by Antonia Napp | Apr 8, 2021 | A look in the depot
As object of the week we presented on Monday the Kasper (Punch) from the hand puppetry collection of the Reichsinstitut für Puppenspiel (Hitler’s National Institute for Puppetry) as well as a rough outline of the plans for this institution in the future.A few...
by Antonia Napp | Mar 25, 2021 | A look in the depot
War Front Puppet Theatre. War diary with photos On Monday we presented our object of the week – a puppet from a prisoner of war camp. This sounds a little unusual perhaps, however historical research has shown that puppet theatre was and is still performed by...
by Antonia Napp | Mar 11, 2021 | A look in the depot
The Clown, Marionette by Ernst Hummel, played by Walter Büttner, Aliceville ca. 1944 Our object of the week today has a very special story: the man in elegant tailcoat and striped trousers is dressed up as a clown. Despite the “make-up”, you can see that...
by Antonia Napp | Feb 9, 2021 | A look in the depot
“The value of truth” – this was the headline of the Süddeutsche Zeitung on the very first weekend of this new year: apparently there will be three new film adaptations of “Pinocchio” in 2021. Among other things, the stop motion film...
by Antonia Napp | Aug 15, 2020 | A look in the depot, Interviews
10 questions to…our new series of interviews on the blog! Episode 1 with Haiying Xu. The Artist Haiying Xu We met Haiying Xu last year on the occasion of our beautiful joint exhibition “Far Worlds – Wide Dreams” at the St. Anne’s Museum. From our...
