A little glimps inside the book

Sample page of Life outside the box

Our "Life Outside the Box" book consist of 36 pages with images and text about the making of the puppets; individual pages by the nine puppeteers, the note taker,  and the maker of the hand; collage of the filming day and of course the short video! All for €10, with the added bonus that there will be one of our ten Puppet- Bookmarks inserted in the book.

Sample page of Life outside the box

Sample page of Life outside the box

Sample page of Life outside the box

The book/DVD is available at the Launch on Thursday 25th February at Dungarvan Library  6-8 pm, and for the following two weeks. Also from Eason's at Dungarvan Shopping centre.

If you can't come to Dungarvan, you can order the book from our project facilitator Corina Duyn's  Book-shop  All proceeds from the sales of this book will go back to the puppet project and further IWA art projects in our Monday Group.

The second launch is in Waterford City Library on the 16th March. More about this later.

sample of three of the ten bookmarks

       

For an Introduction to the book, see here

Puppets in the news again

Munster Express -Encore- 18 February 2016. Michelle Clancy Arts and Entertainment editor 

Dungarvan Observer 19 February 2016.  Margaret Ann Foley. IWA member 

Dungarvan Leader

Article in the Dungarvan Leader, Friday 12 February.

Written by Margaret Ann Foley

Puppet: Baker by Sarah Lennon

Youghal Beach

The Reporter and the Monk had a short visit to Youghal Beach

   

Invitation to book/DVD launch and exhibition

If you can't make it to the launch, but would like to purchase a book/DVD 

(proceeds all go towards further our groups's art and puppet projects) 

please see Corina's Bookshop €10 plus €1 postage

The filming day!

This post was initially published on  31-January-2016  on Corina Duyns Blog, who was the project facilitator of the "Life outside the Box" project.

filming of 'Life Outside the Box' puppet project

Here some of the photos taken during the Life Outside the Box filming day 

at Dungarvan Shopping Centre last Monday.

The short film is almost ready!

The book about the project is almost ready!

A date for your diary...

Exhibition of puppets and box, and launch of book and DVD is on

Thursday 25th February 2016

Dungarvan Library, Co. Waterford

6-8 pm

Books, which includes DVD will be for sale on the night.

Proceeds will help us fund future art projects.

Dungarvan Observer Wednesday 27 January

Previous post about this project here and here

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The story of the box

This post was initially published on  15-January-2016  on Corina Duyns Blog, who was the project facilitator of the "Life outside the Box" project.

Life Outside the Box (part two of puppet project)

During one of the days working on the puppets we had a 'brainstorming' session to come up with a proper title for the project- the book- and the film. The puppet project was the working title as the saying goes. Well here are a few of the suggestions that did not make it, some for obvious reasons!

• The Freedom Project
• The Anatomy Project
• Puppets on an Adventure
• What's in the Box
• I'm a celebrity, get me out of here!
• Puppets on Tour

The last one... well who knows, the puppets might go on tour... if our film will be given an Oscar nomination next year... we are hopeful!

So, I am happy to announce that The Puppet Project has been given it's proper new title: "Life Outside the Box".

making the BOX

The Box.
Society's Box.
The Disability Box.


Yes, we are all living with disability/illness, but by no means are we stuck in this box!

We are stepping out of it!




On Monday we will be practicing with our (nine) puppets to get them to step out of the box. Well, I can assure you, it won't be graceful! We are certainly not brilliant puppeteers in this short space of time, but the skills we do have, is having FUN! We are extremely good at that!

And we have pride.

The following Monday, the 25th January, Alan from Bootleg Studios will be filming us (the puppets) stepping out the box, at theDungarvan Shopping Centre (Co. Waterford). We will be there from about 11, filming from about 11.30. PLEASE COME ALONG! 

We want to make our point with this (to be a very short) video, by stepping out of our box, that we too are part of society. 

You are likely to meet the 'reporter', a 'musician' busking, a 'granny' dancing,  a baker, a biker, a clerk, a young boy and his dog, and a beautiful girl on a butterfly.

All stepping into Freedom.

Reporter made by Corina

Clerk made by Paul 

Butterfly girl made by Amy

Another date for your diary:

The book and the film will be launched with an exhibition (all going according to plan) at Dungarvan Library on Thursday 25 February between 6 and 8 pm. More about this closer to the date.

If you like to keep up to date with this project or other things I write about, please sign up with email on the top right of this blog, or send me a message.

Best wishes and see you on 25th January and the 25th Febraury!


Corina

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