Arts at CERN

hrm199 is a studio practice founded by Haroon Mirza in 2004 focusing on interdisciplinary collective and collaborative practice.

Haroon Mirza works with the medium of electricity to create multi-sensory works with sound and video. His immersive installations explore the interplay and interference of audio-visual signals, sound, and light, challenging viewers to reexperience the relationship between each component and the surrounding space. He often uses solar panels as image carriers or in complex circuit systems that power themselves. In these dynamic systems, he combines references to technology and nature, spiritual practices and club culture with socio-political issues. With a highly collaborative approach, the artist questions the categorization of artistic forms of expression, drawing on diverse scientific, historical, pop cultural, art historical, and ritual influences. Haroon Mirza is a co-founder of the London-based record label Outputs, which collaborates with musicians and visual artists on interdisciplinary projects.

Jack Jelfs’s work uses sculpture, music, video, text and performance, with a current focus on the interplay between language, consciousness and physical matter. He has released music under various aliases and performed or exhibited at venues including Tate Modern, the Barbican, Serpentine Gallery and the Roundhouse. He has degrees in philosophy (University of Liverpool) and theoretical physics (Imperial College London).

In 2017,  Haroon Mirza and Jack Jelfs were joint winners of Arts at CERN’s Collide Award, in partnership with FACT Liverpool (2015-2018).