{"id":2903,"date":"2011-06-23T19:05:08","date_gmt":"2011-06-24T00:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.astroblastro.com\/?p=2903"},"modified":"2011-06-23T19:05:32","modified_gmt":"2011-06-24T00:05:32","slug":"phantom-limbs-69%cb%9as","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/astroblastro.com\/?p=2903","title":{"rendered":"Phantom Limb’s 69\u02daS"},"content":{"rendered":"

These evocative marionettes were made for a new production called “69\u02daS.” by a New York puppet company called The Phantom Limb. This project has been in the works for a few years now and just a few days ago they got their last bit of funding.<\/a><\/p>\n

I was excited to see this new work from them after hearing about this project from the artists who sat on a Henson Foundation panel I got to see<\/a> in New York City last year. On the same trip I saw the Phantom Limb productionThe Devil You Know<\/a> directed by Ping Cong.<\/p>\n

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I especially like the texture and detail in the costumes, it’s extraordinarily tricky to make fabric look like clothing at such a small scale. I love the sober expressions on the plainly formed heads. My first impression was that they were cut from blocks of gray styrofoam, then I thought maybe they were cast concrete. Now I’m convinced I have no idea what their made of, but I love their black eyes.<\/p>\n

During the panel talk Jessica Grindstaff talked about the history of the company and how this project represented a lot of what they had learned from past productions. They got their start with some spectacular shows involving massive . She made special mention of the icebergs, and the creative thinking involved in creating the illusion of mass on stage.<\/p>\n