15 — 21 Juni 2011
Opening Times: 
WED — FRI, 10.00 AM — 6.30 PM
Vernissage: 
14 Juni,  7.00 PM — 10.00 PM

Inspired by the industrial history of the Peckham area that was home to the Edison Bells factory, the task was to create a machine capable of playing an Edison Bells record of “Two Cigarettes in the Dark,” by Joe Green and his Novelty Orchestra. Like every good challenge, there was a catch. Each group had a budget of only £30 to source materials from the surrounding area (in keeping with Hendzel & Hunt’s own design ethos), and were not allowed to step anywhere near digital technology. The results, unveiled 24 hours later, all displayed not only a range of unusual mechanical processes to drive the record, but varied aesthetics and approaches to solving the problems which emerged along the way.