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Watch a video of the anarchic Czech inventor and musician at play

Artist Petr Válek is based near his birthplace in Loučná nad Desnou, which lies in the border zone of ​the Sudetenland, about 250 kilometres from Prague. From his improvised studio within a rural setting he experiments with instrument building, creating sound from kinetic objects, and recording obscure tutorials to share via his Facebook page.

This video was filmed by Ondrej Merta and features Válek playing at Divadlo 29, Pardubice, Czech Republic on 16 September 2020

Válek speaks to Miloš Hroch about his life and practice in an interview for The Wire 441. Wire subscribers can read the full article via the digital archive.

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