Visual Storytelling:
A Universal Language
Presented by Vita Tzykun
Sunday, January 12, 2025, 3:30 PM
Performing Arts Center, Brewster, MA
In our increasingly interconnected world, visual storytelling emerges as a powerful tool that transcends cultural and linguistic barriers, weaving narratives that resonate across diverse audiences.
This talk delves into the art of visual communication, exploring how core elements such as color, composition, shape, pattern, and texture work in harmony to convey complex messages and evoke profound emotions. We’ll examine how these visual building blocks can be skillfully crafted to guide the viewer’s eye, set the mood, and impart meaning. From the bold, primary colors of a graphic novel that instantly convey energy and action, to the subtle interplay of light and shadow in a photograph that speaks volumes about human vulnerability, we’ll uncover the techniques that master visual storytellers use to ignite imagination and forge deep connections with their audience. By understanding these fundamental principles, creators can craft visual narratives that not only tell a story but also shape beliefs, influence decisions, and inspire action.
Often a double-edged sword, capable of being used for both benevolent and malevolent purposes, it has the potential to unite or divide, to enlighten or mislead, and to motivate individuals and societies to undertake monumental endeavors that can alter the course of history.
About Vita TzykunCreative director, designer, and visual artist, Vita Tzykun, has designed and directed productions for companies worldwide, including Lyric Opera of Chicago, The Bolshoi Theatre, Norwegian Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Seattle Opera, Atlanta Opera, and Tel Aviv Museum of Art. A proponent of new works, she has designed over a dozen world premieres to date. Film and tv credits include art direction for Lady Gaga, and production design for several award-winning films, music videos, and nationally-aired tv ads.
Vita and performer/media artist David Adam Moore are co-founders of the interdisciplinary art collective, GLMMR, that presents stage and multimedia works throughout the world. GLMMR was recently awarded a dual Granada Artist Residency and Visiting Professorship at University of California, Davis, where they created a new large-scale immersive theater installation, REFUGE, in response to Russia’s full scale invasion of Ukraine. Due to the impact of REFUGE, Tzykun and Moore have been awarded a second dual Granada Artist Residency for 2025, for which they will create an immersive, mixed reality theatrical experience called “Taming The Lightning,” which will focus on climate resilience.
Known widely for her work in education and leadership, Tzykun serves on the faculty of the National Theater Institute and has lectured at NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Mannes School of Music, and Carnegie Hall’s Weil Institute. Advisory roles include the National Endowment for the Arts, and tech-focused panels for San Diego Opera and Austin Opera.
Tzykun has been featured in Lighting and Sound America magazine, given a solo exhibition at the national Opera America center in NYC, and nominated for Designer of the Year by the International Opera Awards.
Her paintings have been exhibited at the Ceres Gallery in NYC and are held in private collections worldwide.
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