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Living Statue

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A living statue at EPCOT.
The term living statue refers to a mime artist who poses like a statue or mannequin, usually with realistic statue-like makeup, sometimes for hours at a time. This is an art that requires a great deal of patience and physical stamina.

Living statue performers have been known to pose as shop window mannequins in order to fool passers by, and a number of hidden camera shows on television have had living statues suddenly spring to life to startle people. As with all performing arts, living statue performers may perform as buskers or in commissioned shows. Some living statues are also invited to perform in fine arts exhibitions.

History

The tableau vivant, or group of living statues, was a regular feature of medieval and Renaissance festivities and pageantry, such as triumphal entries by rulers into cities. Typically a group enacting a scene would be mounted on an elaborate stand decorated to look like a monument, placed on the route of the procession. A living statue appeared in a scene of the 1945 French masterpiece film 'Les Enfants Du Paradis' (Children of Paradise), and early living statue pioneers include the London-based artists Gilbert and George in the 60s.

Living Statue Events

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A Living Statue draws a fascinated crowd.
There is an annual competition for such performers at Arnhem in the Netherlands. Also, the U.S. city of Laguna Beach, California, is home to the annual Pageant of the Masters show which is created by local amateur volunteers as part of the city's Festival of the Arts. The show presents living statue recreations of several dozen famous artworks in one evening. The show is set to classical music and about two minutes are allocated per artwork. In Portugal, the city of Espinho organizes since 1997 a living statues contest, the Sunday of June near the 16 (the municipal holiday).

Epcot Center in Orlando, Florida has hosted interactive examples of living statues from Unity Productions[1] since April 1995.

Other uses

In science fiction and fantasy the term often has the opposite meaning: humans (or other humanoid creatures such as elves) who are immobilized by technology or magic and sometimes disguised as real statues, often remaining conscious in the process. For example, in Michael Moorcock's fantasy novel The Queen of the Swords, the heroes encounter the Frozen Army that once set out to fight an evil goddess but were turned into living statues instead. Another example is the 2005 movie "House of Wax", depicting a town full of ultra-realistic wax statues who are in fact real people encased in wax.




"The Copper Cowboy" in Chicago

Barcelona

Alcalá de Henares

Jubilee Gardens, London

"Silver man" at Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco

Street performer spray painted silver.

Vienna

Lisbon

Rome, Italy (imitation of bronze?)


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A mime artist is someone who uses mime as a theatrical medium or as a performance art.

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statue is a sculpture depicting a specific entity, usually a person, event, animal or object. Its primary concern is representational.

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A Joyous Entry ("Blijde Intrede", "Blijde Inkomst", or "Blijde Intocht" in Dutch, "Joyeuse Entrée" in French) was the first official peaceable visit of a reigning monarch, prince, duke or governor into a medieval city, mainly in the Duchy of Brabant or the County of Flanders and
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Gilbert Prousch (or Proesch) (born in San Martin (San Martino), Italy, September 11, 1943) and George Passmore (born in Devon, England January 8, 1942), better known as Gilbert & George, are artists. They have worked almost exclusively as a pair.
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