Animal Cracker Conspiracy's Adult Puppet Cabaret

>> >>: HEY, HOW'S IT GOING, SAN DIEGO? I'M GARY, GARY SAN DIEGO THAT'S MY NAME. >> >>: OKAY, GARY SAN DIEGO MIGHT NOT BE THE KIND OF PUPPET YOU'D USE FOR A KID'S SHOW, BUT HE'S PERFECT FOR AN ADULT PUPPET CAB RAY? >> >>: DON'T EXPECT A REGULAR PUPPET SHOW. WE'RE DRAGGING EVERYTHING OUT, AND THE KITCHEN SINK, AND A LOT OF THE PUPPETS WE'RE MAKING OUT OF GARBAGE, RECYCLED OBJECTS, FOUND OBJECTS, VINTAGE CAST AWAYS AND THINGS WE'VE FOUND. >> >>: PUPPETEERS FOUNDATION ANIMAL CRACKER CONSPIRACY. THEY REGULAR STAGED WHAT THEY CALL ADULT PUPPET CABARETS. >> >>: WE DEFINITELY TRY AND CHANGE PEOPLE'S IDEA UZ ABOUT WHAT PUPPETRY IS. I THINK MOST PEOPLE ASSUME IT'S FOR KIB KIDS, A, OR HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE MUPPETS. AND WE BOTH COME FROM A FINE ART BACKGROUND SO IT DEFINITELY HAS THAT ELEMENT TO IT ALSO WHERE WE'RE REALLY PUSHING BOUNDARIES IN WHAT'S EXPECTED IN PUPPETRY. >> >>: ANOTHER THING REALLY INTERESTING TO US, IN FORMER CZECHOSLOVAKIA, THEY HAD SHOWS CALLED DAISIES AND EVENTUALLY MANY OF THEM WERE CAUGHT AND KILLED BY THE NAZIS. SO PUPPETRY HAS THIS SUBVERSIVE ELEMENT TO MAYBE POKE FUN AT THE POWERS THAT BE OR TO GET OUT THE WORD OF THE STREET. >> >>: PUPPETS HAVE KIND OF HISTORICALLY BEEN FOR THE PEOPLE AND BY THE PEOPLE, WHICH IS ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY LOVED. >> >>: ADULT PUPPET CABARET IS JUST ONE WAY OF SPREADING THAT LOVE. >> >>: I'M JUST HANGING OUT, I'M A REGULAR HERE AT THE PUPPET CABARET. >> >>: WILL YOU PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IF THIS IS YOUR FIRST ADULT PUPPET CABARET RN R. >> >>: EARLIER THIS YEAR, ROUND TREE AND GUN STAGED AN ADULT PUPPET CABARET AT THE MUSE QULM OF PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTS, AN OUT DOOR STAGE AT SPACE FOR ART IN SAN DIEGO'S EAST VILLAGE. YOU CAN EXPECT MANY F THE SAME THINGS LIKE A PUPPET MAKING STATION. >> >>: YOU TAKE A SOCK, AS THE BASE, AND THEN YOU TAKE USUALLY KIND OF A LONGER FUR, YOU CAN MAKE HAIR WITH IT, MUSTACHE, AND DO LIKE A SCARF, AND THEN YOU TAKE THE GOOGLY EYES OR YOU CAN USE BUTTONS OR THESE LITTLE PALM PALMS, AS EYES THEN NOSE. THEN YOU CAN USE THIS FAB FABRIC AS THE TONGUE. >> >>: GUN IS BIG ON USING RECYCLED OBJECTS FOR PUPPETS. >> >>: SHOPPING BAG CUT INTO LITTLE STRIPS. >> >>: YOU'RE LOOKING AT MY ELBOW. >> >>: AND CARD BOARD ROLLED UP NEWS PAPER, AND MASKING TAPE THAT HAS BEEN PAINTED WITH U KRILLIC. >> >>: GUN AND ROUND TREE WILL BE PERFORMING AT THE NEXT PUPPET SHOW AND TRYING TO BROADEN PEOPLE'S PERSPECTIVES ABOUT WHAT PUPPETRY IS. >> >>: THANK THAT CAN BE MOVED BY AN ACTOR TO COMMUNICATE AN IDEA OR A MESSAGE. IF YOU CAN USE IT AND TELL A MESSAGE OUTSIDE OF YOUR BODY YOU'RE ENTERING THAT KIND OF FABULOUS GRAY AREA THAT MODERN OR CONTEMPORARY PUPPETRY IS EXPLORING RIGHT NOW. THERE IS A BIT OF A RENAISSANCE ON. PEOPLE DOING ALL SORTS OF THINGS. >> >>: TO ME IT'S TAKING THE MATERIAL, WHICH IS AN OBJECT, AND AN MATING THAT. SO ANIMA IS TO GIVE SOMETHING TO LIFE. WE LOVE IT BECAUSE IT DOES MAKE SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS. I THINK PEOPLE WILL LOVE IT AND BE SURPRISED. >> >>: IF YOU'D LIKE TO BE A COCONSPIRATOR, JUST HEAD OUT FOR THE NEXT ADULT PUPPET CABARET AND JOIN THE ANIMAL CRACKER CONSPIRACY. BETH ACCOMANDO, KPBS NEWS. >> >>DWANE: ADULT PUPPET CAB A RKS RET TAKES PLACE NEXT FRIDAY AT SPACE FOR ART IN SAN DIEGO'S EAST VILLAGE DOWNTOWN.