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Buckyball, 1991
Buckminsterfullerine, or C60, also called the "Buckyball", is one of the three forms of elemental carbon. The other two are diamond and graphite. It was recently isolated for the first time in 1990. Considerable amounts of research have gone into determining exactly what sort of things it can be used for, such as lubricants and super-conductors.

 

Credits:
Stephan Meyers, Ellen Sandor, Janine Fron, and Craig Ahmer, (art)n Laboratory
Joel M. Hawkins and Stefan Loren, University of California at Berkeley
Image of Buckminster Fuller, courtesy, Buckminster Fuller Institute, Los Angeles. ©1991

Media: PHSCologram rendering output to Cibachrome film, mounted on plexiglas

Software: Proprietary

Exhibitions:

  • Realidad Virtual S.L., Madrid, Spain
  • SIGGRAPH '92 Chicago
  • NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
  • Images du Futur '92 Montréal

Literature:

  • Brady, Kim, "Virtual Photography: (art)n Laboratory Brings Digital 3D to Life with PHSColograms," Photo Electronic Imaging, February 1997
  • NASA Ames Science in Depth video documentary