All Saints Church
High Street
Earls Barton
NN6 0JG
18 – 29 April 2025
Open Daily from 10am – 9pm*
*Please check www.allsaintseb.com for one off events and changes to general access times
Launch event 7 – 9pm – Saturday 19th April
Halo is a poetic light installation by Swiss Danish artist Tobias Zehntner, at All Saints Church in Earls Barton.
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. Tobias describes the installation as lighting the church space “as if candles would dance inside”.
All Saints is an active church at the heart of the village of Earls Barton, in Northamptonshire. Named as one of England’s Thousand Best Churches, it is estimated that the building dates from the later tenth century, shortly after Danish raids on England.
With this project Fermynwoods Contemporary Art aims to create a sense of wonder and a shared experience for the local community by bringing this internationally celebrated art installation to a Grade I listed Anglo Saxon Church in Northamptonshire. The organisation hopes to revitalise the space as a meeting point, connect different groups, and support tourism within the county. A special church service will encourage interfaith and intercultural dialogue, reflection, and contemplation.
The project is funded by Northamptonshire Community Foundation’s Compton Fund and is the next event in Fermynwoods Contemporary Art’s latest thematic programme Love + Light, which seeks to address the climate crisis by fostering awareness, inspiring action, and cultivating a deeper connection with the Earth and its inhabitants, promoting solace and the sense that we are part of something greater than ourselves.
The launch event from 7 – 9pm on Saturday 19 April will be the first opportunity for the public to experience the work, accompanied by talks, original music and light refreshments. The event is free to attend however please book a place here to help us monitor attendance and to inform us of any access needs.
Halo is kindly supported by Northamptonshire Community Foundation’s Compton Fund and All Saints, Earls Barton.
Images: Halo, All Saints Church, Earls Barton – Tobias Zehntner, 2025. Image Andy Eathorne; Halo, All Saints Church, Earls Barton – Tobias Zehntner, 2025. Image Andy Eathorne; Halo (detail), All Saints Church, Earls Barton – Tobias Zehntner, 2025. Image Steve Chown; Tobias Zehntner, 2025. Image Steve Chown; Halo, All Saints Church, Earls Barton – Tobias Zehntner, 2025. Image Andy Eathorne; Halo, All Saints Church, Earls Barton – Tobias Zehntner, 2025. Image Andy Eathorne; Halo, All Saints Church, Earls Barton – Tobias Zehntner, 2025. Image Andy Eathorne; James Steventon. Image Steve Chown – James Miller. Image Andy Eathorne; Reverend Jenny Bland – Chad Chadwick. Images Andy Eathorne; Halo, All Saints Church, Earls Barton – Tobias Zehntner, 2025. Image Andy Eathorne.