yet it remains largely ignored in Britain, says John Windsor COLLECTING At their most sublime, holograms - three-dimensional images formed by light - represent a model for a new description of reality: the poet's world in a grain of sand, the…
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IN AN IMPORTANT way, holography has changed the way that I see the world. It has made me appreciate stereo vision - given me a child-like delight in the beauty of things seen in three dimensions. When out walking I very often close one eye, move in close to a…
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In the Seventies holography was all the rage. John Windsor on a victim of fashion. Holograms ‘ 3D photographs ‘ range from the ridiculous to the sublime. The ridiculous are embossed on cereal packets, credit cards, CD covers, even on the surfaces of chocolates and lollipops. The sublime are pictures made from…
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