Pearl John

Pearl John
Artist Working with Holography

Monday 25 March 2013

Nodes and Networks


These are my facebook connections - and a visual record of their communications.  These images - along with the data from Dr Sadie Jones' research into material escaping from Black Holes - gave me the idea of representing family members and the connections between them as nodes and networks, rather than as a linear progression.  This approach feels much more holistic/realistic/rich and reminds me of family constellations.

Holography Unit

My work was exhibited at the Glue Factory, Glasgow from September 14, 2012–October 6, 2012.

The show was the first retrospective of The Royal College of Art's Holography Unit, 1985–94 and included over 40 holograms from the world's first Fine Art Holography course.  I had two holograms exhibited - the image below is 'Kirsti' an 8"x10" Pulsed Portrait Reflection Hologram, Pearl John 1991 and 'Shop' an 10"x 8" white-light transmission multiplex hologram - both images from the collection of Jonathan Ross.