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Natasha, 2004 - 2005

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My internship at the Holographic Studios, although unfortunately very short, was quite memorable. First of all, I think Jason is a wonderful person, very talented and knowledgeable, so it was very enjoyable to be in his company. The atmosphere at the Studios is very informal, we spent a lot of time discussing philosophical and scientific issues, or just sharing our experiences. I also met a few of Jason's friends, all of whom seemed very friendly and nice people.

Well, of course, it was an internship in holography, and we did shoot and develop holograms. Jason has explained to me the related color issues, i.e. why holograms may be of different colors, and how they change them depending on the angle you're viewing them at. Occasionally, we ran into problems, but Jason managed to solve all of them. I was amazed with his confidence that all the troublesome issues could be resolved. In many cases, I myself felt like giving up, but he remained enthusiastic and eventually found the solutions. That definitely lifted my spirit. Throughout my internship, alongside other projects there was one that we constantly ran into problems with. It was an integral hologram of a lady, and everything that could possibly go wrong with it, seemed to go wrong. It was almost mystical. But the hologram turned out very nice in the end.

We also built displays and stands for holograms. For that we had to use all kinds of different techniques of working with plastic, mostly. That's something I hadn't expected to learn when I started the internship. In the process, Jason told me how to make scupltures of plastic, and sometime soon he'll show me how to do it. As far as I understand, there is still a lot of research to be done on holography. Jason told me about some of his former projects, and we also discussed the theory of the Holographic Universe, which so interested the previous intern at the Studios. I think, holography is a field where science and art come together. Or at least you can make them come together, if you want to. In that sense, it is very special.

I am very grateful that I've had this wonderful experience. Before the internship, I knew very little about holography, although I was interested in it since I was a kid. Back then I couldn't imagine what kind of physical phenomena could produce those images, they were absolutely magical to me. Now my knowledge has increased, and I hope, will keep increasing, although I still admire holograms as much as I did in childhood.