Pie Projects – Artist Talk With August Muth

Join us for a talk with light artist, August Muth this Saturday, August 8, as he discusses the ideas, techniques, and decades of experimentation behind his holographic works. Hosted in our Garden Gallery, this standing-room-only event invites visitors to experience his practice through the artist’s own perspective and explore the intersection of light, science, and art.

For more than four decades, August Muth has been at the forefront of contemporary holography, developing highly specialized techniques that transform light itself into an artistic medium. Trained in astronomy and physics, Muth creates works that exist as dynamic fields of light, shifting in color, depth, and form as viewers move through space.

Each hologram is meticulously crafted using hand-coated, light-sensitive glass emulsions that are exposed to laser light, resulting in luminous compositions that challenge conventional perceptions of space, time, and materiality. Rather than depicting an image, Muth’s works make light perceptible as a physical presence, resulting in immersive experiences that are never the same twice. Because every viewer encounters each hologram from a different vantage point, every experience of the work is uniquely their own.

A pioneer in the field, Muth has spent more than 40 years exploring the intersection of art, science, and perception. Working from his Santa Fe studio, he continues to push the boundaries of holography, inviting us to reconsider the extraordinary possibilities contained within the everyday phenomenon of light.