Month: May 2016

Felipe Reynolds

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Felipe Reynolds has worked internationally as a Set and Costume designer for Opera, Theatre, Dance and Television. He has designed and fabricated the current touring show for Circus Oz” But wait there’s more” and recently designed a Giant Inflatable Stage for the Opening Ceremony for the Asian Cup and a Giant Inflatable Puppet for the Cricket World Cup. For 7 years he worked as the designer of inflatable components for large scale animatronic creatures for Creature Technology Co. and Global Creatures. Developing and making puppets for such world acclaimed productions as Walking with Dinosaurs Live, How To Train Your Dragon Arena Spectacular and the World Premier of King Kong the musical. Most recently he designed and made an articulated inflatable body for the Bear mascot for the Sochi Olympic Opening and Closing Ceremonies. Radio City Music Hall, Lady Liberty Puppet for the Heart and Lights show to open 2015.

In this episode of Thingmaking.net he talks about how he uses the latest interactive technology to make his work immersive, tactile and graphic.

 

For more on Felipe Reynolds and his work head to http://www.airena.space/about/

Sam Routledge

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Sam Routledge is a director, puppeteer and creator of contemporary puppetry with a strong record of innovation in the form. Currently Artistic Director of Tasmania’s Terrapin Puppet Theatre, he has created leading works that have successfully toured around Australia and internationally. In this episode of Thingmaking, Sam talks about his interest in things that are not quite puppets. Pictured here with his production, I think I Can, Sam describes his love of things uncanny, things that sit at the intersection between machine and toy and how technology can be used to play between the human and non human.

More about Sam Routledge can be found here

http://www.terrapin.org.au/161-2/

special thanks to The Biologists , Moonlight Receptor for the intro and outro music.

Peter Wilson

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Peter Wilson; puppeteer, director, teacher

Peter Wilson has worked across all forms of puppetry over the past 39 years. He is highly regarded for his contribution to the changing face of puppetry in Australia. The list of his achievements is too long to fit in this blog post but can be found on his website http://pwilson.com.au/biography/

In this episode of Thingmaking, Peter reflects on the changes he has seen in puppetry and how some things still stay the same. Excited about large scale projects he is working on overseas, Peter talks about the importance of training in puppet theatre, his disappointment at the discontinuation of the VCA puppetry program and how he began working in puppet theatre almost 40 years ago.

Dan Goronszy

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Dan Goronszy in her studio with puppet heads

Here independent puppeteer Dan Goronszy talks about how the paper from rejected rental applications adds to the quality of a puppet theatre performance featuring content around ideas of housing security. Dan has worked with a range of puppets, both large and small and with audiences of all ages. In this podcast of thing making, Dan compares working in large arena spaces and the intimacy of performing in her grand caravan.

Links to Dan’s work can be found here:

http://www.thegrandcaravan.com

http://www.dangoronszy.com

Thank you to The Biologists for the intro and outro music, Moonlight Receptor.