Photo by Alex Pritz. Courtesy Pussypaws Puppetry.

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Thurs, May 29 at 7PM
Fri, May 30 at 7PM


As an extension of their 2025 Technical Residency, Pussypaws Puppetry, an inclusive puppet troupe of visual artists, musicians, and performers with and without disabilities, will present The Bosch Pit, a continuation of their celebration of the love, sex, and fantasy lives of artists with disabilities. Taking inspiration from Hieronymus Bosch’s trippy triptych The Garden of Earthly Delights, depicting heaven, earth, and hell in all their psychedelic splendor, The Bosch Pit will feature the live testimonials of disabled artists, glorifying the agony and ecstasy of being an erotic, embodied human being, and brought to life by a collaborative and inclusive team of artists through dazzling handmade puppets. Transforming CPR into an unruly puppet garden of sensual and grotesque creatures, the artists’ stories will span the full range of human emotion to capture the heavenly and hellish elements of love and lust, and what’s in between.

This OPEN AiR program is an extension of a Spring 2025 Technical Residency with Pussypaws Puppetry. More information about the residency here.


ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Pussypaws Puppetry is an inclusive puppet troupe of visual artists, musicians, and performers with and without disabilities. They are enchanted by all things silly, spirited, and sensual. Inspired by puppetry’s legacy as a medium of the people – inherently playful, provocative, and predominantly existing outside art world norms and trends – Pussypaws offers a freewheeling, experimental, accessible creative space where artists of all persuasions, backgrounds, and abilities can make puppet shows and have fun. The collective was founded in 2020 by sisters Priscilla Frank and Alana Hauser, and is named after the Pussypaws flower, whose magical properties open us to the healing powers of physical touch.

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