HADeS
NAKeD PUPPeTS' newest performace, HADeS, consists of a series of theatrical visual poems created with puppets and other media that are the result of an imaginative collaboration between Ariel and poet Leonard Schwartz.
The work themes are drawn from the Orpheus .jpg) myth while the poetry text is created and spoken by Leonard Schwartz. The imagery for the visual elements was inspired on Giacommetti's sculptures, Bosch and Brueghel's paintings, and the writings of Dante, among other things.
The images you see on the banner atop this page and on this page are from the project. For more pictures, click HERE or follow the link to our HADeS process blog below.
The myth of Orpheus relates to the mysterious question of where our inspiration comes from, how we emerge from the abyss of depression and death, and how we return to a feeling of being alive. What helps us return from the depths of darkness? What inspires us to go searching for what we love?
The second part of the myth, which is less remembered, involves a severed but live head, prophecy, sexuality, and agrarian mysteries. We found the questions of recurring memories, dismemberment, and living with the certainty of having committed a huge mistake, quite compelling!
 Poet LEONARD SCHWARTZ is contributing works that form the core of the soundscape for the show, and are combined with experimental and electronic music composed by Ariel.
(To come soon: Link to a sample of the working soundtrack.)
For this piece, Ariel Goldberger is contributing puppets in a  variety of techniques, including rod-puppets, shadow projections, shadow puppets, and direct-manipulation table-top puppets based on a technique inspired by German puppeteer Enno Podehl (who Ariel had the delight of meeting recently in Germany). Through these puppets, small masks, and projections, he brings to life the poetic, haunting, and strange imagery of HADeS.
Curious about how puppets and visual theatrical elements are generated? You can CLICK HERE for NAKeD PUPPeTS' process blog (www.nakedpuppets.blogspot.com).
Early versions of this work were presented at the Bowery Poetry Club in New York, and at the Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington.
NOV 3 2008
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