{"id":17028,"date":"2016-04-26T12:09:05","date_gmt":"2016-04-26T11:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=17028"},"modified":"2016-04-26T12:09:05","modified_gmt":"2016-04-26T11:09:05","slug":"the-beautiful-led-lights-of-brighton-luminary-by-ron-haselden-at-fabrica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/the-beautiful-led-lights-of-brighton-luminary-by-ron-haselden-at-fabrica\/","title":{"rendered":"The beautiful LED lights of Brighton: Luminary by Ron Haselden at Fabrica"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/luminary-haselden-brighton-01.jpg\" alt=\"The beautiful LED lights of Brighton: Luminary by Ron Haselden at Fabrica, Duke Street, Brighton\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Luminary is a fascinating series of LED light drawings exhibited in two parts inside the Fabrica gallery in Brighton.<\/p>\n<p>The installation in the\u00a0former Regency church takes the form of a &#8220;a monumental walk,&#8221;\u00a0and has been\u00a0developed from drawings by older people and is said to combine two ideas in one:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8230;literally that the artwork itself emits light, and metaphorically that older people bring important knowledge and a longer perspective to the rest of society.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/luminary-haselden-brighton-02.jpg\" alt=\"The beautiful LED lights of Brighton: Luminary by Ron Haselden at Fabrica, Duke Street, Brighton\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The work has been inspired by the artist\u2019s love of drawings produced by an \u2018untutored hand\u2019, with displayed sketches by young children and older people providing\u00a0both the inspiration and material for the final works.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/luminary-haselden-brighton-03.jpg\" alt=\"The beautiful LED lights of Brighton: Luminary by Ron Haselden at Fabrica, Duke Street, Brighton\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Employing\u00a0LED light rope, the artist has transposed a selection of drawings to a larger scale\u00a0while &#8220;retaining and amplifying the power, spontaneity and uninhibited style of each original.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/luminary-haselden-brighton-04.jpg\" alt=\"The beautiful LED lights of Brighton: Luminary by Ron Haselden at Fabrica, Duke Street, Brighton\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/fabrica.org.uk\/exhibitions\/luminary\/\" target=\"_blank\">exhibition website<\/a> offers more detail:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Ron Haselden has been working with this technique for the past ten years \u2013 often choosing to work with the drawings of those who are the least visible and vocal in our society: young children, prisoners and now, older people. Luminary offers the singularity of an artist\u2019s vision, yet sheds a genuine light on the perspectives of others.<\/p>\n<p>As a septuagenarian, he finds himself reflecting a great deal on being older. Many older people do not find it easy to have their voice heard as contemporary life rushes on. The value of the older person, for the main part, slips too readily out of sight. I see the work, Luminary, as giving older people much more visibility, by presenting in quit<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/luminary-haselden-brighton-05.jpg\" alt=\"The beautiful LED lights of Brighton: Luminary by Ron Haselden at Fabrica, Duke Street, Brighton\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Children enjoyed running through the installation.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/luminary-haselden-brighton-06.jpg\" alt=\"The beautiful LED lights of Brighton: Luminary by Ron Haselden at Fabrica, Duke Street, Brighton\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The old church provides a beautiful backdrop for the work.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/luminary-haselden-brighton-07.jpg\" alt=\"The beautiful LED lights of Brighton: Luminary by Ron Haselden at Fabrica, Duke Street, Brighton\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Close up detail.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/luminary-haselden-brighton-08.jpg\" alt=\"The beautiful LED lights of Brighton: Luminary by Ron Haselden at Fabrica, Duke Street, Brighton\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ron Haselden:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The advantage of ageing is that you haven\u2019t got too much to lose whatever the risk you take, and risk taking seems an essential ingredient in making art\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/luminary-haselden-brighton-09.jpg\" alt=\"The beautiful LED lights of Brighton: Luminary by Ron Haselden at Fabrica, Duke Street, Brighton\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s more photos of the installation. Scroll down for opening times.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/luminary-haselden-brighton-10.jpg\" alt=\"The beautiful LED lights of Brighton: Luminary by Ron Haselden at Fabrica, Duke Street, Brighton\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/luminary-haselden-brighton-11.jpg\" alt=\"The beautiful LED lights of Brighton: Luminary by Ron Haselden at Fabrica, Duke Street, Brighton\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/luminary-haselden-brighton-12.jpg\" alt=\"The beautiful LED lights of Brighton: Luminary by Ron Haselden at Fabrica, Duke Street, Brighton\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/luminary-haselden-brighton-13.jpg\" alt=\"The beautiful LED lights of Brighton: Luminary by Ron Haselden at Fabrica, Duke Street, Brighton\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/luminary-haselden-brighton-14.jpg\" alt=\"The beautiful LED lights of Brighton: Luminary by Ron Haselden at Fabrica, Duke Street, Brighton\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/luminary-haselden-brighton-15.jpg\" alt=\"The beautiful LED lights of Brighton: Luminary by Ron Haselden at Fabrica, Duke Street, Brighton\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/luminary-haselden-brighton-16.jpg\" alt=\"The beautiful LED lights of Brighton: Luminary by Ron Haselden at Fabrica, Duke Street, Brighton\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/luminary-haselden-brighton-17.jpg\" alt=\"The beautiful LED lights of Brighton: Luminary by Ron Haselden at Fabrica, Duke Street, Brighton\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Details<\/h2>\n<p>Luminary by\u00a0Ron Haselden<br \/>\nRuns: 9 April &#8211; 29 May, 2016<\/p>\n<p>Fabrica<br \/>\n40 Duke Street, Brighton, East Sussex BN1 1AG<br \/>\n01273 778 646<\/p>\n<p><strong>Opening hours<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>9 April \u2013 6 May: Weds-Sat, 12-5pm, Sundays and Bank Holiday (2 May), 2-5pm<br \/>\n7 May \u2013 29 May: Daily, 12-7pm<br \/>\nLate night opening until 10pm \u2013 12 &amp; 26 May<br \/>\nAdmission free<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fabrica.org.uk\/exhibitions\/luminary\/\" target=\"_blank\">fabrica.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luminary is a fascinating series of LED light drawings exhibited in two parts inside the Fabrica gallery in Brighton. 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