Puppet TV Graffiti

Aiming to change the perception of puppetry for eternity! [DEFINITION of Puppetising: Progressive Verb, from the Noun Puppet, and Verb Puppetise, meaning to transform an object or photograph into a puppet character, using puppet-making materials.]

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Award-winning puppetry practitioner, Marcus Clarke has 25 years experience creating onscreen puppet characters. Marcus comes from and lives in Nottingham. He studied at the Mansfield College of Art, [1970’s], his unique style and natural creativity led him to source and obtain interesting objects from a local scrap yard – he painted images and pictures on these objects, and knew that one day he would re-ignite his passion for art…

That day has now come - in response to the British Art Show [Nottingham 2010] Marcus began to produce Puppet TV Graffiti works. These works are created by puppetising objects and photographs.

[DEFINITION of Puppetising: Progressive Verb, from the Noun Puppet, and Verb Puppetise, meaning to transform an object or photograph into a puppet character, using puppet-making materials.]

Marcus uses his puppet resources to add texture, dimensions and colour, including eyeballs, faux fur, Gaffa tape and Evo stick. The artwork is created quickly in a restricted time period, usually less than 24 hours; resulting in a hurried, unbalanced, improvised, and immediate Graffiti-style effect. The beauty of these frantic pieces is that they are all puppetry-contemporary artworks of their moment in time; they are unique, with a vibrant energy that is captured by Marcus, and re-captured by the viewer through his works. Marcus believes that ‘This is how Puppet TV Graffiti should always be created!’

Puppet TV Graffiti as a movement is inspired by many of Marcus’ personal experiences, as well as professional works, including by his mentor’s Jim Henson's NBC Pipes.

Marcus can finally materialise his ambition of unifying his knowledge of media, arts, and puppetry, and spread the good word of Puppet TV Graffiti to the universe.

‘My aim is simply to increase puppetry, especially puppetry for the screen, and gain greater inclusion for puppetry within art education. My Puppets and my Puppet TV Graffiti works live on, they are extensions of us; visual and characterized creations that inject magic into the lives of children and adults.’
Marcus Clarke

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Puppets, political, Puppetry, Marcus Clarke,, Artwork, ITV, arts, Nottingham, modern, education