About us

About us

Who are we?

Puppet Net is a project in which we combine experience, academic and artistic resources, and an extensive network of international contacts.

 

We are committed to the responsible dissemination of knowledge by consciously connecting stage practice, modern technology, and academic research. Our team is made of people with diverse artistic and organizational backgrounds, united by a shared focus — theatre of form.

 

Our platform is open for the exchange of knowledge, experience, and reflection on what accompanies artistic and academic exploration within contemporary visual and puppet theatre.

 

We invite you to co-create this knowledge base. Do you have an idea for an article, podcast, or short video related to the teaching of puppetry and related arts? Or perhaps you work in another field and see its connection to our artistic practice?

Puppet Net is a platform that connects and develops such initiatives.

 

Our team will support you in this process:

Katarzyna Kostenko

Project coordinator, co-founder

Mateusz Barta

Idea maker, project lead

Wojciech Oset

Redactor, manager, storyteller

Marta Czujowska

Visual artist, social media manager

Katarzyna Kostenko

Project Coordinator, co-founder

Mateusz Barta

Idea maker, project lead

Wojciech Oset

Redactor, manager,
storyteller

Marta Czujowska

Visual artist, social media manager

Academy of Theatre Arts, Wrocław Branch

Puppet Department – a place of contemporary puppetry thought in Poland.

Scena ze spektaklu. Młoda kobieta w białej bluzce z wysoko wyciągniętymi do góry rękami. Za klatkę piersiową i brzuch ktoś ją trzyma. W tle skłębione postaci.

Metaforms Festival

The festival aims to showcase and promote the latest trends in puppet theatre and to integrate domestic and international communities—studies, schools, and artistic institutions.
Dwie młode kobiety w jasnych strojach na ciemnej scenie uchwycone w dynamicznej pozie - ich twarze są zwielokrotnione

LALKA NOVA Conference

An event combining the format of an academic conference with a space showcasing theatrical, performative, and audiovisual art.
Plakat promujący międzynarodową konferencję performatywną "Lalka Nova" Na środku znajduje się duży, turkusowo-niebieski okrąg przypominający pociągnięcie pędzlem, z napisem „LALKA NOVA” wpisanym w jego wnętrze nowoczesną, geometryczną czcionką.

Our goals

Building a knowledge space about contemporary puppet theatre.
Promoting interdisciplinary research and new animation tools.
Developing the skills of creators and an informed audience.
Connecting art and technology, exploring new possibilities.
Co-creating the future of puppetry—without boundaries and without stereotypes.

 Building a knowledge space about contemporary puppet theatre.

Promoting interdisciplinary research and new animation tools.

Developing the skills of creators and an informed audience.

Connecting art and technology, exploring new possibilities.

Co-creating the future of puppetry—without boundaries and without stereotypes.

Project funded by the state budget, granted by the Minister of Science under the Social Responsibility of Science II Program.

Contact us!

Puppet Net is an open space for artistic and academic communities. If you would like to co-create the project, share your experience, or invite us to collaborate — feel free to contact us.

Trzech aktorów ożywia kolorowe, tradycyjne kukiełki na ciemnej scenie
Trzech aktorów ożywia kolorowe, tradycyjne kukiełki na ciemnej scenie

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