Event

Assassinating Thomson

Assassinating Thomson
Written by and Starring Bruce Horak
Directed by Ryan Gladstone

Award- winning and critically acclaimed Visually Impaired visual artist Bruce Horak lives with 9% of his vision and has, over the last two years, painted a series over 400 unique portraits which attempt to capture the way that he sees, aptly named The Way I See It.

As he tells the story of The Way I See It, the tale of Canadian painter Tom Thomsons unsolved murder is interwoven throughout, including the truth and lies behind the mysterious death of one of Canadas greatest artists and the subsequent rise of The Group of Seven. The mystery takes you from the tiny community of Canoe Lake, to the hallowed halls of our nations capital, and eventually on to the World stage.

Art, politics, greed, ambition, love and murder are intertwined in a one-man tour-de-force as Horak exploits icons of Canadian History, including Tom Thomson, Lawren Harris, and William
Lyon Mackenzie King.

As he reveals his controversial perspective on Canadian Art History, Horak shares the unique way he sees the world through an original portrait of each new audience.

All performances offered with American Sign Language Interpretation
All performances offered with Touch Tours for Blind or Visually Impaired audience members
Venue fully wheelchair accessible

Bold and almost shocking in its originalityI havent quite seen through the eyes of a blind
man, but Ill probably never get closer. -Kelowna Daily Courier, in response to The Way I See It at the Kelowna Art Gallery