Zach Prince
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Puppet Cast of U R Tha 1! (From left to right, up to down): Tresey, Lavender Pearl, Lor-Nae, Peter Possum, The Chocolate Chicken, Wish the Cat, Bubble Bullfrog
2020
Foam, fleece, and fur
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U R Tha 1! Puppet Character Art
2020
Illustration pen and marker
28" x 11"
Statement
Puppets blur the lines of the real and surreal, connecting with the imagination of all people. They aren’t human, but they are alive. It’s rare that humans have the opportunity to imagine together, and to connect on an innate shared nostalgia, and anytime you are performing a puppet or watching a performance of a puppet, you are engaging in a contract of imagination and nostalgia. You are asking people to imagine with you, and there is a beauty to that shared experience. As well, the relationship between the object of the puppet and the performer is a special kind of unexplainable phenomenon.
My personal work has, in that way, become not about using puppets because I’m a puppeteer, but finding ways in which puppets can better tell the story of a given piece and amplify that shared human imagination.
The main project presented here is U R Tha 1!, a funk-musical short film produced as part of the Baltimore Rock Opera Society's Puppet Six-Pack, and features a cast of original muppet-style puppet characters I designed, built, and performed. The full film is available to watch for purchase on the BROS website (baltimorerockopera.org), along with five other original puppet musicals.
General Fine Arts (BFA) Students
Abby Holgerson - not exhibiting
Anyuan Ji - not exhibiting
Catalina Zamarripa - not exhibiting
Doyee Kim - not exhibiting
Evie Huang - not exhibiting
Ezra Lee-Burns - not exhibiting
Hannah Hatley - not exhibiting
Harley French - not exhibiting
Junyu Chen - not exhibiting
Lara Wei - not exhibiting
Lauren Campbell - not exhibiting
Meixuan Li - not exhibiting
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