Created,
designed, and built by Nikolai Zykov in 1990.
WANDERER
Created,
designed, and built by Nikolai Zykov in 1990.
System: marionette.
Height: 92 cm / 36 in.
Materials: papier-mache, foam plastic, foam rubber, wood, metal wire, fabric, foil.
The second name of this vignette is "The Light of Truth".
First presentation - November 23, 1990, Concert Hall "Vremya", Saint-Petersburg.
This composition is created according to the themes of Russian philosophic painter Nesterov. It is based on elements of Russian, Oriental and European philosophy, but everyone can understand it in one's own way.
The Wanderer is a transforming puppet with a very difficult tricks.
Step 1: The Old man finds a magic book.
Step 2: The Old man opens and reads the book.
Step 3: The Old man finds and puts on a magic mantle.
Step 4: The Old man transforms into a Young boy, walking-stick become a flute.
Step 5: The Young boy plays on flute.
At present you can see the Wanderer in "The Magic World of Marionettes.