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Sarah Meyohas — Bitcoin Hologram #5
Sarah Meyohas — Bitcoin Hologram #5
Sarah Meyohas

Bitcoin Hologram #5

2022

Bitcoin Hologram #5 presents a Denisyuk hologram of a physical Bitcoin coin suspended in perpetual, shifting light. Measuring 40 × 29.8 cm, the work captures the coin's surface in three-dimensional luminescence, its image appearing to float and recede depending on the viewer's position and the angle of illumination. The Denisyuk process, a form of reflection holography developed in Soviet optical science, records an object using a single laser beam, producing an image of remarkable depth and fidelity that seems to materialize from within the glass itself. Meyohas's choice of substrate is inseparable from her subject: a technology rooted in mid-twentieth-century physics is used to preserve an object that most people have never physically held, a coin that exists primarily as code and collective belief. The work belongs to a broader investigation Meyohas has pursued into the aesthetics and ideology of financial systems, speculation, and the translation of abstract value into tangible form. By fixing the Bitcoin coin in holographic glass, signed by the artist and presented as a discrete object, she stages a pointed tension between dematerialization and materiality, between the promise of a currency designed to exist beyond physical constraint and the human compulsion to render value visible and ownable. The hologram does not simply document the coin; it elevates it into a kind of relic, preserving a moment in the ongoing cultural mythology surrounding cryptocurrency. For collectors, Bitcoin Hologram #5 occupies a distinct position within Meyohas's practice and within the broader conversation around art and speculative economies. It is at once a formally refined optical object and a conceptually layered provocation, one that will reward sustained attention as the discourse around digital finance continues to evolve. The work is offered in signed condition through Nguyen Wahed Gallery, without frame, allowing collectors the option to present it in a manner that best suits their intended display context.

Medium
Denisyuk hologram
Overall
Signed
Yes

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Sarah Meyohas, Bitcoin Hologram #5, 2022

Bitcoin Hologram #5 presents a Denisyuk hologram of a physical Bitcoin coin suspended in perpetual, shifting light. Measuring 40 × 29.8 cm, the work captures the coin's surface in three-dimensional luminescence, its image appearing to float and recede depending on the viewer's position and the angle of illumination. The Denisyuk process, a form of reflection holography developed in Soviet optical science, records an object using a single laser beam, producing an image of remarkable depth and fidelity that seems to materialize from within the glass itself. Meyohas's choice of substrate is inseparable from her subject: a technology rooted in mid-twentieth-century physics is used to preserve an object that most people have never physically held, a coin that exists primarily as code and collective belief. The work belongs to a broader investigation Meyohas has pursued into the aesthetics and ideology of financial systems, speculation, and the translation of abstract value into tangible form. By fixing the Bitcoin coin in holographic glass, signed by the artist and presented as a discrete object, she stages a pointed tension between dematerialization and materiality, between the promise of a currency designed to exist beyond physical constraint and the human compulsion to render value visible and ownable. The hologram does not simply document the coin; it elevates it into a kind of relic, preserving a moment in the ongoing cultural mythology surrounding cryptocurrency. For collectors, Bitcoin Hologram #5 occupies a distinct position within Meyohas's practice and within the broader conversation around art and speculative economies. It is at once a formally refined optical object and a conceptually layered provocation, one that will reward sustained attention as the discourse around digital finance continues to evolve. The work is offered in signed condition through Nguyen Wahed Gallery, without frame, allowing collectors the option to present it in a manner that best suits their intended display context.

Medium
Denisyuk hologram
Dimensions
overall: 40 x 29.8 cm
Year
2022
Signed
Hand-signed by the artist
Seen at
Nguyen Wahed Gallery

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