What if your coffee table could strum like a guitar or your chair could play notes like a harp? That’s the concept behind Living Room Jam Sesh, a unique new exhibit at Museum London created by students from Holy Cross Catholic Secondary School in Strathroy.
The installation transforms everyday furniture into playable musical instruments—five in total—including a guitar-inspired coffee table and a harp-like chair. Visitors are invited to explore and make music using the interactive pieces.
This imaginative project was the result of a year-long collaboration involving more than 30 students from the school’s art and technology programs, guided by six teachers across multiple departments. Inspired by a field trip to Museum London, the students drew on the city’s status as a UNESCO City of Music and took creative cues from the experimental instruments of London’s own Nihilist Spasm Band.
Set up to resemble a cozy living room, the exhibit also showcases original student artwork on the surrounding walls. Living Room Jam Sesh is open to the public at Museum London until the end of August.
(photo – by Kendra Seguin CBC News – Holy Cross Catholic Secondary School students Annie Vander Kant and Claire Vander Kant, and teacher Amber O’Callaghan worked on the Living Room Jam Sesh exhibit at Museum London.)