Mar ~ Marionetas | Espinho International Puppet Festival
Mar~Marionetas - Festival Internacional de Marionetas de Espinho 2026
See GIANTS [ PERFORMANCE ]
- Marta Fernandes da Silva < Lisboa
- all audiences . 30mins . free access
- performance resulting from an art workshop
| 17 MAY 16h00 . SUN | Centro Multimeios de Espinho |
See GIANTS
what the festival has to say
The “GIGANTES do Mar” puppet-making workshop is currently underway at the Espinho Art and Culture Forum. Under the direction of artist Marta Fernandes da Silva, the space is being filled with birds on this rainy day that invites one to seek shelter in a nest.
Over the years, the artist has developed various collaborations with the Mandrágora Theater and Puppets, creating large-scale pieces (among other things, but let’s focus on this today); these figures are constructed from wicker, a sustainable natural material that is both lightweight and durable.
The process the students undertake involves studying, building the structure, and then covering the figures with paper and painting them. But the work doesn’t end there. We also invite the students to bring these incredible creatures to life.
That is why this invitation extends to you as well: on the 17th at 4 p.m., come to the Espinho Multimeios Center to see a flock of birds take flight.
Marta Fernandes da Silva
Marta Fernandes da Silva has a degree in Visual Arts - Sculpture from the Faculty of Fine Arts of Porto and has taken the course in Scenography of the Scenographic Space coordinated by set and costume designer J. C. Serroni in São Paulo - Brazil.
She took part in the workshop “I can fly, how to fly people in the entertainment” coordinated by Joseph Champelli ZFX Flying Effects and “Mooving castle of Bunraku” coordinated by Noriuki Sawa at the Quadrennial of Scenography and Theatrical Architecture in Prague, Czech Republic. She completed her specialization in scenography at the Faculty of Architecture of the Technical University of Lisbon, and attended the European Intensive Project “A Theatrical City - private life / public space” at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Paris - La Villette, Centre National de La Danse in Paris and the scenography workshops with J. C. Serroni and Raymond Sarti at FA/UTL.
As a set designer, she was resident for four years at the theater company Trigo Limpo Teatro ACERT, where she worked on the creation and design of sets and props for various shows. She currently works freelance and has worked with directors such as José Rui Martins, Pompeu José, José Caldas, Júnior Sampaio, Maria João Trindade, Maria Simões, Filipa Mesquita, Clara Ribeiro, Maria do Céu Guerra, Rita Lello, Pedro Cardoso and Filipe La Féria.