Katakali Dancer 1

Name: Ragnar Digital, LLC
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Richard Lowenberg

1975

Created w/ Rush Creek Editions, Santa Fe, NM, printed on a Canon Pro 4100. Printed in 2023

Description

Throughout the 1970s, Richard Lowenburg made frequent use of thermographic imaging equipment more commonly employed by the US military in overseas conflicts such as the Vietnam War. After using a system on loan from a defense contractor, he learned about a medical thermography unit at San Francisco Medical Center’s Radiology Lab. The doctor running the lab was happy to give access to Lowenburg, who took video and photographic documentation of the images that appeared on the device’s screen (there was no means of creating direct output). In 1977, he started using an industrial imaging system with the help of a salesman who worked for the manufacturer. The _Kathakali Dancer _works were made with that device, in collaboration with performers of a traditional Indian dance-drama. The draped curtain behind the dancer shows the temperature rising toward the room’s ceiling, 0.2 degrees per color.