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Jumping Jack Flash

Major collection: Holography
Named collection: Holography Collection
Object type: hologram
Maker: Multiplex Moving Holograms; Claudius, Peter
Date made: 1976
Materials: 120° integral stereogram (Multiplex); film
Measurements: 9 1/2 in x 19 in
Nomenclature: commercial
Classification: holograms

When viewer stands to left of hologram, a statue of a nude man wearning a long scarf is shown crucified on a cross; the man is shown in slight profile so that one sees the man's left side; as the viewer moves toward the right, the man and cross rotate so that by the time the viewer reaches the center, the man is staring at the viewer; by the end, the right side of the man is shown in slight profile; as the viewer moves toward the center, the man also gains an erection; by the end, the erection has subsided.


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MOH-1977.19