Sharmanka Kinetic Theatre have republished their catalogue. There are 64 pages, with colour photographs throughout of the fantastic work of Eduard Berdsudsky. It includes an introduction by actor, Simon Callow, and text on The Art of Eduard Berdsudsky by Julian Spalding. The latest exhibition ‘Gothic Kinetic’ is also featured, as well as history on Sharmanka’s […]
Archives for 2009
Scenes from a Faith School No.2
The naughty corner. Click image to enlarge
Sketchbook Moment No. 22
Cut out your own middleman. Click image to enlarge.
Sharmanka Exhibition
Following the success of Sharmanka’s new Gothic Circus exhibition at last year’s Edinburgh Festival, and more recently as part of MimeFest in London, the pieces move to the Oxfordshire Museum in Woodstock. SHARMANKA (Russian for hurdy-gurdy) was founded by sculptor-mechanic Eduard Bersudsky and theatre director Tatyana Jakovskaya in St.Petersburg (Russia) in 1989. Audiences in many […]
Spooner Valentine's Heart
Valentine’s day brings a new Paul Spooner edition of 13 hearts titled “Be Still My Blinking Heart”. Turn the handle and the heart blinks in anticipation. Paul remarks: ‘It is an opportunity to donate an organ to a loved one. The blink mechanism is a spin-off development of owl technology and to get the oak […]