LUMINATO: A VISION WE ALL CAN SHARE* The pride and pleasure I feel as Luminato presents its fourth annual festival of arts and creativity are tempered only by the sad loss this past December of my dear friend and co-founder, David Pecaut. A true visionary who did so much to change how Toronto sees itself and how it is seen by the rest of the world, David is fittingly commemorated by the installation Solar Breath (Northern Caryatids) | Light Air in his honour by filmmaker Atom Egoyan. Our whole festival, of course, is a tribute to David, for Luminato has made Toronto an essential destination for anyone eager to be moved, delighted, and inspired by expressions of the creative imagination. As always, many of the works in this year’s festival are being seen for the first time in North America, or the world. And as always, most of our events are free. Immensely varied and uniquely accessible, Luminato enriches the lives of Toronto’s residents and visitors alike.
TONY GAGLIANO
My heartfelt thanks to all who make this possible: our government funding agencies, our corporate and individual donors, all the remarkable staff at Luminato led admirably by Janice Price, and you, for participating in these 10 extraordinary days of exploration, illumination, and absolute enjoyment. I invite you all to come together and show the world what is possible.
chair, luminato executive chairman & ceo st. joseph communications
Beauty presents many different faces and is perceived in countless different ways. Yet however widely particular tastes may vary from individual to individual or from culture to culture, and however much fashions may change with time, the essential idea of beauty – beauty of form, colour, sound, movement, or any other artistic medium – has always been prized around the world. Luminato’s global themes reflect not only the astonishing diversity of creative expression, but also its universal and enduring value: its ability to transform the world around us in ways that may be playful or profound, hilarious or harrowing, but that always exhilarate us, enchant us, and make us feel more fully alive. As Luminato’s Partner in Creativity, we at L’Oréal are immensely proud to lend our support to the transforming power of the human imagination, as we know that we are helping to make our city, our country, and ultimately our world, a better and more beautiful place in which to live.
JAVIER SAN JUAN PRESIDENT & CEO L’ORéal CANADa
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