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Sunday Feature: The Puppet’s Gaze’

Sound Recording by Kanta Dihal

Sunday Feature: The Puppet's Gaze. Originally broadcast on BBC Radio 3 13 June 2021

Puppetry has seen a rise in interest during the pandemic. New Generation Thinker Noreen Masud made her own puppet, Harley, during Lockdown and reflects on what the puppet's gaze can give, that the human gaze cannot. Featuring Russell Dean, Artistic Director of Strangeface Theatre Company, and Dr Kanta Dihal, Senior Research Fellow in Artificial Intelligence at the University of Cambridge. And Harley and Mikey.

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