The intent of the Action Puppet Force is to allow artists from various disciplines to experiment with the production of puppetry-related works designed for adult audiences: providing them with a supportive network of creative professionals as well as with an audience (short-form experimental performance pieces might otherwise never find an outlet for expression to an audience).
The secondary intent of this project is to establish a destination for traveling artists to display their talents to the Central Florida populace within the Slam format, both enriching our local audiences by providing them with an affordable model to view otherwise unavailable live puppetry works and strengthening the connection between Central Florida area artists and those working within the puppetry discipline worldwide.
The secondary intent of this project is to establish a destination for traveling artists to display their talents to the Central Florida populace within the Slam format, both enriching our local audiences by providing them with an affordable model to view otherwise unavailable live puppetry works and strengthening the connection between Central Florida area artists and those working within the puppetry discipline worldwide.
To this end, we will endeavor to support our sister slams throughout Florida via the establishment of a "slam circuit": a series of conveniently scheduled puppet slam events that will allow slam organizers to share the burden of presenting traveling performers (making it more economically feasible for puppeteers to visit our state) as well as assisting one another with publicity, administrative, and production needs.
