Ballard Forum Highlights Links Between Puppetry and Engineering The director of the Ballard Institute & Museum of Puppetry has been finding ways to explore the surprising connections between puppetry and engineering. An image from Basil Twist’s “Symphonie Fantasique,” performed with fabric in a tank of water. (Photo by Richard Termine ’75 (SFA)) Copy Link Visitors to the Puppet Arts Complex at UConn’s Depot Campus will find that in addition to classrooms, offices, and performance rehearsal space, the largest area of the complex is the workshop where puppets in various stages of design, construction, and completion outnumber visitors, student puppeteers, and faculty.