Holography — Matthew Schreiber

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Schreiber, Orders of Light #3, 2023, double silver halide hologram within polished glass, unique, 10 3-8 x 14 3-4 x 5-8, 26.4 x 37.5 x 1.6 cm, NON 63.875_Olympia Shannon.jpg

Schreiber, Orders of Light #4, 2023, double silver halide hologram within polished glass, unique, 10 x 9 1-2 x 5-8, 25.4 x 24.1 x 1.6 cm, NON 63.876_Olympia Shannon.jpg

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For over 35 years Matthew Schreiber has been making holograms. These are “traditional" holograms made with laser light that reflects, diffracts, and interferes with subject matter, (or itself). This technically unique expertise led to Schreiber’s use of laser light as sculpture and a fundamental understanding of light.

At its most basic core, holography demonstrates interference properties of light. Light behaves like water and sound waves. When two waves collide they “interfere” with each other, causing an altered wave. The altered waves of light in the holographic process create microscopic interference patterns that are then recorded on glass plates. The result is an illusion of a three dimensional object floating in space.

Most of the holograms are small in scale. They average between 8”x10” - 12”x16”. The work is primarily made with Silver-Halide coated glass for the finest archival quality. As these are real holograms, they do not require video projection, computer interface or any technology other than a light bulb to function.