It was a smallish show in the town of Alton, Hampshire, near the South Coast of England, where the museum is noted for its exceptional collection of ceramics and its pretty country garden. The exhibition had been booked by the local museum service and when the curator of the gallery came in to inspect my work I think he was lost for words. "This is a bit different" was all he could muster and then, looking around and spotting Inaki Beguiristain's "Delft Vase" hologram, "Nice Pot"!
The gallery has hessian-covered walls and exposed wooden beams, which give it a distinctly 1970s vibe, so not entirely inappropriate, it might be said, for some of the work in the show, which is a mini-survey incorporating 33 framed works from the late 1970s to now, and 3 display cases of varied ephemera.
Here are a few pictures of the installation:
Mixing Art with applied holography does not always go down well with the cognoscenti, but my current philosophy is that there is a need to re-acquaint the public with everything holography can do.
One of the artefacts on display is a bottle of Michael Jackson perfume with a holographic stereogram label which I believe Craig Newswanger made at CFC Applied Holographics.
I seem to remember that a life-size version was made though I never saw it. Seeing that eBay today is bursting with 'Michael Jackson commemorative hologram O2 tickets' (offered to people who had booked to see MJ play in London this month) and which are of course lenticulars, I should think that a large hologram of Michael, looking pretty much his best, would attract some serious bids.
