Installation Art
Franglen's installations investigate the relationship between people and unusual spaces, an interest that he says developed from his fascination with the locations in which Blacksand performed.
On 2 September 2010 Franglen played a theremin under London Bridge for 24 hours for his Hymn to London Bridge, a collaboration with the thousands of commuters who cross the bridge each day.
On 21st June 2011 he performed Hymn to the Manhattan Bridge, where he played theremin in The Archway under the Manhattan Bridge for 24 hours as part of Make Music New York.
In November 2011 he created Hive, a sound art installation featuring 50 radios tuned to different stations, running for 24 hours inside the World War II gunnery training dome at Langham, Norfolk, UK.
Between January and July 2012 he created Legacy, an extensive solo installation inside an abandoned mill building in the London Docklands. A reference to the London 2012 Olympics, part of the installation was to create an allotment growing seeds that had been intended for the Manor Garden Allotments, that were destroyed in the making of the London Olympic Park.
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