Ian Helliwell

Ian is a composer, filmmaker, collagist, instrument builder, installation artist, live performer, radio and film programmer, light show projectionist, teacher and writer.
Self-taught and self-funded, he has operated from his current hq in Brighton since 1991. His work encompasses over 70 experimental films, and the composition of electronic music with instruments he designs and builds himself.
On occasions he performs live with his Hellitrons and Hellisizers, and exhibits his creations in galleries.
For many years he has devised multi-projector light-show projections, and he is a curator and collector with a special interest in early electronic music, world's fairs and abstract film.
He runs workshops, assembles themed programmes for film festivals, creates pieces for radio, and is working on his first book, An A-Z of Early British Electronic Music Composers.