Pearl John graduated from the Royal College of Art with an MA in Holography in 1992. Her holograms and installations have been exhibited in Japan, Europe and throughout the USA. She uses large format holography as a medium to examine issues of self-identity. She combines holographic images with text, video and photography to reach toward the meaning that exists at the boundaries between words and images, and between artist and viewer. Pearl now organizes and lectures for the University of Southampton’s Light Express Roadshow. The Light Express is a free travelling roadshow which visits schools and colleges across the South of England. The Show is primarily aimed at GCSE and A Level Physics students and contains demonstrations and activities featuring the physics of light and the science behind the internet. She is currently the outreach officer for the school's programs.
If you see a speaker and an arrow above, you can listen to the interview via streaming audio, for others, you can download the MP3 file below. You can also visit her web site at: www.pearljohn.co.uk, her blog at: pearljohn.blogspot.com, or her university program web site at: www.phys.soton.ac.uk.
Martina began making holograms in the Optics Lab at RMIT University around 1999/2000 - learning between books in the library, creative experiments and physics insight from Prof Phil Wilksch. Then in London she worked with Dr Martin Richardson at The Holographic Image Studio who allowed her to experiment between commercial projects. Returning to Melbourne and the Lab at RMIT, she completed Applied Physics (honors) with a project on holographic projection, which was also presented as the exhibition Hover... (2004 Next Wave Festival). Since then she has travelled between holography labs to develop and create holographic images.
Most of her holograms are recorded with multiple optical stencils (exposing either by hand or mechanically) while the content is a montage of sculptures, photographs and computer-generated scenes. The spatial rearrangement express a dynamic-/-emotive scene. Through holography she explores the nature of encounters within urban life. Her images come from sequences of photos and the objects she finds, then processed through physical, digital and optical geometries.
If you see a speaker and an arrow above, you can listen to the interview via streaming audio, for others, you can download the MP3 file below. You can also visit her web site at: www.holographics.com.au
Frank gives a report on what life is like "on the road" -- including insights on what the general public thinks about holography. If you've ever wanted to pack up and get out to the public, or if you're just curious as to what that life is like, you'll not want to miss this next installment of HoloTalk.
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