zinneke 2010 with boite a clous

i was a lucky wee ducky and invited (well i kinda invited myself ) to brussels this May to make a puppet with phillipe evens and his crew then perform at their seriously awesome parade zinneke . in typical style i didn't document my input into this but did shoot a wee video of the main parade and the detective in you may indeed catch evidence of the puppet.which should be that wee link just below



...its a bit long and badly edited but HEY!!!!
i ain't no movie makin machine please and i'll blame the camera work cause it was the puppet doin it too so.

anyways in this video you will see the openin of the parade from our perspective. boite a clous the arts group who invited me over and their crazy metal death machines...then matteo's blob (he choreographed our italian performance last year) and then the parade finale. the entire event lasted about 2 to 3 hours so i only filmed a wee bit. the sun was shinin and the work was tirin (well for those in the parade...i just stood and waved and shouted) but i did my time at the partot in bologna last year....about 5 hours in the sun in a full puppet that time.

makin a puppet in 2 days is a funny challenge. its time enough but not time enough to go backwards. as it started to go skew wiff i had to go along with it...all in all. it was ok. a wiley coyote physhadelic pirate thing.

on the fri night we did a short parade through brussels centre. it really suited me as i could get in peoples faces and even though they were mainly french speakers i heard enough "what the fucks?!?" to know a job was well done. a universal term.

for the main event i was put up on a balcony with claire a great puppeteer i worked with 2 months ago at a caberet we did in brussels. she is great fun to work with and makes me laugh! she even dropped a crepe on some woman's head and from the look of her face it may as well have been a meatloaf cd.

it occured to me while i was out their that you must be doin somethin right in your life if you go on holiday only to have to work nonstop and still feel like it is a holiday. how many people feel the same about their job i wonder. i did manage a wee holiday in the middle to leuven with fantastic sunshine relaxation and festivals galore...polaroid memories

i have never quite had hospitality like this before (except for my mammy and daddy of course...oh wait and minnesota was pretty jamie accomodating as well) and i cannot even express my gratitude to the belgiums and italians for the joy and heartache they have caused

this is all good shite for a painter's fuel i tell you!!!