Dale Battin

Painter, Photographer, Inker, Animator working from Bristol, UK.

As an animator Dale has creatied visuals for some of the world's leading musicians/bands. In 2021 he seeded his still works here on Saatchi Art.

Filmic and analogue by nature and process, the egoless synchrony of pigment and light interaction yields a unique aesthetic. Working with the molecular reaction of ink and surface, Dale explores a hidden aesthetic, observing the pure connection in everything and everyone...

Follow his 2021 'journey begin' here on Saatchi for his stills. You can follow link to his other life as a pioneering visual artist.

"except for blending with the void, there is no way to understand..."

Dale's story..
On leaving Fine Art college and moving to Bristol in ‘the second summer of love’ 1989, Dale began creating, mixing, and projecting visuals for the UK’s exploding rave scene.
There weren't any moving visuals in clubs and raves at this point. Video projectors were in their infancy, and unavailable for club and gig events.

He had to improvise by running hand inked and scratched film loops, a technique known as ‘direct to film’ animation, through banks of affordable 16mm cine film projectors. The visuals were projected onto a ...

Born in Caerleon, Wales
Newport School of Art & Design
Caerleon University of Fine Art

2021 - 'Journey begin' - First exposure of stills Artwork (since 1996) on Saatchi Art
2020 - Jon Hopkins Everything Connected Showreel launch
2020 - Burial, UK Showreel launch
2020 - Versa UK Dub single video launch, Transcending Dub & Space
2019 - Live mixing demo with 'Avolites' Titan
2019 - Boomtown Music & Arts Festival - 28 hour live immersive video and light mixing. Integrated digital/analogue setup, dokavision goes 'live', 'Full Circle Weekend'. My son Charlie live mixing with me. &Laurie X. Awarded 'best visuals' by The Guardian.
2019 - Versa UK Dub single video launch, Saint
2018 - Versa UK Dub single video launch, Passing Light
2017 - Valita, Vines UK single video launch. Hester xx

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1996 - 2017 *We are Family..* Becky, Charlie & Hester xxxx
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1996 - Glastonbury Music and Arts Festival
1995 - Glastonbury Music and Arts Festival
1994 - Glastonbury Music and Arts Festival
1993 - Glastonbury Music and Arts Festival
1992 - Glastonbury Music and Arts Festival
1992 - Animation for 'The Tempest', Bristol Old Vic Theatre.
1991 - Glastonbury Music and Arts Festival
1990 - Glastonbury Music and Arts Festival
1989 - 1996 Resident Visual and Lighting...