In 2018 Andrew Pepper was approached to act as a guest editor for a special arts issue published by MDPI, which would explore critical aspects of holography within contemporary visual culture.

An open call for submissions was issued and a number of artists and curators were approached to contribute.

The publication is available in hardback, and as a free PDF file.

Published by MDPI Switzerland, 2019.
ISBN 978-3-03936-226-4 (Hardback)
ISBN 978-3-03936-227-1 (PDF)

Preface to ”Holography—A Critical Debate within Contemporary Visual Culture”

This Special Issue attempts to provide a platform for the critical discussion, reflection and analysis of holography, as a process and methodology within the work of creative practitioners. It examines, through the values and vocabulary of artists and curators, how this medium has developed as a considered practice and where pressure can be placed upon the critical principles of this relatively young medium.

The participants published here have taken a risk, not only through the public examination of their development, but also by attempting to contextualise the use and display of holography within a contemporary, cultural framework.

I want to thank the contributors of this Special Issue, who share my curiosity towards the critical investigation and contextualisation of our work and ideas in the sphere of creative holography.

Andrew Pepper
Special Issue Editor

Contributers include:

Angela Bartram

Sydney Dinsmore

M. Melissa Crenshaw

Andrew Pepper

Pearl John

August Muth

Jacques Desbiens

Doris Vila

Mary Harman