Our Services:
Puppet Farm Arts offers a wide range of services. Please click a link below to read a complete description of each of our services.

• Artist-in-Residence
• Puppet Theater Performances
• Puppet Rentals
• Build a Community Parade
• Political / Social / Environmental Action Empowerment
• Commission Pieces
• Lecture / Presentation / Discussion
  

Lecture, Presentation & Discussion

Art, Community and the Ecology:

This presentation elucidates the underlying philosophy of the Puppet Farm, including an exploration of:

• Modes of working with the wider public to create events of collective and communal expression
• Eco-sustainable practices in the art-making process
• The application of art-making to the struggle for peace and justice
• Theater theory dealing with the unique dimensions of transforming and animating waste materials
• The origins, qualities and environmental impact of various waste materials
• An appreciation of the intrinsic value (or "true value") of commmon, utilitarian materials (such as consumer packaging waste)
• The process of "re-valuing" the "de-valued"
• The recognition of the soul-substance of the neglected materials of our consumer waste driven culture
• The central intention of the talk is to help us to reconnect with "the material world" in new and more eco-conscious ways

Note:
Slides and/or DVD may accompany the presentation and a question-and-answer period may lead into an open discussion. There may be some participatory handling of various materials, but this is not an art-making workshop, per-say. Sponsors may request that special emphasis be placed on one or more of the above topics.

Fee: ~ $500 (per presentation) -plus travel and lodging

 

 

Contact Information
Chris Lutter
Minneapolis, MN 55407
puppetfarm@yahoo.com
612-721-1395

©2003-2006 Chris Lutter
Puppet Farm Community Arts.