A Museum of Puppet PortoIn Portugal, now it is updated. The space located in Rua de Belmonte was closed for three months to work to improve.
The exposure zone is now larger, with new windows. And outside the area dedicated to the collection Porto -son TheaterThe company that is associated with the museum also has a place for other companies.
Currently, the museum also has an experimental zone where visitors can manipulate dolls and working elements of the show, such as light, sound and video.
The opening took place on March 21, World Curse Day. This day was also open Exhibition “Universe of Dreams”IN With dolls and details of the most symbolic works of the puppet Theater Porto.
” Doll and objectsAnimated forms have opportunities that we do not have. Have a flight capacity, have a suspension, ”says art director of the museum and company,Isabelle Barros. “I think that faith in an animated form is an unusual thing.”
But this is primarily the author’s museum, concentrated at work Founder of Puppet Theater of Porto, Jolate Paulo Seara CardosoThe director died in 2010 with a dream to create a museum. In the end, this was opened in 2013, initially in the rented space in Rua Das Flores.
“I think this is a legacy, and the work of Joaa Paulu was wonderful. He was a master of theater and theater with dolls, ”says Isabelle Barros.
The company was founded in 1988 and has since created about 50 shows.