Puppets are a big deal over here at Magically Real HQ. We like them all: marionettes, hand-puppets, finger puppets, shadow-puppets, oversize-Bunraku puppets, Sesame Street and Crank Yankers, action figures of various descriptions, sock puppets, and even hands remaking themselves in silhouette -- flowing into shadow shapes on illuminated walls. The Encyclopedia Britannica online (http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/483732/puppetry) tells … Continue reading Weird Figures: a Brief History of Puppets
Month: August 2011
X-Men First Class and Sarah’s Key: The Shoah one more time
How best to bear witness to the unthinkable, the horrible, and atrocious, the unforgettable? Art has been asking that question ever since the ILIAD. It is interesting to us at MAGICALLY REAL that the Holocaust continues to pose just such a challenge, despite the many novels written about it, and the scores of films made … Continue reading X-Men First Class and Sarah’s Key: The Shoah one more time
Stephanie Barbé Hammer Writing (Un) Real 