Holography as Thesis
The first PhD in Fine Art awarded by the University of Reading, UK, is considered an early example of an artist practice-based research submission, using creative holography to demonstrate a “significant contribution to knowledge.”
Examples of work using holography were submitted as the ‘thesis’, contained in a bound ‘file box’ with a spotlight to view the works, and supported by a text outlining the development of the research and the critical exploration of drawing in space.
A complete version of the submission was acquired by the Rosemary Jackson Collection, USA, and then bequeathed to the MIT Museum, Cambridge, USA, in June 2025.
The submission included:
Works with holography
Plane Addition
Point Addition
Line Addition
Drawing Series (5 individual works)
Bound 108 page text
Spotlight
More Publications
Holography: How Artists Sculpt with Light, Space, and Time
Commissioned by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, to coincide with Deana Lawson’s solo exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum, New York.
CFR, Kilroy and the Luminous Pencil
Commissioned text for Style is Fraud, collected writings on artist Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd.
Holography – A Critical Debate within Contemporary Visual Culture
Special Issue offering critical discussion, reflection, and analysis of holography in the creative arts.