Haroon Mirza
666, 2021
Photovoltaic cell, copper tape, copper wire, electrical wire, PCB, tracing paper, reflective acetate, Air-INK on paper
59.4 x 42 cm
Haroon Mirza was born in 1977 in London where he lives and works. He has a BA in Painting from Winchester School of Art, an MA in Design Critical Practice and Theory from Goldsmiths College (2006) and an MA in Fine Art from Chelsea College of Art and Design (2007).
He has won international acclaim for installations that test the interplay and friction between sound and light waves and electric currents. He devises sculptures, performances and immersive installations, such as The National Apavillion of Then and Now (2011) – an anechoic chamber with a circle of light that grows brighter in response to increasing drone, and completely dark when there is silence.
Mirza is an advocate of interference (in the sense of electro-acoustic or radio disruption). He creates situations that purposefully cross wires.