by Sonja Riehn | Sep 22, 2021 | A look in the depot, Knowledge
What do elephants, lions, antelopes, hornbills, buffalo and hyenas all have in common? They are all animals that live in the savannah and light forests of Mali. They are also the main protagonists of the festivities that are celebrated annually by the Bambara, Bozo,...
by Sonja Riehn | Aug 10, 2021 | process, who's talking?
Yacouba Magassouba got the idea for the play “La Fête au Village” upon seeing the Malinese puppets’ photo’s from the KOLK 17 collection on his computer screen in February. The project team of “Who’s Talking?” suggested an artistic...
by Sonja Riehn | Jul 28, 2021 | process, who's talking?
The KOLK 17 collection depot is well hidden on the south-eastern outskirts of Lübeck. This is where KOLK 17’s collection is kept. For over two years, this has been my central workplace where I research, document and conduct research. Always in close...
by Sonja Riehn | Jun 17, 2021 | A look in the depot
This time in ‘View into the Archive’ we will be examining the diverse scientific work which takes place with regard to the collection. The KOLK 17 Puppet Theatre & Museum Lübeck operated for a long time as a private collector’s museum...
by Sonja Riehn | May 19, 2020 | A look in the depot
In the column a look behind the scenes we’d like to grant insights into our scientific work and our daily tasks in the museum’s depot. Today is all about the photography of theatre puppets: photographic object documentation. One photo, many fields of application The...
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