🎭 'We have the most alive and active international puppet theater festival going on in North America.'-ChiPuppetFest founder Blair Thomas on Chicago's connection to the art of puppetry.| ✍️ Kimzyn Campbell👇
, to name a few), the city has been fostering puppeteers and puppet designers for years, who have cross-pollinated heavily with the circus and theater communities.has been an influence for many of the aforementioned companies and a mentor to scores of artists. He shares some insight with me about Chicago’s place in the puppet world.
Nevertheless, many people still have misconceptions about puppetry. They often assume puppet shows are simply for children, or that the medium will be tiny marionettes, or the stage will be small-scale. They picture street art or improvised Punch & Judy shows. Yet there is a rich arts exchange happening worldwide, from the puppetry of cultural heritages to contemporary and avant-garde approaches that break down Western stereotypes and build on puppetry origins in astounding ways.
Thomas describes the festival’s mission to supply the charms of this modern art form, and his theories on why it resonates so well in a town known to be an arts incubator. “I think it is just a matter of exposing them to what is happening in contemporary puppetry. Anyone who has not seen any contemporary puppetry will be shocked by what they see because the work is so visual with such a dynamic quality.” He adds, “You’re used to being oversaturated with visual information in the media.
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