Max Eastley
Sound Recordist & Musician
Max Eastley is a long-standing friend of Cape Farewell having been on many of the Art/Science Expeditions and contributing to several exhibitions since the projects inception in 2001.
Max is an internationally recognised artist whose work combines kinetic sound sculptures and music into a unique art form. In 2000 he exhibited six installations at Sonic Boom at the Hayward Gallery, London and travelled to Japan to exhibit and perform with David Toop at ICC Tokyo. He was also a research fellow at Liverpool John Moores University. The previous year a permanent sculpture was installed at the Devils Glen, Co. Wicklow, Ireland.
In 2002 he exhibited at the Festival De Arte Sonoro, Mexico City, and was commissioned by the Siobhan Davies Dance to write music for the dance piece Plants and Ghosts which toured the UK.
In 2003 he exhibited a large scale sculpture for Art At The Centre, Reading in collaboration with sound engineer Dave Hunt, and performed with Victor Gama at the ICA London, as part of the Atlantic Waves festival of Portuguese Music.
His latest collaboration with David Toop: Doll Creature, was released in 2004. also in that year he exhibited an installation in Cologne, Germany. In 2005 he exhibited two installations in Ireland one in Dublin and an exterior work in Cork as part of the European City Of Culture celebrations and an installation in Riga, Latvia.
In 2007 he exhibited with Cape Farewell in Hamburg, Germany and performed ARCTIC at the planetarium. His latest work with the duo Spaceheads: A Very Long Way From Anywhere Else and the album with Martin Bates Songs Of Transformation were both released in May 2007. He also toured in a duo with Thomas Koner and performed solos in Rotterdam, Sardinia. He has recently completed an installation at the Metropole Gallery Folkestone.
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The Arctic Poppy Chronicles
'The Arcic Poppy Chronicles' by Michèle Noach are to be seen at the Botanical Garden Oxford
Lates with Mastercard at the Science Museum, London
Cape Farewell rejoins the Lates with Mastercard at the Science Museum. Join us on Wednesday 24 April, from 6.45-10pm, for a night of entertainment, knowledge and exploration on the topic of 'Climate Science'.
Our Time In Ice
The exhibition ''Our Time in Ice' is still on until 31 May in Brighton and will be accompanied by a talk on Sat, 19th May by Michèle Noach, David Buckland and Chris Wainwright.
Phytology
An action-reserach project around wild plants and urban space in the heart of East London.
This Clement World
Cynthia Hopkins musical perfromance, 'This Clement World', is showing in New York, Feb 2013.
ADRIFT - Walks around London
Follow the ongoing inquiry of ADRIFT. This time will Cape Farewell’s poet in residence, Tom Chivers, walk with us through London. Find out more ›
Creative Time Reports
Cape Farewell is contributing monthly a short film to Creative Time Reports; a dynamic multimedia website featuring artists around the world actively engaging in and commenting on the most pressing issues of our time.
GalGael on 27 Jan 2013 - A celebration
Cape Farewell’s Sea Change programme celebrates GalGael with Bird Yarns, Mary Jane Lamond, Wendy MacIsaac, Jo Mango, Inge Thomson, Hanna Tuulikki, Alec Finlay.
Max Eastley 2005
"We sometimes think of nature as being slow, but we’re missing it all the time. It’s very, very fast."
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