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Yantra Series, Santa Fe Cycle 2 A
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Pastel Mandala
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18R 1998 12 x16 x .75 inches Unique Off axis Fourier transform lens matrix HOE Material: Dichromate Gelatin Hologram optically cemented between glass Hologram on purple heart wood base, accompanied by hand made bird nest paper |
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| Holographic Mandalas and Yantras represent an on going series of works that explore light and spatial relationships in kinetic form, blending inspiration from ancient sacred geometry with contemporary technological media. Technically the hologram can best be described as an off axis Fourier transform lens matrix, holographic optical element (H.O.E.). This technique produces a white light viewable hologram of pure dimensional light alone. Holographic imagery appears as a kinetic form of pure light, instead of reflected light from a given object. The color is made up of a spectral blend, created by additive color mixing. In works such as this, the viewer/participant may see one color with the left eye and another with the right. He explores the relationship of the nature of light to the ways we experience the world. “I am particularly attracted to the immaterial nature of light, it cannot be manipulated physically like chiseling stone, it is more directly connected to thought. The nature of light itself channeled human evolution toward large brain capacity. Light carries information. The information is so complex however that it requires a substantial decoder. Vision was emphasized by the human organism; the evolutionary choice set up a selective feedback system that in many ways led to thinking itself. In some major ways, thought is contingent upon light.” Unterseher views art as any condition that enhances the transformation of personal experience. | ||
| Biography Fred Unterseher graduated from the San Francisco Art Institute in the early 70's. He worked on the cooperative projects Artaud, The Emeryville Artists Coop., ANT FARM (the art/media collective famous for Cadillac Ranch). He co-founded the San Francisco School of Holography with Lloyd Cross and Gerry Pethick. He conceived and co-authored the HOLOGRAPHY HANDBOOK, A Practical Guide to Holography in 1987. He was Director of Education at the Museum of Holography, New York, New York. He was a member of the team that created the first pulsed laser portrait of a president (Ronald Reagan) in 1989. In 1995 he co-founded Holografix Studios with Rebecca Deem. He is a consultant for NASA and JPL on 3 D imaging systems and presently teaches at the Brooks Institute of Photography & Pasadena City College. |
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