It’s difficult to imagine an event that’s more stereotypically San Francisco than the PuppetLOVE! Festival, now in its ninth year. A showcase for emerging puppetry and animation that is political, experimental and boundary-pushing, the annual event, held this year on October 5 and 6 at CounterPULSE, is an artistic free-for-all. Giant puppets, fresh from the latest political protest, are in attendance; shadow puppets dance along the walls. The performances are alternately joyful, dark, bawdy and funny, some with themes so obscure, you’re left bemusedly scratching your head—others taking aim at more obvious evils (sorry, Mr. President). It’s grass-roots artistic expression at its finest.
CounterPULSE 1310 Mission St., 415-435-7552
It’s difficult to imagine an event that’s more stereotypically San Francisco than the PuppetLOVE! Festival, now in its ninth year. A showcase for emerging puppetry and animation that is political, experimental and boundary-pushing, the annual event, held this year on October 5 and 6 at CounterPULSE, is an artistic free-for-all. Giant puppets, fresh from the latest political protest, are in attendance; shadow puppets dance along the walls. The performances are alternately joyful, dark, bawdy and funny, some with themes so obscure, you’re left bemusedly scratching your head—others taking aim at more obvious evils (sorry, Mr. President). It’s grass-roots artistic expression at its finest.
CounterPULSE 1310 Mission St., 415-435-7552
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