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Panel from "LightForest: The Holographic Rainforest"
Major collection: Holography
Named collection: Holography Collection
Object type: hologram
Maker: Connors, Betsy
Date made: 1995
Materials: white light transmission; film
Measurements: 46 in x 15 in
Nomenclature: fine art
Classification: holograms
2001.001.019
Named collection: Holography Collection
Object type: hologram
Maker: Connors, Betsy
Date made: 1995
Materials: white light transmission; film
Measurements: 46 in x 15 in
Nomenclature: fine art
Classification: holograms
Rainbow-colored panel divided into 8 frames, most of which are double-exposure holograms, permitting 2 different items to be seen, depending on angle of light; bottom 2 frames show ferns; ; 2nd from bottom shows 2 different angles of ferns; 3rd from bottom shows ferns or 4 long, bare tree trunks; 4th or 5th from bottom show 4 long, bare tree trunks or tree covered with rotting vegetation; 2nd and 3rd frames from top show long, bare tree trunks or a plant with large palm leaves; top frame shows long, bare tree trunks; panel consists of 8 separate pieces of film placed together and laminated between plexiglas.
2001.001.019