Thursday, July 31, 2008

Conflicting Puppets

Race. Religion. Sex. Theatre is naught but a mirror of all the world. A stage and actors made for a course. All paper and wood, but borrowed from actual flesh and blood in concept.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

sliver-



sliver-
the conflicting puppets are unbelievable- i loved the degree of motion, a slow threatening dynamic.
what would the result be if the symbols of religion had not been etched? wretched humans perceived threats from one another even before organised religion entered the scene.
of course, the world is also full of examples of terrible fights between those who profess the same faith. it's not true what is sometimes said- that those who pray together stay together.
conflict is almost always about command over the use of resources- land, water, others. religion, race etc are only instruments used by gifted demagogues to mobilise the fighting forces, to get them to think at a high pitch of animosity for 'the other'.
but o sliver, the execution in wood!
that's what i'd take home,exchange it for all my universe today.

Sliver said...

leo a,
i'm afraid you misunderstood. the puppets are made of paper, only the framework of the stage is made of wood!
:)

Anonymous said...

i really like this picture.. it reminds me of that traditional dance done down south.. not sure if you got ur inspiration from that or not.. its a war of grace fought with swords and sheilds as mere props and sound effects.. oh and did you make that? awesome cant beleive i havent seen it before.. you art indeed genie-I. keep it up. love. peas.

Sliver said...

thank you, anonymous.
xx

Anonymous said...

This is awesome. i had no idea you had a blog.
The light works so well in your posts (the photographs and this).
Glad I found this.