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Kiss Links I am particularly fascinated in this piece due to its position amidst the trivialized and somewhat-never-fully-realized field of holography. Initially invented as a means of precision measurement in microscopy by Dennis Gabor in 1947, holography became popularized as both an aesthetic and novel medium in the 60s and 70s--the former later overwhelming the general identity and M.O. for holography. In the 80s, 90s, and today--holography has become most widespreadly percieved as a method used for security, scientific, and "chotchke" purposes. Although still practiced and defended by die-hard holographers as a high-art science, Cross' "the Kiss" stood out as a glimpse and step towards the dream of generating real-time holographic, moving images. The complex, expensive methods of film-recording and the high bandwidth requirements of alternative computer-aided real-time holography have both scaled-down and stymied the vision that seemed to near in 1974. However, despite technical setbacks, the Kiss still inspires its conceptual descendants, such as MIT's Spatial Imaging Group, that currently work to overcome the logistical reality of low-res, small real-time imaging. Submitted
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