In this episode of the Fermynwoods Contemporary Art Podcast we hear from a trinity of voices - artist Tobias Zehntner, composer George Turvey, and curate Chad Chadwick - discussing place, community, spirituality and creation in relation to Tobias' Halo installation, shown at the Grade I listed Anglo Saxon, All Saints Church, Earls Barton in April 2025.

Originally commissioned in the Abbaye de la Cambre, Belgium, Halo features a suspended light installation that creates a moving interplay of light and shadow that illuminates the church’s architecture and forms halos above the audience.

Woven into these conversations are 6 new pieces of music composed by George in response to the artwork, portraying the arrival of light, new beginnings, and the recurring circle of notes in the music mimicking the hypnotic swinging of the installation.

These compositions originally accompanied the work for the Halo launch event in All Saints, Earls Barton.

Chad broadens the discussion with fascinating insights into the nature of play as a spiritual discipline.

The accompanying visual is a video response to the episode, by artist Sapphire Goss.

https://fermynwoods.org/fermynwoods-podcast-30-halo