"Ben Munday claims he is a co-author of two 2004 portraits of the queen that were created using holography technology, which involves the use of light projection and multiple cameras to render a 3D image. In a court filing seen by the Guardian, Munday alleges Levine and his company Sphere 9 breached his moral rights over the works, titled Equanimity and Lightness of Being, which are both in the permanent collection at the National Portrait Gallery."
"Munday said he was trying to be legally recognised as a joint artist with Levine, who he claims came to him because Levine could not have created the holographic image without his expertise. I've been going through this cycle for 20 years, said Munday, who trained in holography after graduating from college in the early 1980s. I'm not young any more; it felt like this had to be fought now or never."
"The images were commissioned by the Jersey Heritage Trust to mark the 800th anniversary of the self-governing dependency of the UK pledging allegiance to the English crown. Munday claims he and Levine, in conjunction with the trust, came to a settlement in 2005 about authorship of the portraits but that Levine has since breached that. Chris Levine with Equanimity in 2004. Photograph: Sarah Lee/The Guardian"
Ben Munday alleges co-authorship of two 2004 holographic portraits of the late queen and has sued Chris Levine and his company Sphere 9 for breach of his moral rights. The works, Equanimity and Lightness of Being, are held in the National Portrait Gallery and were produced using light projection and multiple cameras to render a 3D image. Munday says Levine could not have created the holograms without his expertise and seeks legal recognition as joint artist after a claimed 2005 settlement. The Jersey Heritage Trust commissioned the images and later sued Levine in July 2024 for alleged contract and copyright breaches.
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