Welcome to the Max Eastley Archive
Max Eastley is an internationally recognised artist who combines kinetic sculpture and sound into a unique art form. His sculptures exist on the border between the natural environment and human intervention and use the driving forces of electricity, wind, water and ice. He has exhibited both interior and exterior works internationally.
He is well known as an improvising musician. He plays the Arc, a 2 metre long electroacoustic monochord that he developed from an Aeolian harp in the 1970s, together with other small instruments. He has played many solo concerts, some in combination with interior and exterior installations, and with numerous other musicians and groups.
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Performance at Cafe OTO – Rie Nakajima and Max Eastley
Rie Nakajima and Max Eastley performed a duo of improvised music at Cafe OTO.Visit the event page on the Cafe OTO website here:https://www.cafeoto.co.uk/events/tujiko-noriko-mia-zabelka/Watch a video excerpt of the performance here,…
Performance at Bonn Hoeren International Symposium – Bonn, Germany
At the Bonn Hoeren International Symposium (Listening/Hearing), Max performed with an installation by Akio Suzuki and a performance with a friction drum and The Arc.The Symposium ran from 20th-23rd October…
Performance at Cafe OTO – Steve Beresford and Max Eastley
Steve Beresford and Max Eastley performed a duo of improvised music at Cafe OTO in October 2021.Listen to a recording of the performance below and view the original event listing…
Aeolian Harp Installation – State 51, London
This was an Aeolian harp installation on the roof of the State 51 factory in Shoreditch, London.Read an excerpt of the state51 Conspiracy catalogue (Autumn 2020) here, and listen to…
Two Measures of Time – Stadtgalerie, Saarbrücken
Two Measures of Time was an exhibition of two British sound artists, Max Eastley and Martin Riches, at Stadtgalerie, Saarbrücken from 16th September 2016 to 8th January 2017.Max Eastley exhibited…
Windklänge (Wind Sounds) – Herren Hausen Grosser Garten, Hannover
This installation was part of a series of sound works in the gardens, curated by Carsten Seiffarth. It consisted of three wooden rafts, floating on the canal of an 18th…
Installation for Fort Process – Newhaven Fort, East Sussex
This was an installation for the Fort Process sound and art festival in 2014.The installation consisted of four mounted metal plates, which were struck by metal balls attached to motors….
Installation – Springhornhof Gallery and Landscape Art Centre, Germany
Four Aeolian Harps were installed on top of the gallery roof and the sounds produced were projected (and amplified) into the four corners of the darkened gallery beneath. The installation…
Performance for Nocturne 55 – Cologne, Germany
This was a performance of improvised music and an installation for Nocturne 55, at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne.
Duo with Elaine Mitchener
This track is a studio recording of a duo with Elaine Mitchener (voice) and Max (Arc).Recorded by Dave Hunt. https://soundcloud.com/elaine_mitchener/06-watching-the-rituals
Kinetic Drawings – Installations at Bracknell and Folkestone
Kinetic Drawings was a collection of installations exhibited at The Metropole Gallery, Folkestone, and South Hill Park Arts Centre, Bracknell, throughout 2008. Photo and video from The Metropole Gallery installations…
Ice Field – Installations for The Art of Climate Change by Cape Farewell
Ice Field was an installation Max created as part of the exhibition: The Art of Climate Change, by Cape Farewell.Max’s installation was displayed at the exhibition at The Natural History…
Ice Sculptures 1 & 2 for Cape Farewell – Bodleian Library, Oxford & Eden Project, Cornwall
These two installations involved suspending a large block of ice over a curved sheet of stainless steel. Embedded in the ice were layers of stones which, as the ice melted,…
Installation for Sound Art Festival – Riga, Latvia
In 2005 Max, in collaboration with Dave Hunt, created an installation for a sound art festival in Riga, Latvia.The installation consisted of a piece of steel, suspended from a rotating…
Installation for Sound Out – Cork, Ireland
This was an installation for Sound Out, City of Culture, Cork.The piece was installed on one of the pillars at the entrance to Cork University. It consisted of a number…
Installation for Art at the Centre – Reading, UK
This installation was a collaboration between Max and sound engineer Dave Hunt. It was created for Art at the Centre, Reading in 2003.The installation consisted of a piece of steel,…
Cape Farewell Arctic Expeditions 2003 – 2005
Between 2003 – 2005, Cape Farewell ran three expeditions within the Arctic circle. The expeditions set sail with a number of artists, scientists, journalists, educators.The objectives varied between the expeditions,…
Installations for Sonic Boom – Hayward Gallery, London
Sonic Boom was an exhibition curated by David Toop, which opened in April 2000.Max had 6 installations in the exhibition.View further details about the exhibition here: https://artsandculture.google.com/story/sonic-boom-the-art-of-sound-hayward-gallery/zQURWHc6BYCUJQ?hl=enFeatured in the video…
Installation: ‘Pine Ghosts’ – Devil’s Glen, Ireland
Photo and commentary of an installation called Pine Ghosts at Devil’s Glen. Includes an introduction to Devil’s Glen by Seamus Heaney.The installation was made of wood with percussive elements, which…
Whirled Music – Performance at Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol
This was part of a series of performances, including Whirled Music, at the Arnolfini Gallery in Bristol, 1980. Max also installed sculptures in the gallery.Performers were David Toop, Max Eastley,…
Colour Projections & Scores – Newton Abbot School of Art
Colour Projections and Scores was a project at Newton Abbott School of Art in 1968-69. Colour Scores Colour Scores was an exploration of the relationship between a number of themes…
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