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2001

A play about the revolutionary ways of seeing that artists developed during the Renaissance and following up to the present day. Six puppeteers and 50 puppets with a music score by David First. There are several puppet hosts, including Vasari (Lives of the Artists) and Sister Wendy.  

Theodora Skipitares
An anatomy puppet performs a text by Leonardo da Vinci

Theodora Skipitares
An inflatable Vasari puppet comes out of the heavens and introduces the evening


Theodora Skipitares

A scene in which Freud pyschoanalyzes Leonardo da Vinci, 400 years after his death,
alongside a video monitor featuring different interpretations of the Mona Lisa in contemporary times.