Entangled Light 2026 ART Events / News Research Residency Workshops by antonyhall - June 10, 2026November 7, 20260 Entangled Light is a collaborative project with Hellen McGhie, developed as part of the Being Human festival 2026 at the garden at Islington Mill, Salford. Through this project I will be developing my experiments with soil and moss-based microbial fuel cells into the project. The work transforms the garden into a more-than-human photographic studio, where people soil microbes and humans all take part in making an image. The soil-powered cells generate tiny amounts of electricity through the activity of microbes. When connected together, they can power small LED lights. Rather than hiding this fragile energy source, the project makes it central: the light used to reveal the work comes from the living material of the garden itself. https://www.beinghumanfestival.org/entangled-light Soil
Entangled Light (Helen McGhie+Antony Hall) ART by antonyhall - June 6, 2026September 17, 20260 Entangled Light: Soil, Photography and the Garden as Studio by Helen McGhie and Antony Hall [ Find out more here ... ] Entangled Light is a collaborative project with Helen McGhie, developed at the garden at Islington Mill, Salford. I am working as co-investigator, bringing my ongoing experiments with soil-powered and moss-based microbial fuel cells into the project (more information here). The work asks how a garden might become a more-than-human studio, where soil, microbes, plants, light, energy and people all take part in making an image. My contribution focuses on building small microbial batteries using soil gathered from Islington Mill and Incredible Edible Salford’s community garden, alongside found and low-cost materials. These soil-powered cells generate tiny amounts of electricity through the activity of