invisible visibility / space exploration
"This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind."
Neil Armstrong.
"Beaumont Newhall described the history of photography in terms of a journey from a technique to a medium. Renaissance perspective also made that journey. Like these forms, the PHSCologram and the disciplines it depends upon will spread through creative works along the shifting web of fine lines defining art and technology.”
Science in Depth, NASA Ames Visitor Center, Moffett Field, California, 1991-92
Ellen Sandor and (art)n began collaborating with scientists from NASA Ames Research Center in Moffett Field in 1989. Some of the first PHSColograms with NASA included visualizing the F-16, Space Shuttle, and the Hypersonic Vehicle. This unique collaboration, which included working with a special team comprising both men and women scientists, led to continued projects with scientists from NASA Langley, NASA Lewis, and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Many of these pieces have been publicly shown in exhibitions including Science in Depth, which traveled to the Museum of Science and Industry Chicago, Computer Museum Boston, and NASA Ames Visitors Center Moffett Field, concluding at SIGGRAPH ’92 Chicago in which 40 PHSColograms were installed around the Electronic Visualization Lab’s VR CAVE debut. Hudson also showed a number of these pieces at Feature Inc. in Chicago and New York that were also presented at Expo Seville ‘92. Commissioned installations include the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Jet Engine Compressor Blades
Jet Engine Compressor Blades, 1998
Ellen Sandor & (art)n: Stephan Meyers, Janine Fron, Fernando Orellana, Nichole Maury and Eric Ravenstein
Rich Rinehart, John Adamczyk, Mary Vickerman and Jay Horowitz, NASA Lewis, Research Center, Mark Turner, GE Aircraft Engines, Mark Celestina, NYMA
Virtual Photograph/PHSCologram: Duratrans, Kodalth, Plexiglas
30 x 40 inches
Nuclear Physics Detector
Nuclear Physics Detector, 1998
Ellen Sandor & (art)n: Fernando Orellana, Eric Ravenstein, Nichole Maury, Stephan Meyers and Janine Fron
Craig Tull, Doug Fritz, and James Osborn, National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center, E.O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Herb Ward, University of Texas at Austin
Virtual Photograph/PHSCologram: Duratrans, Kodalth, Plexiglas
30 x 30 inches
YAV-8B Harrier Flow Simulation
YAV-8B Harrier Flow Simulation, 1994
Ellen Sandor & (art)n: Stephan Meyers, Janine Fron and Craig Ahmer
Merritt Smith, Kalpana Chawla, William R. Van Dalsem, and Christine Gong, NASA Ames Research Center
Virtual Photograph/PHSCologram: Cibachrome, Kodalth, Plexiglas
24 x 20 inches
space station freedom
The original concept design for Space Station Freedom. A close-up of Space Station Freedom with a Space Shuttle docked to it. The concept of Freedom is to provide a permanent human presence in space, occupied by an international crew of astronaut scientists.
Space Station Freedom, 1993
Ellen Sandor & (art)n: Stephan Meyers and Janine Fron, (art)n Laboratory
NASA Langley Research Center, Virtual Photography/PHSCologram
vintage PHSCologram: computer interleaved Crosfield Cibachrome and Kodalith films mounted on plexiglas
30 x 40 inches
Signatures of Silence
Signatures of Silence, 1991
Ellen Sandor & (art)n: Stephan Meyers, Janine Fron and Craig Ahmer
R.G. Belie, Ph.D., D. Vaske, K. Scholz, S. Reaser, and R. Hayes, Lockheed Martin
Virtual Photograph/PHSCologram: Cibachrome, Kodalth, Plexiglas
(24 x 20), (30 x 30) inches
See: Virtual Sculpture: Space Remix
Turbulence: Low Pressure Surfaces with Velocity Perturbation Slices
The streamwise velocity perturbation u', via slices, with the low pressure surfaces shown in white. Velocity perturbation is the disturbance from the average velocity. Each velocity perturbation slice is composed of 14,000 polygons. One can clearly see how the velocity is affcted by the vortical structures. Blue indicates high positive velocity perturbation, red indicates high negative velocity perturbation.
Turbulence: Low Pressure Surfaces with Velocity Perturbation Slices, 1991
Ellen Sandor & (art)n: Stephan Meyers
Michael Bauer and Fergus Merritt, NASA Ames Research Center
vintage PHSCologram: computer interleaved Crosfield Cibachrome and Kodalith films mounted on plexiglas
(24 x 20), (30 x 30) inches
Performance!
Performance!, 1990
Ellen Sandor & (art)n: Stephan Meyers and Craig Ahmer
R.G. Belie, Ph.D., D. Vaske, K. Scholz, S. Reaser, and R. Hayes, Lockheed Martin
Virtual Photograph/PHSCologram: Cibachrome, Kodalth, Plexiglas
24 x 20 inches
Spacetime Visualization
Spacetime Visualization, 1990
Ellen Sandor & (art)n: Stephan Meyers and Craig Ahmer
Ping-Kang Hsiung, Carnegie Mellon University
Virtual Photograph/PHSCologram: Cibachrome, Kodalth, Plexiglas
24 x 20 inches
Radar Thunderstorm
Radar Thunderstorm, 1990
Ellen Sandor & (art)n: Stephan Meyers and Craig Ahmer
Erik Pepke, Ken Johnson, Peter Ray and Steven Lang, Supercomputer Computations
Research Institute, Florida State University
Virtual Photograph/PHSCologram: Cibachrome, Kodalth, Plexiglas
24 x 20 inches
See: Virtual Sculpture: Space Remix
MARS
Mars, 1990
Ellen Sandor & (art)n: Stephan Meyers and Craig Ahmer
The Viking Project Office at NASA/JPL and USGS
Virtual Photograph/PHSCologram: Cibachrome, Kodalth, Plexiglas
20 x 24 inches
See: Virtual Sculpture: Space Remix
F-18
F-18, 1990
Ellen Sandor & (art)n: Stephan Meyers, Janine Fron, and Craig Ahmer
Dr. Val Watson, Ken Gee, Yehia Rizk, Lewis Schiff, Christine Gong, Tim Sandstrom, Vee Hirsch and Fergus Merritt, NASA Ames Research Center
Virtual Photograph/PHSCologram: Cibachrome, Kodalth, Plexiglas
(24 x 20), (30 x 30) inches
F-16
F-16, 1989
Ellen Sandor & (art)n: Stephan Meyersand Craig Ahmer
Dr. Val Watson, Christine Gong, Vee Hirsch and Fergus Merritt, NASA Ames Research Center
Dan Sandin, Electronic Visualization Lab, School of Art and Design, University of Illinois at Chicago
Special thanks to Larry Smarr, NCSA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Virtual Photograph/PHSCologram: Cibachrome, Kodalth, Plexiglas
20 x 24 inches
V/STOL
V/STOL, 1989
Ellen Sandor & (art)n: Stephan Meyers and Craig Ahmer
Dr. Val Watson, Christine Gong, Vee Hirsch and Fergus Merritt, NASA Ames Research Center
Dan Sandin, Electronic Visualization Lab, School of Art and Design, University of Illinois at Chicago
Special thanks to Larry Smarr, NCSA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Virtual Photograph/PHSCologram: Cibachrome, Kodalth, Plexiglas
24 x 20 inches
Hypersonic Vehicle
Hypersonic Vehicle, 1989
Ellen Sandor & (art)n: Stephan Meyers and Craig Ahmer
Dr. Val Watson, Christine Gong, Vee Hirsch and Fergus Merritt, NASA Ames Research Center
Dan Sandin, Electronic Visualization Lab, School of Art and Design, University of Illinois at Chicago
Special thanks to Larry Smarr, NCSA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Virtual Photograph/PHSCologram: Cibachrome, Kodalth, Plexiglas
24 x 20 inches
Space Shuttle
Space Shuttle, 1989
Ellen Sandor & (art)n: Stephan Meyers and Craig Ahmer
Dr. Val Watson, Christine Gong, Vee Hirsch and Fergus Merritt, NASA Ames Research Center
Dan Sandin, Electronic Visualization Lab, School of Art and Design, University of Illinois at Chicago
Special thanks to Larry Smarr, NCSA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Virtual Photograph/PHSCologram: Cibachrome, Kodalth, Plexiglas
24 x 20 inches