Mechanical Monsters at Horniman Museum
The Mechanical Monsters Walkabout
Meet Spewy the Unhappy Hamburger, Terry the terrifying
Toybox, Technophobia Phil from the future, Mindfudge, the
monster of the mind, Dame Edna (aged 275 years old),
The Capitalist Cockroach, and the Fizz Monster, as they parade
around the museum galleries and gardens.
Made and presented by Rose Bruford College students*,
these mechanical marvels were created as part of the college's
Mechanical Theatre Project, and are themed to complement the
Horniman Museum's current Myths and Monsters exhibition.
The machines take contemporary social, cultural and
environmental concerns and represent them as modern day
monsters, in the same manner that ancient societies created
monsters to express their fears, obsessions, fantasies and
humour.
* The students are in their second year studying Scenic Arts
and Theatre Design BA(Hons) at Rose Bruford College.
View the project here
27/04/2010