Holograms 2: A New Exhibition

Following the success of ‘HOLOGRAMS, the first 60 years’, the exhibition I have been touring in the UK for the past couple of years, the Buckinghamshire County Museum in Aylesbury asked me to create a new show for their visitors this summer. http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/bcc/museum/county_museum.page

Drawing further on my collection, I am presenting 70 holograms distributed over two galleries, and a selection of holographic ‘artefacts’ in display cases.

The exhibition runs until the end of October and is then expected to tour to some of the venues that hosted the previous exhibition.

For those unable to visit the show, there is a slide show and some video documentation at http://www.jrholocollection.com/gallery/special/Holograms2/index.html

And for anyone wanting some hands on experience of making holograms, Pearl John http://www.pearljohn.co.uk  will be giving a workshop at the museum on Saturday October 9th.

Cost £12.00 per person. She is also giving a talk and demonstration that evening, followed by refreshments. Tickets £7.50
Please apply to the museum for either event E:museum@buckscc.gov.uk  T: 01296 331441

On September the 29th at 12.30 I will be giving a guided tour of the exhibition so, if any of you can make it, it would be a pleasure to see you.

Some Short Videos

I took a few short video clips, showing highlights of the HOLOGRAMS 2 exhibition, which I am adding the YouTube links for here:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHM5DRtZL_c

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WjJrMNZLzg

www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQYYzWEWEFo

www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4J0QlLRRig

I gather that no one has the same attention span they used to any more, but I think these might be manageable...

Colour Holographic Strawberry Jug

Last month I told Mike Medora of Colour Holographic that I had a new exhibition in the pipeline, ("HOLOGRAMS 2", opening at the Buckinghamshire County Museum in Aylesbury, UK, on July 24th), and asked him if he would like to contribute a piece to the show.

He and some colleagues came over to my house and borrowed a few objects to record and yesterday Mike returned with a superb 30x40cm hologram made from a pretty piece of English pottery I have had for a few years.

The team at CH:Mike, Nigel Robiette, Gideon Raeburn, Manuel Ulibarenna and Inaki Beguiristain, have been working on Colour Denisyuk reflection holograms for a while now, but this is the brightest and deepest image I have seen to date. We compared the plate (CH's own emulsion) with examples from other well-known colour hologram specialists and it was considerably brighter. A superb achievement and one that is guaranteed to knock a few people's socks off as the exhibition tours the UK.

I should point out that the whites in the hologram are better than in my photograph of it.

http://www.colourholographic.com/

Spare Catalogues Wanted

If anyone has spare catalogues from blockbuster hologram exhibitions that they would be prepared to sell me, please send a message through by email jross@gallery286.com
Thanks, Jonathan

The Death Ray in Your Pocket

To mark the 50th anniversary of the laser, BBC Radio 4 are broadcasting a programme with this (ironic) title.

It will be on BBC Radio 4 at 9pm on Wednesday 2 June. That time is British Summer Time (GMT+1hr)

For those outside the UK, you can hear it live through the BBC website www.bbc.co.uk  -- either follow the links from the front page (look for "Radio 4") or more directly to http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/ and click on the "Listen Live" button near the top.

If you miss it live, it will remain on the BBC site for 7 days. Go to the programme listings for 't' (it will be listed under 't' for 'The' rather than 'd' for 'Death') at http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/programmes/a-z/by/t   and click on the title in that list. That will take you to the programme page where there is a link to the iPlayer.

I was interviewed on the subject of holograms but the producer told me he wished they had had two programmes to fit all the material in, so I may well end up on the cutting-room floor (or whatever the digital audio equivalent is). I know they talked to Sean Johnston too.