IWAN EFFENDI
b. 1979, IndonesiaIwan Effendi (b. 1979, Yogyakarta, Indonesia) studied at the Department of Visual Art in Indonesia Institute of the Arts, Yogyakarta, Indonesia from 2002 to 2004. In 2006, Iwan and his spouse, Ria Tri Sulistyani, founded Papermoon Puppet Theatre, and in 2020, he founded Ing Printmaking Studio. The daydreaming face is a default expression used in his practice as a puppet designer. It is activated with the manipulation of the puppeteer, along with the emotions invested by the audience during the performance. Particular expressions stimulate the audience to find connections to the story, with their own memories and experiences, thus bringing the puppet character to life.
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