Sharmanka Kinetic Gallery
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The Sharmanka Kinetic Gallery is a theatre of kinetic sculpture, where hundreds of carved figures and pieces of old scrap perform an incredible choreography to haunting music and synchronised light, telling the funny and tragic stories of the human spirit as it struggles against the relentless circles of life and death. Its style has been described as “Heath Robinson meets Hieronymus Bosch”. It is a collaboration between sculptor-mechanic Eduard Bersudsky, theatre director Tatyana Jakovskaya, and light and sound designer Sergey Jakovsky.
Sharmanka was founded in St Petersburg in 1989 and based in Glasgow
since 1995. It was exhibited at Eretz Israel Museum in Tel-Aviv, Edinburgh Royal Museum, London Theatre Museum, Manchester City Art Gallery, McLellan Galleries
,Glasgow, Museum Van Speelklok tot Pierement
, Utrecht, as well as at science and technology museums in Granada, Jerusalem, Switzerland and Copenhagen, performed at Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2008, London International Mime Festival in 2002 and 2009.
Commissions include The Millennium Clock for Royal Museum (in cooperation with Tim Stead and others) in Edinburgh, “The Flight” for Bloomfield Science Museum, Jerusalem, "St.Mungo-at-the-Tron" in Glasgow, “World of Artist” for Storm P. Museum, Copenhagen etc.
Sharmanka kinetic sculptures are in collections of Glasgow Museums and Museum of Nonconformist Art in St Petersburg, Science Museum in Jerusalem^ Granada Science Park.
Eduard Bersudsky won “Creative Scotland Award” in 2005
The word "sharmanka" (шарманка) is Russian for hurdy-gurdy or barrel-organ.
Sharmanka was founded in St Petersburg in 1989 and based in Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
since 1995. It was exhibited at Eretz Israel Museum in Tel-Aviv, Edinburgh Royal Museum, London Theatre Museum, Manchester City Art Gallery, McLellan Galleries
McLellan Galleries
The McLellan Galleries are an exhibition space in the city of Glasgow, Scotland. Built in 1856, the Galleries are named after their founder, Archibald McLellan , a coach builder, councillor and patron of the arts...
,Glasgow, Museum Van Speelklok tot Pierement
Museum Van Speelklok tot Pierement
thumb|Replica of a 1598 musical clock by Nicholas Vallin, that plays its music on 13 bellsMuseum Speelklok is a museum in Utrecht, The Netherlands. It has a collection of automatically playing musical instruments, most of which still work and therefore still can play their music...
, Utrecht, as well as at science and technology museums in Granada, Jerusalem, Switzerland and Copenhagen, performed at Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2008, London International Mime Festival in 2002 and 2009.
Commissions include The Millennium Clock for Royal Museum (in cooperation with Tim Stead and others) in Edinburgh, “The Flight” for Bloomfield Science Museum, Jerusalem, "St.Mungo-at-the-Tron" in Glasgow, “World of Artist” for Storm P. Museum, Copenhagen etc.
Sharmanka kinetic sculptures are in collections of Glasgow Museums and Museum of Nonconformist Art in St Petersburg, Science Museum in Jerusalem^ Granada Science Park.
Eduard Bersudsky won “Creative Scotland Award” in 2005
The word "sharmanka" (шарманка) is Russian for hurdy-gurdy or barrel-organ.