PAULO DUARTE (MECANIkA) [FRANCE]
Shadow projection workshop
may 21st and may 22nd
Age Rating: M/14
Sessions for Secondary school pupils
Duration: 4 hours/day
The different stages of MECANIkA’s creative workshop cover various forms of expression. By night, and by day, projections and imagination come to life. Characters appear as if in dreams, while poetic stories are told.
During the activities, the participants create characters in separate parts, each group contributing part of the whole. The drawings are transformed into surrealist assemblages, ready to be manipulated, either as rod puppets or in shadow play.
Using the appropriate lighting, the end result of the creative journey is revealed through group improvisation.
Instructor Paulo Duarte
Paulo Duarte holds a degree in painting from the University of Porto’s Faculty of Fine Arts (Portugal) and has participated in several group and solo exhibitions in different languages.
His interest in live performance led him to France to continue his studies at École Supérieure des Arts de la Marionnette (special mention from the jury for conception and visual realisation). After completing his studies, he founded the company Pseudonymo with David Girondin Moab, which he co-directed until 2006.
Between 2007 and 2011, and together with Renaud Herbin and Julika Mayer, he founded the company Là Où – contemporary puppetry. Paulo Duarte founded MecaniKa in 2012.
© Denise Oliver Fierro
