Holographic Art by Al Razutis - Visual Alchemy   1973 - 1977

Additional Photo Archives:  EXHIBITION IMAGES 1980 - 1987   -   EXHIBITIONS IN THE 90's   -   WEB GALLERY 2007

LIST OF HOLOGRAPHIC WORKS - by Al Razutis (1973 - 2007)

Texts:  HISTORY OF VISUAL ALCHEMY HOLOGRAPHY 1972-1977   -   HOLOGRAPHIC INTENTIONS (& 'Leaving Plato's Cave...')

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1974-1976 Photos - VISUAL ALCHEMY studio with holograms on display:

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Early Transmission & Reflection holography - VISUAL ALCHEMY - 1972-1976:
click to enlarge MYSTICAL HOLO EXPERIENCE
click to enlarge holographic projection experiments at Visual Alrhcmy 1972-3
click to enlarge early holography set up at Visual Alchemy 1972
click to enlarge 360 degree CYLINDER MOVIE

click to enlarge early holography table set up at Visual Alchemy 1972
click to enlarge point source projection of hologram 1972 Visual Alchemy Al Razutis
click to enlarge EARLY OPTICAL TABLE AT VISUAL ALCHEMY
click to enlarge first hologram by Al Razutis 4x5 inch transmission plate

click to enlarge - Visual Alchemy hologram 1973 by Al Razutis
click to enlarge Visual Alchemy 1973-5 holographic optics and projections
click to enlarge transmission holograms set up at Visual Alchemy 1973
click to enlarge - set and hologram design works 1974 Visual Alchemy
click to enlarge - set and hologram design works 1974 Visual Alchemy

click to enlarge projection screens for holograms - Visual Alchemy 1974-75
click to enlarge CHEMICAL MIXING ROOM
click to enlarge DEVELOPING ROOM at Visual Alchemy 1976
click to enlarge hologram laminating with expoty Visual Alchemy 1975

The histories in text and pictures: 'Holography at Visual Alchemy'


'MIMETIC GLASS' Film Animation - 1974:


Click for Enlargement - MIMETIC GLASS - Holographic Film Animation - 1974 by Al Razutis

MIMETIC GLASS - 1974 - Installation view at 'Deja Vu Exhibition' 2010
Laser transmission film animation hologram
12" x 73" Film Strip with individual frames

MIMETIC GLASS hologram (1974) was rediscovered in 2010 in storage. This film animation hologram may be the 'first motion picture hologram' made in Canada. Verification or contesting claims are encouraged.

Exhibited in October 2010 at the Deja Vu Exhibition of Holographic Art and Stereoscopic 3D, Vancouver, Canada.

Collection of Al Razutis. This work is located in Saturna Island, Canada.

For purchase of this work contact alrazutis@ymail.com


'Holographic Intentions at Visual Alchemy' - Illustrated Essay by Al Razutis



'VISUAL ALCHEMY Inaugural and Solo - Touring Exhibition 19977-1978
Exhibitions in Burnaby, Ottawa, and 7 cities in Canada, and Seattle, USA

1974 - 1977 Exhibition works created by Al Razutis for 'VISUAL ALCHEMY' Solo Touring Exhibition

For all exhibited works see: Complete list of exhibited works - by Al Razutis (1974 - 2007)


'NEWTONIAN GALACTIC ASSEMBLY LINE' - 1976:


details of NEWTONIAN GALACTIC ASSEMBLY LINE - 1976 holographic art by Al Razutis
NEWTONIAN GLACTIC ASSEMBLY LINE 1976 (detail views)
NEWTONIAN GALACTIC ASSEMBLY LINE - 1976 holographic art by Al Razutis - at Dejavu Ho9olographic Art and Stereoscopic 3D Exhibition 2010
NEWTONIAN GLACTIC ASSEMBLY LINE
at Deja Vu Exhibition 2010

Complete credits and selected exhibitions list for this work.

NEWTONIAN GALACTIC ASSEMBLY LINE, originally conceived as a 'floor piece' and internationally exhibited as a wall piece, is in the personal collection of the artist and located on Saturna Island, BC, Canada.

For purchase of this work contact alrazutis@ymail.com



'RAINFOREST' - 1974:


Click for enlargement - RAINFOREST - 3 plate transmission hologram - 1974
RAINFOREST - 1974
3-plate transmission hologram sculpture

RAINFOREST, originally purchased by Museum of Holography, New York, is in collection of MIT - holography collection.


 

'AUTOPORTAIT' - 1974:


Click for Enlargement - AUTOPORTRAIT - 1974/Al Razutis
'AUTOPORTAIT' 1974
White light reflection hologram
Click for AUTOPORTAIT- SIDE VIEW - 1974/Razutis
'AUTOPORTAIT' - Side View
(lost / destroyed 1994)


'INCLINE / STRESSED / PLANE' - 1974:


Click for Enlargement - INCLINE STRESSED PLANCE - 1974 by Al Razutis

INCLINE / STRESSED / PLANE - 1975
Laser transmission interferometric hologram
180 degree cylinder view film - 12" x 32" film strip

INCLINED / STRESSED / PLANE hologram (1974) - 12" x 27" in flat formatis available for exhibition.

A second version of this hologram was used in the 'Stress Topography' series which re-mastered and re-produced at Fringe Research, Toronto in 1984. However, the archives and masters stored at Fringe Research, including the re-mastered INCLINED / STRESSED / PLANE, were subsequently rescued and sent to the National Gallery of Canada by Michael Page and Claudette Abrams and present status of those 1984 laser transmission interferogram-hologram master strips by Razutis is unknown.



'SURROGATE' 1976       ---       'SURROGATE (DRESSED FOR ART NEW VOGUE)' 1984 / 2010


SURROGATE 1976 by Al Razutis - 1976 photo Gary Cullen

SURROGATE - 1976
White-Light Reflection Holograms (Silver Halide) Visual Alchemy Studio view 1976
Presented at Visual Alchemy Exhibition
Original Holograms replaced in 1984 - see >.

SURROGATE (DRESSED FOR ART NEW VOGUE) 1984 by Al Razutis - 1985 photo Gary Cullen

SURROGATE (DRESSED FOR ART NEW VOGUE)
- 1984
Dichromate Reflection Holograms
Produced at Holocrafts, Delta, Canada
Presented at Wavefront Exhibition 1985.

SURROGATE (DRESSED FOR ART NEW VOGUE) 1984 by Al Razutis - 2010 photo Gary Cullen

SURROGATE (DRESSED FOR ART NEW VOGUE)
- 2010
Dichromate Reflection Holograms
Refurbished in 2010 for Deja Vu Exhibition 2010.


Complete credits and selected exhibitions lists:
Surrogate 1976 and Surrogate (Dressed for Art New Vogue) 1984 / 2010

Special Technique Employed:
Time-averaged interferograms in dichromate produced with double-exposed CW laser illumination. Two distinct states in time recorded as induced contour patterns of interference fringes of surface displacement on model.

Background:
The 1984 interferometric dichromate holograms (face, breast) replaced the original Silver Halide reflection holograms created in 1974-76 by Al Razutis at Visual Alchemy, Vancouver. Both the manequin and recording process were 'dressed up' for 'art in the 80's': "Make-up with stress lines for Art New Vogue and the latest styles of fashionable virtual reality & holography. " (A.R.)

SURROGATE (DRESSED FOR ART NEW VOGUE) (restored 2010)
is in the collection of the artist and located in Saturna Island, BC, Canada.

For purchase of this work contact alrazutis@ymail.com

View more photos: 'SURROGATE' 1984 - 'NEW VOGUE' VERSION

Texts: 'SURROGATE' and Sculptural Hybrid Holography


'AUTOPORTAIT' - SUNDIAL - MORTUARY - 1974-1976:


Click for Enlargement - AUTOPORTRAIT - SUNDIAL - 1976 by Al Razutis

AUTOPORTAIT - SUNDIAL - 1974/76
White-Light Reflection Hologram
Marble Stone Pedestal with Inscription
Click for Enlargement - AUTOPORTRAIT - MORTUARY - 1974 - Al Razutis

AUTOPORTAIT - MORTUARY - 1974/76
White-Light Reflection Hologram
Suspended hologram in glass box

AUTOPORTAIT - SUNDIAL, and AUTOPORTRAIT - MORTUARY remain as one single original silver halide WLR hologram. Marble pedestal is in private collection. Remaining original hologram is in the personal collection of the artist and located on Saturna Island, BC, Canada.



'AETHER VANE' I - 1974:


"Reconstruction of a turn of the last century primitive device for measuring universal Ether,
with a nod to Michaelson & Morley." (A.R.)

AETHER VANE - 1974/Al Razutis - CORRESPONDENCE/FILE

AETHER VANE - 1974
White-Light Reflection Hologram (Silver Halide)

Original 1974 Holograms damaged in storage at Burnaby Art Gallery
Holograms replaced in 1984 with new silver hallide versions
Click for letter to Anna MacArthur on the meaning of the work


AETHER VANE (restored 2010) is in the collection of the artist and located in Saturna Island, BC, Canada.

View photos: 'AETHER VANE II' 1984   --   'AETHER VANE' - RESTORED VERSION 2010

Complete credits and selected exhibitions list for this work.

For purchase of this work contact alrazutis@ymail.com

'PRIMA MATERIA (INVISIBLE SECTION)' - 1976:


PRIMA MATERIA (INVISIBLE SECTION) - 1976 - Al Razutis

PRIMA MATERIA (INVISIBLE SECTION) - 1976/80
White-Light Reflection Holograms (Silver Halide)


PRIMA MATERIA (INVISIBLE SECTION) is in the personal collection of the artist. The inscription on glass starts with: "Mimesis, the imitation of reality is a well-known beginning...". This work was damaged when on-loan to a new Montreal association and gallery in the 1980's (and returned uninsured), and is currently located on Saturna Island, BC, Canada.



'CHAIN LINK' (CURTAIN) - 1974/76:

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CHAIN LINK (CURTAIN) - 1974/76
White-Light Reflection Holograms (64) Assemblage

CHAIN LINK, alternatinv 4" x 5" real and virtual image white-light reflection (WLR) holograms
remains only in the form of isolated elements and in the personal collection of the artist and located on Saturna Island, BC, Canada.



'FLYPAPER (WITH HANDLE)' - 1974/76:


CLICK FOR ENLARGEMENT 'FLYPAPER' - 1976/Al Razutis

FLYPAPER WITH HANDLE
1974/76 - White-Light Reflection Holograms Assembly
Private Collection


FLYPAPER (WITH HANDLE) was damaged during 'LICHT/BLICKE' exhibition in Frankfurt, Germany and remains in a private collection (in damaged form).


'VENETIAN BLIND'   1974-5

EXHIBITION INSTALLATION VIEW:

click to enlarge Venetian Blind by Al Razutis

'VENETIAN BLIND'
Video frame - INSTALLATION VIEW
W-Lt Hologram (silver halide) Sculpture

click to enlarge Venetian Blind by Al Razutis

'VENETIAN BLIND'
SIDE VIEW
W-Lt Hologram (silver halide) Sculpture
(This work is lost, except for photo documentation)

A second VENETIAN BLIND - II (1985) was created using dichromate holograms (at Holocrafts, BC)
and purchased for the permanent collection of 'Images in Time and Space' / Associates of Science and Technology, Ottawa, Canada. Its present whereabouts are unknown.



Other holographic works on display at VISUAL ALCHEMY studio and exhibitions   1974-7

EXHIBITION INSTALLATION VIEWS:

click to enlarge Camera Obscura 1975 by Al Razutis Visual Alchemy

'Camera Obscura' 1975
W-Lt Hologram (silver halide) Sculpture
Utilizing sculptural-holo subject by Catharine MacTavish
(This work is lost, except for photo documentation)
click to enlarge This is not a spoon by Al Razutis

'This is not a spoon' 1974
W-Lt Hologram (silver halide) Sculpture
Created in collaboration with Catharine MacTavish
(This work is lost, except for photo documentation)

click to enlarge Visual Alchemy exhibition 1977 details by Al Razutis

'Visual Alchemy' 1977
BURNABY ART GALLERY EXHIBITION VIEW
'AUTOPORTRAIT' (silver halide) Sculpture
(This work is lost, except for photo documentation)

     
click to enlarge Hologram of a Translucent Object 1975 by Al Razutis Visual Alchemy

'Hologram of a Translucent Object' 1975
W-Lt Hologram (silver halide) Sculpture
(This work is lost, except for photo documentation)

click to enlarge Untitled hologam by Al Razutis

'Untitled' 1974
W-Lt Hologram (silver halide) Wall Sculpture
(This work is lost, except for photo documentation)

click to enlarge Visual Alchemy exhibition 1977 details by Al Razutis

'Visual Alchemy' 1977
EXHIBITION VIEW
l to r: VENETIAN BLIND, NEWTONIAN ANAGRAPH, AETHER VANE, FLYPAPER
(silver halide) Sculptures - mixed media
(This work is lost, except for photo documentation)



VISUAL ALCHEMY   holographic art traveling exhibition
Burnaby Art Gallery, 1977 (Inaugural),
Ottawa (Canada Day), 7 Canadian Cities, Pacific Science Center, 1978:

click/enlarge - Al Razutis setting the exhibition foyer display for Visual Alchemy exhibition, Burnaby Art Gallery, 1977 - click/enlarge
Al Razutis setting the exhibition foyer display
- Visual Alchemy exhibition, Burnaby Art Gallery, 1977.


CLICK FOR ENLARGEMENT- Exhibition Catalog cover Visual Alchemy by Al Razutis at Burnaby Art Gallery - click for enlarged cover view with inside text

VISUAL ALCHEMY - solo exhibition of holograms by Al Razutis
- catalog cover innaugural Burnaby B.C. show 1977
Click for enlarged cover view with inside text by Razutis.
CLICK FOR ENLARGEMENT - Invitation to Visual Alchemy by Al Razutis at Pacific Science Center Seattle 1978 - click for enlargement

VISUAL ALCHEMY - final exhibition of holograms by Al Razutis
- invitation to Pacific Science Center Seattle, Washington show 1978
Click for enlarged view in separate window.

VISUAL ALCHEMY - EXHIBITION LIST (Inaugural show catalog)


'Holographic Intentions at Visual Alchemy' - Illustrated Essay by Al Razutis


For all exhibited works see: Complete list of exhibited works - by Al Razutis (1974 - 2007)
For writings by Al Razutis on holography visit Critical and historical writings - holography and Wavefront (1979 - 2010)


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