Puppet Evaluation

Im happy with my finished Shadow puppet installation and all its linking elements. It took me quite a while to get on track with this project as i struggled to finalise an idea- with so many popping up in my head. However i feel its worked well and is as i invisaged this particular piece to look, the surroundings its set in could be better but the feel i wanted to create is evedent.

There are several things i would alter though...stepping back and looking at the shadows hung up allowed me to see things i could have added. If hung highter the lights on the shelf beneath could have been higher and focusing directly behind the main shadow scene. But the subtleness also is something i wanted to create, the lights would be more effective if softer.


I tacked the card loosely to the fabric in order for the imnage to move with the light beneath and draft of the room creating movement in the fabric. The images then appear mysterious and warped, which looks mcuh more affective than solid shadows, as they arent in a performance. The letters arer intended to hang like string puppets but perhaps should have included string to emphasise this and maybe a stick coming in for the Shadows of the City sign to link with the method of moving shadow puppets in performance.