There-Ness and the Peripheral View
- Submitting institution
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Nottingham Trent University
- Unit of assessment
- 32 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
- Output identifier
- 56 - 970053
- Type
- T - Other
- DOI
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- Location
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- Brief description of type
- N/A
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month
- September
- Year
- 2018
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Request cross-referral to
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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0
- Research group(s)
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A - Artistic Research Centre
- Proposed double-weighted
- Yes
- Double-weighted statement
- This work draws upon the generation of an extended piece of research which is complex and analyses sophisticated physics-based techniques. ‘Drawing in space’ explores the creative aspects of holography that builds on a unique methodology devised by the artist. Experimentation with holographic principles and instruments have resulted in a novel body of creative work. The Technical diffraction processes are used to reveal luminous marks, which were previously unknown. This work brings new opportunities for holography and creative practice built upon a considerable depth of research investigation by the artist.
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- This body of work investigates the use of holography within the visual arts as a tool, methodology and creative practice to explore drawing in space.
Traditionally, optical holography (used in physics, photonics and engineering) accurately reproduces three-dimensional images in full vertical and horizontal visual parallax. The majority of holograms record and display existing three-dimensional objects in extreme high fidelity to emphasise aspects of accurate optical reproduction and the resulting illusion. In contrast with this ‘facsimile’ approach, my work explores the creative potential of holography, using a critical and visual methodology that is unique in the field. The results are exhibited, and tested, within a curated fine art context, using the gallery as a progressive research space.
Research insights have been identified through the adaptation of highly technical photonic diffraction processes into hand-drawn, not previously existing, unsupported luminous marks. Key areas of exploration have involved: the location/staging and peripheral view of the holograms; a new way of making and viewing the transient movement of spatial marks; and comparison of the traditional picture plane with the expanded holographic volume in front of, on and behind, this plane.
The interdisciplinary nature of this research combines scientific holographic principles; the perception of volume/space; and the critical comparison of works produced within an established cultural framework (the curated gallery exhibition). This artistic work brings new understanding to the technical practice of holography; it also extends the realm of drawing, and the perception of two and three dimensions, within the field of art.
The work has been disseminated via a series of international exhibitions, curatorial projects, conference papers and journal articles. Exhibitions include international touring exhibition Documents Alternatives; museum exhibition, Aura Kinetica at El Museum Cultural de Santa Fe, USA; Analogue Ensemble, in the Whitstable Biennale; and Art in Holography, Aveiro City Museum, Portugal.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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