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Bibliography: the ontology of the image--Natasha Chuk

Bibliography

Chuk, N. A. (2025). In the Beginning, There Was the End. In The First Circle Archive: Radical Humanism (p. 162). Politrix Books (Independently published).

Natasha Chuk's essay examines the ontological status of holographic images in relation to our broader cultural understanding of representation and presence. The work traces how Wenyon & Gamble's practice sits at the intersection of material investigation and conceptual inquiry, using the unique properties of holography to question the nature of the image itself.

This scholarly analysis positions the collaborative work within a lineage of radical humanist thought, exploring how the medium of holography functions not merely as a technical achievement but as a philosophical tool for examining our relationship to objects, memory, and cultural meaning.