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Primal Manifestation
Major collection: Holography
Named collection: Holography Collection
Object type: hologram
Maker: Kurzen, Aaron
Date made: 1977
Materials: 360° integral stereogram (Multiplex); film
Measurements: 9 1/2 in x 50 in
Nomenclature: fine art
Classification: holograms
Please note that due to the unique challenges of holography as a medium, high-resolution digital images are not available for most items in the holography collection. Please contact us for more information on reproducing images of holograms.
MOH-1977.01.01
Named collection: Holography Collection
Object type: hologram
Maker: Kurzen, Aaron
Date made: 1977
Materials: 360° integral stereogram (Multiplex); film
Measurements: 9 1/2 in x 50 in
Nomenclature: fine art
Classification: holograms
Long sheet of holographic film that is mounted on an acrylic cylinder. Viewer sees the creator from shoulders up, wearing a tattered paper mask that covers his face from forehead to top of mouth. As viewer moves around hologram, eyes and mouth move and grimace; back of his head is visible. This hologram is made to be held around the head of a large assemblage of a fantastical baboon.
Please note that due to the unique challenges of holography as a medium, high-resolution digital images are not available for most items in the holography collection. Please contact us for more information on reproducing images of holograms.
MOH-1977.01.01