Souffleur, what is the meaning of 'Hologram'?
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SOUFFLEUR
HOLOGRAM
Like all domains, art has its own vocabulary. In ‘Souffleur', employees of M explain and give background to professional terms that may sound familiar to you, but of which you may not know, or no longer know, exactly what they mean. Three colleagues give their definition of vanitas, collection presentation and hologram.
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Marieke Van Cauwenberge, responsible for reception, sales and visitor management: “A hologram is a three-dimensional photographic projection. A hologram of a chair, for example, looks exactly like a real chair: you can walk around it and look at it from all sides, only you cannot sit down on it – it is only a projection, not a tangible thing. Many people will be familiar with the concept: through science fiction and games, it has become commonplace in popular culture.”
“But we also use holograms at M. For example, there was one in the collection presentation ‘The Power of Images’, an image of a priest.”
“M also unlocks the art treasures in St Peter’s Church. Since mid-October, we have been offering a guided tour there using the HoloLens. These are smart glasses developed by Microsoft that show you holograms that only you can see. For example, in the chapel of ‘Fiere Margriet’, you really see Margriet floating at your feet, just like in the medieval legend. And in ‘The Last Supper’ by Dieric Bouts, you are practically at the table. You can walk around the holograms, you can look at them from the back... It’s all very spectacular, and a first for Belgium too.
