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Kolk 17 Blog
This blog is the project of KOLK 17 an institution that ist fully committed to the subject of puppet, figure and object theatre. Together with different authors we want to present puppet theatre from different perspectives.
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Breathing life into it… Work on our new piece begins
The four well-known animals of the puppet designer: Doris Gschwandtner © Gschwandtner/KOBALT Figurentheater HL As one grows older, one doesn't...
Puppet theatre during the Nazi era
As object of the week we presented on Monday the Kasper (Punch) from the hand puppetry collection of the Reichsinstitut für Puppenspiel (Hitler's...
Puppet theatre on the front
War Front Puppet Theatre. War diary with photos On Monday we presented our object of the week - a puppet from a prisoner of war camp. This sounds a...
10 Questions for Dr Antonia Napp, Director of the Museum of Theatre Puppets Lübeck
Dr. Antonia Napp took over as director of Lübeck's Museum of Theatre Puppets in autumn of 2015. She studied art history and Slavic studies in...
View of the construction site
Around 1170, what was actually going on in Lübeck?
Admittedly, the Slavic settlement with fortifications in the north already existed. Some Slavs still settled there, but the castle was dilapidated...
Archaeologists in Lübeck discover the oldest brick house in the Hanseatic city to date
Lübeck archaeologists discover Lübeck's oldest house to date: At that time, the excavation pit had to be braced against the pressure of the adjacent...
Puppet Theatre Mobile Office and Shop: Visit us in the churchyard of St. Petri.
Astrid Franck in the Puppet Theatre Mobil in the Churchyard of St. Petri © Foto: Lutz Roeßler While the Museum of Theatre Puppets and the Puppet...
A look in the depot
10 Questions for Dr Antonia Napp, Director of the Museum of Theatre Puppets Lübeck
Dr. Antonia Napp took over as director of Lübeck's Museum of Theatre Puppets in autumn of 2015. She studied art history and Slavic studies in...
9 surprising uses of puppetry in film and television
Puppetry in Film and Television | Collage: KOLK 17 Puppet Theatre & Museum Our Sandman, Yoda from Star Wars, Captain Blue Bear, Ernie and Bert,...
Object of the Week: The Clown from the Prisoner of War Camp
The Clown, Marionette by Ernst Hummel, played by Walter Büttner, Aliceville ca. 1944 Our object of the week today has a very special story: the man...
“Regelnull – Rule Zero” – a homage to Harry Kramer’s “The Sluice”
For a student discussion the Kunsthochschule Kassel, where Harry Kramer taught from 1971 to 1992, was, amongst others asked to assemble a tribute to...
Pinocchio – The value of truth
"The value of truth" - this was the headline of the Süddeutsche Zeitung on the very first weekend of this new year: apparently there will be three...
Object of the Week: Buy Nothing Day!
28.11.2020 is Anti-Consumerism day. On this day, it is seen as important to try to reduce the amount of 'things' we buy. Funnily enough - the Friday...
Raise the curtain
Why is the Augsburger Puppenkiste the famed and successful marionette theatre that it is?
It was above all the intensive television work that fast-tracked the Augsburger Puppenkiste to success: with countless programmes over almost 70...
Birthday greetings for Harry Kramer on 25.1.
Harry Kramer (1925-1997), son of a craftsman who worked in the railway repair works, first in Lingen and later in Neumünster, is a trained...
A Fairytale Castle built upon wishes…
In this Advent production schedule we would have had our show - DORNRÖSCHEN (Sleeping Beauty) on the programme. As a small consolation for our loyal...
Puppet Theatre and the Moving Image? Insights into the research project of the KOBALT Puppet Theatre Lübeck
On 3, 10 and 17 October 2020, the Lübeck Puppet Theatre and the TheaterFigurenMuseum will give insights into their work in the event series POETRY...
Object of the week: Camera on threads
In the research project "puppet & microcamera" we explored the interplay between camera, animation and puppetry in different ways. Camera as a...
3 tricks with which we have refined the star of our new piece
ELISABETH I. The main character of our new play is Elizabeth the first of England. Made of fabric by the figure painter Mechthild Nienaber, she sits...
Blog for puppet theatre
About us
KOLK 17 puppet theatre & museum
Together we want to present puppet theatre from different perspectives.
On this blog we publish insights into the scientific work of the museum and the creation of pieces of puppet theatre. We look back on past actions and present new (virtual) exhibitions and performances. Recently, the virtual exhibition “Colonialism and Puppet Theatre. Untangling the threads” and the digital children’s series “Corona in the Moose forest”.
We are looking forward to your feedback!
Leave us a comment or contact info@kolk17.de with praise and criticism.
Raise the curtain!
Digital and analogue puppet theatre in all its facets
In the column “Curtain up!” the puppet theatre presents on this blog regular news updates from in front of and behind the scenes.
The authors Silke Technau and Stephan Schlafke have so far presented, among other things, the variety of acting techniques in puppet theatre, reported on their work on the new play “Cherry-Picking Shakespeare” and are currently working on the research project “Puppet & micro camera”. They also published their first digital puppet theatre series “Corona in the Moose forest” based on the play “Troll alarm in the Moose forest” on this blog. Together Silke Technau, Stephan Schlafke and Franziska Technau form the Kobalt Puppet Theatre in Lübeck.
A look in the depot
The world of theatre characters from a scientific perspective
While the Museum of Theatre Puppets in Lübeck is being rebuilt, the scientific processing of the collection in the museum archive continues in the background. On this blog our colleagues provide unique insights into their work (from inventory to object photography) and present the museum’s extraordinary collection.
The first virtual exhibition of the Museum of Theatre Puppets in Lübeck also appeared on this blog: “Colonialism and Puppet Theatre. Untangling the threads.”
Renovation
News from the construction site in Kolk
The buildings in the Lübeck Kolk are currently being restored. On one page of this blog we have collected everything worth knowing about this special construction site. You can also find your way through the construction site in our 360° virtual tours.
If you would like to receive regular up to date information, please contact us at: museum@kolk17.de
During the work on the more than 400-year-old historic merchant’s houses, we come across interesting insights into Lübeck’s history almost every day. We regularly share these on Twitter using the hashtag #KolkNews.
Kontakt
KOLK 17
Figurentheater & Museum
KOLK 17 gGmbH
Figurentheater & Museum
Possehl-Haus
Beckergrube 38-52
23552 Lübeck
Kontakt
Theater Figuren Mobil
TheaterFigurenMobil
Kirchhof St. Petri
23552 Lübeck
Öffnungszeiten Mobil
z.Z. Coronabedingt geschlossen
Geschäftsführende Museumsdirektorin
Dr. Antonia Napp
museum@kolk17.de
Figurentheater-Direktor
Stephan Schlafke
theater@kolk17.de
Pressekontakt
Charlotta Becker
marketing@kolk17.de