Lightforest and the MIT Museum Holography Education Project

Betsy A. Connors

doi:10.1117/12.301469

1 February 1998 Lightforest and the MIT Museum Holography Education Project

Betsy A. Connors

Proceedings Volume 3358, Sixth International Symposium on Display Holography; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.301469
Event: Sixth International Symposium on Display Holography, 1997, Lake Forest, IL, United States

Abstract

Lightforest installation is a large-scale holographic work permanently installed at the MIT Museum in Cambridge MA. Organic shapes in the rounded walls and floor of a small room (15 by 11 by 9 feet) frame the approximately 200 white- light transmission holograms of fabricated rainforest plants and light and image projections. Additional projects as a result of the Lightforest installation include the creation of a Holography Teaching Program at the MIT Museum, including a partnership with the WSNS elementary school and the creation of a holographic garden mural in the school combining real plants with reflection copies of Lightforest holograms. The combined Lightforest project makes important connections between art, technology, education, and the environment.

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Betsy A. Connors "Lightforest and the MIT Museum Holography Education Project", Proc. SPIE 3358, Sixth International Symposium on Display Holography, (1 February 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.301469

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