puppet of the week

Duda Paiva and his horse - a legpuppet! One year ago in Ostrava, Czech Republic, Spectaculo Interesse Festival. Duda Paiva is not only great puppeteer, but also a dancer, so the animation of this laughing horse was really 'spectacular'. Eventhough this wasn't the main character of the show, for me it was the best idea.

What puppets do you prefer? Stringpuppets? Handpuppets? Legpuppets?

(Duda Paiva Company is mainly active in Netherlands. Worth seeing!!)

a punch for friday or puppets in shopping centres 

Did it already happen to you? You were just walking down the shopping mall and all of a sudden a creapy and loud little hunchback guy shouts at you? With a strange voice? Like he would swallow a swazzle* ? 

During the Festival of puppet theatre here in Gent, some shows were located in a main shopping centre downtown. With Punch & Judy by a duo from France Le Clou et l'Aiguille it worked out perfectly! People stopped shopping for a while and watched him mince his wife and baby. Ah, what a lovely shopping afternoon... :)

and this is swazzle *
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swazzle

typewriter

   This is my new - old typewriter! :) It's not from a fleamarket. It's from my dad's old office. I typed the headline above with it. It feels really real to hit the keys. Enjoying the little "ting" at the end of the page too. I'm going to type and type and type and bring some interesting puppetry to you very soon!!

fleamarkets

This summer and spring was very rich in fleamarkets. Especially because here, in Belgium, people organize them almost every weekend, just in another part of town. They gather their knick-knacks in front of their houses and sell them for very friendly prices.

Sometimes I'm imagining how the same things rotate in time from market to market, from place to place, from one owner to another...

Rommelmarkt Antwerpsesteenweg, Gent:

Rommelmarkt, Lange Violettenstraat, Gent:

And than, there are those fancy fleamarkets, which became a tourist attraction. The one in Paris is a paradise. But all the rattles, gadgets, bric - and - bracs, gemgaws, gimcracks and whatnots cost just a little too much...  

Les Puces de Saint - Ouen, Paris

Hello Mister, 
we meet everyday, on the same place. You make me smile and always watch the tram. 
Thanks to the unknown author for a good idea!