Antony Hall creates discrete objects that
attempt to defy entropy, harnessing elements of
potential or kinetic energy and
self-perpetuation. His work explores mechanical
or fluid motion as well as biological phenomenon
such as the behaviour of animals. These works
are often minuscule or apparently simple; yet
invite closer observation revealing deeper
levels of complexity. His working process
involves identifying behaviours and developing
control structures [devices & instruments]
within which unique, specific phenomena can
exist, for example; 'Bubbling mass' 2012 or
'Coffee Vortex' [2002], or sustaining the life
of microorganisms in a droplet of water 'Pond
Life' [2001]. These works assimilate phenomena,
which being susceptible to change within
themselves and the environment that directly
surrounds them, require to be nurtured. Through
presenting active processes, the work is a
continuous play on potential failure and
possible solution, where failure is as important
as resolution.
Research: Experiments in
art and perceptual illusion:
Exploring methods used in experimental
psychology within the framework of an artistic
practice. This PhD project is based at MMU in
partnership with and Body Eyes And Movement
[BEAM] Lab Manchester University. Funded by the
North West Consortium Doctoral Training
Partnership (NWCDTP) Scholarship Award. The
research centres around the artistic re-creation
and re-appropriation, of science experiments for
purposes of experience. Taking methods from
experimental psychology, workshops are
prototyped through a process of feedback,
reflection and action. Initial experiments test
newly discovered multisensory illusions; in
which participants are asked to create and
embody 'unfeasible' objects or participate in
simulations of out of body experiences.
↪See
blog for research and work in progress
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Contact me to inquire about workshops info@antonyhall.net

Online text, interviews,
profiles, reviews:
Is it art if no one can
see it?
Artists
are in a unique position, being able to play
with assumptions and expectations, a certain
state of perception, one assumes on entering
the gallery space, a readiness to look closely
and absorb. Potentially looking closely and
reading meaning into things they would
otherwise consider banal...↩]
"...Antony Hall’s series of experiments
catches our attention, in particular
“Perpetual Puddle Vortex: Experiment No. 3”,
in which a flat dark pool of black ink visibly
and audibly drains away through a hole in its
centre. We wait to see if it will empty. We
wait some more, yet the pool remains full to
the plinth’s brim. A technical feat, yes, but
accomplished with a filmic brilliance that
lends the piece a hypnotic quality. In this
piece it was not the puddle that resembles
life, but the plinth and the gallery space;
drinking and replenishing the endless
fluid..." Tim Howard, reviewing 'On The Move'
at Gazelli Art House http://artwednesday.com/
↩
"Tech Know: Etch A Sketch and robotic swarms
at Future Everything" By Andrew Webb,
BBC News http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13443240
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↪Hele
Shaw Cell Problem 2012
↪Bubbling
Mass 2013

↪Perpetual
Puddle Vortex 2012
↪Ink
Drip 2012
↪Evaporation
series 2004-2013 |