The Living Canvas
Performing Arts - Bloomington, Illinois, United States
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The Living Canvas celebrates the beauty and expressive power of the human form through performance art and photography, nurturing a sense of body acceptance for performer and audience. It is spectacle and storytelling, utilizing creative lighting, sound, and multi-media imagery that interact with the human canvas.The Living Canvas is the work of Pete Guither and his artistic associates. It started in 1986 with photography of the human form as a canvas for light and projections. In 2001, The Living Canvas branched out to full performance art productions, utilizing the mesmerizing imagery combined with movement. Over a dozen major productions have been held in Chicago and elsewhere since then, along with numerous smaller shows."…intensely peculiar and mesmerizing… It's riveting." — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune"a formally ingenious technique that confounds the traditional relationship between subject and backdrop"— Brian Nemtusak, Chicago Reader"Pete Guither's high-def projections of intricate patterns across naked actors is eye candy on the order of a laser-light show…" — Time Out ChicagoThere is strength and bravery permeating every aspect" — Jessie Bond, Chicago Splash Magazine"I've never seen another show in which the meaning of ensemble is better represented….The sum total of their work here is something brilliant and wonderful. It challenges the audience. It informs the audience. It changes the audience. That's what this art is supposed to do, and they do it better than I've seen in a long, long time." — Christopher Kidder-Mostrom, Theatre by Numbers"At its core this piece's intimate use of light, shadow, and movement is inspired—and inspiring." — Marissa Oberlander, Chicago Reader
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