Luminous Presence Throught this project, Paula Dawson seeks to develop a new style of representation for holographic subjects through the modulation effects of "scintillating" backgrounds. As the purpose of holographic displays moves away from the replication of extant objects towards the artistic generation of synthetic/creative content, holographic images call increasingly upon conventions of pictorial style as well as the tacit perceptions of beholders for their successful interpretation. In this study the reflected light of traditional mosaics is used to modulate projected light articulating the holographic subject. The augmented image activates cues such as occlusion and retinal disparity employed by beholders in the perception of holograms. View the Discovery Channel Video on Paula Dawson's work, including footage of the Luminous Presence project, titled Treat Your Eyes to This. Also, click here to watch the quicktime video 'Test Video of Lumious Presence'. (20mb) Credit: ARC Discover Project Sole Chief Investigotor: Paula Dawson         This research was supported under the Australian Research Council's Discovery funding scheme (project number DP0452144). Shadowy Figures 'A comparative study of darkness as an agency of visual representation in traditional and holographic images' "Shadow is of the nature of darkness; reflected light (lume) is of the nature of the light source (luce); one conceals and the other reveals. They are always associated and inseparable from all objects. But shadow is a more powerful agent than light, for it can impede and entirely deprive bodies of their light, while light can never entirely expel shadow from a body, that is, from an opaque body." LEONARDO DA VINCI "Shadowy Figures", by Paula Dawson, is a holographic study of the comparative use of darkness by Giotto, Masaccio and Leonardo da Vinci with respect to the figure. Dawson's work integrates reflective surfaces with holographic images by means of adhesion and other forms of attachment, as well as embossing. It arises from my interest in the way early Italian mosaics and gilding reflect the changing light of the space in which they are seen and thereby combine the real-time circumstances of viewing with the representation of the static subject on the picture-plane.   This research was supported under the Australian Research Council's Discovery funding scheme (project number A00103179). More Information Shadowyfigures Website http://spie.org/web/techgroups/holography/pdfs/Holography1-14.pdf Figures from Shadow: Recent works by Paula Dawson