Cuckoo Ensemble
Jony Easterby, UK
Cuckoo clock bellows and whistle mechanisms taken from clocks have been stripped down ,mounted in brass cages with motors and cams and have been repurposed in this ensemble. Remnant ecological sounds of the wild population of cuckoos are fixed in time despite their decline and risk of extinction. More people have heard a cuckoo clock than a cuckoo in nature.
Jony Easterby presents a collection of works featuring animated landscapes sourced from grassland and forest, hedgerows, bonsai trees given the gift of scale, woodland sprites and slomo flying creatures. The audience is invited to follow a trail of installations that fill the park with a series of ethereal electronic animated encounters with the natural world.
For Jony the contrast of darkness and light is the very essence of life and creativity. Ruled by brightness and shadows: day and night, winter and summer, sunshine and clouds. His work reflects not only his passion for the natural world alongside his anxiety for its uncertain ecological future.
