What did the Barking Spider Team Create?
Invisible Connections encompassed several stories, connected by geographical location, and by the themes that emerged from research – isolation & community, hardship & striving, gain & loss. The stories were played out with objects as puppets, and also with one traditional, large-scale hand puppet. On September 19th, 2009 the stories were presented through performance – bringing the installations to life. The installation items became set pieces and characters. Three puppeteers, Wang locals who had attended Object Theatre workshops operated the puppets. Breaking puppetry and theatrical convention, the puppeteers and all the crew were dressed in white, and in period-style costumes. The audiences were guided around the space and between the stories by an actor-character, “Beatrice”. She came from 1949, and carried a basket of goodies bought at the Wangatta Co-Store. Beatrice delivered an object from her shopping basket to each of the playboards (table for puppetry), and the object then b
