Nowhere is the global village more clear than in holography. Working in diverse environments in various countries, my intention is to invoke an awareness of the socio-political and psychological truths of these societies.
This sounds presumptuous, but by focusing on a singular signpost or person, perhaps not impossible. Making holograms in three enormously different parts of the world has been a remarkable and rewarding experience. Chronologically, in the last two years I worked in the following countries: 1. in the Soviet Union with Dr. Vladimir Markov, Chief of the Holography Laboratory, and his group, Kiev, Ukranian Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences, July 1989; 2. Florida, U.S.A., with Larry Lieberman et al at Holographic Images, February 1991; 3. France, with Hugh Souparis et al at Hologram Industries, Fontenay-sous-Bois, a suburb of Paris, March 1991. Between the Soviet and Florida productions, an exhibition of our Soviet work integrated into installations was shown at the Museum of Holography (MOH), New York City.
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