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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: 32 1/2 in x 15 in
Nomenclature: fine art
Classification: holograms
2001.001.033
Named collection: Holography Collection
Object type: hologram
Maker: Connors, Betsy
Date made: 1995
Materials: white light transmission; film
Measurements: 32 1/2 in x 15 in
Nomenclature: fine art
Classification: holograms
Rainbow-colored panel divided into 5 frames; bottom 2 frames show ferns; top panel shows a plant with large leaves; other 2 show long tree trunks with rotting vegetation; middle frame is a double-exposure hologram that shows ferns or ferns and tree trunks, depending on the angle of light; panel consists of 5 separate pieces of film placed together and laminated between plexiglas.
2001.001.033