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HARP & Dream Music Puppetry

9000 Paper Balloons
9000のペーパー・バルーンズ

Nov 4 - Dec 31 (Extended through Jan 31!)

Inspired by the stranger-than-fiction secret weapons that floated over America during World War II, 9000 Paper Balloons is a poetic and eerie performance that examines distance – the distance between two friends, between two enemies, two cultures and two generations. Japanese artist Maiko Kikuchi and American puppeteer Spencer Lott blend puppetry, animation and mask as they weave their own family histories into a surreal and visually stunning collage that speaks to the past and the future.

第二次世界大戦終盤、日本軍は和紙とこんにゃく糊で作られた気球に爆弾を吊り下げた「風船爆弾」を製造、約9000発がアメリカ本土へ放球されました。この嘘のような本当の話「風船爆弾」にまつわる日本とアメリカのエピソードを、アーティスト/パペッティアの菊地麻衣子とスペンサー・ロットがアニメーションやマスク、パペットをブレンドしたコラージュ形式で語りつつ、人種や国、距離によって生まれる人と人との隔たりについて問いかけます。

 

 

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  • Spencer Lott
  • Maiko Kikuchi

This is a filmed performance, available on demand starting Nov 4 through Dec 31.

$10-$50

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  • Co-Creator, Animator, & Performer
    Maiko Kikuchi
  • Co-Creator, Puppet Designer, & Performer
    Spencer Lott
  • Director & Dramaturg
    Aya Ogawa
  • Stage Manager
    Mariko Takizawa
  • Lighting Designer
    Ayumu “Poe” Saegusa
  • Associate Lighting Designer
    Marie Yokoyama
  • Sound Designer & Editor
    Ashur Rayis
  • Director of Photography & Video Editor
    Jeanette Yew
  • Associate Director of Photography
    Christina Tang
  • Model Painter
    Io Okazaki
  • Puppet Builders
    Rowan Magee & Dorothy James
  • Puppeteers
    Nick Lehane and Betsy Rosen with Ora Fruchter and Rowan Magee

Spencer Lott

Spencer Lott is a maker, writer and puppeteer based in Brooklyn. His puppetry credits include A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (starring Tom Hanks), Sesame Street, The Relationtrip (Hulu/SXSW 2017), and more. He has been the recipient of multiple Jim Henson Foundation Grants for his original work. His plays include Campfire (Trusty Sidekick Theater Company […]

Maiko Kikuchi

Maiko Kikuchi is a Brooklyn based artist, who received her B.A. in Theatre Arts from Musashino Art University, Japan in 2008, and her M.F.A. in Sculpture from Pratt Institute in 2012. She has extensive multifaceted professional experience in the areas of illustration, painting, drawing, collages, sculpture, animation, and puppetry/performance. Her recent self direction object theatre […]
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