The Maker's Forum - Sustainability in Process

The Maker’s Forum brings together a group of stakeholders that contribute to the process of creating a puppetry performance, or a performance with objects.

Over the last nine months, our Maker - Loo An Ni, Physiotherapist Consultant - Choong Li Sann, Puppeteer Consultant - Oliver Chong, Researcher-educator - Liang Peilin and Programme Manager - Daniel Sim have worked together to examine the designs and makes of puppets to become more sustainable for puppeteers, makers and creatives.

Building upon the consultation sessions, this forum is a critical reflection of our artmaking processes that seeks to answer the following questions:

• How can the process of performance-making be more sustainable through deepening the understanding of the roles of the puppeteers, makers and creatives?
• What should makers and designers be mindful of when making and designing for a puppetry performance, to ensure sensitivity towards the puppeteer’s or puppet’s movements?
• How can puppeteers and performers be better informed in the way they move and work with puppets?

Join us in creating a more sustainable practice. The session is free to attend.

Moderator:
Myra Loke (Co-Artistic Director, The Finger Players)

Panelists:
Loo An Ni – Puppet Maker and Designer for The Maker's Lab 2021/2022
Daniel Sim – Programme Manager
Oliver Chong – Puppeteer Consultant and Director
Physiotherapist Consultant – Choong Li Sann
Researcher-Educator – Liang Peilin 

Discover how the team behind The Maker's Lab takes the puppet from conceptualisation to stage at No Disaster on This Land (24-27 February 2022, Drama Centre Black Box).

The Maker’s Project is supported by the Tote Board Arts Fund.

For enquiries, please call 6738 6061 or email marketing@fingerplayers.com.