PHSCologram
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Name and background
PHSCologram is a registered trademark for barrier-strip and lenticular autostereogramsAutostereoscopy
Autostereoscopy is any method of displaying stereoscopic images without the use of special headgear or glasses on the part of the viewer. Because headgear is not required, it is also called "glasses-free 3D" or "glassesless 3D"...
made by Chicago-based art collective (art)n laboratory.
The barrier strip technique is similar in principle to lenticular printing
Lenticular printing
Lenticular printing is a technology in which a lenticular lens is used to produce images with an illusion of depth, or the ability to change or move as the image is viewed from different angles...
, but with the use of a black line grid instead of a lenticular lens
Lenticular lens
A lenticular lens is an array of magnifying lenses, designed so that when viewed from slightly different angles, different images are magnified...
to select which image is seen.
- Photography
- Holography
- Sculpture
- Computer Graphics
The term was originally coined to refer to larger sculptural installations that included actual holograms as well as barrier-strip autostereograms, but in later years the name was taken to apply to digital autostereographic panels alone.
PHSColograms may be seen in permanent installations at the Museum of Jewish Heritage
Museum of Jewish Heritage
The Museum of Jewish Heritage, located in lower Manhattan, is a living memorial to those who perished in the Holocaust. The Museum honors those who died by celebrating their lives – cherishing the traditions that they embraced, examining their achievements and faith, and affirming the vibrant...
, the Hope Diamond
Hope Diamond
The Hope Diamond, also known as "Le bleu de France" or "Le Bijou du Roi", is a large, , deep-blue diamond, now housed in the Smithsonian Natural History Museum in Washington, D.C. It is blue to the naked eye because of trace amounts of boron within its crystal structure, but exhibits red...
exhibit at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History
National Museum of Natural History
The National Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum administered by the Smithsonian Institution, located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States. Admission is free and the museum is open 364 days a year....
, Chicago Midway International Airport, and in the collection of Elton John
Elton John
Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE, Hon DMus is an English rock singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and occasional actor...
http://www.artn.com/bibliography/ARTNJOHN.pdf.
Notable PHSCologram collaborators
- Ed PaschkeEd PaschkeEdward Francis Paschke was a Polish American painter. His childhood interest in animation and cartoons, as well as his father's creativity in wood carving and construction, led him toward a career in art...
- Dan Sandin
- Tom DeFantiThomas A. DeFantiTom DeFanti is a computer graphics researcher and pioneer. His work has ranged from early computer animation, to scientific visualization, virtual reality, and grid computing...
- Donna CoxDonna CoxDonna J. Cox is an American artist and scientist, Professor of Art + Design; Director, Advanced Scientific Visualization Laboratory at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ; Director, Visualization and Experimental Technologies at National Center for Supercomputing Applications ; and...
- Miroslaw RogalaMiroslaw RogalaMiroslaw Rogala is a Polish-American video artist and interactive artist, known for performances and installations that challenge man's relationship to nature and to his fellow man...
- Charles CsuriCharles CsuriCharles Csuri , aka Chuck Csuri, is a pioneer in the field of computer art and a former All American college football player.-Digital art:...