Puppet Perspectives
Puppet Designer and Maker
Devising and writing an original piece collaboratively
An Outdoor Puppet Show - Anthony Hopkins Coutryard - RWCMD (2021)
Directors: Lucy Hall and Mark Parot
Group Leader: Céleste Langrée
Team: Anna Averof, Céleste Langrée, Sophia Madaffari, Alex Milledge and Steffan Matthias
Photographs: Simon Gough, Anna Averof and Céleste Langrée
A woman escapes her village and embarks on a journey through alien landscapes. Encountering danger, beauty, connection and wilderness, she adapts to each new environment, picking up new behaviours and physical characteristics from the worlds she observes.
Will she be recognised when she returns? Can she ever belong to just one place?
Created in response to the Artes Mundi biennial exhibition (2021).
Our team was inspired by the painter Firelei Báez.
Production Images:
Scroll down for an overview my process
Research & Experimentation
Story-building
Initial narrative ideas:
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A woman searching for belonging and adapting to new environments in order to belong
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What if our bodies adapted to their environments? How would they evolve throughout a long journey?
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Physical and cultural hybridisation
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Experimenting with poetry to elicit new imagery
Poem:
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Written by me
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Concepts explored with Céleste Langree, Alex Milledge, Sophia Madaffari and Steffan Mathias
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Using poetry to devise: idea initially explored in a workshop with Hanan Issa (National Poet of Wales), Lucy Hall and Mark Parot
Making the Spiky Creature
Created with Céleste Langrée
Making the Hairy Suit & Spiky Shell
