XAl Razutis - brief resume summary

Visual Alchemy

Innovations in 3D and motion-picture arts since 1972

Holographic Art   --   3D Film   --   VR   --   Avant-Garde Film   --   Critical Writings   --   Distribution Info.

VISUAL ALCHEMY was created in 1972 (and expanded onwards), in Vancouver, Canada by Al Razutis to function as a personal and services-for-hire multi-media innovations studio for the production of experimental art work in the various emerging medias of the time: experimental/avant-garde film, video art, and holography.
In the past decades Razutis has expanded his work to include 3D, VR, holographic projection and critical writings.
>   Condensed history

On exhibit!

2024 Holographic Art Exhibition by Al Razutis, Unit/Pitt Gallery, Vancouver

'Gravity wins, Entropy Rules' , March 2, 2024 to May 1st. 2024, Unit Pitt Gallery, Vancouver, Canada,
solo holographic art by Al Razutis Visual Alchemy, exhibition curated by Felix Rapp.
exhibition Gravity wins Entropy rules poster by Felix Rapp - click to enlarge
2024 essay for exhibition: 'Gravity wins, Entropy rules' by Al Razutis, 2024 (PDF).

Links to Exhibition catalogue essays by Curator Felix Rapp, contributors Catharine MacTavish and Sidney Gordon, for PDF downloads.

click for enlarged panel in separate window

All exhibited work is on sale


Holographic Collectibles on Sale too

"For the discerning collector,
museum quality, collectible treasures, glowing three-dimensional images on metal or foil, portraits that move through colors, here was a new genre of holographic portraits, invented then and for the future."
(A.R. for SMCA)

2024 Featured holographic multiplex works for sale

click/enlarge - Michael Jordan Embossed Multiplex  Stereogram - Hologram by Sharon McCormack - photo by Al Razutis align=center> 
          <iframe width=       Sharon McCormack Collection of multiplex holographic stereograms - Prince - Diamonds and Pearls by Sharon McCormack 1990

Everything from original motion picture films by McCormack and Cross and the holographic multiplex (integral) movies that were the foundation of embossed holographic works distributed world wide are contained within this collection. This is the real story. This is the real place.

holographic multiplex works in McCormack collection and archives - click to enlarge

Hologram Collectibles - Sales

Motion-picture originals for multiplex movies

Motion picture film originals photographed by Sharon McCormack for multiplex holography and holographic printing of Michael Jordan, Sports Illustrated Cover and 360 degree hologram, Prince Diamonds and Pearls CD cover hologram and foil prints, Michael Jackson Moonwalk shots with no hologram printed

https://youtu.be/9OT5qLmpp28
'Diamonds and Pearls' by Prince cover hologram art by Sharon McCormack 1080P by Al Razutis XAR3D

https://youtu.be/kMYF0u87COM
'Michael Jordan' Sports Illustrated cover and 360 degree portrait by Sharon McCormack 1080P by Al Razutis XAR3D

For all collectibles and holographic art purchases on this web site and domain, please contact Al Razutis at alrazutis@ymail.com to discuss your interests.

embossed hologram collectibles

A Room with Prince 'Diamonds and Pearls' Multiplex motion-picture stereograms and embossed Holograms by Sharon McCormack - Collection & Archives


Hologram 'Masterworks' now available for sale or lease

original motion-picture integral (white light multiplex) holograms
by Lloyd Cross and Sharon McCormack

https://www.alchemists.com/visual_alchemy/smca/masterworks-cross-2021.pdf

click to download pdf doc of 2021 offering
      click to download pdf doc of 2021 offering

For Sale on a limited time basis:   Integral motion-picture holograms by Lloyd Cross and Sharon McCormack.

"The following motion-picture holograms in their original displays are offered for sale, by private or institutional bids for their purchase, or secured leases.
All bids can be sent to collection and archives administrator Al Razutis, at the e-mail: alrazutis@ymail.com. "


Download a pdf information sheet identifying these works to include their original display units: https://www.alchemists.com/visual_alchemy/smca/masterworks-cross-2021.pdf

2023-2021 -- ESSAYS by Al Razutis

Lloyd Cross - Scientist, Inventor, Educator, Artist - 2023 essay by Al Razutis

An overview of some of the contributions of Lloyd Cross to holography, art, science, technology and invention of white-light multiplex motion picture films (integrals) and creation of San Francisco School of Holography. Notably, within this is essay are titles and video links to the first holographic experimental movies created by Lloyd Cross and Simone Forti, both seminal and sometime overlooked figures in the evolution of holography. These works are now relocated to a permanent home and gallery at the The Box LA in Los Angeles, California where they will be preserved in perpetuity.

1970's photo of Lloyd Cross, Michael Kan, and Dr. Tung Jeong visiting San Francisco School of Holography and Multiplex Corp.



Holographic Art 'Masterworks' are now available for sale or lease

Original motion-picture integral (white light multiplex) holograms
by Lloyd Cross and Sharon McCormack

Described in the following downloadable PDF:

https://www.alchemists.com/visual_alchemy/smca/masterworks-cross-2021.pdf

click to download pdf doc of 2023 offering
      click to download pdf doc of 2023 offering

For Sale on a limited time basis:   Integral motion-picture holograms by Lloyd Cross and Sharon McCormack.

All inquiries can be sent to collection and archives administrator Al Razutis, at the e-mail: alrazutis@ymail.com.

These original works are of historical significance and set the standards for integral motion-picture holography.   They are also sold or leased with their original white light and motorized (to rotate) display units and clear cylinders for true display according to their creators' intentions.

Sample hologram projection unit - display unit for McCormack Multiplex holographic stereograms ('integrals')- 360 degree motorized cylinder & walk-around view. The 3D image with horizontal parallax only 'floats' in the center of a moving cyliner which is illuminated by a white light bulb. The 3D images move in various actions and in slow motion.

Multiplex Stereograms by Sharon McCormack presentation device - display unit - 2D photo by Al Razutis

Sample 180 degree multiplex / integral hologram display units on exhibit at Visual Alchemy

Sharon McCormack Collection of multiplex holographic stereograms 'Fortune Teller' and 'Earth' and 'Michael Jordan' - sample installation view     Sharon McCormack Collection of multiplex holographic stereograms - 'Diamonds and Pearls' by Sharon McCormack for Prince and CD Covers - sample installation view


'Before I Forget' --- 2023 web essay by Al Razutis


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'The End of Cinema According to Basketball Jones'
click for html page End of Cinema According to Basketball Jones - 2022 by Al Razutis

'This is Living Film Culture'
click for html page This is Living Film Culture - 2022 by Al Razutis

'Holo Vanities -- West-Coast Artists in Light'
click for html page Holo Vanities -- West Coast Artists in LIght

Index with links - writings by Al Razutis
click for index page of links of writings by Al Razutis




2022 - 2021 - A NEW 'VISUAL ESSAYS' SERIES

3D Documentary - Interpetive project drawing on film recorded by Al Razutis and Guillaume Vallée

A documentary & interpretive project on west-coast holographic art, to feature the collections and archives at Visual Alchemy, Saturna Island BC studio has been initiated by Al Razutis and Guillaume Vallée in various audio and video recording sessions in 2021 and 2022.

Some examples from these sessions are represented in a new series of 'Visual Essays' by Al Razutis (editing), including material by Guillaume Vallée, which are posted on YOU TUBE here:

'A hologram of Field' -- Visual Essay #5 -- click for you tube VIDEO page in separate window.         'Another World' -- Visual Essay #4 -- click for you tube VIDEO page in separate window.         'The Wall of Upatnieks' -- Visual Essay #3 - Section 1  &  2 - click for you tube VIDEO page in separate window.         'The temple of impossible' -- Visual Essay #2 - click for you tube VIDEO page in separate window.         'Let Brother Al Tell it' -- Visual Essay #1 - click for you tube VIDEO page in separate window.

  • 'A hologram of Field' -- Al Razutis - 2021 with Guillaume Vallée -- 'Visual Essay #5' -- Fields, particles, holography and Quantum Field theory -- 9 min. video on YOU TUBE

  • 'Another World ' -- Al Razutis - 2021 with Guillaume Vallée -- 'Visual Essay #4' -- Space, spacetime, and another world of MC Escher -- 7 min. video on YOU TUBE

  • 'The Wall of Upatnieks' -- Al Razutis with Guillaume Vallée -- 2021 -- 'Visual Essay #3' -- Section 1 & 2   'Our first hologram' narrated by Juris Upatnieks & 'Revisiting the site' sand tables -- 9 min. video on YOU TUBE

  • 'The temple of impossible' -- Al Razutis - 2021 with Guillaume Vallée -- 'Visual Essay #2' -- multiplex holography galleries of ghosts -- 9 min. silent video on YOU TUBE

  • 'Let Brother Al Tell It' -- Al Razutis - 2021 with Guillaume Vallée -- 'Visual Essay #1' -- re-discovery of first multiplex hologram -- 2 min. video on YOU TUBE

>>   XAR3D CHANNEL -- Razutis 3D and holography on YT




Earlier In the News

Al Razutis - Visual Alchemy poster on holographics at the studio     Sharon McCormack Collection and Archives at Visual Alchemy     Al Razutis featured artist November - December 2017  at Area of Design web-site/publication

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Holographic Art (complete list) by Al Razutis is for sale or for exhibition in a selected limited number. These works are listed in a page of selected works from recent and past historical periods with many of the works featured in international exhibitions. For photos, information, terms of purchase, lease or rental visit   Art and Display Holographics - Sales - Leases.

Contact Al Razutis directly at alrazutis@ymail.com for a price list or to discuss your exhibition interests.




2020 PUBLICATIONS & RELEASES

"YES"   "YOU"   "CAN"

A Selection of Writings by Al Razutis

YES YOU CAN by Al Razutis - book cover   - click for publisher's page
Published by death of workers whilst building skyscrapers, Lucy Wilkinson publisher / editor, 2020
110 pages printed on recycled paper / 13 cm x 21 cm x 13mm / includes colour plates / section sewn / designed and hand bound at the press.

AVAILABLE in two EDITIONS:

Collectors edition - First Edition -- Handmade limited & numbered edition of 100.

Available at https://www.deathofworkerswhilstbuildingskyscrapers.com/product-page/yes-you-can-al-razutis

Paperback edition - Second Edition -- now available!

https://www.deathofworkerswhilstbuildingskyscrapers.com/product-page/yes-you-can-al-razutis-paperback-edition


For photos in the book & further media / history resources - videos - visit:
YES YOU CAN media resource page




3D experimental film Releases by Razutis on YouTube:

Reference pages with images / descriptions / links:

Page of New 3D & 2D video releases by Razutis now on  YOUTUBE

Holographic Artists in 3D:

Page of New 3D shorts of holograms and stereograms at visual Alchemy

1990s 3D Video Art by Al Razutis:

Page of 3D video art from the 1990's by Al Razutis

Films and 3D video by Al Razutis on You Tube - separate channels of content
    XALRAZUTIS channel - avant garde         XAR3D channel - stereo 3D & holo
Amerika Visual Essays and short films extracted for You Tube - XALRAZUTIS Channel           Stereoscopic 3D videos as art and docs by Razutis on You Tube - XAR3D Channel