Wednesday, July 18, 1984

Steam Dreams

Venue: San Francisco Hotel.

Location: San Francisco, CA, USA.

Date: July 18, 1984

Catalog: No.

Type: Holography and laser projections.

Laser Affiliates produced a Light Sound Motion performance event for the San Francisco Hotel Tax Fund (now S.F. Grants for the Arts) July 18, 1984, the last day of the Democratic National Convention in the City. Laser Affiliates with Nancy Gorglione, Greg Cherry, and Steve Anderson, had several laser scan systems projecting argon greens and blues through multiple transparent screens. This created moving three dimensional images in space. Early computer graphics were manipulated in the dark room to create the moving three dimensional scanning. Laser Affiliates was joined by Pat Bischoff from Laser Rays Art Production who scanned the fog banks about the classical dome of City Hall. We had a laser illuminated fog fountain along the shallow reflecting pools of our downtown city site. Hence Gorglione's name, "Steam Dreams," but perhaps she was referring to the rhetoric of ever hopeful politicians. Fog Screens and and three dimensional transparent screens and holograms worked together to position the moving laser scan imagery into apparent three dimensional form in space.

As part of the scenery, a twelve foot hologram sculpture, (glass, steel and aluminum, fabricated by Greg Cherry) was composed of hybrid transmission holograms by Nancy Gorglione. As part of their job, these holograms acted as holographic screens for the occasional scanning laser beam. Sixteen 8" by 10" Hybrid Transmission Holograms evoked Gorglione's title, Sunrise/Sunset, with specific imagery projecting rainbows into the performance space.

Dance by Devi Baptiste, draped in chemical light raiment, and music by the Inside-Out Orchestra, including Andrew Hill, Frank Tusa, Don Weed, Steve Heckman, Fred Zabin, and Eddie Moore. A Senator's wife came up to Gorglione and said, "Who paid for this, it's fabulous! Beautiful!" And Gorglione smiled to say, "You did!" With small grants from the NEA Expansion Arts (Haight Ashbury Arts Workshop) and the Zellerbach Family Fund) and a lot of sweat equity from Laser Affiliates and Cherry Optical Holography. Lasers were loaned for this event from Spectra-Physics, Inc. & Coherent, Inc.

[Gorglione]

Tuesday, June 26, 1984

Through the Looking Glass

Venue: Science & Technology Center.

Location: Milwaukee, WI, USA.

Date: June 23 - August 5, 1984

Catalog: No.

Type: All Holography.

Museum of Holography traveling show based on the Museum's inaugural exhibition of the same name. The exhibition traveled to art, science and children';s museums throughout the US, Canada, Australia, and Israel.

The exhibition opened in Toronto in 1977 and was booked continuously for ten years -- not returning to New York until its retirement in 1987.

The exhibition was produced and circulated by Paul D. Barefoot, Holophile. Inc.
(www.holophile.com).

[Barefoot]

Thursday, June 14, 1984

Holography (Re)defined - Innovation through Traditiion

Venue: Museum of Holography.

Location: 11 Mercer St, New York, NY, USA.

Date: June 14 - October 7, 1984.

Catalog: No.

Type: All Holography.

The show demonstrated the links between traditional forms of the fine arts and holography.

[Barefoot]

Thresholds- Harriet Casdin-Silver

Venue: Museum of Holography

Location: 11 Mercer St, New York, NY, USA.

Date: June 14 - October 7, 1984.

Catalog: Internal Views: American Medical Holography, Catalogue design by Nicholas L. Pliakis, MOH 1991

Type: Holography and video

A new interaction of holography and video. Harriet Casdin-Silver in collaboration with Dov Eylath.

[Barefoot]

Friday, April 27, 1984

Dieter Jung: Holograms

Venue: Museum of the Fine Arts Research & Holographic Center.

Location: 1134 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, IL, USA.

Date: April 27 - August 5, 1984.

Catalog: No.

Type: Holograms and Paintings

An exhibition arranged by Loren Billings and supported by the Goethe Institute in Chicago

Tuesday, April 17, 1984

Art Exhibition in Honor of the Energy Saver Dedication

Venue: Fermilab's Gallery.

Location: Batavia, IL, USA.

Date: April 17 - May 29, 1984

Catalog: No

Type: All Holograms.

An exhibition was organized at Fermilab's Gallery with eight artists. Edward Dietrich was one of them. At that time he was an instructor at the Art Institute of Chicago. He displayed some of his holograms.

Monday, April 2, 1984

Through the Looking Glass

Venue: Erie Historical Museum.

Location: Erie, PA, USA.

Date: April 2 - May 13, 1984

Catalog: No.

Type: All Holography.

Museum of Holography traveling show based on the Museum's inaugural exhibition of the same name. The exhibition traveled to art, science and children's museums throughout the US, Canada, Australia, and Israel.

The exhibition opened in Toronto in 1977 and was booked continuously for ten years -- not returning to New York until its retirement in 1987.

The exhibition was produced and circulated by Paul D. Barefoot, Holophile. Inc.
(www.holophile.com).

[Barefoot]