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Closed Mondays

Major collection: Holography
Named collection: Holography Collection
Object type: hologram
Maker: Multiplex Moving Holograms; Claudius, Peter
Date made: 1976
Materials: 360° integral stereogram (Multiplex); film
Measurements: 9 1/4 in x 50 in
Nomenclature: commercial
Classification: holograms

Three sheets of film adhered together with clear tape to form one continuous image (each sheet is a 120-degree hologram); film is placed in a special rotating structure [see Notes below]; as structure rotates, viewer sees a rainbow-colored movie clip showing a claymation sequence from the film `Closed Mondays' in which a machine/computer with a human-like face (with large quivering lips) that sits in a living room (paintings in background) morphs into other objects, including a large tomato with a human face, Albert Einstein, and a television showing a news reporter on the screen; the images on the third sheet of film are hard to discern.


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MOH-1993.47.208