Friday, July 28, 2006

Forget animation - Puppets are the next big thing



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.

3 comments:

  1. Someone needs to turn a Ron Mueck sculpture in to a puppet next!

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  2. 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

    Hans

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  3. 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.

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