WALDEN. LIVE FROM THE WOODS.
Webseries / Seminar / Discourse
When Henry Thoreau was vlogging live from the Woods
Henry Thoreau was looking for an alternative way of living in society. He moved to the forest and described his experiences in the classic "Walden-Life in the Woods". We follow his longing, hand him a camera and say: do it again, Henry! Vlogg for us - “Life from the Woods.”
Originally designed as a stage experience, the team pull the project ideas in front of the camera and produced a web series. These were the very first days of Covid-19. From first brainstormings, to developing storylines and shooting with puppets and people - the team created 5 episodes of “Walden-Live from the Woods“ - remote and still together. A project between video conferences, virtual rehearsal rooms, interviews with experts and surprising forest facts.
This project is about isolation, voluntary as well as involuntary.
“Walden-Live from the Woods” is a project of the Department of Contemporary Puppetry (3rd year) at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Art. © 2020
WALDEN was realized between March and May 2020.
Seminar leader: Roscha A. Säidow, Jana Barthel
Concept / Main Camera / Main Editing: Roscha A. Säidow
Main Set Design / Costume Design: Jana Barthel
Webseries created by Jana Barthel, Carlo Silvester Duer*, Lord Sean M. Grimm*, Luise Friederike Hennig*, Marharyta Pshenitsyna*, Sebastian Ryser*, Roscha A. Säidow, Seth Tietze* und Lina Mareike Wolfram*.
* Students (3rd year) of Contemporary Puppetry Department of Academy of Dramatic Arts “Ernst Busch”