Ron Haselden
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Ron Haselden is a British artist who splits his time between London and the French coastal town of Plouër-sur-Rance, in Brittany
, France. He works with light, sound, film and video, often as part of architectural projects.
He was born in Gravesend, Kent
and attended the Gravesend School of Art. After teaching for a number of years at Reading University he moved to France.
Frère Jacques (made in collaboration with Peter Cusack) combined a wall of light with children singing. In 1993 he created a twenty feet high new moon illuminating the front of the South London Gallery
. Blue Passage (1999), made for the passageway between the South Bank
and the BFI
IMAX
cinema in London
, consists of 8000 blue LEDs sunk into the walls of the underpass.
Brittany
Brittany is a cultural and administrative region in the north-west of France. Previously a kingdom and then a duchy, Brittany was united to the Kingdom of France in 1532 as a province. Brittany has also been referred to as Less, Lesser or Little Britain...
, France. He works with light, sound, film and video, often as part of architectural projects.
He was born in Gravesend, Kent
Gravesend, Kent
Gravesend is a town in northwest Kent, England, on the south bank of the Thames, opposite Tilbury in Essex. It is the administrative town of the Borough of Gravesham and, because of its geographical position, has always had an important role to play in the history and communications of this part of...
and attended the Gravesend School of Art. After teaching for a number of years at Reading University he moved to France.
Frère Jacques (made in collaboration with Peter Cusack) combined a wall of light with children singing. In 1993 he created a twenty feet high new moon illuminating the front of the South London Gallery
South London Gallery
South London Gallery, founded 1891, often known by the acronym SLG, is a public-funded gallery of contemporary art in Camberwell, London - exhibiting artists included Alfredo Jaar, Ryan Gander and Chris Burden...
. Blue Passage (1999), made for the passageway between the South Bank
South Bank
South Bank is an area of London, England located immediately adjacent to the south side of the River Thames. It forms a long and narrow section of riverside development that is within the London Borough of Lambeth to the border with the London Borough of Southwark and was formerly simply known as...
and the BFI
British Film Institute
The British Film Institute is a charitable organisation established by Royal Charter to:-Cinemas:The BFI runs the BFI Southbank and IMAX theatre, both located on the south bank of the River Thames in London...
IMAX
IMAX
IMAX is a motion picture film format and a set of proprietary cinema projection standards created by the Canadian company IMAX Corporation. IMAX has the capacity to record and display images of far greater size and resolution than conventional film systems...
cinema in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, consists of 8000 blue LEDs sunk into the walls of the underpass.
Further reading
- Frère Jacques et autres pièces à Francis: Expositions. 1997. Saint-Fons, Ron Haselden, Saint-Fons, Centre d'Arts Plastiques, 1997, ISBN 2-9509357-2-9