Martin Richardson / The Haunted Image

Martin Richardson / The Haunted Image

Date: Thu, 04 Feb 2010

Venue: Phoenix Cube

Holographic Portraits Exhibition

The works in 'The Haunted Image' are made with leading edge digital technology and mark a significant departure from what many consider to be traditional art-holography.

The holograms in this exhibition are made using synthetic holography, where the object is replaced with a digital signal from a two-dimensional photograph. They are often referred to as 'Computer Generated Holograms'.

Holograms are unique among visual media in their power to represent three-dimensions. These vivid holographic pictures belong to the theatre of spectacle; they are side shows, conjuring tricks, magic theatre and optical toys made digital.

Light is essential to holography. Light refracts to form the surface of a hologram, reconstructing the image in three dimensions. When combined with an animated sequence of stills, this process offers a new level of pictorial experience.

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 was awarded a Millennium Fellowship by the UK Millennium commission for his work with inner city schools. He has worked with Martin Scorsese, Alan Parker, Sir Peter Blake and David Bowie.

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