Holography
In the early 1980's while attending MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Weber became fascinated with the dimensional quality of laser light. "It seemed to hang in space sparkling in the truest red I'd ever seen," said Weber. "I wanted to work with light, its effect on architectural space, and the internal resonance we feel for color as the essential nature of light itself."
Lightscape (1982)
Acrylic and holographic optical elements. Dimensions variable.
The curved elements in this experimental work were inspired by sun’s path across the sky. Sunlight diffracts the holographic elements into spectral colors that alter with the viewer’s position or lighting conditions.
Focalpoint (1982)
Wood, steel, glass pipes, holographic optical elements and water. Dimensions variable.
This experimental water fountain uses holographic lenses to diffract and focus sunlight into spectral lines that track the sun’s motion across the floor. The entire work is seen in one focus color of light ten feet from the installation.
Alignment (1987)
Holographic optical element, cast acrylic, 7’x 3’x 20”.
In this work, light is a physical, spatial presence in the viewer’s space in front of the sculpture. Moving into it, the three lines of light combine into white and sweep across the sculpture’s concave surface incorporating the viewer into the work.
Threshold of a Singularity - A Memorial (1989)
Two part installation: two holographic panels, 84’x 42’. Holographic screen with glass chemistry vessel, metal pan and water, 32”x45.”
At the edge of a black hole the event horizon defines the end point of matter, light, and life as we know it. Beyond it lies theory, imagination or beliefs. This work is a memorial to the artist’s father.
Descent (2009)
Six image series. Pulsed Light. film on glass, LED illuminators. Limited editions.
Using a three-dimensional, holographic technique called interferometry, a pulsed laser recorded minute changes in movement as alternating bands of light and dark captured in two exposures 1 millionth of a second apart. These works employ patterns generated by the internal, micro-motion of blood, breath or muscle tension to suggest hidden depths, like layers of strata, dislodged and forced to the surface by the turbulence of human emotions.