3D Exhibition at Quad

Saturday 14 December 2013 to Sunday 23 February 2014,
QUAD Art Gallery in Derby, is hosting an exhibition of 3D artwork in the show 'X-Y-Z' - and I'm a featured artist.

3D Family Trees

I did a holography demonstration and talk about my research to the Southampton Astronomical Society on 11 April 2013 as a Public Engagement activity.  

After my talk Michael Hobbs of the SAS introduced me to the Progeny 3D family tree.  I contacted Progengy and the company have kindly given me access to their 3D software and a sample family tree - in return for my producing them a lenticular.  I'm very grateful to Michael Hobbs for the introduction.  I am also grateful to SAS member Bill Wakefield who showed me the beautiful Camera Obscura he had built in his loft.  

It's amazing how useful public engagement with one's research can be! 

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.