Multi-Phase Editions – Artworks in Motion
A Multi-Phase is an artwork with a particular quality: as the viewer moves and the angle changes, the work changes with it. It reveals another side of itself – and creates the impression of movement. Beatrice Hug uses this effect to shift colors and boundaries, opening up new perspectives again and again.
Marilyn Monroe Unfiltered
Bert Stern’s final photographs of Marilyn Monroe are among the most iconic in the history of photography. The Multi-Phase Editions bring her many facets together in a single work – down to Marilyn’s own handwritten cross-outs. An unfiltered encounter with a legend, between glamour and vulnerability.
Rings of Abstract Color
Beatrice Hug’s abstract rings of color seem to pulse with a life of their own – an effect created by her skillful use of soft focus. The longer you look, the softer the image becomes. Step to the side, and an even more surprising change occurs: what was pink turns green, while the inner circle takes on a bluish tone. This effect is made possible by lenticular technology – tiny lenses refract the light into new colors. It is a fitting medium for the Paris-based photographer, whose work centers on colored glass, reflections of light and tinted liquids.
Vintage Gloss & Jet-Set Glamour
Slim Aarons granted rare glimpses into worlds that for most remained a myth. His Multi-Phase Editions now bring the High Society of the post-war years to life with an almost cinematic narrative – an immersive journey back to the sun-soaked glamour of 1970s California.
A Living Experience
Gavin Evans’ works pay tribute to David Bowie, showing many sides of the icon as Morph and Flip Multi-Phase prints. In the Morph works, only the slightest movement from the viewer is needed to set Bowie in motion. Depending on the viewing angle, different faces of the legendary musician appear – a way of capturing the versatility that defined Bowie’s career and his talent for reinvention.
Ocean Photography
Wolfgang Uhlig is a master of maritime photography. Through his clear, contemplative seascapes, he conveys the vastness of the open ocean and invites the viewer to drift away in thought. Lenticular technology turns the fine movement of the waves into a visual experience: with every returning wave, the harmony and dynamics of the sea become tangible. The viewer no longer simply looks at the seascape, but becomes part of it – you can almost hear the surf and taste the salt in the air.
A Format Making Waves
A never-before-seen format – extending Almir Reis’ fusion of media into the presentation itself: the upper section mounted under acrylic glass, the lower realised as a Multi-Phase lenticular, setting the water in motion and carrying its gentle waves seemingly beyond the image surface.
Movement in Focus
Pedro Blas turns perception into an experience: his works combine the precision of digital design with the vibrating illusion of Op Art. Through lenticular technology, color, form and depth shift with the viewing angle – setting the image in a motion that does not lie on the surface, but arises in the viewer’s eye.
Dynamic Artworks
Anton Sparx creates flip prints – the classic among Multi-Phase techniques. Here, the motifs appear in alternation, each clearly separated from the other: depending on where the viewer stands, there is a different work to discover. Sparx layers several abstract digital paintings to create radiant Multi-Phase works in vivid nuances of color. He also stages some of the world’s most famous diamonds: the champagne-colored Braganza and the Green Dresden. True jewels for your own four walls.
One Star. Three Statements.
The German photographer Alfred Steffen keeps Prince’s legacy alive in a three-phase Multi-Phase portrait of the legendary performer. The artwork becomes his stage: depending on the viewing angle, the star changes his pose. The three portraits come from a photo session in which Steffen asked Prince simple but direct questions to answer in mime – “How big is your ego?” or “Do you believe in true love?”. Each answer is a danced statement.
Nature in a Single Line
Loooop Studio conveys the beauty of nature through a minimalist, modern aesthetic. A single line is all it takes to create an artwork – lenticular technology then gives it a distinctive dynamism. As the viewer’s perspective shifts, the neon pink line moves across the black background, and the graceful flamingos come to life with natural, familiar behavior. This rhythmic aesthetic has made Loooop Studio known internationally.
A Diamond of Colors
It is like a dance of a thousand colors. The starting point for Holger Lippmann’s Multi-Phase work is an ordinary color chart. Through algorithms and a creative digital process, the chart is set into artistic motion. Countless tiny prisms on the surface of the work create an ever-changing, finely detailed play of color with every shift in angle. Individual tones become shimmering facets within geometric structures – as if the color wheel were rotating around its own center of imagination.
Exotic Beauties
Juan Fortes uses the possibilities of lenticular technology to stage two remarkable birds. The Caribbean flamingo impresses with the intensity of its pink plumage and its elegant form, revealed to the viewer from different perspectives. The Australian rainbow lorikeet captivates with its many-colored feathers, set in motion against a blue background by the morph effect. The harmonious movements of both birds invite the viewer on a journey around the world – and to take in the beauty of nature.
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A Fascinating Technique
First, the motif is cut into fine strips and laminated onto a lenticular film. Tiny optical lenses are then laid over the work as a transparent grid, creating a spatial illusion. The image is printed behind the numerous rod-shaped lenses, which reveal different parts of the work depending on the viewing angle.
Depending on the lenticular technique, the distance between the viewer’s eyes creates 3D effects or the impression of movement. The effect grows stronger as you move in front of the Multi-Phase work: two-dimensional wall art suddenly comes to life and turns into sculptures from another world.
Multi-Phase Techniques
Flip
The view alternates between two or more images as soon as the viewing angle changes.
Morph
The motif changes without visible transitions, creating a continuous sense of movement.
3D
The individual elements of the artwork are arranged in layers, creating a remarkable sense of depth.