When the Show Comes Home … Performance Artifacts
Delaware Contemporary
Photo Credit: Jauhien Sasnou
This exhibition includes more than 55 artifacts including puppet and props from performances spanning 20 years of Mundheim’s career. Objects are made from paper, wood, fabric, and a lot of trial and error. These characters and stories have been performed in places including: Kimmel Center, Theatre Exile, Ballet X, the Arden, the Lantern, Clark Park, on the stage of the Mann Music Center, Philadelphia Museum of Art, MassMOCA, the Stonington Opera House, Baltimore Theatre Project, even on small stages in Ireland. They have been performed by ballet dancers, puppeteers, actors, adults and children. They bring us through the Henri Rousseau’s Paris, Guna’s World War Two Latvia, Gilgamesh and Mesopotamia, Dylan Thomas’s Wales, Giorgio DeChirico’s Italian Piazza’s, and Siddhartha’s encounter with his petulant and materialistic son … and much, much more. In addition to the objects installed, there is video of past performance work, and a thoughtful, delightful audio tour. (which you can also experience below).
Delaware Scene: When The Show Comes Home.
Philadelphia Inquirer: A band of magical puppets are moving out of their South Philly home.
Upcoming Events
Opening Reception: February 2, 2024 5pm-9pm
Artist’s Talk: April 28, 2pm
Studio Performance and Talk: Kea and the Ark: May 18, 11pm, 2pm, 4:30pm
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Video
Video Credit: Fox News
Stills
Photo Credit: Jauhien Sasnou