KINEMATS
What is a kinemat?
Origin of kinemat
MAIN COLLECTION
WOODEN KINEMATS
1974 – 1989
The original collection made in St.Petersburg prior to Sharmanka’s opening to public.
PROLETARIAN GREETINGS
1990 – 1991
A set of kinemats created by Eduard in Russia as a homage to a Swiss kinetic sculptor Jean Tinguely.
On loan from Glasgow Museums.
METAL KINEMATS
1989 – 2012
The works that were created after Sharmanka has opened it’s doors to an audience in St.Petersburg, and kinemats that were created in Scotland since Sharmanka’s arrival to Glasgow.
TOURING SETS
TRAVELLING CIRCUS
1974 – 1989
The first set of kinemats made specifically for purposes of touring and designed to be a short show with its own story.
GOTHIC KINETIC
2009
Following the success of Travelling Circus the second touring set was made to accommodate the growing demand for Sharmanka’s more compact work.
MERRY-GO-WORLD
2015
This is the third of Sharmanka touring sets. Its subject is ‘the world going round’.