Sarah Kenchington builds her mechanical instruments from discarded materials. Bicycle spokes, typewriters, the inner tubes of tractor tyres are combined to create unique musical machines which emit a discordant array of moans, squeaks and chimes. Kenchington’s work offers a contemporary manifestation of a long history of the artist giving birth to machines (from Leonardo da Vinci, through to Heath Robinson,
Jean Tinguely and Michael Landy), yet her machines are anything but automata, remaining fundamentally dependent on an interaction with the human to come to life.

Sounds from the Farmyard 
“This installation is a retrospective of musical instrument inventions and adaptations made on Claylands farm over the past ten years. Works range from simple and temporary assemblages to elaborate mechanical constructions. The audience will be free to play the instruments, creating an ongoing collaborative soundscape.”
Sarah Kenchington

Recital Room and Foyer, City Halls
Saturday 10 May from 16.00
Sunday 11 May from 14.00

PERFORMANCES
Saturday at 19.30
Sunday at 18.30