I am currently in the process of creating two new sequences of #ShadowPuppets for different concerts in 2023. These are the protagonists from my first #concert, #TheThiefOfStars in 2020-2021, in which we asked “What if #Aladdin and #Faust were the same story?”
The design of each shadow puppet is adapted from the khayal al-zill #puppets collected by Paul Kahle in 1909 in the village of Al-Manzala near Damietta, #Egypt, and includes additional references to terracotta water filters and #Palestinian cross-stitch textiles. Their profiles reflect the faces of the #singers who gave them voices during the concert.