International Living Statues festival – in pictures
At the event in Bucharest, artists dress up as characters in vivid outfits and hold very still. The festival, which is the largest European festival of its kind, aims to change perceptions of the artform as an occupation associated with amateurs or begging
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An artist from the Levend theatre in the Netherlands performs as her Angel character
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An Artel Myth artist passes Romanian police officers before performing as her Concordia character
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Andrei Costin, from Romania’s Masca theatre, performs as his Rat Poison Vendor character
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Artists from the Artel Myth theatre in Ukraine perform A Day in the Life of Ukrainians
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Tania Met, from the Gardener’s theatre in Spain, rehearses moves for her Rosita character
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Tania Met gets into character and holds very still
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A child offers ice-cream to one of the artists from the Artel Myth theatre in Ukraine
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Artists from the Masca theatre wear outfits inspired by Romanian sculptor Constantin Brancusi’s Endless Column
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An artist from Ukraine’s Artel Myth theatre perform as Yaroslavna
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A woman looks at an artist from the Masca theatre
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An artist from Spain’s Alucinarte Animacion Teatral performs as Neptune
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An artist from the Levend theatre takes a selfie
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Artists from the Artel Myth theatre take a break from performing
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Portuguese artist Antonio Santos checks his makeup before his performance
