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Silhouette Puppetry: Basil Twist’s “Darkness and Light”
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

In Basil Twist’s new collaboration with Robby Barnett and Jonathan Wolken for Pilobolus, a shadowy wedge grows into a figure’s waist; creatures that appear like frothy doodles inhabit a sea blue scrim; a face morphs into a scary biting and licking machine; nebula-like wisps dance across a starry field; blobs consume other blobs and grow. You know, the usual. Read more and watch a clip.

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