The Spring 2015 HoloFest Exhibition will take place in Smith Lab room 0006.  The show opens on Friday Apr 24 at 5pm and runs until Monday Apr 27. The HoloFest Exhibition is hosted by the OSU Holography Club and consists of OSU student and visiting artist holographic art works.  As part of the Exhibition Boston holographer Betsy Connors will give a talk on her recent holographic installation at the Jimmy Fund Clinic of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute on Friday Apr 24 at 4:00pm and NY holographer Sam Moree will give a talk on his recent work on Monday April 27 at 4pm.  Refreshments will be provided on Friday evening. This event is free and open to the public.

(Exhibit open 5-8 pm Friday and 3-5 pm Monday - viewing is available upon request on Saturday April 25 and Sunday April 26 by emailing kagan.1@osu.edu)

Pictured above is a holography installation entitled "Light Pond and the secret garden" by Betsy Connors located in the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (photo by Sam Ogden 2015)

Here's more information on the installation:

"Light Pond and the secret garden" a hologram installation by Betsy Connors was recently installed in the lobby of the Jimmy Fund Clinic at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. A triptych of thirty by thirty inch three color white light transmission holograms of a pond scene with computer-controlled interactive LED "fireflies", are installed in an over ten foot wall in the sixteen foot lobby wall. The work was commissioned for the newly renovated clinic for the younger cancer patients but has had an overwhelming appeal to older patients, hospital staff and visitors. Special thanks especially to Harris Kagan at Ohio State University and the Holo-Center. Harris's dedication to holography made this project remarkable. Also, thanks to John Perry at Holographics North where the work was transferred, Mike Bove at the MIT Media Lab, and our friend Don Gillespie of Eldon Engineering.

"Everyone loves the work and it's really remarkable to see how holography can have such an impact in a wonderful public space visited by hundreds of people weekly including international visitors."