A new exhibition opens at the City of London’s Guildhall on September 7th, and continues until December 8th 2013. From the macabre to the quaint, the sensational to the surreal, this is the first ever exhibition in the UK to offer a major examination of Victorian revivalism in all its forms. The exhibition will include […]
Michael Landy – Saints Alive at The National Gallery
A series of large-scale kinetic sculptures by artist Michael Landy bring a contemporary twist to the lives of the saints at The National Gallery, London. This new collection of dramatic Tinguely-esque sculptures are enormous, noisy and mainly constructed from refuse. Well worth a visit if you are in the capital. Michael Landy: Saints Alive (2013) […]
Amazing Automata Tour
20 of our favourite pieces are now on tour in the UK. Come along this summer and have fun bringing the pieces to life at the touch of a button. There are lots of classics, such as Paul Spooner’s The Barecats, The Spaghetti Eater, Peter Markey’s Piano Player and Keith Newstead’s Ski-ing Dog. Alternative Technology […]
Magical Mechanicals
The Mechanicals Exhibition will be visiting the Unicorn Theatre in London this summer. Come along and see our fabulous automata, and learn more about how they work with this interactive exhibition. The exhibition is in the Clore Studio, and coincides with a new theatre production, Lionboy from the award-winning theatre company Complicite. 9th July to […]
Cabaret Mechanical Theatre aboard MS Stubnitz
Exhibition and Automata Workshops 13th March to 12th April 2013 “Hidden away in Hold One of the Stubnitz, a dozen precious and intricate machines sleepily await visitors to press their buttons and trigger them into action. Gears and cogs power up miniature performances that are funny, strange and unexpected. These are the automata of the […]