archive-object-reference

REFERENCE : MTM.2006.0002.0082

• OBJECT_HEIGHT : 540 mm ( 1'9" in )
• OBJECT_WIDTH : 400 mm ( 1'3" in )
• OBJECT_LENGTH : 250 mm ( 0'9" in )
• OBJECT_WEIGHT : 1160 g ( 2.56 lb )

• OBJECT_REF : MTM.2006.0002.0082
• OBJECT_NAME_EN : Coronello
• EVENT_NAME_EN : The Black Cat and the Silver Seagull
• OBJECT_TYPOLOGY_EN : puppet / direct manipulation
• OBJECT_DATE : 2006
• OBJECT_STORAGE_REF : D

OBJECT_MATERIAL_EN :

body/volume | sponge
head | polystyrene
fur | carpel
painting | acrylic paint

OBJECT_ARTISTS_EN :

• direction | Clara Ribeiro
• art direction | enVide neFelibata
• drawing | enVide neFelibata
• built | Clara Ribeiro, enVide neFelibata
• painting | enVide neFelibata

OBJECT_DESCRIPTION_EN :

Coronelo is one of the harbor cats who helps the seagull fly in Luís Sepúlveda's “Story of a seagull and a cat who taught it to fly”.

This puppet refers to the world of children's toys. The play develops from the imagination of a boy who, in his room, transforms objects into protagonists of the story, bringing his own narratives to life through play.

Coronelo is a veteran cat, the oldest of the group of four cats, with his medals on his chest, a scar over his eye covered by a patch, and his wounded tail showing how much street cats have to fight to survive.

The problems of one harbor cat are the problems of all the harbor cats, and so together they help the seagull on its flight mission.