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The exhibition is neither a chronological overview of puppet theatre performances nor a stroll along the promenade  of pretty puppets. Rather, it is an attempt to show  the diverse potential that lies in the creation and exploration of the paper as a basic material – from small moving figures to large grotesque masks. These creatures from different eras, made using different techniques and paper technologies, are brought to life in the exhibition in new combinations, with new meanings and also socio-critical connotations. The focus is on the presentation of original approaches, the process, transformation, recontextualization, recycling and reinterpretation that independent artists in particular are so freely allowed and enabled. Only creativity counts, regardless of continuity, success and tradition. Every production, every character and every stage set is not always perfect down to the last detail. But each of them is a chapter in a 45-year process of creating completely original works. It began in a primary school club in Littoral in the early 1980s and then continued with original musical paper miniatures in a white square, performed at festivals around the world and on home streets, stages, in classrooms and other contexts (as performances, workshops, scenography, installations etc.). The creative impulse is still going strong. He has been working with his partner Sanja Fidler for twelve years – mainly on giant protest puppets and banners on streets and squares, against social injustice and abuse of power.