Marilyn Monroe E-HoloGram Luminaire by Eileen Borgeson
Though Marilyn would have been 82 on June 1st, she’ll always be remembered at her prime for generations to come through her legend, movies and photographs. Eileen Borgeson’s “Marilyn Monroe” E-HoloGram Luminaire celebrates the brief but stellar life of Marilyn Monroe. It’s a techno-contemporary artistic tribute to an independent woman who rose to the top and kept her grace and beauty.
“She had a luminous quality -- a combination of wistfulness, radiance, yearning, that set her apart and yet made everyone wish to be part of it, to share in the childlike naiveté which was at once so shy and yet so vibrant.” -- Lee Strasberg
Eileen ‘birthed’ her Marilyn from Tom Kelley’s historic ‘Red Velvet’ photo session of Marilyn 60 years ago on May 27th, 1949 four days before Marilyn turned 23. One pose from the session made history in the inaugural Playboy Magazine.
“It's not true I had nothing on, I had the radio on”-- Marilyn Monroe commenting on the Red Velvet photo session May 27th 1949
Eileen, an artist living in Hawaii, added a lei and flower to her hair to create a tropical fantasy and accent the innocent demure side of Marilyn.
“I have too many fantasies to be a housewife.... I guess I am a fantasy.” -- Marilyn
Eileen and Jeff have added luminescence to Marilyn in their latest E-HoloGram Luminaires. They augmented Marilyn with a dot matrix holographic technique to change her ‘mood’ in every different viewing environment.
“The luminosity of that (Marilyn Monroe) face! There has never been a woman with such voltage on the screen, with the exception of Garbo.” -- Billy Wilder
Eileen has collaborated with Jeff Allen on ten other E-HoloGrams utilizing many holographic techniques from pulsed laser to projected image holography to manifest Eileen’s artistic visions into 3-D, 4-D and kinetic holographic imagery.
“Any technology that is significantly advanced…is indistinguishable from magic.” -- Arthur C. Clark
Eileen and Jeff collaborated with Joe Formosa and Kizzie Suriel of Vacumet to create this latest E-HoloGram, for a magazine edition version. This ‘green’ patented technique hologram is recyclable. Vacumet produced the holographic covers for both the Rolling Stone magazine and TV Guide.
“A hologram is like a window with a memory.” -- Steve Benton, inventor of the rainbow hologram
Vacumet Artist’s Proofs of Eileen’s Marilyn E-HoloGram have been sent to selected magazine publishers for consideration for their cover. This would be a magazine industry first for a ‘celebrity fine art’ hologram to grace the cover of a major magazine. Eileen’
“If you want to predict the future…invent it!” -- Dennis Gabor, Nobel Prize Winner for Holography
Carol Eisenrauch is Eileen’s and Holographics.com’
“It’s now in the hands of the artists to evolve holography past technical magic into the realm of visual magic” --Jeff Allen
Peter Sieg, of Maalea Press scanned Eileen’s original drawings of Marilyn Monroe with a scanner also used by the Louvre, Getty Museum and the Smithsonian. Peter created digital artist proofs of Eileen’s Marilyn in preparation for publishing into the Fine Art Market. The E-HoloGram Luminaire was made from a digital image of Peter’s Marilyn Artist Proof.
“Marilyn Monroe was a legend. In her lifetime she created a myth of what a poor girl from a deprived background could attain. For the entire world she became a symbol of the eternal feminine.” -- Lee Strasberg
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About Eileen Borgeson - www.EileenBorgeson.com
A consummate artist, Eileen Borgeson for 35 years has created magnificent and iconic works for the international fine art, architectural and recognition markets, including Disney and Warner Bros. Her art has honored such greats as: B.B. King, Elton John, Bob Hope, the Dalai Lama, Hugh Hefner, Ronald Reagan, Al Hirschfeld and Aerosmith. Her collaborations with other artists and their estates have produced unique collections for Chuck Jones, Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, Maxfield Parrish, and Erte.
About Jeff Allen - www.Holographics.com
Jeff Allen is a holography visionary who has pioneered many of holography’s innovations. One such breakthrough is embossed holography which has since grown into a billion-dollar industry. This technique is used for credit cards and magazine covers including all of the National Geographic and Sports Illustrated holographic covers.
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