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VENT: Museum of Puppets & Puppetry
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VENT: Museum of Puppets & Puppetry
The name of the museum, VENT, is quite purposeful. On the one hand, its industry lingo for ventriloquism. But more importantly, the word "vent" means literally "to release, to express one's feelings, an outlet" It's this later definition that is the museum's mission or if you will, mantra - that visitors of VENT are meant to "let loose, learn and just have fun".VENT is not a Children's Museum. It is a museum for anyone - all age groups and all types of people. The museum consists of a giftshop, theater, two floors of exhibit space, a cafe, puppet labs (which are studios where people can sign up for puppet making or ventriloquism classes) as well as an after hours 21+ crowd puppet cabaret bar called, Strung Out.When I first began my research, I knew I needed a clear definition of a puppet, and that is : a puppet is an inanimate object or representation figure that is animated or manipulated by a person. This is where I derived my concept for the museum from... the idea that a puppet is only really a puppet if it is performing. And so i said to myself, if a puppet performing is meant to make us as an audience believe that they are in fact alive - what happens when we aren't watching? Does our belief in that moment that they are alive continue behind closed doors? The design of this museum is meant to catch that moment - that mystery, wonder and exploration. Visitors will come across surprises throughout their visit and often will enter spaces wondering who in fact is on display - them or the puppets?
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