We currently have exhibitions in the UK, Germany and China (July 2016). We are delighted to announce our first exhibition in China, at the Guang Dong Science Centre in Guangzhou, China. Forty of our CMT automata are included in the brand new Mechanical Moving Toys Exhibition, alongside works from Sharmanka Kinetic Theatre, and inspiring workshops […]
Sharmanka Kinetic Theatre
Sharmanka Kinetic Theatre opened their new permanent exhibition in Glasgow at the new Trongate 103 Centre last September. They have a daily programme of performances of their incredible machines, (prices from £4 per adult, and children are free). Sharmanka also do a lot of work with school groups, and other educational activities. http://www.trongate103.com/129,162/partners/sharmanka_kinetic_theatre/ There is […]
Automatas – Teatro Mecanico
The 2nd of our series of automata exhibitions at El Parque de las Ciencias in Granada was opened on Friday evening by their president Mar Mareno, she is seen here with the museum director Ernesto Paramo. “Autómatas. Teatro Mecánico” This year’s exhibition includes a new presentation of 8 works by Carlos Zapata – entitled, ‘Theatre […]
New Sharmanka Catalogue
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 […]
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 […]