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.<\/p>\n
An open call for submissions was issued and a number of artists and curators were approached to contribute.<\/p>\n
The publication is available in hardback<\/a>,\u00a0and as a free PDF file<\/a>.<\/p>\n Published by MDPI Switzerland, 2019. Preface to \u201dHolography\u2014A Critical Debate within <\/strong>Contemporary Visual Culture\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n Andrew Pepper Original image used for the Special Issue cover courtesy of Melissa Crenshaw. Contributers include:<\/strong><\/p>\n Angela Bartram<\/p>\n Sydney Dinsmore<\/p>\n M. Melissa Crenshaw<\/p>\n Andrew Pepper<\/p>\n Pearl John<\/p>\n August Muth<\/p>\n Jacques Desbiens<\/p>\n Doris Vila<\/p>\n Mary Harman<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.apepper.com\/studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Front-Cover-Outdoor.jpg” title_text=”Front-Cover-Outdoor” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Special Issue offering critical discussion, reflection, and analysis of holography in the creative arts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26138,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-publications"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.apepper.com\/studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.apepper.com\/studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.apepper.com\/studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.apepper.com\/studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.apepper.com\/studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27105"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.apepper.com\/studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29502,"href":"https:\/\/www.apepper.com\/studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27105\/revisions\/29502"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.apepper.com\/studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.apepper.com\/studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.apepper.com\/studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.apepper.com\/studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
ISBN 978-3-03936-226-4 (Hardback)
ISBN 978-3-03936-227-1 (PDF)<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]
Special Issue Editor<\/em><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.apepper.com\/studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Melissa-Cover-image.jpg” title_text=”Melissa-Cover image” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]
Healing for Broken Hearts<\/em>, 1986,
Pseudo-colour reflection hologram, 12 \u00d7 16 \u00d7 8 in.
From the Z-Axis series.
Produced at the Global Images Holographic Studio,
Vancouver BC, Canada.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]