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Experiments with hands and eyes

The experimental puppet and mask theatre ‘Rhabarber’ from Hamburg-Altona (1970-1983) built its puppets from household objects and found objects. The freely designed fantasy figures explored our world, which was strange to them. Improvisations gave rise to scenes, plays and an independent fantasy language.

Company: Rhabarber Theater Altona Construction: Franz Winzentsen (*1939) Performance: Bernd Hof, Sigrid und Holger Sajuntz, Franz Winzentsen Date: 1970s, Hamburg Material: everyday objects Provenienz: 2016, donated by Holger Sajuntz to the Museum of Theatre Puppets (now the KOLK 17 collection)