Process 

The Reality Comparator and the Paradox Box

(From The Inutile Instrument Series)
1989
Assemblage with hologram and light
14 x 10 x 8 inches
Light compares a camera lens to a hologram of the lens.
Collection of John and Joni Sager

A hand held light compares the hologram of a camera lens to the actual lens it was made from. I was fortunate in being granted access to the holography studio at the Anthony foundation in Houston (conceived in the early eighties as a venue for bringing art and science together) where I made this, my first and only hologram. Because of it’s nature the hologram seems to give the image more presence than that of the actual object.

The Inutile Instrument Series

This loose knit series of useless instruments, as the title suggests, began in 1989 with, Inutile Instrument #1, Inutime, and Self Registering Instrument and has since grown to loosely include other work. We can let pieces like The Reality Comparator and the Paradox Box or Instrument for the Translation of Paleographic Memory be included or maybe even say, Instrument for Spanking …. but that seems a bit too utile. Look around through the site. You decide.