Performance

Performances created by Bart Buch

Ode to Walt Whitman

Ode to Walt Whitman

Ode to Walt Whitman, a tender, silent puppet poem uncovers a dialogue between Walt Whitman and Federico Garcia Lorca.

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Mortal City

Mortal City

Inspired by Dar William’s song of the same title, Mortal City uses puppets, music and imagery to create a poem of a city that feels, breathes, gives and takes. In collaboration with D. Blake Love.

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Artemis Hunts Winter’s Heart

Artemis Hunts Winter’s Heart

Explores the mythology of the Greek goddess, Artemis through bunraku puppetry and large-scale projection of manipulated video and shadows.

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Peace Day Lantern Ceremony

Peace Day Lantern Ceremony

In collaboration with Masanari Kawahara. This event commemorated the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 to honor the people that perished in these bombings and in all wars.

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Shadows with No Capital

Shadows with No Capital

This multiple-evening shadow projection piece employs Turkish shadow theatre placed in new territory, modern day Minneapolis. In collaboration with Kyle Loven and Minneapolis Art On Wheels.

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How Flowers Changed the World

How Flowers Changed the World

A silent toy theatre puppet show accompanied by classical and experimental guitar music that shows us cosmic and old-fashioned vignettes of a flower powered universe.

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