14K views · 540 reactions | Here are some examples of my projects from 2024 featuring the Pepper’s Ghost effect. Thanks for following along this year. #avart #audiovisualism #realtime #newmediaart #television #peppersghost #art #videoart #vdmx5 #vintage #experimental #diy #imagineering #maker | Ellingson | Facebook

Here are some examples of my projects that use the “Pepper’s Ghost” effect. It’s called “Pepper’s Ghost” because it was used in a stage act in the 1800s and made popular by John Pepper. Sometimes it’s was called “Pepper’s Mystery”. Anyway, there weren’t TVs or iPads to reflect off of back then, so they did it with a large piece of glass and objects hidden offstage that were illuminated by gaslight. To the audience, they would appear as ghosts. In my work, I avoid calling them holograms. Hologram