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The term '''living statue''' refers to a ] who poses like a ] or ], usually with realistic statue-like ], sometimes for hours at a time. A '''living statue''', also known as a '''human statue''', usually refers to a performer who poses as a ] or ], usually with realistic statue-like ].


''Living statue'' may also refer to ]s created by an artist using living people, or other works created by a performing artist.
Living statue performers can fool passersby and a number of ] shows on ] have used living statues to startle people.{{citation needed|date=December 2010}} As with all performing arts, living statue performers may perform as ]s<ref name="urlJob description: do as little as possible — Nordic Labour Journal">{{cite web
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| quote = They suddenly appeared in all European capitals and tourist cities: the living statues. Where did they come from? What are they thinking while they stand there, lifeless? What do they do in winter? We came with many questions and quite a few prejudices when we approached one of the most peculiar occupations there is.}}</ref>


== History == == History ==
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The ], or group of living statues, was a regular feature of medieval and ] festivities and pageantry, such as ] 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'' ('']''), and early living statue pioneers include the London-based artists ] in the 60´s. In the early years of the 20th century, the German dancer ] put on “Evenings of Beauty” (Schönheitsabende) in which she posed nude in imitation of classical works of art ('living pictures').
The ], or group of living statues, was a regular feature of medieval and ] festivities and pageantry, such as ] 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.


By a quirk of English law, nudity on the stage was not permitted unless the performers remained motionless while the stage curtains were open. In the early years of the 20th century, performers took advantage of this exception to stage "plastic representations", as they were sometimes called, centring on nudity. The most persistent performer in this line was the German dancer ], who later put on "Evenings of Beauty" (''Schönheitsabende'') in Germany, in which she posed nude in imitation of classical works of art ("living pictures").<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.dasverborgenemuseum.de/kuenstlerinnen/desmond-olga| title=Desmond, Olga 1890–1964|website=Das Verborgene Museum|accessdate=12 June 2022}}</ref> The English tradition continued until the English law was changed in the 1960s.
== Living statue events ==

A living statue appeared in a scene of the 1945 French film ''Les enfants du paradis'' ('']''). The ]-based artists ] created living statues in the 1960s.

==Contemporary use==

Contemporary performances are commonly on-the-street ] but may also be at events where the artist is paid. A living statue attraction, as a performance, is the artist's ability to stand motionless and occasionally come to life to comic or startling effect.{{cn|date=February 2023}} These performers, also known as human statues,<ref>{{cite web | last=McNeill | first=Sam | title=Living statues: The challenge of stillness | website=Upstart | date=8 December 2022 | url=https://www.upstart.net.au/living-statues-and-the-challenge-of-stillness/ | access-date=13 February 2023}}</ref> are often completely covered in paint, often gold or silver in colour.<ref name=busking>{{cite web | title=How to make a human statue costume for street performing | website=The Busking Project | date=28 November 2016 | url=https://busk.co/blog/busking-tips-tricks/make-human-statue-costume/ | access-date=13 February 2023}}</ref>

Australian artist ] is known for his artworks using living people, often used to convey a social message.<ref name=keane2023>{{cite web | last=Keane | first=Daniel | title=Homelessness is highlighted with body paint during public art display featuring AFLW star Erin Phillips | website=ABC News| date=28 January 2023 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-28/aflw-erin-phillips-highlights-homelessness-in-body-paint-art/101902722 | access-date=13 February 2023}}</ref>

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Since 1996, the annual World Statues Festival is held in ], ], initially under the name "Rijnfestijn",<ref>{{cite book | last=Hegener | first=M. | author2=Walanne redactie (Amsterdam) | title=Gelderland | publisher=ANWB | series=ANWB reisgids NL | year=2006 | isbn=978-90-18-02307-2 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v6w3w6Hm3cEC&pg=PA23 | language=nl | access-date=13 February 2023 | page=23}}</ref> now World Living Statues and Statues by Night.<ref>{{cite web | title=World Living Statues 2020 | website=Festipedia | url=https://www.festipedia.nl/living-statues | language=nl | access-date=13 February 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.ad.nl/arnhem/arnhem-is-statues-stad-af-wij-waren-de-eerste-die-levende-standbeelden-serieus-namen~a33fd2b6/| title=Arnhem is statues-stad af: 'Wij waren de eerste die levende standbeelden serieus namen'|lang=nl| first= Piet |last= Venhuizen |date=16 February 2019| publisher= ]| via=Ad.nl}}</ref>


Since 2000, the ] in ], ] has hosted a National Contest of Living Statues.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.ucesarte.uces.edu.ar/ |title=Contest of Living Statues |publisher=Ucesarte.uces.edu.ar |date= |accessdate=2014-01-23}}</ref>
The World Championship of Living Statues is held annually at ] in the ]. In 2011, the festival ran from 28 to 29 August with around 300 000 visitors and 300 living statues (including amateurs and children).{{cn|date=August 2012}}


Since 2011, the International Festival of Living Statues has been hosted by Masca Theatre in ], Romania, where there is a focus on developing the form through artistic research.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Living Statues International Festival|url=http://www.masca.ro/teatru/en/living-statues-international-festival/|access-date=2021-03-19|website=Teatrul Masca {{!}} Teatru in Bucuresti|language=ro}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=International Living Statues festival – in pictures | website=] | date=4 June 2018 | url=http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2018/jun/04/international-living-statues-festival-in-pictures | access-date=13 February 2023}}</ref>
The city of ], ] has organized a living statue contest on the Sunday nearest to the 16th of June (the municipal holiday) since 1997.{{citation needed|date=December 2010}}


The first completely Living Statues Festival started in the city of Espinho, Portugal, in 1997.<ref>https://www.diarioaveiro.pt/noticia/101940 {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref>
The ] in the city of ], ] has hosted a National Contest of Living Statues since the year 2000.<ref></ref>
<ref>https://portal.cm-espinho.pt/pt/eventos/xxvi-encontro-internacional-de-estatuas-vivas-de-espinho/ {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref>

== Other uses ==
In ] and ] the term often has the opposite meaning: humans (or other humanoid creatures such as ]) who are immobilized by ] or ] and sometimes disguised as real statues, often remaining conscious in the process.{{citation needed|date=December 2010}}
*{{Cn-span|text=In ]'s fantasy ] ''The Queen of the Swords'', the heroes encounter the Frozen Army that once set out to fight an evil ] but were turned into living statues instead.|date=December 2010}}
*{{Cn-span|text=In the ] novel '']'', vampire queen ] turn into statues after remaining motionless for centuries.|date=December 2010}}
*{{Cn-span|text=The 2005 movie '']'', which depicts a town full of ultra-realistic wax statues who are, in fact, real living people encased in wax.|date=December 2010}}
*{{Cn-span|text=In the British TV Show ], there is a race of aliens who are quite literally "living statues."|date=October 2012}}


==Gallery== ==Gallery==
<gallery perrow="5"> <gallery perrow="8">
File:Living statue, Miami Beach, FL.jpg|]
Image:Stillman_living_statue.jpg|A Living Statue "Stillman Theater" draws a fascinated crowd
Image:Stillman living statue.jpg|A Living Statue "Stillman Theater" draws a fascinated crowd
Image:Statue Vivante 19.JPG|"Sophie Malraye, Statue Vivante", World Champion 2006 in ]. ] Image:Statue Vivante 19.JPG|"Sophie Malraye, Statue Vivante", World Champion 2006 in ]. ]
File:Livingstatue2.JPG|], ]
File:The Copper Cowboy living statue.JPG|"The Copper Cowboy" in ]
Image:Livingstatue.JPG|] Image:Estatuahumana.JPG|], Spain
Image:performance.art.london.arp.500pix.jpg|], ]
Image:Estatuahumana.JPG|]
Image:performance.art.london.arp.500pix.jpg|], ]
Image:Street artist2.jpg| "Silver man" at ] Image:Street artist2.jpg| "Silver man" at ]
Image:SilverMan.jpg|Street performer ] silver in ]. Image:SilverMan.jpg|Street performer ] silver in ]
Image:Living_statue_Vienna.jpg|] Image:Living statue Vienna.jpg|], ]
Image:Mozartruaaugusta.jpg|] Image:Mozartruaaugusta.jpg|], ]
Image:living.statue.in.rome.arp.jpg|], ] (imitation of ]?) Image:living.statue.in.rome.arp.jpg|], ]
Image:Macau_Venetian_Macao_White_Artist_Ba.jpg|], ] Image:Macau Venetian Macao White Artist Ba.jpg|], ]
Image:Statues Berlin.JPG|], ] Image:Statues Berlin.JPG|], ]
Image:GlosStatue.JPG|], England Image:GlosStatue.JPG|], England
Image:Living_Statue_Fairy.jpeg|Fairy, ], Cape Town, South Africa Image:Living Statue Fairy.jpeg|Fairy, ], Cape Town, South Africa
Image:Living_Statue_in_Leon,_Mexico.jpg|A Living Statue seen in the Downtown of ]. Image:Living Statue in Leon, Mexico.jpg|A Living Statue seen in the Downtown of ]
File:Predator, Royal Mile Edinburgh, 2013.JPG|Living statue of a ] in ], Scotland
File:Statueanddow.JPG|], ]
File:Living Art Statues Sydney Art Gallery NSW (9014173965).jpg|] in ], Australia
Image:Italian pavilion statue.jpg|], Walt Disney World Resort, Bay Lake, Florida
File:Living statue of D. B. Cooper.JPG|Living statue of ] in ], U.S.
Image:Homme statue - 214.jpg|], France
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"The Copper Cowboy", a living statue performer in Chicago

A living statue, also known as a human statue, usually refers to a performer who poses as a statue or mannequin, usually with realistic statue-like makeup.

Living statue may also refer to art installations created by an artist using living people, or other works created by a performing artist.

History

Olga Desmond nude with drapery and pedestal

The tableau vivant, or group of living statues, was a regular feature of medieval and Renaissance festivities and pageantry, such as royal 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.

By a quirk of English law, nudity on the stage was not permitted unless the performers remained motionless while the stage curtains were open. In the early years of the 20th century, performers took advantage of this exception to stage "plastic representations", as they were sometimes called, centring on nudity. The most persistent performer in this line was the German dancer Olga Desmond, who later put on "Evenings of Beauty" (Schönheitsabende) in Germany, in which she posed nude in imitation of classical works of art ("living pictures"). The English tradition continued until the English law was changed in the 1960s.

A living statue appeared in a scene of the 1945 French film Les enfants du paradis (Children of Paradise). The London-based artists Gilbert and George created living statues in the 1960s.

Contemporary use

Contemporary performances are commonly on-the-street busking but may also be at events where the artist is paid. A living statue attraction, as a performance, is the artist's ability to stand motionless and occasionally come to life to comic or startling effect. These performers, also known as human statues, are often completely covered in paint, often gold or silver in colour.

Australian artist Andrew Baines is known for his artworks using living people, often used to convey a social message.

Events

Since 1996, the annual World Statues Festival is held in Arnhem, Netherlands, initially under the name "Rijnfestijn", now World Living Statues and Statues by Night.

Since 2000, the University of Business and Social Sciences in Buenos Aires, Argentina has hosted a National Contest of Living Statues.

Since 2011, the International Festival of Living Statues has been hosted by Masca Theatre in Bucharest, Romania, where there is a focus on developing the form through artistic research.

The first completely Living Statues Festival started in the city of Espinho, Portugal, in 1997.

Gallery

See also

References

  1. "Desmond, Olga 1890–1964". Das Verborgene Museum. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  2. McNeill, Sam (8 December 2022). "Living statues: The challenge of stillness". Upstart. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  3. "How to make a human statue costume for street performing". The Busking Project. 28 November 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  4. Keane, Daniel (28 January 2023). "Homelessness is highlighted with body paint during public art display featuring AFLW star Erin Phillips". ABC News. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  5. Hegener, M.; Walanne redactie (Amsterdam) (2006). Gelderland. ANWB reisgids NL (in Dutch). ANWB. p. 23. ISBN 978-90-18-02307-2. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  6. "World Living Statues 2020". Festipedia (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  7. Venhuizen, Piet (16 February 2019). "Arnhem is statues-stad af: 'Wij waren de eerste die levende standbeelden serieus namen'" (in Dutch). De Gelderlander – via Ad.nl.
  8. "Contest of Living Statues". Ucesarte.uces.edu.ar. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
  9. "Living Statues International Festival". Teatrul Masca | Teatru in Bucuresti (in Romanian). Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  10. "International Living Statues festival – in pictures". The Guardian. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  11. https://www.diarioaveiro.pt/noticia/101940
  12. https://portal.cm-espinho.pt/pt/eventos/xxvi-encontro-internacional-de-estatuas-vivas-de-espinho/

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