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"The production team behind the
Little Amal puppet, which raised awareness
about the plight of the refugee crisis in Europe, hope their next project – a
herd of animal puppets going on a 20,000km trek – will start a new global
conversation about the climate crisis.
Amir Nizar Zuabi, the Palestinian artist who helped launch the
Amal project,
said
The Herd – which will tour through several African and European cities
and feature dozens of puppets – will be a “soft, beautiful evocation to think
differently” about the climate crisis.
“Climate change is the biggest story we’re facing now,” said Zuabi. “It’s often
presented in terms of emissions and the Kyoto agreement – people struggle to
fathom that, but what
Amal did beautifully and what we hope
The Herd
becomes is a visceral engagement with the issue.”
The Herd will start its journey in west Africa in spring 2025 – the precise
point is still to be confirmed. The planned route includes Senegal, Morocco,
Gibraltar, Spain, France, the UK, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden and finally
Norway.
The “core” herd will contain about 30 puppets representing the migrating
animals of the Serengeti, but they will be joined by a “massive migration” of
different animals as they arrive in new locations – creating a herd that could
swell to many dozens of puppets.
“The idea is that we’re migrating with an ever evolving, growing group of
animals,” said Zuabi.
Little Amal’s journey was created by The Walk Productions in association with
Handspring, the South African company behind the
War Horse theatre show
puppetry. For
The Herd, The Walk Productions will work with another South
African firm, Ukwanda, to produce the puppets."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
