2024-06-30 12:42:36
We inform you extra concerning the presentation of Guatemalan puppets from the 50s in Italiaas a part of the summer season pageant of «Puppets on the Greenhouses» celebrated on Turin.
Guatemalan puppets from the Nineteen Fifties are on show in Italy
The creations of the Guatemalans Luis Alfredo Iriarte Magnin and Carmen Antillón Milla de Iriarte are displayed within the Puppet Heritage Institute and Common Theater – Gianduja Museum – in Italiawithin the exhibition referred to as «Gignol Puppets. The rediscovery of puppets in Guatemala».
The exhibition takes guests to study an vital a part of the historical past of puppets in Guatemala, on the finish of the Nineteen Fifties. This was a time by which puppets regained their significance as a component of artwork, standard tradition and in addition in schooling, largely due to the work of Luis and Carmen Iriarte. These Guatemalans are identified for founding the corporate Gignol Puppets in 1958 and for being pioneers of the sort of theater within the nation. Gignol puppets, with their detailed designs and energetic displays, grew to become a cultural image that transcended generations, inspiring many artists and educators within the nation.
The exhibition is a part of the nineteenth version of the summer season pageant «Puppets on the Greenhouses»held from June 9 to July 7 in Grugliasco, Turin, Italy. Through the pageant, puppet reveals had been additionally carried out by firms from Guatemala, Mexico, Spain and, after all, Italy. The artists from Chúmbala Cachúmbala had been in command of representing our nation on the pageant and giving a presentation.
A guide that rescues the historical past of this artwork
Along with the exhibition, the guide was additionally offered. The rediscovery of the Gignol puppets of Guatemala, written by Carolina Cifuentes and Paolo Iorio from Chúmbala Cachúmbala, with the assist of the Istituto per i Beni Marionettistici e il Teatro Popolare. This guide is a piece that presents the historical past of puppet theater in Guatemala within the second decade of the twentieth century, a interval that’s thought-about the “golden period for Guatemalan puppet theater.” Its pages spotlight the significance of this creative expression, its social influence, and its relationship with the pre-Columbian historical past of Guatemala, the place articulated clay figures utilized in non secular ceremonies function proof of the traditional artwork of puppetry within the area.
The work additionally highlights the efforts made to recuperate and protect the historical past of this artwork, which has been elementary to Guatemalan tradition. Puppets haven’t solely served as leisure, however have additionally been an academic and social cohesion software, transmitting values and teachings via generations.
Greater than a guide, it’s a “undertaking that seeks to encourage future generations of artists and bear in mind the significance of puppet theater as a software of schooling and social cohesion. This effort to recuperate and doc the historical past of puppets in Guatemala is a name to worth and assist the performing arts in all their types,” stated Chúmbala Cachúmbala on her social networks.
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