Three Planes Transected

The digital hologram containing three distinct planes of light, each punctuated by a rectangular hole, is displayed in a traditional format on the gallery wall. Light from a 35mm slide is projected across the space to illuminate the holographic rectangle. The location and structure of the plinth, which supports the 35mm slide projector, is integral to the installation, offering a 'barrier' between the observer and the observed. There are a series of questions raised around the nature of the illumination. Is the projector projecting the image, seen in the hologram, in a traditional manner? Where is the image located? Within the hologram, within the projector or some space between the two? Attempting to view the holographic image 'head on', at the point where traditional vanishing point perspective would become operative, caused the observer to obscure the illuminating source effectively 'switching off' the holographic image.