'Back to the Basics ( Dreamtime in the ruins...' by Al Razutis, 2007
Mixed-media
- steel sculpture and transmission holograms.
Original sculpture by Al Razutis 2007, 48 in. x 48 in. x 16 in.;
Four holograms '(Dreamtime in the ruins...' (views), 2007, 20 in. x 24 in.
Metal sculpture produced at Santana Ironworks, Mexico; holograms mastered at Laser Reflections, USA
Collection of the artist
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"This piece was originally conceived as holograms relating to my dreamtime experiences of 'old Europe', the post-WWII bombed out Europe, the Surrealist Europe, the Europe of past shadows and memories in/of infancy - hence the suggestion of 'back to the basics' and 'dreamtime in the ruins'. The design and creation of several versions of this work began with outlines - sketches (Auto Cad) based on surrealist sources (deChirico, Dali) and other found and imagined architectonic forms I assembled in image collections. The arrangement of the facades, and their shadows, is my dream work. The fabrication of the outdoor installation sculpture (currently installed in Baja, Mexico) and its holographic table version (used in Light Impressions hologram masterin work) are precursors to a complete sculptural and hologram installation which superimposes aspects of the holographic and 'real' (sculptural) both in 'object' and 'shadow' with installation-specific results. The venue and date for this complete installation yet to be arranged." "This piece is not a mimetic re-presentation of subject in window. It is the 'dreamtime of memory and objects arranged in a melancholy of light and facades of the past." (A.R.) |
For Stereoscopic 3D images of this and other pieces, visit: Holograms in Stereoscopic 3D.
For technical description of imaging & processing see Ron Olson, Lab Director, technical notes - 2007
To purchase these master holograms contact Al Razutis at alrazutis@ymail.com.
For more production photos of this piece visit FLASH WEB GALLERY - 2007
'Escher Falling' by Al Razutis, 2007
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Mixed-media
- Hologram and lamination graphic, 2007,
20 x 24 in.
Sculpted scene created from M.C. Escher woodcut print Another World (1947);
hologram mastered at Laser Reflections, USA.
Collection of the artist
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"This piece re-presents the paradoxical perspectives of M.C. Escher's Another World drawing, as decomposed into separate angled planes and recorded as master transmission hologram using Ron Olsen's pulsed green laser. The holographic image 'sets' the planes (and its perspective) in space, and the perspective translations of the Escher drawing are 're-imagined' within the holographic 'armature', as well as the laminated and superimposed film graphic (the drawing itself on film). The arrangement of the planes and their angles is spontaneous gesture organized around my personal choices. his piece is about the interplay of the holographic (perspective) and the implied and paradoxical (in 2D) perspectives of Escher. An achromatic Hologram (white image) is intended for the purposes of exhibition but the venue and date for this complete installation are yet to be arranged in 2010." (A.R.) |
For Stereoscopic 3D images of this and other pieces, visit: Holograms in Stereoscopic 3D.
For technical description of imaging & processing see Ron Olson, Lab Director, technical notes - 2007
To purchase this master hologram contact Al Razutis at alrazutis@ymail.com.
Holographic works by Razutis currently available for purchase are > here.
Writings on surrealism and holography: An Avant-Garde for Holography by Al Razutis
For aesthetics and surrealist influences on assemblage art: Hybrid Holography by Al Razutis
Pictorial history of early works: Visual Alchemy - Holography by Al Razutis