Sabrina Recoules Quang – Artist and Researcher Exploring Storytelling through Puppetry, Textiles, and More-Than-Human Design

"In the breath between weave and wire, a story stirs, a spark, a fire.
Hands entwine with threads and code.
Nature talks. Puppets rise. Shadows unfold." (S.Recoules Quang 2025)

Theatredu1k: Bridging Puppetry, Technology and Nature

Theatredu1k, founded by Sabrina Recoules Quang, explores storytelling through puppetry, textile craft, and responsive materials. The work blends traditional making with computational tools to create performances that respond to natural forces and more-than-human voices. Rooted in material research and poetic experimentation, the practice invites audiences to experience complexity, care, and co-existence through embodied and sensory environments. Current explorations focus on weaving, soft technologies, and ecological interaction—developing textile characters and performative systems that respond to both human and environmental presence.

Exploring storytelling through puppetry and textiles.
Material-led. Poetic. Responsive. Ecological.

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LISTENING TO NATURE , THE TOOLS & THE MATERIALS

I follow the impulses that arise from tools, materials, and the more-than-human voices that shape my making. Whether it is the tension in a thread, the whisper of a shadow, or the structure of a root, these subtle interactions guide how stories unfold through my hands. This space collects their presence through textures, rhythms, and fragments that support a practice grounded in responsive, material-led exploration.

→ Follow the Materials

LE JOURNAL DES PEUT ETRE

A collection of raw materials and intuitive ideas. This is the messy ground from which the practice grows. The journal gathers creative notes, visuals, sounds, and references from both personal explorations and external sources. It includes works and materials from other creative practitioners whose approaches resonate with or challenge my own. The messy area is intentionally unstructured. A space for collecting early ideas, passing inspirations, and exploratory research.

→ Read the Journal

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PORTFOLIO

Performances, puppets, and responsive installations shaped through material-led practices across analogue and digital environments. These works reflect an ongoing dialogue between craft, technology, and ecological awareness—where materials don’t just support stories, but become storytellers.

From shadows and seaweed to code and conductivity, the portfolio spans puppetry, textiles, and interactive systems—each exploring how making can become a collaborative act with both nature and machine.

→ Textured Shadows

→ Textile Creatures

→ Postdigital Beings in Soft Systems

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

This section documents ongoing and proposed projects focused on research, material exploration, and interdisciplinary development in puppetry, textiles, and ecological performance.

→ Storytelling with Material interferences

→ Listening to the Materials

sabrina@theatredu1k.com