Puppet Museum, Heritage Ombud

Puppet Theater Ljubljana (LGL) These days, it celebrates the tenth anniversary of the opening of a puppet museum, with which puppet art has first experienced professional hearing in our country. It stores about 7,000 units of puppet heritage, and the permanent exhibition was enriched with new content on the anniversary. Until the end of the month, several puppet shows for children of different theaters will be on display.

On the day of founding, May 26, the children were able to see Sapramiška Lgl and A ball of Marogica Maribor Puppet Theater, followed The frog king Mini theater and Look, cock! With the creative workshop of Theater Papelito. It will be on the schedule today How to hug a hedgehog GDČ narrative theater. Basils/Society of Puppet Creators and House of Children and Arts, and Saturday sold out LGL Ball Marogica.

Freezing the processes of aging

“The puppet profession has long warned that the puppet heritage is not properly acted, that the dolls in the warehouses are failing, and, above all, that knowledge or knowledge of the entire context of performances in the first decades of professional puppetry is losing. Therefore, the establishment of the museum was a symbolic freezing of irreversible aging processes and historical oblivion, and at the same time the professional treatment of puppet heritage began – material that has accumulated over a hundred years. At the professional level, this means that for the first time the puppet heritage was indeed defined – what or when it is defined as museum material, and at practical level, the extensive process of evaporation, documentation and comprehensive protection of the extensive museum collection began, « said the director of the Ljubljana Puppet Theater about the importance and impact of the puppet museum Uroš Korenčan.

The museum is the result of the cooperation of LGL and Ljubljana Castle with the financial support of the City of Ljubljana, the Ministry of Culture and the European Regional Development Fund. About which of the 7000 dolls and stage elements he stores within the LGL are the most at his heart, Uroš Korenčan says: “In the way of a cute nostalgia, I am close to my visuality Jake Judic – a nice example Owl oka from 1972, by text Svetlane Makarovicdirecting Matjaz Loboda – which certainly reflects the aesthetics of the 1970s as I grew up. From today’s position, I first think of a doll Silvana Omerzu Icar from 2009 – Forbidden lovedirected by Silvan Omerzu – who convinces with artistic accuracy and symbolizes the power of human creation. « 

Permanent exhibitions at Ljubljana Castle, which features milestones of Slovenian puppet art, added masterpieces of sculptors Aeri penges and painter, sculptors and puppet artist Mare King And interactive content – learning about the importance of stage lights and interactive wall with puppet creations since the 1970s onwards – and the LGL Mediatica will have recordings of contemporary puppet performances.

The permanent exhibition at Ljubljana Castle features milestones of Slovenian puppetry art. Photo: Črt Piks

The LGL stressed that some works of Ajje Peng and Mare Kralj will present it to the general public for the first time, and their oeuvre is important because in the 1950s they « set new criteria and consolidated the artistic level of the Ljubljana Puppet Theater and Slovenian puppetry in general. » “Both creators were now presented in museum showcases, and we add new exhibits because they are the most important creators of our initial period. These are really extensive and important oeuvrees that deserve a broader and more extensive presentation; We plan it with the help of European funds in the coming years, « said Korenčan.

For example, there will be horsemen of Aisha Peng from the show Goldfish (1953) and a scene Mare King from the show Cat (1953). They wrote about these in LGL that « they represent an exceptional gallery of chariced human figures, designed by the creator Mara Kralj in the images of real, recognizable persons and still impressing with vividness. »