You could create your own creature, and having a dedicated time to believe in what your hands could do. Maybe it will be beyond than your expectation.
Enjoy 3 hours of clay puppet making, having lunch and enjoying Papermoon Puppet Theatre’s studio in the middle of little forest.
This clay puppet making will be available for a maximum of 30 people.
Please contact : papermoonpuppet@gmail.com for a booking.
Sang and Jun spend carefree days by their playground—the river. One day, an unexpected event takes Sang on a magical encounter with the majestic giant Kali. Meandering across the land, they discover who Kali is, and remember what he once was.
Internationally acclaimed Papermoon Puppet Theatre collaborates with artists and designers from Singapore to perform their biggest production to date—Stream of Memory, an ecological tale of remembrance and reconnection. Created in response to the disappearing rivers consumed by urbanisation and modern life, this lyrical non-verbal production promises to rekindle our memories of nature and deepen our connections with each other.
Audiences can enjoy this enchanting journey through standard theatre seating on chairs or experience a more intimate performance with floor seating.
Duration of performance : 60 minutes (with no intermission)
Recommended Age: 6 and above.
“Stream Of Memory” is produced by Esplanade Theatre By The Bay, Singapore
The play will be premiered on December 13th, 2022
at Singtel Theatre Waterfront, Esplanade, Singapore
MARACOSA, from the Sanskrit language, translates to seing for oneself.
Inheriting a business or traditional art, especially a family legacy, has always sparked dilemmas on the continuing generation.
It has occured in many fields and amongst Asian families.
In this performance, Papermoon Puppet Theater would like to highlight how choices made by the next generation might seem very contrasting to previous generations. What must be passed on must be beyond objects and techniques. The reason to love must also be found, despite in different forms. It must be experienced, seen, and discovered by the next generation.
Synopsis of MARACOSA :
Mbak Malam, an old woman who owns a batik workshop, loves her dear granddaughter named Canting. One day, when Canting fell sick, Mbak Malam decided to tuck her in using a batik cloth decorated with a ‘tambalan’ motif. ‘Tambalan’, which translates to patch work, is believed to mend sadness, cure illness, and fill in losses.
For Mbak Malam, batik is not just any piece of textile commodity, but has a deeper significance. Hence, amongst hundreds of batik cloth, Mbah Malam always manages to find miracles. Motifs of fauna pictured in each of the batik cloths had always kept her company and brought joy. However, this wasn’t so for Canting.
Until one day, Canting experienced the miracle herself amongst the hundreds of batik cloth hung in the grandmother’s old batik workshop.
The miracle made her believe that batik had a different meaning in her life. Her faith had grown because she had seen and experienced the miracle herself.
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Team Of MARACOSA
Director & conceptor : Maria Tri Sulistyani
Artistic designer : Muhammad Alhaq
DOP & video editor: Rangga Yudhistira
Puppet makers : M. Alhaq, Beni Sanjaya, Anton Fajri, Pambo Priyojati, Hardiansyah Yoga, Retno Intiani
Puppeteers: M. Alhaq, Beni Sanjaya, Anton Fajri, Pambo Priyojati, Hardiansyah Yoga,
Composer: Yennu Ariendra
Crew: Ega Kuspriyanto
Producer : Papermoon Puppet Theatre and Nona Rara Batik
Mirror is my best friend, because when I cry it never laughs
( Charlie Chaplin )
“KACA CAKA : The Mirror” is a play about the world of imagination that exists in the brain of a 5- years old boy named Caka, every time he saw mirrors. Any mirror.
Seeing a mirror, made him believe that he could be anything.
A karate kid, a ghost, a bird, a robot, or even a walrus.
Everything seems fine, until he saw a big glass window of an old house.
Seeing his big projection in the glass window, made his imagination growing bigger and bigger. He started to make funny and interesting things only for himself.
Until one day, he found that the glass window, is not a usual mirror that he knew.
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cinematic puppet performance
non verbal
table top puppet technique
duration : 32 minutes
available for young audiences and adults
KACACAKA ‘s team:
Original idea : Lunang Pramusesa – Story & Artistic Director : Ria Papermoon (Maria Tri Sulistyani) – Artistic (puppet& sets) designer : Muhammad Alhaq – Set engineer & lighting designer : Anton Fajri -Puppeteer, set builder, puppet buliders : Beni Sanjaya, Pambo Proyojati, Hardiansyah Yoga – Costume by Retno Intiani – Director of photography & video editor : Rangga Yudhistira – Music composer : Yennu Ariendra – Artistic consultant : Iwan Effendi
Papermoon Puppet Theatre dan Ayo Dongeng Indonesia membuka kesempatan bagi seniman lintas disiplin untuk mengikuti serangkaian workshop eksperimental untuk membuat pementasan seni pertunjukan untuk anak dalam sebuah projek dengan tajuk ; GULALI Lab
Seniman peserta terpilih akan mendapat kesempatan didampingi oleh para fasilitator, mendapat beberapa kelas sharing intensif bersama beberapa seniman intenasional, selama bulan Agustus-September 2021 untuk mengembangkan projek mereka, berbagi temuan-temuan dan pertanyaan mengenai seni pertunjukan untuk anak.
Di akhir sesi, seniman akan mempresentasikan temuan mereka dalam bentuk karya digital dalam rangkaian festival seni pertunjukan untuk anak; GULALI FESTIVAL.
GULALI LAB
Syarat pendaftaran :
Fasilitas Yang akan disediakan :
Tanggal Penting :
a. Senin- Jumat, 16-20 Agustus 2021, pukul 15.30 -17.30 WIB
Pembicara : Papermoon Puppet Theatre, Ayo Dongeng Indonesia, Luanne Poh ( Konseptor dan Direktur The Artground, Singapura)
b. Sabtu, 21 Agustus 2021, pukul 15.30 -17.30 WIB
Pembicara : Sue Giles (Direktur Artistik Polyglot Theatre, Australia, Presiden ASSITEJ Internasional)
Setiap hari Minggu, 29 Agustus-26 September 2021, pukul 10.00 -12.00 WIB
Catatan :
STORY TAILOR is an intimate puppet performance.
We invite audiences to give us 4 words, then we will sew those words to be a performance.
By using variety objects, puppets, shadow theatre, we will present a surprise performance that you might never imagined before.
STORY TAILOR could be presented as a Live performance or Virtual Performance.
In the time of corona, we produced “(IN YOUR POCKET) STORY TAILOR”, where people could requested their own theme, and we sew 3-4 themes into 1 performance, and sent the piece through Whatsapp, directly to the audiences’ phone cells.
We received at least 229 themes, that were sewed and sent to people’s pockets.
We were also asked people if they would like to send ” (IN YOUR POCKET) STORY TAILOR” as presents for health workers, doctors, nurses to entertain them in hospitals. For those needs, we will send the videos for free.
Reviews in medias :
https://www.kompas.id/baca/muda/2020/04/01/kisah-papermoon-pupet-theatre-yang-tak-bersuara/
Journey of STORY TAILOR :
Opening of Yayasan HIVOS, 2021
Story Tailor (In Your Pocket #1 and #2), Online format, 2020
Folk Music Festival, Malang, 2018
Festival Dongeng Internasional Indonesia, Jakarta, 2017
Pasar-Pasaran Ubud, Bali, 2017
1200° is a cinematic non-verbal puppetry and pottery performance with ASMR sounds.
Papermoon Puppet Theatre had a new experimentation on medium, and in 1200° , all of puppets they made were made out of ceramic.
In this piece, they embraced the sound from the materials, from surroundings. The piece would like to give the audience time to pause and to appreciate every little sounds around through ASMR sounds they used.
1200° is a story about pursuing a dream, how a creation tries to make itself… itself.
A little head made out of clay woke up, and found that the body parts that was put for it, was not what supposed to be. The little head tried to dig, to find the body parts that would meet its expectation. With lots of help from it friends, the little head had a journey to be comfort on its own choices.
1200° was part of the closing Program Peduli by The Asia Foundation. Program Peduli was initiated by The Asia Foundation to facilitate and empower marginal communities in Indonesia, including transgender communities, people with different abilities, indigenous people who live in Indonesian jungle, etc.
Papermoon Puppet Theatre started the process of 1200° by doing workshop with transgender communities in Yogyakarta.
People’s comments :
“very clever combination between materials and theme!”
“Because it is a non verbal piece, it allowed audiences to build their own stories. Awesome!”
“Amazing!”
“All puppets are so real!”
“Those details in the sounds.. are AMAZING!”
“Magical!”
“Vulnerable yet beautiful”.
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Articles about 1200° :
Papermoon Residency House is a home for artists from various different background, researcher, observer, puppet lovers who would like to get closer, or to do the process of puppet performance making.
Papermoon Residency House is owned, independently funded and run by Papermoon Puppet Theatre, a puppet theatre company that is based in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
As an international puppet theatre company established since 2006, Papermoon Puppet Theatre whom also initiated and hosted an international biennial puppet festival calls PESTA BONEKA has been hosted hundreds of puppetry artists from around the world at their beloved hometown, Yogyakarta.
Doing the “Artist in Residence Program” with Papermoon Puppet Theatre means to inspire each other, learning from each other, and understanding their way to create and to live. Papermoon Residency House was built to create a sustainable ecosystem of puppetry scene in Yogyakarta. Papermoon Puppet Theatre works with other artists, other puppet companies to run the residency house and also the programs.
There is an open opportunity for artist in residence to do collaboration with other artists or communities in Yogyakarta.
As the way to keep a sustainability system for the house, we also rent the rooms and the house for anyone who would like to have an immersive arts experience while staying in Yogya for their vacation. Papermoon Residency House is also open for anyone who would like to have an immersive art experience.
For further information about PAPERMOON RESIDENCY PROGRAM, please click here
WHO COULD APPLY
FOR ARTIST IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM
WHAT IS THE PROGRAM ABOUT
You could choose weekly or monthly program, to do research, observation, retreat, or as you work in progress- process. By the end of your stay, you will need to do at least 1x presentation for public, which could be public lecture, discussion, or performance. Public presentation will be happened and facilitated at Papermoon’s studio or other artists’ studios.
FACILITIES
*Materials for puppet making will not be included
NOTES :
Artist will need to pay to join Papermoon Residency Program, and pay for their own flight tickets, visa fee and transportation.
Papermoon Puppet Theatre could provide letters of recommendation for artists to apply for a grant.
I Know Something That You Don’t Know is a puppet theater performance unlike anything you have ever imagined.
binaural cinematic puppet performance, non verbal, for adults.
30 minutes
nonverbal
It is a nonverbal binaural mask and puppet performance that will be presented to one person in private.
Turn off the light, sit by yourself, put your headphones on, and watch it on your own.
This is a story about an old man, a father, a husband, whom surrounded by his children who’ve been mourning after their loss of the beloved one.
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“The binaural experience.. is extraordinary!”
“Such an eerie, yet sad experience”
“It’s been so long since I cried on my own, and I am sure hundreds who watched felt the same way”
“Beyond expectation!”
“It brought me goosebumps!”
“Papermoon’s best virtual performance!”
“Such a tear-jerker performance”