Shadow Theater Ideas
Mark ‘Spoonman’ Petrakis (a.k.a. Dr. Zboon) stopped by to discuss shadow theater ideas for a puppet show we are developing for various storytelling experiments under way at Pataphysical Studios. We plan to perform our first play this fall, during our Dada exhibit at the Canessa Gallery in North Beach.
Tentatively called ‘Ubu’s Dreams’, this shadow puppet presentation would feature Père Ubu, the hero of Alfred Jarry’s surreal plays at the turn of the last century. The premise is that Ubu is constantly dreaming, interacting with archetypal characters from diverse myths and legends, connecting us with our collective unconscious.
We now propose to flesh out this idea by acting out a couple short sketches in coming weeks. We will start by laser cutting small wood figures like the Ubu character we are playing with here, and perhaps using some of the creatures created by our maker art students.
These wood figures can also be used as wearable art, such as the necklace and pendant idea shown here. Stay tuned.
View more pictures of our Magic Theater project on Flickr:
www.flickr.com/photos/fabola/albums/72157664637863884
Learn more about the Magic Theater project (a.k.a. Théâtre Mécanique):
fabriceflorin.com/2015/01/10/theatre-mecanique/
View photos of our related Wonderbots experiment:
Shadow Theater Ideas
Mark ‘Spoonman’ Petrakis (a.k.a. Dr. Zboon) stopped by to discuss shadow theater ideas for a puppet show we are developing for various storytelling experiments under way at Pataphysical Studios. We plan to perform our first play this fall, during our Dada exhibit at the Canessa Gallery in North Beach.
Tentatively called ‘Ubu’s Dreams’, this shadow puppet presentation would feature Père Ubu, the hero of Alfred Jarry’s surreal plays at the turn of the last century. The premise is that Ubu is constantly dreaming, interacting with archetypal characters from diverse myths and legends, connecting us with our collective unconscious.
We now propose to flesh out this idea by acting out a couple short sketches in coming weeks. We will start by laser cutting small wood figures like the Ubu character we are playing with here, and perhaps using some of the creatures created by our maker art students.
These wood figures can also be used as wearable art, such as the necklace and pendant idea shown here. Stay tuned.
View more pictures of our Magic Theater project on Flickr:
www.flickr.com/photos/fabola/albums/72157664637863884
Learn more about the Magic Theater project (a.k.a. Théâtre Mécanique):
fabriceflorin.com/2015/01/10/theatre-mecanique/
View photos of our related Wonderbots experiment: