The Art of Puppetry [Archive]

SherryA

9th March 2005, 04:04 PM

I'd like some of you to tell me why the art of puppetry (the sophisticated, adult kind) fascinates me so much. ---SherryA.

TragicMonkey

9th March 2005, 05:37 PM

Er, there's this possibility:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychosexual_stages

SherryA

9th March 2005, 05:43 PM

I don't mean adult as in sexual. I mean adult as in high art.

TragicMonkey

9th March 2005, 05:46 PM

Originally posted by SherryA
I don't mean adult as in sexual. I mean adult as in high art.

I know. I was talking about stage two, and the nature of puppets. Unless you're talking about the ones on strings.

SherryA

9th March 2005, 07:16 PM

Yes, I'm talking about marionettes.

billydkid

10th March 2005, 02:08 PM

Originally posted by SherryA
I'd like some of you to tell me why the art of puppetry (the sophisticated, adult kind) fascinates me so much. ---SherryA.

Many years ago on Saturday Night Live they had a puppeter on and it was completely astonishing. I was extremely erie the way the guy was able to mimic human mannerisms in a way that made the puppets seem quite living and breathing. It is impossible to describe what, precisely, the guy was doing that gave that effect. It was seeing something that moves you, but you are unable to comprehend about it that is effecting (affecting?) you.

billydkid

10th March 2005, 02:10 PM

Originally posted by billydkid
Many years ago on Saturday Night Live they had a puppeter on and it was completely astonishing. I was extremely erie the way the guy was able to mimic human mannerisms in a way that made the puppets seem quite living and breathing. It is impossible to describe what, precisely, the guy was doing that gave that effect. It was seeing something that moves you, but you are unable to comprehend about it that is effecting (affecting?) you.

Actually, this guy was a puppeter and not a marionet operator - the puppets wire operated by sticks or stiff wires.

SherryA

10th March 2005, 02:16 PM

Thank you, Billy the Kid! I didn't see that show, but that's been my experience. I'm writing an article for a magazine local to me in Asheville, NC about the National Day of Puppetry coming up. Some of the award-winning puppetry artists on the website cite as influences Carl Jung, Joseph Campbell and the Dreamweaver, the old woman who lived in a cave who collected dreams. I have used mannequins, dolls, and puppets a lot in my own work, too. I do love puppetry and plan to attend the festival.

http://www.ashevillepuppetry.org/APA2.html

SherryA