CHICAGO IMAGISTS & VISIONARY ARTISTS
At (art)n, Paschke trades his paintbrush for a computer stylus to create hybrid, high-tech digital sculptures called PHSColograms in collaboration with Sandor and (art)n artists Stephan Meyers and Janine Fron. PHSColograms combine aspects of photography, holography, sculpture and computer graphics to create vibrant 3-D visualizations of such subjects as the AIDS virus, chaos math equations and the writer Franz Kafka. The kinetic illuminations shimmer on the walls of the cavernous, dimly lit laboratory and suggest a sci-fi pavilion of windows opening into alternate universes.
"These kinds of opportunities become challenges to take more risks, to stay on the edge," he says. "When the world applauds you, there's a tendency to become more and more conservative."
-"Spatial Effects: Ed Paschke + (art)n = the future" by Abigail Foerstner, Northshore, March 1998
"No Fumare por Favore" has been successfully installed in the office of the Honorable John Kornblum, United States Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany (Bonn). This outstanding work of art effectively communicates the richness of U.S. art and culture."
- Gwen Berlin, Director, Art in Embassies Program, United States Department of State, 1997
"Even though Paschke's imagery translates well to this [medium] with his fluorescent colors and sense of movement, it's the sculptural quality that should be most interesting," she says. "PHSColograms are very, very sculptural."
- Lynne Warren, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, 1997
remixing the mix ii
Remixing the mix II, 2022
Ellen Sandor & (art)n: Diana Torres and Azadeh Gholizadeh
Based on faccia d'ore: face of gold in collaboration with Ed Paschke
Video
Two Humming Birds
Two Humming Birds, 2006
Ellen Sandor & (art)n: Nick Gaul
Robert Lostutter
Virtual Photograph/PHSCologram: Duratrans, Kodalth, Plexiglas
24 x 40 inches
Red-Billed Toucan II
Red-Billed Toucan II, 2006
Ellen Sandor & (art)n: Nick Gaul
Robert Lostutter
Virtual Photograph/PHSCologram: Duratrans, Kodalth, Plexiglas
20 x 24 inches
Pluto
Pluto, 2004
Ellen Sandor & (art)n: Keith Miller
Ed Paschke
Virtual Photograph/PHSCologram: Duratrans, Kodalth, Plexiglas
(40 x 30), (17 x 11) inches
faccia d'ore: face of gold
faccia d'ore: face of gold, 2002
Ellen Sandor & (art)n: Keith Miller and Pete Latrofa
Ed Paschke
Virtual Photograph/PHSCologram: Duratrans, Kodalth, Plexiglas
30 x 40 inches
Egg Drop
Egg Drop is (art)n's third collaboration with Chicago Imagist Painter, Karl Wirsum. The piece features a whimsical virtual portrait of fantasy characters performing in cyberspace.
Egg Drop, 2002
Ellen Sandor & (art)n: Pete Latrofa, Keith Miller, Fernando Orellana, Janine Fron and Jack Ludden
Karl Wirsum
Virtual Photograph/PHSCologram: Duratrans, Kodalth, Plexiglas
30 x 40 inches
Details from Egg Drop
Details from Egg Drop (Mouth Girl, Bird Man, Leg Boy & Bird Lady), 2002
Ellen Sandor & (art)n: Pete Latrofa and Keith Miller
Karl Wirsum
Virtual Photograph/PHSCologram: Duratrans, Kodalth, Plexiglas
(4) 14 x 11 inches
Magnify Guy
(detail from Egg Drop)
Magnify Guy (detail from Egg Drop)
2002
Ellen Sandor & (art)n: Pete Latrofa and Keith Miller
Karl Wirsum
Virtual Photograph/PHSCologram: Duratrans, Kodalth, Plexiglas
14 x 11 inches
The Third Eye of Mr. I
The Third Eye of Mr. I, 2002
Ellen Sandor & (art)n: Keith Miller, Pete Latrofa & Janine Fron
Mr. Imagination
Virtual Photograph/PHSCologram: Duratrans, Kodalth, Plexiglas
24 x 20 inches
Red Man
(detail from The Third Eye of Mr. I)
Red Man (detail from The Third Eye of Mr. I), 2003
Ellen Sandor & (art)n: Keith Miller, Pete Latrofa, Janine Fron, and Jack Ludden
Mr. Imagination
Virtual Photograph/PHSCologram: Duratrans, Kodalth, Plexiglas
14 x 11 inches
Little feather man
(detail from The Third Eye of Mr. I)
Little Feather Man (detail from The Third Eye of Mr. I), 2003
Ellen Sandor & (art)n: Keith Miller, Pete Latrofa, Janine Fron, and Jack Ludden
Mr. Imagination
Virtual Photograph/PHSCologram: Duratrans, Kodalth, Plexiglas
14 x 11 inches
VSL/RB (Virtual Still Life/Roger Brown), 2002
VSL / RB (Virtual Still Life / Roger Brown), 2002
Ellen Sandor & (art)n: Keith Miller, Pete Latrofa, Jack Ludden and Janine Fron
Lisa Stone & Jim Zanzi, Roger Brown Study Collection, The School of the Art
Institute of Chicago
30”x40” Virtual Photograph/PHSCologram: Duratrans, Kodalith, Plexiglas
tell tale high tail
Tell Tale High Tail, 2001
Ellen Sandor & (art)n: Pete Latrofa, Fernando Orellana, Nichole Maury, and Keith Miller
Karl Wirsum
Virtual Photograph/PHSCologram: Duratrans, Kodalth, Plexiglas
40 x 30 inches
Self-Portrait
Self-Portrait, 2000
Ellen Sandor & (art)n: Fernando Orellana, Todd Margolis, Nichole Maury, Sabrina Raaf and Janine Fron
Ed Paschke
Special thanks to Paul Neumann, BVIS, University of Illinois at Chicago
Virtual Photograph/PHSCologram: Duratrans, Kodalth, Plexiglas
(40 x 30), (24 x 20) inches
Water We Wading For
Water We Wading For, 2000
Ellen Sandor & (art)n: Fernando Orellana, Todd Margolis, Nichole Maury, and Sabrina Raaf
Karl Wirsum
Virtual Photograph/PHSCologram: Duratrans, Kodalth, Plexiglas
40 x 30 inches
Soon Soap Ring Surprise
Soon Soap Ring Surprise, 2000
Ellen Sandor & (art)n: Fernando Orellana, Todd Margolis, Nichole Maury, and Sabrina Raaf
Karl Wirsum
Virtual Photograph/PHSCologram: Duratrans, Kodalth, Plexiglas
24 x 20 inches
Primondo
Primondo, 1998
Ellen Sandor & (art)n: Stephan Meyers and Janine Fron
Ed Paschke
Virtual Photograph/PHSCologram: Duratrans, Kodalth, Plexiglas
(40 x 30), (24 x 20) inches
No Fumare,
por Favore
No Fumare, por Favore, 1997
Ellen Sandor & (art)n: Stephan Meyers and Janine Fron
Ed Paschke
Virtual Photograph/PHSCologram: Duratrans, Kodalth, Plexiglas
40 x 30 inches