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T Pepper, Andrew "Drawing in Space: A holographic system to simultaneously display drawn images on a flat surface and in three dimensional space.." Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Fine Art
, University of Reading, UK, 1988
Keywords/Fields of Study : practice-based research, drawing in space, hologram, holography, holographic, reflection hologram, spatial drawing, spatial, illusion, perception, light art, transplane, 3-D, three-dimensional, kinetic.
Link to Full Thesis, 109 + bound box with holographic artifacts, light and thesis
pages, written in English
, copyright Andrew Pepper and the University of Reading, UK
Abstract: The development of display holography is outlined in five key stages, as an introduction to the techniques available, with a general introduction to the practical requirements and principles of two holographic techniques. A review of the author’s previous visual art work and techniques, developed to explore defined volumes of space using a variety of sculptural and light projection systems is provided.
The paradox of a two dimensional flat images being interpreted as three dimensional is discussed in relationship to previous work, and the facility of holography to highlight this paradox is introduced. Five experiments, resulting in nine white light reflection holograms, are described, designed to explore the dimensional paradox by using holography to manipulate flat information on a picture plane and in the space created by the hologram.
The visual coding system of points, lines and planes was used in the initial experiments as each can be used to describe three dimensional objects and the flat representation of that object. An experiment followed to combine the phenomenon of figure ground reversal, as displayed on a flat surface, and the motion parallax displayed by objects in space.
A flexible technique using a single beam recording system is described, capable of displaying drawn lines on a flat surface (the holographic plate) and in three dimensional space (between the observer and the plate), simultaneously.
Department: Fine Art / Creative Holography
, University of Reading, UK
Advisor(s): Martin Froy, Harald Hopkins
