And by "big" I mean BIG. I wish I could have seen this in person - it's mind-blowing. The perfect confluence of art and engineering. More info here, and some more photos here.
I have a fond respect for puppets and puppeteering as a career. I am a big fan of all things Henson (especially Kevin Clash these days). I haven't watched the clip yet as it will take a awhile (dial up in New Zealand hehehe) _ it looks to be a totally different ball game than Seasame Street! I can certainly see puppeteering being the next big thing - in my mind it is perhaps more accessible to more people than computer animation but still, I think, related too and linked...
WOWSA! I have only seen a teeny tiny(BIG) wee bit - but that IS amazing! Performance art rocks! She is gorgeous as well! /me tries to mentally hurry up the download...
Damn, wish it had been in London while I was living there!!! That looks awesome and so alive that it's almost a bit scarry. Hope their going to travel the world with that show, it's great in so many ways!
Check out some video here : http://youtube.com/watch?v=qBXr15K2uSc&search=the%20sultan%27s%20elephant
I have a fond respect for puppets and puppeteering as a career. I am a big fan of all things Henson (especially Kevin Clash these days).
ReplyDeleteI haven't watched the clip yet as it will take a awhile (dial up in New Zealand hehehe) _ it looks to be a totally different ball game than Seasame Street!
I can certainly see puppeteering being the next big thing - in my mind it is perhaps more accessible to more people than computer animation but still, I think, related too and linked...
WOWSA!
ReplyDeleteI have only seen a teeny tiny(BIG) wee bit - but that IS amazing! Performance art rocks! She is gorgeous as well!
/me tries to mentally hurry up the download...
Someone needs to turn a Ron Mueck sculpture in to a puppet next!
ReplyDeleteDamn, wish it had been in London while I was living there!!! That looks awesome and so alive that it's almost a bit scarry. Hope their going to travel the world with that show, it's great in so many ways!
ReplyDeleteCheck out some video here :
http://youtube.com/watch?v=qBXr15K2uSc&search=the%20sultan%27s%20elephant
Hans
Wow, amazing. The girl brings images of Dark Crystal to mind. Maybe it's just the motion as I haven't seen that movie since I was a kid.
ReplyDeletehe's a technical genius... he breathes life.. into inanimate objects.
ReplyDeleteit's a very godlike thing to take something and.. make it live