Formed in 2007 by artist John Nixon, The Donkey’s Tail is an experimental art-music ensemble featuring diverse artists, musicians and amateur collaborators who perform Nixon’s unconventional compositions on instruments made from found objects and orthodox instruments played in unorthodox ways. For Melbourne Now the group has conceived an installation encompassing homemade instruments, CDs, photographs, paintings, graphic scores, sheet music cover designs, fliers and posters, and abstract kinetic videos, which invite audiences to explore and discover the group’s experimental approach to collaborative music making.
