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https://www.facebook.com/theatrixarts?fref=tsThe Royal Puppet Masters Bee Garden
The Puppet Masters Stone.
When Paul Batten points his finger towards an object he is infusing that object with the energy to perform: an invisible link between his pointing fingertip and the reciprocal object. This act of conducting electrons as though instilling photosynthesis into his Theatre Objects describes my interpretation of just a few of the Puppet Masters skills. In plantlike situations photosynthesis occurs with the aid of the Sun, the photons captured by the plant split water molecules into oxygen and hydrogen. By doing so, they produce electrons. The electrons are then utilized by the plant, creating sugars used to maintain growth and reproduction.
Puppeteers, Makers and all kinds of constructors of objects infuse their work with a life force, often their simple materiality is sufficient to inspire reanimation particularly when placed into a corresponding or reactive location.
The result is a more intensified animation than simple physical locomotion; either by hand manipulation, via suspended strings or frame by frame of the animators gate, powered by the spectators experience and anticipatory imagination. A simple mask is endowed with the wearers soul by inflecting the subtle movement or stillness of their head, little things we ordinarily do not notice, shadows over the eyes, the direction of the gaze we put faces on things with our implicit need for stories.
The anticipated already exists.
This invisible link between the animator and the inanimate is a fragile force. Current research into various energy sources, aided and abetted by the exponential shift in the success of hydrogen fuel cell technology is now being used propelling cars. The technological approach to plant energy is currently being evaluated as an energy source, modified Thylakoids 50,000 times finer than the finest human hair, invisible nanotubes acting as electrical conductors of plant material electrons have been discovered in experiments achieving a major shift in electrical current levels than in similar systems.
When Paul placed his Gothvos stone he chose to place it on a “stage” : the seed bed of a terracotta plant pot, since undertaking this deliberate act of placing an object, days and nights have progressed, coolness and heat have ensued in varying quantities and qualities, there has been rainfall, pollen, sound from various sources above and around, vibration from footfall, birds and insects may have removed certain elements and added others, around the placed stone the placed seeds have germinated and developed into plants which each have their own resins and oils, pollens and fibres, all these elements have conspired to create something unique from the original tabula rasa of the seed bed. What energy now exudes from this dense “horror vacui”, is it all harmony and amelioration? or a discordant chorus of temporary disfunction? either way it is a creation generating energy, what happens next?
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Friday 16 September 2016
The Royal Puppet Masters Bee Garden
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