Pandora in the Box
Lorena Torres Loaiza
Thursday, October 21, 2021 – Saturday, October 23, 2021
Aki Studio
On view from 1pm – 5pm both Thurs & Sat, limited capacity in effect
‘Pandora in the Box’ is a short, surreal comic, arranged into a maze for the reader to travel through as they follow the story. It experiments with comics formatting and layout, and reworks the Pandora myth to look at the nature of Hope. Is Hope a resource, or is it an active process? Can Hope be created? If so, how?
October 21, 2021 at 1:00 PM
October 23, 2021 at 1:00 PM
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Cartoonist. Neon colour enthusiast.
Lorena Torres Loaiza
Comic Editor. Monster consultant.
Allison O’Toole
Actor. Emerging gardener, cat mother, and rescuer of possums.
Beatriz Pizano
Set consultant and Carpenter
Peter Velocci
Lighting designer
Rebecca Vandevelde
Sound designer
Tim Lindsay
Production Manager
Navid Amini
Producer
Alexis Eastman
Coordinating Developer
Jacob Niedzwiecki
3D Artist
Ruslan Makarov
Special Thanks
Alex Dault, Luke Garwood, Mel Tranchemontaigne, Steve Balgovin, Ty Templeton, and Andrew Fleet
PANDORA IN THE BOX MADE POSSIBLE THANKS TO DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT FROM THE THEATRE CENTRE AS PART OF THE EXPLORATIONS RESIDENCY PROGRAM, Canada Council for the Arts, and the Ontario Arts Council.
About the artist
Lorena Torres Loaiza was born in Bogota, Colombia, and grew up in Canada. She works in comics, illustration, theatre design, and fiction. All her work has a quirky visual style and some fantasy elements. She’s interested in flawed characters solving problems, and hope as an active process.
Lorena’s short stories have been published in Syntax and Salt, AntipodeanSF, POMEgranate magazine, and the Toronto Comics: Yonge at Heart and Wayward Sisters comic anthologies. She has recently finished her first graphic novel, and is now developing a comics-based art installation. She can be found @lszian on Instagram and Twitter.