Episode Ten: PUPPETS AND DOLLS
Episode 10, Jul 21, 2022, 08:06 AM
Episode Ten is an exploration of a theme very close to my heart as a puppeteer - how have puppets, dolls and crafted deities been used on the island of Ibiza in past times? Before me, who else has thought of fashioning a handcrafted figure representing an imaginary being..... why did they do it, what was driving them? Welcome to a world where reality and fantasy are sometimes hard to separate, where dreams can become delusions and where a fairytale can suddenly flip into a nightmare..... this is Episode Ten: Puppets and Dolls.
At the myth-steeped Font d'en Lluna well, at the mouth of the river of Santa Eulària, I recorded this episode on a warm midsummer's night. As I explain, this is the perfect location to discuss magical and imaginary beings, as the ancient riverside bathing spot is associated with many local myths and legends. Here, we gaze into the watery looking glass and travel back in time fifty years to remember the extraordinary and tragic story of Ingeborg Schaefer, the talented puppeteer of Ibiza's old town who came to be brutally murdered under suspicious circumstances....
**I am honoured and overjoyed to have been given permission to incorporate two tracks into this episode by the New York-based toy piano artist, Margaret Leng Tan (https://www.margaretlengtan.com/), from her album The Art of the Toy Piano. Sincere thanks also go to Toby Twining (https://soundcloud.com/toby-twining-music) who composed the track Satie Blues, and the toy piano arrangement of John Lennon/Paul McCartney’s Eleanor Rigby.**
....We then enter into deep conversation with the Ibizan journalist, writer and criminologist Cristina Amanda Tur, author of the book 'Ingeborg: El Crimen de las Marionetas', published by Balàfia postals. Through exploring the life, and death, of the puppeteer Ingeborg Schaefer on Ibiza in the 1970's, we discover that sometimes a puppeteer themself can be puppeteered by the circumstances, people and unspoken secrets surrounding them.
(https://territoriocat.wordpress.com/tag/cristina-amanda-tur/)
But sweet-natured Ingeborg wasn't the only one on this island who ever channeled her dreams for a different world into hand-crafted puppets and dolls. Stick to the end of the episode and you might be in for a few surprises......
Mentioned/featuring in this episode:
- ‘Guia Mágica de Fuentes y Pozos de Santa Eulalia del Rio’, by Michel Ferrer Clapés
- History and folklore of the Pont Vell bridge, via the blog of Cristina Amanda Tur: https://territoriocat.wordpress.com
- 'Ingeborg: El Crimen de las Marionetas' ('Ingeborg: The Puppet crime'), book by Cristina Amanda Tur, published by Balafia Postals, 2021
- Interview with Cristina Amanda Tur, criminologist, journalist and writer (https://territoriocat.wordpress.com/tag/cristina-amanda-tur/)
- Thank you to Bex Hronek, co-founder of Los Fermentistas, for providing the voice over for my interview with Cristina Amanda Tur (https://www.losfermentistas.net/es)
- ‘A brief history of San Vicente’ essay by historian Emily Kaufmann, included in the novel ‘The Road to San Vicente’ by Leif Borthen, published by Barbary Press in 2007.
Written, presented and edited by Joanna Hruby, artist, puppeteer, performance-maker and founder of Theatre of the Ancients (www.theatreoftheancients.com)
Theme music: 'De Jo Et Vas Despediguent' by Uc (released by Produccions Blau, Mallorca)
Instagram: @wellsoftanit
Facebook: The Wells of Tanit
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At the myth-steeped Font d'en Lluna well, at the mouth of the river of Santa Eulària, I recorded this episode on a warm midsummer's night. As I explain, this is the perfect location to discuss magical and imaginary beings, as the ancient riverside bathing spot is associated with many local myths and legends. Here, we gaze into the watery looking glass and travel back in time fifty years to remember the extraordinary and tragic story of Ingeborg Schaefer, the talented puppeteer of Ibiza's old town who came to be brutally murdered under suspicious circumstances....
**I am honoured and overjoyed to have been given permission to incorporate two tracks into this episode by the New York-based toy piano artist, Margaret Leng Tan (https://www.margaretlengtan.com/), from her album The Art of the Toy Piano. Sincere thanks also go to Toby Twining (https://soundcloud.com/toby-twining-music) who composed the track Satie Blues, and the toy piano arrangement of John Lennon/Paul McCartney’s Eleanor Rigby.**
....We then enter into deep conversation with the Ibizan journalist, writer and criminologist Cristina Amanda Tur, author of the book 'Ingeborg: El Crimen de las Marionetas', published by Balàfia postals. Through exploring the life, and death, of the puppeteer Ingeborg Schaefer on Ibiza in the 1970's, we discover that sometimes a puppeteer themself can be puppeteered by the circumstances, people and unspoken secrets surrounding them.
(https://territoriocat.wordpress.com/tag/cristina-amanda-tur/)
But sweet-natured Ingeborg wasn't the only one on this island who ever channeled her dreams for a different world into hand-crafted puppets and dolls. Stick to the end of the episode and you might be in for a few surprises......
Mentioned/featuring in this episode:
- ‘Guia Mágica de Fuentes y Pozos de Santa Eulalia del Rio’, by Michel Ferrer Clapés
- History and folklore of the Pont Vell bridge, via the blog of Cristina Amanda Tur: https://territoriocat.wordpress.com
- 'Ingeborg: El Crimen de las Marionetas' ('Ingeborg: The Puppet crime'), book by Cristina Amanda Tur, published by Balafia Postals, 2021
- Interview with Cristina Amanda Tur, criminologist, journalist and writer (https://territoriocat.wordpress.com/tag/cristina-amanda-tur/)
- Thank you to Bex Hronek, co-founder of Los Fermentistas, for providing the voice over for my interview with Cristina Amanda Tur (https://www.losfermentistas.net/es)
- ‘A brief history of San Vicente’ essay by historian Emily Kaufmann, included in the novel ‘The Road to San Vicente’ by Leif Borthen, published by Barbary Press in 2007.
Written, presented and edited by Joanna Hruby, artist, puppeteer, performance-maker and founder of Theatre of the Ancients (www.theatreoftheancients.com)
Theme music: 'De Jo Et Vas Despediguent' by Uc (released by Produccions Blau, Mallorca)
Instagram: @wellsoftanit
Facebook: The Wells of Tanit
If you appreciate this podcast please leave us a review on Itunes as this helps the podcast reach a wider audience.