What are you made out
of?
I
have a fibreglass head and a soft foam rubber body sculpted on to a wooden and aluminium
armature. Plus a shiny spacesuit, naturally.
You're modelled on
Mark Down, how did your designer and maker, Nick Barnes, do this?
I
was sculpted from photos of Mark and also from sitting sessions with him. Mark
was the lead actor in the show I was in, On
Emotion, which played at Soho Theatre in 2008. He played an autistic man
interested in puppetry. The writer of the piece, Mick Gordon, was interested in
Mark's character struggling to read emotion due to his autism and worked in collaboration
with neuropsychologist Paul Broks to work on the production. Blind Summit was commissioned
by them to create the puppetry and explore this area further.
What
are you up to now?
As
a beautifully designed puppet I'm often used for demonstration purposes for
workshops run by Blind Summit. Later this month I will be working with University of the Arts MA Animation students on skills and techniques needed to
bring a puppet and character to life.
How
are you going to enjoy the sun this week?
Take
my suit off!
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