● NUMERIC'S ART PUPPETRY PROJECT

CENTRE DE LA MARIONNETTE DE LA FÉDÉRATION WALLONIE-BRUXELLES (BE)

Festival Mondial des Théâtres de Marionnettes (FR), Lutkovno Gledalisce Ljubljana (SI), Teatrul Tony Bulandra (RO)

State of the art

Puppetry is well represented in terms of heritage, research and contemporary creation. Digital arts are now a priority. Puppetry arts and digital arts can meet but it is still quite rare and restrictive.

Description of the project

N.A.P.P.’s challenge was to bring puppetry into the digital era by developing new European strategies of training and support for creation, while taking into consideration the need of puppetry to develop their audiences. In other words, to contribute to the emergence of hybrid artistic forms where puppetry and digital arts meet. To do so, partners surrounded themselves with interlocutors specialized in digital practices and they built a program composed of laboratories, didactic workshops, shows, publications. On the capacity building side, the project allowed professionals to experiment with robotization, remote manipulation, immersive and virtual technologies etc.

The puppeteer's idea of manipulation/animation goes beyond the plastic object and extends to digital arts.

Creative Europe’s support

N.A.P.P. gathered several European cultural organisations with recognized expertise in the field of puppetry arts. New European hybrid creations and new collaborative dynamics could emerge. Creative Europe’s support allowed for experimentations, research & development labs to take place, without deadlines of diffusion.

#puppetry #digital arts #audience development #capacity building #r&d

Schools of spect'actors

Audiences could participate to activities such as the Schools of spect'actors that encouraged interaction with artists and professionals.

Contact

www.napp2020.eu Creative Europe Project Results