Green Opera
Green Opera
Saillant System: In Harmony With Nature Principle #3
Sustainable Values
IOT costumes and sets reflect respect for nature as well as the creative process.
Created under the hands of fiber artists, using remainder, recycled and repurposed products, mundane objects are transformed into works of art.
To the left, Mi-Kyoung Lee, head of Fibers at The University of The Arts, in Philadelphia finalizes set for IOT, “La Tempesta”, based on Shakespeare’s “The Tempest”, before its transport via airplane, in duffle bags, to Italy. Set is made of panty hose, strips of fabric, twine and string,
International Opera Theater, with more than a decade of dedication to sustainable values, is proud to have collaborated on green design with like minded individuals and organizations in Philadelphia and Italy.
With costumes and sets made of recycled and every day objects, turned into works of art under the hands of artists, IOT is dedicated to the artistic soul and its role to uplift and inspire modern civilization.
Our sets, made of recycled water bottles, panty hose, pipe cleaners, twine, string, trash bags, insulation foam, recycled lathe wood, orange plastic fencing, and other mundane objects and costumes and props made of duct tape, saran wrap, bathroom scrubbies, zip ties, twist ties, plastic ice cream cones, bath mats, popsicle sticks, packing peanuts, insulation foam, light bulbs, remainder and recycled fabrics and other everyday objects, celebrate the bricoleur (turning the ordinary into the magical) spirit .
In addition, our artistic process, which engages artists in ausstrahlung (emanations), a powerful non-verbal communication model, minimizes rehearsal hours and maximizes community building and intercultural communication, essential elements in an ever globalizing, ever diversifying world.
IOT extends thanks to special sustainable minded collaborators
Photo by
Ornella Tiberi
Costumes by
Qiang Gong
Lighting Design By
J. Christian Bygott