Sunday, December 18, 2005

Cabaret Mechanical Theatre

OK, enough negativity, back to more uplifting material.

While we were in London, we ducked into a tiny gallery while walking from the London Eye to the rebuilt Globe Theatre - this is all along the south bank of the Thames. This gallery featured a few dozen pieces from the Cabaret Mechanical Theatre. Unfortunately, I didn't see many videos on the site, so it's difficult to get a good idea of what it's about. Basically, high-quality woodworking combined with (relatively) simple gear-and-pulley mechanics. Neat stuff.

Oddly enough, part of their exhibit is now in Baltimore, at the American Visionary Art Museum (which Jenny and I have never visited, how sad is that?). Maybe we'll organize an expedition to it sometime in the next few weeks. If anyone's interested, let me know.

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