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Natural Material and Harmony

Fascinated by the order in numbers, nature and music, the puppeteer Rudolf Stößel conducted groundbreaking research into the play of light and shadow for puppet theatre. He created peculiar productions for the music of modern composers, using the unusual forms of plant roots.

Puppet: root figure man Construction: Rudolf Stößel (1903-1998) Date: 1970s, St. Gallen, Switzerland Material: wood, velvet Provenance: not yet established