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Posted: 2015-09-30T13:36:43Z | Updated: 2015-09-30T13:36:43Z

Quiet. Then the hiss of robotic arms pistoning. Metal limbs squeak and clank as they beat on two rudimentary drums. A motor buzzes shrilly.

The Robotic Church, an installation of dozens of robotic sculptures in a historic Red Hook church, has begun its symphony. Somehow, the shrieking, clanging, motorized sounds unite into something musical -- hauntingly humanoid, yet eerily inhuman.

The orchestra dwells in installation arts uncanny valley.