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Curious Contraptions

Meet the Artist: Hernán Lira

Hernán Lira: Aparatos Curiosos

Published:   December 5, 2018
Total Running Time:   00:02:12

Hernán Lira began making toys and puppets at the age of 16. As artistic influences, he counts his own children and the students he worked with as an elementary-school teacher, in addition to artists and craftspeople he has met while traveling the world. He spreads toymaking and puppet-making skills in his home country of Argentina through a collection of play centers and workshops.

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En Curious Contraptions (Aparatos Curiosos) se explora mundos pequeños y surrealistas a través de las esculturas mecánicas encantadoras y muchas veces graciosísimos conocidos como autómata. Estas máquinas juguetones se animan con arreglos complicados de levas, manivelas, y otros mecanismos simples y hechos a mano.

Hernán Lira empezó hacer juguetes y títeres a los 15 años. Como influencias artísticas, cuenta con sus propios niños y a los alumnos que tenía cuando era maestro de primaria, además de los artistas y artesanos que ha conocido en sus vueltos por el mundo. Ha desarrollado una colección de centros de diversión y talleres en su país natal de Argentina como para difundir las prácticas de juguetería y titerería.

 

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