Mua Island (Torres Strait) Puppet Show from Ghost Net

Its October 2010 and St Pauls village on Moa Island celebrates not only the first Puppet Show of it's kind in the Torres Strait, but the first puppet show ever made out of ghost nets and marine debris.

Artists Karen Hethey and Ilka White spent four weeks on Moa drawing together peoples real life experiences of seeing the damage ghost nets do to sea creatures; turtles, dugongs, coral reef and mangroves and also the dangers they present for people crossing the open waters between islands. Materials were collected locally and puppets woven together in community workshops with the Arts Centre, School, Churches and wider community all contributing significantly. The story was told using a shadow puppet screen, narration, live music and full choir. The audience sang and wept their way through the story of a young fisherman's encounters with ghost nets, performed by around 65 local musicians, singers and puppeteers of all ages.

The ghost net issue is an international one as nearly all (90%) of the marine debris entering the northern coastal and island regions of Australia is of a fishing nature and originates from South East Asia. The uniqueness of this project inspired Ghost Nets Australia to produce this film of the process, including the lead up to the performance, interviews with locals and the final show.

The story provides a powerful message to send to the mainland and beyond.

Read all about it here:-
http://www.ghostnets.com.au/projects.story.html?id=29

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Ghost Net
• ghost net
• ghostnet
• Torres
• puppet show
• community art
• environmental art
• marine debris
• ghost net art

[xgirlgermsxx]

I wanna do a puppet show!

[islandwarrior16]

Nice

[tartansuitcase]

beautifully made film, and the puppet show is awesome. thanks!

[KatePaddington]

This is wonderful! Thank you for sharing such a beautiful and important story (the shark lantern is magnificent too!). Could you please pass on my thanks? Thanks!