P3D Re: Gallery Showings

[boris@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Boris Starosta)]

>Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 08:22:08 -0600
>From: Ron Fredrickson <RLF@xxxxxxxxxxx>

>In P-3D 2598 Boris wrote:
>
>>If you are presenting your work to the public, a large number of viewers in
>>a gallery setting can function unattended all day long, providing all of
>>these advantages without interruption.  With projection, you need a
>>schedule and a projectionist, and can only supply an inferior viewing
>>experience.
>
>How about security of your images? In over 40 years of stereo exhibiting, I...

Here I must admit that if security is a concern (and it will be in a public
showing), the multiple viewer method of presentation may in fact cost more
than a projector.  However, it would still provide substantial advantages
over the projector.

Any art shown at a Gallery is subject to the risk of theft.  Slides are
more vulnerable because of their small size and concealability.  If I were
to have a show, I would construct an apparatus that contained multiple
viewers and a lightsource, and could be mounted on a wall.  This
contraption would simply be a long thin box (perhaps the length of a
standard fluorescent tube, 48"?), that contained several viewers side by
side with slides installed.

Many issues would have to be addressed in the design of this box, and I'll
not get into it here (unless everyone wants to discuss my ideas?), but
suffice it to say that the construction of several boxes like this, and the
hanging at a gallery, would certainly cost some money.

I think it would be worth it, because the advantages, especially for
novices, are compelling:

1. A view that is brighter, possibly bigger, higher resolution, orthoscopic
(depends on shooting with 50mm lenses, if you use a 50mm viewer), and
SPATIALLY undistorted.  Crosstalk and ghosting problems do not exist.
Control of color is easy by using proper color temperature lamps, or
appropriate gels over standard lamps.  And each person receives the same
view.

2. No schedule requirements.  People can view your slides in their own
time, at their own pace.  If someone is new to stereo, they may want to
take more time.  An old hand might enjoy a quick look.

(I think that Wageman did say recently he does not consider the Pinsharp or
even cheaper viewers as "decent" quality.  I respect his opinion, but must
say that I've not yet seen a projector do a decent job, either.  But I've
only seen my slides projected through two different projectors, so far, and
he may have more experience there.  As far as "distortion" goes, I agree
that the Pinsharp and similar viewers exhibit pincushion distortion and
chromatic abberation.  However, taken in its context, my use of the word
distortion should have been interpreted as applying to the sensation of
space.  Spatial distortion is a problem for all but one lucky audience
member in any projection presentation.)

Respectfully submitted,




Boris Starosta

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