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Herpes Virus, 1990
A computer generated image showing the general structure of the herpes virus, juxtaposed with a black-and-white photograph of a baby who died from the disease. Also a detail from The Politics of Pleasure sculpture and The Politics of Pleasure Extended Remix shown in the SIGGRAPH Animation Screening Room in 1991.

 

Credits:
Stephan Meyers, Ellen Sandor, and Craig Ahmer, (art)n Laboratory
Dr. Bernard Roizman, University of Chicago
Dr. Patricia Spear, Northwestern University

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

Software: Proprietary

Exhibitions:

  • SIGGRAPH '92 Chicago
  • NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
  • Computer Museum, Boston, MA
  • Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL
  • Images du Futur '92 Montréal
  • Feature, New York, NY

Literature:

  • Coup de coeur Ça m'intéresse: Ici, les virus deviennent oeuvres d'art
  • Bartels, Nancy, "Alternative Views" (article), Confetti, Volume 3, Number 3, Issue 8, Electronic Canvas, December 1991, p. 17
  • Csuri, Charles A., "Science in Depth" (article), IEEE Computer Graphics and applications, March 1991, pp. 10-12
  • Foerstner, Abigail, "Inside views" (article), The Chicago Tribune Magazine, October 21, 1990, pp. 32-34
  • Foerstner, Abigail, "Photography: 3-D images cross the boundary between art and science" (article), The Chicago Tribune, August 10, 1990, pp. 65-66