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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Documentary: Sound as Sculpture Part 2 – Radio France
A documentary by Alexandre Bazin with David Toop, Bill Fontana, Christina Kubisch, Max Eastley and Céleste Boursier-Mougenot, and INA archives — Translation and dubbing by Spencer Bambrough.Listen on the Radio…
Urban Sound Art exhibition – 7th Feb-9th Mar 2026, Bonn
Some Uncharted Evening – Steve Beresford, John Butcher and Max Eastley
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 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…
Performance at Ants Records, Rome – Mike Cooper and Max Eastley
Max Eastley and Mike Cooper perform at Ants Records in Rome, 2014.The performance was part of the Visitazioni Festival, where Max also did an installation. The installation can be viewed…
Installation for no-)toon) festival – Haarlem, Netherlands
This was an installation for no-)toon) festival in Haarlem, Netherlands, 2007.View a film of the installation below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nl2AJw8PYc
Performance at the Volksbühne Theatre, Berlin – Thomas Köner, Max Eastley and Akiko Hada
Max Eastley and Thomas Köner perform at the Volksbühne Theatre in Berlin, 1997. The performance included a live feed from the stage in the theatre, and film of paintings and…
Stone Sculpture and Sand Drawings – Cuba Gallery, Munster
This was an installation and performance at Cuba Gallery, Munster 1994. Original sound design to the video was by Max and Ivan Eastley in February 2026. https://youtu.be/d9F1umlznJQ
The Inner Works? – a performance by Mike Cooper & Max Eastley, Swindon
The Inner Works? was a performance by Mike Cooper & Max Eastley. The performance took place in the roof space of the building. The sound was amplified into the public…
Six Times Exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery
This was an installation at the Serpentine Gallery by Max Eastley in 1976. Inside the West Gallery there were three kinetic sound works.In addition, there were wind flutes and Aeolian…
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