17th-century optics in 20th-century art: artists working in Britain's oldest scientific institution

Susan Gamble; Michael M. Wenyon

doi:10.1117/12.17978

1 May 1990 17th-century optics in 20th-century art: artists working in Britain's oldest scientific institution

Susan Gamble, Michael M. Wenyon

Proceedings Volume 1212, Practical Holography IV; (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.17978
Event: OE/LASE '90, 1990, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

We were the first-ever 'Artists in Residence' at the Royal Greenwich Observatory, producing a series of holographic artworks based on our artistic 'researches' there during 1987 and 1988. For the purposes of art we appropriated visual fragments from old optical experiments, including some by Sir Isaac Newton, which we recreated in our studio with a laser. We explain how our experience exhibiting in museums and art galleries since 1984 has influenced the way we make and display holograms.

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Susan Gamble and Michael M. Wenyon "17th-century optics in 20th-century art: artists working in Britain's oldest scientific institution", Proc. SPIE 1212, Practical Holography IV, (1 May 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.17978

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