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Angela Sixt:	„Let them dance again ...!?” The conservation and Restoration of the Stick-Puppets of Richard Teschner, Austrian Museum of Theatre	back
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Abstract:	The Austrian Theatre Museum holds the major part of the stick-puppet theatre created by Richard Teschner, comprising of 134 main characters and several minor characters as well as two stage assemblies together with their entire technical equipment, dating between 1912-1947. Of particular importance is the fact that five plays have been reconstructed and are currently being performed using some of the puppets. Based on thorough documentation and condition reports, a concept for the conservation, restoration, storage and display of the collection has been developed. An additional issue treated is the risk management of damage during performances. Making a mold of the corpus as well as reconstructing the mechanism of a puppet documents not only their basic technical structure, but also enable the calculation of manufacturing options for copies to be used in future productions. Top
Keywords:	puppet-theatre, stick-puppets, theatre puppets, textile conservation, silk, combination of materials, metal-threads, leather-metal, reconstruction of textiles, storage
Details:	academic institution: Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien kind of theses: Diplomarbeit main Tutor: Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Gabriela Krist assistant Tutor: - date: 2008 Language: German

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