Max Eastley
Max Eastley (born December 1, 1944 in Torquay ) is a British sculptor and improvisation musician ( percussion , guitar , newly developed instruments) who combines kinetic objects with sounds in his sound installations .
Eastley first studied painting and graphics at Newton Abbot Art School, then in 1972 he completed his art studies with a bachelor's degree from Middlesex University . His works include compositions for films, dance pieces and performances, in which the artist also worked with David Toop , Brian Eno , Peter Cusack and Peter Greenaway .
Eastley creates sound sculptures from seemingly simple materials: In Germany, for example, he realized four outdoor installations made from Aeolian harps , in which the wind creates sounds; he also made sounds through ice or water power. In the interior, he produced sounds through electrically powered kinetic installations. In 2017 Eastley was a guest of the DAAD artist program in Berlin.
Discographic notes
- Max Eastley, Fergus Kelly, Mark Wastell: The Map Is Not the Territory (Confront 2020)
Exhibitions and installations (selection)
- 2016: Two Measures of Time, Saarbrücken City Gallery
- 2016: Three Aeolian Harps, Herrenhausen Art Festival, Hanover
- 2014: Installations for Visitazioni, International Festival of Sound Installations, Teatroinscatola, Rome
- 2014: Installations for the SkanuMezs Festival in the Riga Botanical Garden
- 2014: Aeolian installation for the Art Association Springhornhof Neuenkirchen; Residence for sound artists, Bonn, with installations in botanical gardens
- 2013–2014: Touring outdoor installation for Audible Forces (Oxford Contemporary Music Network)
- 2013: Aeolian Circles, installation in water storage tanks, Prenzlauer Berg , Berlin
- 2012: Sound Places Berlin, Aeolian Installations, Tempelhof Airport, Berlin
- 2012: Sound as Medium of Fine Arts in the 20th Century, Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe
- 2011: Gone with the Wind, Installations and Aeolian Apparatus, Raven Row Gallery, London
- 2008: Kinetic Drawings, Metropole Gallery, Folkestone
- 2088: Installation for Cape Farewell, Tokyo
- 2008: Installation for Cape Farewell, Fundacion Canal, Madrid
- 2007: The Eden Project, for Cape Farewell, ice and sound installation installation, Kinetika Gallery, London
- 2007: Installation for Cape Farewell, Kampnagel , Hamburg
Web links
- Web presence
- Short biography
- Max Eastley at Discogs (English)
- Max Eastley in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Max Eastley at Allmusic (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Eastley, Max |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British sculptor and improvisation musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 1, 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Torquay |