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Laure Prouvost

PICA Hub Activity: Light Play 

PICA Hub Activity: Light Play 

French artist, Laure Prouvost, uses the ancient form of shadow puppetry to tell stories.  

In her video Shadow Does, presented in PICA’s ground floor galleries, we hear the voice of a little girl as she whispers secrets to her Grandmother about the world around her. We don’t see the face of this character, just her shadow. Yet through her voice, we hear about the extraordinary things going on in the world.  

We invite you to create your own shadow story by using the everyday materials provided in the PICA Hub to make a shadow play and share your own stories about change and transformation. What do shadows reveal about the world you live in? 

About the Artist

Laure Prouvost is among the most celebrated artists on the contemporary international art scene. Born in 1978 in Lille, France, Prouvost lives and works in Brussels, Belgium. Prouvost graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Central Saint Martins (London, 2002) and a Master of Fine Arts from Goldsmiths College (London, 2010). Prouvost represented France at the 58th Venice Biennale in 2019, and was the recipient of the prestigious Turner Prize in 2013 and the MaxMara Art Prize for Women in 2011. Prouvost has recently presented solo exhibitions at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (Melbourne, Australia, 2024); De Pont Museum (Tilburg, Netherlands, 2024); Moody Center for the Arts (Houston, USA, 2023); Remai Modern (Saskatoon, Canada 2023); Nasjonalmuseet (Oslo, Norway, 2022); Longlati Foundation (Shanghai, China, 2022); and Kunsthal Charlottenborg (Copenhagen, Denmark, 2021), as well as a wide range of public art and performance projects.