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Day 4 – Tempus Fugit

Day 4 – Tempus Fugit

This evening we bring you ‘Tempus Fugit’ a mechanical tableau by Simon Venus. A very decorative piece, which comes to life at the turn of the handle. Simon made this…
Day 3  Sand Toys

Day 3 Sand Toys

‘The Musicians of Bremen’ is a sand operated mechanical paper kit by German paper artist Walter Ruffler. Based on the famous fairytale by the Brothers Grimm, in which a donkey,…
Day 2 – Fingers

Day 2 – Fingers

As the second night falls on Friday 13th…. we are bringing you something slightly unnerving. The artist Nik Ramage has teamed up with Laikingland to produce a very special limited…
Day 1 – Goat Kicking Bucket

Day 1 – Goat Kicking Bucket

Welcome to the ‘Magic of Cabaret’! There will be new delights at 6pm (GMT) for the next 40 evenings until 21st December. The first evening gives us a chance to…
Jungle drums, cogs and sprockets

Jungle drums, cogs and sprockets

Simon Tait’s Mews – No.5 There’s a lovely little volume called the London Jungle Book by a Gond artist called Bhajju Shyam, all about his trip to London (to decorate…
Viva Carlos!

Viva Carlos!

Simon Tait’s Mews – No.4 It happens. Struggling artist in a strange country just about making ends meet working in a warehouse by day and painting by night pictures that…
The human side of Paul Spooner

The human side of Paul Spooner

Simon Tait’s Mews – No.3 If you ask Paul Spooner to fit a project brief don’t expect anything, because whatever you expect isn’t going to happen. What you can be…
I call it sciretance

I call it sciretance

Simon Tait’s Mews – No.2 Here’s an interesting work of art to mews upon. It’s a sculpture by the eminent French artist Jean Tinguely and he called it Meta-Matic. It…
The Family Way

The Family Way

Simon Tait’s Mews – No.1 This is the first in a series of posts from the journalist Simon Tait. He will be musing on all things mechanical once a month.…
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