Author:
dr Michał Kowalczyk – lecturer at AST National Academy of Theatre Arts in Wrocław; researcher and enthusiast of animated-form theatre. He holds degrees in acting, law and philology. The author of a doctoral dissertation on the work of Wiesław Hejno.
The motives of the puppet, the puppeteer and their theatre in the shadow of the technological revolution. A reflection on whether the act of animation — the purest gesture of bringing matter to life — retains its meaning in the age of code and algorithms. Underlying these reflections is a question about the definition of puppetry in a world shared with AI.
