TABLEAUX VIVANTS

I WAS ASKED TO CURATE AND DIRECT A LIVE ACT OF MUSIC, VISUAL AND BODY PAINTING FOR A TRADITIONAL VENICE CARNIVAL PARTY ORGANIZED BY “THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE CARNIVAL OF VENICE“, HOSTED AT PALAZZO ZENO IN VENEZIA (ITALY).

THE LIVE ACT WAS MADE BY TWO SIMULTANEOUS COMPONENTS.

ON A SIDE, THE ENSEMBLE PLAYED MANY PIECES FROM FROM FAMOUS OPERAS AND HIT-SONGS FROM CONTEMPORARY POP MUSIC, THE ALL PLAYED IN CLASSICAL STYLE AND SUNG IN LYRIC STYLE.

ON THE OTHER, THE BODY PAINTER (LELA PEREZ) HAS RELIZED LIVE AN ARTWORK OF “PAINTREALISM” (THE STYLE WHICH TURNS REAL PEOPLE AND OBJECTS INTO 3D VERSIONS OF FAMOUS PAINTING, THANKS TO BODY PAINTING AND SET DESIGN)

Concept, direction, creative direction and production by Lino Franco (2017)