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Tate Triennial 2006: New British Art
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Live Works: Lali Chetwynd


The Fall of Man: Video

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The Fall of Man, A Puppet Extravaganza ! was performed at Tate Britain on the 19th of April 2006. Audiences gathered on three sides of the performance, and were in turn distributed tickets to enter the stage area. This 'inside' perspective provided an intimate view of two micro-stages, where performers presented the puppet show.

The eight minute video below follows from beginning to end, the last of seven cycles, performed across the two hour performance.

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The Fall of Man: Programme Notes

Lali Chetwynd presented a temporary installation containing a narrative puppet show in three acts. The narrative drew from key literary sources including the Bible, John Milton’s Paradise Lost (1667) and Marx and Engels’ German Ideology (1846). The first puppet show re-enacts the expulsion from Eden, the second, The Utopia in which the Division of Labour no longer exists. A short dance worked as an interlude in between the puppet shows. The desperate and pathetic dance expresses grief and longing for these ideal states. The Acts were repeated seven times in an improvised mechanization, to Alexander Tucker’s live music.


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The Fall of Man: Credits & Licensing


Artist: Lali Chetwynde
Music: Alex Tucker
Movement Organizer: Caroline Pope
Muse/Administrator: Joe Scotland
Puppet Tutor: Mary Stolzenberg
Construction: Lali Chetwynd, Thomas Kratz, Tina Schuemecker
Costumes & Propos: Lali Chetwynd, Joe Scotland, Lucy Soni, Alessia Tanzi, Lucy Soni
Costume Assistants: Scarlet Chetwynd, Millie Buckle
The Man in the Orange Suit: Willow Schade

Puppeteers: Zoe Brown, Lali Chetwynd, Celine Condorelli, Fabirzio Manco, Brian Moran, Joe Scotland, Tina Schmuedker, Eva Stenram, Milo Talbot

Animal Characters: Marta Bakst, Nick Byrne, Natasha Carpenter, Ruppert Clervaux, Mary George, Sally Guinness, Anthea Hamilton, Susanne Kohler, Ben Hugo, Justin Joseph, Sara McCrory, Warren Oats, Mimei Thompson

Special Thanks: Eleanor Fazan, Herald St Gallery, John Holyfield, Luciana Arrighi, Sephy and John Madley, Thurle Wright

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