Overview

" . . . and follows some intriguing modern religious art with a display of what are called PHSColograms, an acronym for photography, holography, sculpture and computer graphics-3D enhanced images of items already seen in the museum."

"A Light in the Darkness"
by Eve Zibart
Washington Post
February 8, 1998

In 1996, (art)n, lead by founding artist and director Ellen Sandor, was commissioned by the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City to create a unique photocollage series that tells the story of Jewish life before, during and after the Holocaust, with digitally reconstructed objects and photographs from the Museum's collection.

(art)n assembled a team of additional artists including Stephanie Barish, from Steven Spielberg's Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation, Cynthia Beth Rubin, and Miroslaw Rogala, and produced the images with Dr. Carolina Cruz-Neira, the "mother of virtual reality", and her students from ICEMT at Iowa State University.

This unique portfolio re-presents layers of Jewish history - a monument to memory and the healing powers of art

Since our mission is to educate people of all ages and backgrounds, we are thrilled to be attracting such a diverse group of visitors. Some are locals, some are international tourists, but they all share the same desire to experience 20th Century Jewish life in a personal way, and that is what we offer them.

When Museum visitors reach the PHSCologram installation in our final Rotunda Gallery exhibit, they are visibly excited and curious about such striking images. When they realize that these vivid colorful displays feature the Museum's artifacts and recount the Museum's themes, they react with palpable emotion, which is what we intended.

David Altshuler
Director, Museum of Jewish Heritage

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