VISUAL ALCHEMY studio established in 1972...the history

...a site of current and past works by Al Razutis (Resumé - brief) in the many forms of avant-garde and experimental art and re-presenting decades of work in holographic art, avant-garde films & videos, critical writings, stereoscopic 3D video art, digital multi-media, and virtual reality.

visit the Avant-Garde History Channel

Film - video - holographic works on this site are for sale only via direct contact with the artist Al Razutis at alrazutis@ymail.com. The remaining prints of film/video works are available to collectors and institutions on terms specific to the nature of inquiries.

This repository of avant-garde and design works is not posted or 'blogged' to 'drive the price up' on its art or 'toot its horn', as is the mind-set of fame wannabes. The history is in the works themselves and their cultural contexts and documentation.

These works were 'born in the 60's', meaning that innovations in tech and art, experimental and art practices, or avant-garde 'bad manners' and interventions, were 'expected' and shared with generations of media and political artists, surrealists, anarchists, and other creators of 'imaginariums' of 'to whom it may concern'. What cinema was, is, and will be, is a trajectory of multi-media contents evolding over time before, time now, and time future. In this web site, the work in 3D film-video, virtual reality, and holographics by Al Razutis continues today and is of such cited origins and towards such stated purpose as is noted in web contents.

These works are illustrated in pictures, and accompanied with writings on the subjects of the history, culture, and criticism. They are revisualized on the web as 'copies', or separate narratives on the practice of imagination, and continue in 3D film/video, VR and holographic forms of interwoven interests that result in new works, not echos.

Each media is covered in the projects - exhibitions page and are further covered in archived writings tracking the development of the media arts from the 60's to the present, as presented by the author's first-person experiences.

This site features inter-connected themes and content, and is graphics-media intensive.   For more on 'projection' systems, content, site design, amd recommended browser plug-ins and special viewing requirements see site design-content page. (Pop-up, Java, JavaScript must be enabled on this site.)

Media - Subjects and Illustrated Catalogs:



HOLOGRAPHIC ART
Click for HOLOGRAPHIC ART main page

Texts - Image Galleries



STEREOSCOPIC 3D VIDEO ART

Main Intro Page:
Click for '3D VIDEO PAGE'
Texts - Galleries - Tech. Art Essays

AVANT-GARDE FILM - VIDEO

Illustrated Catalog:
Click for film catalog page - 'AVANT-GARDE FILMS' page is text link above'

'WEST-COAST ARTISTS' VIDEO

Holographic Artists
Click to 'WEST-COAST ARTISTS' video main page


PROJECTS - EXHIBITIONS - DISTRIBUTION INFORMATION

link to Projects - Exhibitions - contact page

CRITICAL WRITINGS - ESSAYS ON MEDIA & ART

Click to  MANIFESTOS - WRITINGS - CRITIQUE

And then there was...


Alice: 'with Attitude'
Meta-critical adventures in the semiotics of this site:
llink to Alice with Attitude

3D Interactive Subjects:

APPLET - ART
link to Kinetic Applets
Kinetic applet -'motion pictures'.
     
VIRTUAL REALITY (VRML) WORLDS:
link to VR Index page - text link below to VRML 2.0 Worlds
Mpeg-1 movie maps in VRML 2.0 worlds.

Note to Win-XP users:
Java applets and VRML worlds require browser-installed Java Virtual Machines (VM) and VRML CLIENT which you can download free.


Or navigate this site via metaphors and digressions:

DREAM CHAMBERS:

CLICK for navigation by DREAM CHAMBERS


JAVA APPLETS - Virtual Machine (VM) Required



NORTH AMERICA - EUROPE MIRROR SITES:

VISUAL ALCHEMY - HOME   (North America) (Visual Alchemy)

VISUAL ALCHEMY - HOLONET   (Europe) (Visual Alchemy)

ALCHEMISTS.COM   (North America) (All Media Sites)

E-mail all inquiries to:

alrazutis@ymail.com


Site Contents, unless otherwise noted, copyright 1996-2010 - Al Razutis (Resumé)


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