As part of the Enchanted Space installation at the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA), this hands-on workshop invites participants to explore the often-overlooked world of insects through the magical medium of shadow puppetry.

Shadow Stories will guide participants through the process of designing their own insect-inspired shadow puppets, crafting original narratives, and animating them on screen through hands-on performance.

This two-day workshop merges storytelling, science, and shadow play to awaken wonder and curiosity about the tiny lives that surround us.

Audience Takeaways:

✨ Explore insect life through the lens of art and imagination

👐 Learn to design, build, and animate shadow puppets

📚 Create and perform your own insect-inspired story as a storytelling tool

🌱 Reflect on the vital role insects play in our ecosystem

🎭 Engage with Enchanted Space through a unique, performative lens.

About Katkatha Puppet Arts Trust

Katkatha Puppet Arts Trust is a registered culture trust that is a professional puppet theatre company that has been creating original productions using puppets, masks and objects and touring to international and Indian performing arts and theatre festivals.

Katkatha has also worked with museums to create installations, site-specific projects and exhibitions about and using puppets. At the core are sculptors, dancers, designers and puppeteers whose vision is to support a professionally set-up and managed space for the promotion, preservation and development of Puppet Theatre. This includes training the next generation of puppeteers and creating a new space to seedbed new puppet groups and companies by holding annual master-classes, mentorship projects, internships and residencies.