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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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To explore the space, walk around with your WASD keys. Look around with your mouse or trackpad. Crouch down with C. 

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.