The Greek Statue
Lana Schwarcz, Aust
Is it real? Could be. See for yourself.
Lana won the pitch prize at the Melbourne Buskers Competition in 2005 with her statue of a Greek bust sitting on a pillar. She has been performing for more than 15 years as an actor, puppeteer, and physical street performer and recently turned her hand and heart to filmmaking, with a documentary film and short puppet comedy both currently in post-production, and funded almost solely by her street performance.
Lana trained in puppet arts at Sesame Street in NYC and is also one of the hosts and instigators of The Angry Piñata, a regular night of variety and open mic in Melbourne.