24 June, 1-7pm on Camberwell Green The Chutney Preserves 6: The Puppet Games
On Camberwell Green, Camberwell Rd, London, SE5
(Nearest tube: Brixton and then buses 35,45,345 or Oval and buses 36,185,346 or Elephant and Castle and then buses 12,35,40,45,68,148,171,176,468)
Invoking the spirit of the ancient Camberwell Fair and its
promise of “Rare doings in Camberwell”, The Chutney Preserves invite you to come and play with us at The Puppet Games.
Who cares that Camberwell Green was overlooked as a site for beach volley ball or equestrian dressage – because Camberwell has the Puppet Games!!
Marionettes compete in rhythmic gymnastics, the obstacle race and a final surprise showdown to be judged by esteemed Chutney judges (susceptible to bribes and blackmail)
Side-shows feature puppets of all persuasions.
Unsporting interactions will be offered.
Musical interludes. Unwrong Quizz with prizes for all. Make your own puppet contender at a free workshop!
All under canvas, leafy boughs and the azure sky.
You may bring your own water and steroids and picnic on the Green.
Linda Barck, Jude Cowan Montague,
Sarah Doyle, Rebecca Feiner,
Miyuki Kasahara, Tim Flitcroft,
Calum F. Kerr, Joanna McCormick ,
Frog Morris & Mark Dean Quinn,
Phillip Raymond Goodman, Olivia-jane Ransley, Libby Shearon,
Sarah Sparkes, Jacqueline Utley,
A Goat and others
Unsporting interactions will be offered.
Musical interludes. Unwrong Quizz with prizes for all. Make your own puppet contender at a free workshop!
All under canvas, leafy boughs and the azure sky.
You may bring your own water and steroids and picnic on the Green.
Linda Barck, Jude Cowan Montague,
Sarah Doyle, Rebecca Feiner,
Miyuki Kasahara, Tim Flitcroft,
Calum F. Kerr, Joanna McCormick ,
Frog Morris & Mark Dean Quinn,
Phillip Raymond Goodman, Olivia-jane Ransley, Libby Shearon,
Sarah Sparkes, Jacqueline Utley,
A Goat and others
Judges: Jo David, Rachael House, Marq Kearey
Frog Morris and Mark Dean Quinn
Prepare to put your creative agility to
the test. The UnWrong Quiz is the quiz with no right or wrong
answers. We celebrates the people who can't remember who holds
the world record for the 100 meters, but might think of
something useful to do with a ball of plasticine, twelve meters
of garden hose and David Hasselhoff's chest hair. For this the
special Olympic edition of the the UnWrong Quiz , the audience
will be challenged to write stories, make up jokes, draw pictures
and invent rules for some new sports we could actually stand a
chance of winning at.
Miyjki Kasahara
My puppet will be called 'Nadia' and
she is a Rokurokubi* yōkai (supernatural figure/monster).
Starting like a normal human being, she
will reveal her true nature during the games.
She resembles the legendary Romanian
gymnastic queen, Nadia Comaneci who was the first gymnast to score a
perfect 10.0 in the Olympics 1976.
*Rokurokubi are one of the most common
yōkai found in Japanese folklore.
They look like normal human beings by
day, but at night they gain the ability to stretch their necks to
great lengths. On this occasion, Nadia's neck stretches when she gets
excited which will surely happen often during the Puppet Games!
Joanna McCormick and Nick Baxter
Nick Baxter and I will be making a
paralympic gold champion wheelchair puppet out of old bicycle wheels,
newspaper, parcel tape, string and gold leaf. The puppet will be
quite large, about waist height and the wheels are from an old bmx
bike. We will take part in the obstacle course if possible but
otherwise will just be nipping about the place doing wheelies and
bumping into people. We also plan to dance to some of Jude Cowan's
tunes....
Calum F. Kerr
First there wuz Babee-Franke now there
is 'Granpaw Frank E.', over hunert and fifty years old he was to
compete in the rodeo dressage at the first modern olympics in 1896.
Unfortunately he thought it was in Athens, Georgia not Athens, Greece
so he missed it entirely. While his errent grandson Frank E. became
singer for Lonesome Cowboys from Hell Granpaw has been training up
and is ready to return for the Games. He can still lasso and
barrel-roll with the best of em. Frank E. will be there to encourage
his granpaw, and to protect the public.
Linda Barck, Libby Shearon, Sarah Sparkes and Jacqueline Utley
Puppet Making and Training Camp
Make your own "elite athlete" at Barcks and Sparkes puppet camp. Wondrous puppet making materials will be provided. Create a marionette and try out your puppet handling skills on a puppet assault course. All ages welcome. No previous puppet making or sporting experience necessary!
Phillip Raymond Goodman
'you saunter up to Camberwell green, a
spring in your step, you see in the distance "oh wow a giant
chess board, i've allways wanted to try on of those" but as you
get closer you see something is amiss, no kings, no queens, no
bishops, rooks, horsies, or pawns "what's going on here"
you ask the winds feebly as you see instead, strange, spindly
warriors, in outlandish armour, harnessing garish weapons, with
otherworldly symbols hung about them, and not a spot of hierarchy
among them "my gosh" you exclaim, -TIME TO PLAY WITH ALL
GAMES, CHESS REMIXED- these words echo in your brain'
Jude Cowan- Montague
Jude will improvise on Reuters news
stories about the Olympic Games using electronica
This will combine with other groups
puppet activities, ie puppets will improvise along to the news
stories.
Tim Flitcroft
Mr P Sterling will be scarecrow sized
and operated by two broom handles from the back. The legs will be
springs maybe with weights attached and the body of card or cloth
with either a pound sterling symbol on it or visual elements from a
fifty pound note. The head is a sheep skull with a bowler hat on top.
It will be made quite crudely from wood and string - a Heath Robinson
affair
"P Sterling, (AKA Zombie Banker) a
paralympic competitor, will be bouncing and staggering around in
pursuit of Olympic excellence. But dont be surprised if his debts
weigh him down and make him rather a weak competitor. Best known for
his dribbling skills with a ball his reutation for sharp pratices
means he is likely to take any unfair advantage he can."
Sarah Doyle
I am making a South London green
dancing parrot puppet. Feral parrots have been recorded in
London since 1855. There are however rumors that the parrots of South
London are descended from birds Jimi Hendrix released in the 60s. The
parrot will be challenging all comers to a dance off competition on
Camberwell Green.
I am also making a puppet that will be
asking passers by to spin their heads in a dutty wine dance off.
Jo Harrison
Synchronised swimming being probably
the most aesthetically pleasing Olympic event has prompted me to opt
for a puppet activity of a soggy nature. Something of an aquatic
disembodied can-can. Legs of all kinds will be whirling, swirling and
flailing around to delight and enthrall. Nose clips, swim hats and
arm bands will be provided.
Rebecca Feiner
For the infamous Chutney 2012 Puppet
Games, closing ceremony of Camberwell Arts Festival, artist
Rebecca Feiner poses the question, who pulls the strings?
She rejects the idea that we are
mere puppets of the financial systems of the western world, with
their logo driven games that make sport of us all.
Feiner gives a response that will
inflame you to cut loose and break free …
Olivia-jane Ransley
In the spirit of what we English do
well, morning Jeremy Kyle watching, sitting in the cold smoking area,
last pint before time is called, microwave meals and voting
apathy I bring you Nick O'Tene the Tortoise. He is 'so fast he
is smoking'. Rarely seen without a fag in his mouth or an
oxygen mask at his feet, he swears the secret to his success as a
long distance runner is his 40 a day habit. If the speed he
lights a cigarette is anything to go by then he will be undefeated at
this years puppet olympics
Let the Chutney Games Begin!
