[ISEA95] Paper: Eduardo Kac — Photonic Webs in Space Time: The Aesthetics of Holography

Abstract

This paper formulates a critical vocabulary with which to understand holographic art. The aesthetics of holography, from the point of view of theories of perception and representation, are discussed. The paper challenges the assumption that holographic art is synonymous with kitsch and novelty items said in specialized stores. It also challenges the notion that holography is exclusively an art of space, revealing it as a time-based medium.

  • Eduardo Kac is Assistant professor of New Media in the Department of Art, University of Kentucky, he has participated in numerous exhibitions and festivals including Interface 3 Symposium (Hamburg), Siggraph ’95, and Ars Electronica (Linz). His work has also been shown at the Museum of Holography (New York), Museum of Modern Art (Rio de Janeiro), and Kunstlerhaus (Graz, Austria). Eduardo Kac is a member of the editorial board of the international journal A major WWW retrospective documenting Kac’s fifteen-year career can be found at http://www.uky.edu/FineArts/Art/ kac/kachome.html.