It’s fitting that the European renaissance of automata, or kinetic sculptures designed to mimic human movement, began with a clockmaker—like their timekeeping counterparts, automata operate on cue, ...

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Four centuries of automata whir into wondrous life in a show that’s as much performance as it is exhibition Standing sentry at the door to this enthralling exhibition is a lively figure known as The ...

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Lisa Slater’s automata pieces combine her eye for the unusual and the humorous with her love of handcrafting wood at her Hebden Bridge workshop. She talks to Stephanie Smith. Pictures by Bruce ...