From: artn@bert.eecs.uic.edu (Ellyn Sandor) Subject: PHSColograms by (Art)^n at Seville Expo '92 Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1992 20:32:36 GMT Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago CHICAGO VIRTUAL PHOTOGRAPHY PIONEERS COMMISSIONED TO PRODUCE WORKS REPRESENTING THE FUTURE FOR THE SPANISH PAVILION AT EXPO '92 (Art)^n Laboratory, pioneering Virtual Photography with their patented invention of the Stealth Negative PHSCologram (TM), was commissioned to produce six original 30"x30" PHSColograms for the future part of the Spanish Pavilion of Expo '92 in Seville, Spain. The six pieces depict Tourism, Communication, Transportation, Energy, Foods of Spain, and Castanets, which will premier at Expo '92 on April 20 and close in September. In addition, eight existing PHSColograms visualizing Chemistry, Aeronautics, and Medical imaging will be included in a special PHSCologram gallery in the Spanish Pavilion. The 14 pieces will remain in a museum in Spain thereafter. In 1983, Sculptor & Director Ellen Sandor founded (Art)^n Laboratory, a collaborative Renaissance Team of scientists, mathematicians and artists who are dedicated to the fusion of scientific visualization and artistic expression. (Art)^n has pioneered the invention of their patented PHSCologram (skol-o-gram) technique for creating real 3D barrier-strip autostereogram hard copy images that are digitally produced in full color, entirely computer-generated, and backlit. Unlike Holograms, PHSColograms are actual 3D computerized photographs that do not require movement or special glasses for viewing, can be made from an existing or invisible object, and can be enlarged or decreased in size. The term PHSCologram was inspired by Man Ray's Rayograph's and Moholy-Nagy's Photograms. The first PHSCologram produced in 1983 was a variation on the lenticular photography technique, creating large scale, 3D, full-color images using a room-sized camera. In 1985, computer graphics images were incorporated into this photographic technique. Using photography as a creative extension, the Stealth Negative PHSCologram was invented in 1987, which eliminated the camera from the process. (Art)^n's medium shows part of the future of photography by using the highest quality of technology and research available to date. (Art)^n is doing things that have never been done before. They are visualizing the invisible with their computerized form of Virtual Photography. The worlds inside computers are the places people will be living, working and playing in by the next century. Just as exploration has been documented with photography, (Art)n is documenting humanity's first steps into the virtual world. Current and future exhibitions in the US and Canada include: Science in Depth A 43 piece retrospective of Virtual Photography at NASA Ames Visitor Center, Moffett Field, California running through July 1992 IMAGES DU FUTUR '92 27 pieces from Science in Depth will be included in this exhibition, which showcases the integration of technology in art at Art Et Nouvelles Technologies, Montral, Canada May 15, 1992 - September 20, 1992 PHSColograms '92 A selection of works from 1991 and 1992 will be at Feature [gallery] in the SoHo area of New York May 27, 1992 - June 27, 1992 >From Media to Metaphor: Art About AIDS, a travelling exhibition organized and circulated by ICI-Independent Curators Inc., New York, New York Messiah, (1987) an early PHSCologram sculpture is included in this traveling exhibition among works by artists Keith Haring, Robert Mapplethorpe, Gran Fury, Kathe Burkhart, and others, at Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, Washington. June 19, 1992 - August 1992 For further information, (Art)^n may be contacted at artn@uicbert.eecs.uic.edu or by US Mail at 319 Wishnick Hall 3255 S. Dearborn Ave. Chicago, IL 60616 Ellen Sandor, Founder & Director Stephan Meyers, Associate Director and Vice-President of Research & Development Janine M. Fron, Creative Director PHSCologram and Stealth Negative PHSCologram are trademarks of (Art)n Laboratory