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Bronze rainbow hologram mirrors

dc.contributor.author Dawson, Paula en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2021-11-25T14:08:17Z
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dc.date.issued 2006 en_US
dc.description.abstract This project draws on holographic embossing techniques, ancient artistic conventions of bronze mirror design and modelling and casting processes to accomplish portraiture of reflection. Laser scanning, 3D computer graphics and holographic imaging are employed to enable a permanent 3D static holographic image to appear integrated with the real-time moving reflection of a viewer`s face in a polished bronze disc. The disc and the figure which holds it (caryatid) are cast in bronze from a lost wax model, a technique which has been used for millennia to make personal mirrors. The Caryatid form of bronze mirror which went through many permutations in ancient Egyptian, Greece and Rome shows a plethora of expressive figure poses ranging from sleek nudes to highly embellished multifigure arrangements. The prototype of this series was made for Australian choreographer Graeme Murphy, Artistic Director of the Sydney Dance Company. Each subsequent mirror will be unique in figure and holographic imagery as arranged between artist and subject. Conceptually this project references both the modern experience of viewing mirrors retrieved from ancient tombs, which due to deterioration of the surface no longer reflect, and the functioning of Chinese Magic mirrors, which have the ability to project a predetermined image. Inspired by the metaphorical potential of these mirrors, which do not reflect the immediate reality of the viewer, this bronze hologram mirror series enables each viewer to reflect upon himself or herself observing simultaneously the holographic image and their own partially obliterated reflection. en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1959.4/42962
dc.language English
dc.language.iso EN en_US
dc.publisher SPIE en_US
dc.rights CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 en_US
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/au/ en_US
dc.source Legacy MARC en_US
dc.subject.other Holography en_US
dc.subject.other Optical materials en_US
dc.subject.other Casting en_US
dc.subject.other Reflection en_US
dc.subject.other Laser applications en_US
dc.subject.other Three dimensional computer graphics en_US
dc.subject.other Image analysis en_US
dc.title Bronze rainbow hologram mirrors en_US
dc.type Conference Paper en
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unsw.description.notePublic P. Dawson, "Bronze rainbow hologram mirrors," Applications of Holography I, Hans I. Bjelkhagen & Roger A. Lessard (eds), 6136, 613609, (2006). en_US
unsw.description.publisherStatement ©2006 COPYRIGHT SPIE--The International Society for Optical Engineering. Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only. en_US
unsw.identifier.doiPublisher http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.642328 en_US
unsw.publisher.place Bellingham WA, WA 98227-0010, United States en_US
unsw.relation.faculty Arts Design & Architecture
unsw.relation.ispartofconferenceLocation San Jose, CA, USA en_US
unsw.relation.ispartofconferenceName Practical Holography XX: Materials and Applications en_US
unsw.relation.ispartofconferenceProceedingsTitle Practical Holography XX: Materials and Applications en_US
unsw.relation.ispartofconferenceYear 2006 en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Dawson, Paula, Art, College of Fine Arts, UNSW en_US
unsw.relation.school School of Art and Design *
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