Natures, Natural and Unnatural 17 Mar – 14 Jun Whitechaple Gallery Turner Prize nominated artist Lynette Yiadom-Boakye (b.1977) known for her striking figurative paintings of imagined characters, selects works inspired by nature from the V-A-C collection. Celebrating the arrival of Spring is Natures, Natural and Unnatural, a display that uses nature as inspiration in different …
Interviewed by: Joanna Dong / 採訪：董一燃 Text by: Struan Robinson / 撰文：Struan Robinson Translated by: Peng Zuqiang / 翻譯：彭祖強 59Production is a pioneer design company in contemporary global context, their project such as London 2012 Olympic opening ceremony shown their talent to everyone on this planet. Whether creating stage productions, museum installations, live music shows, large scale events, …
Text by: Joanna Dong 撰文：董一燃 Translated by: Elaine Yu 翻譯：余寧 Blind Summit was founded in 1997 in an attempt to overturn and reinvent Japanese Bunraku Puppetry. People have always visited their productions with great expectation and the plays have often caused surprise. Blind Summit does not repeat itself merely to please audiences, it …
Blind Summit’s mission is to reinvent the idea of puppetry and bring contemporary puppeteering to a new audience. In their own words, they say that they ‘see puppetry as a radical part of the reinvention of theatre in our time.’ Mark Down acts as Blind Summit’s Artistic Director, and has held the post since founding …
Interview with Slavka Jovanović, Interim Director, Little Angel Theatre 专访小天使剧院临时主任 斯拉夫卡约万诺维奇 The Little Angel Theatre’s modest appearance, tucked away from the London bustle in an old one hundred seater Islington hall, does little to betray its status as the UK’s premier theatrical puppetry company. It is widely seen as being the ‘Home of British Puppetry’, …
Interviewed by: Harry Liu 採訪：劉競晨 Text and edited by: Ava Davies 採訪整理：Ava Davies Translated by: Michelle Yu 翻譯：余小悅 註釋：本文中所提及的木偶並非只是木質偶，只是出於習慣統一使用“木偶”相稱。 Interview with the Co-founder of Puppet Centre, Penny Francis 專訪木偶中心聯合創始人潘妮·弗朗西斯 “If we don’t know the answer to your question, we know someone who does.” As a national development agency for puppetry, Puppet Centre focuses on …
From the moment of its animation, puppet becomes one with its master. Be it small, colossal, realistic or abstract, behind the puppet lies the inexplicable inspiration of the artist. Puppetry may be one of the oldest form of theatrical performance, related closely to religious rituals. Because of its profound history, puppetry is fascinating …
Interviewed by: Joanna Dong 採訪：董一燃 Edited by: Struan Robinson＆ Sarah Pettitt 編輯整理：Struan Robinson＆ Sarah Pettitt Translated by: Chen Ting 翻譯：陳婷 Originally built in 1847 as a railway turntable engine shed, Chalkfarm’s Roundhouse is now better known for serving London’s culture and arts than its railways. Its conversion from a disused locomotive house to a …
Text by: Ava Davies 撰文：Ava Davies Translated by: Chen Ting 翻譯：Chen Ting NoFit State is a circus troupe like no other. Borne as a product of Thatcherite Britain and a creative reaction to the recession surrounding them, they have been part of British culture for twenty-seven years and are a valuable asset to the …
Text by 編輯整理：Struan Robinson Reference 資料來源： John Ellingsworth Translated by 翻譯：Chen Ting 陳婷 For most people the word ‘circus’ will usually call to mind classical images of red and yellow tents, performing animals, painted clowns and long chains of wagons and trailers – whilst circus may have indeed looked like that at one point in …
Text by: Joanna Dong 撰文：董一燃 Translated by: Chen Ting 翻譯：陳婷 Contemporary circus, or Cirque Nouveau, is a term coined mostly to differentiate itself from traditional circus. Yet the difference is not in the innovation of skills. Compared to traditional circus which is a form of entertainment, contemporary circus strives for greater artistic achievement. Today, …
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