Here’s what we were up to in 2013..

 

 
 

The Paper Architect:

 

Winner of The Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust Award; Theatre Show for Beyond Barbican London, 3 - 21 July 2013
‘It’s a show with a gossamer touch that leaves you shivering.’
★★★★ Metro
‘What follows makes the jaw drop and the head whirl…’
★★★★ The Times
‘The McGuire’s have created a world of trembling delicacy.’
★★★★ The Sunday Times
‘A piece that speaks to our imagination and challenges our notions what theatre can be. A very inspiring forty-five minutes.’
★★★★★ One Stop Arts
‘A quietly sad portrait of a man who has created a beautiful world that is too fragile to last.’
★★★★ Playstosee
‘The Paper Architect is as delicate as a poem by Keats, like someone pressing on a pressure point you didn’t know you had.’
The Londonist

 
 

Sprite Symphony and The Haunted Dress:

 

Commissions from the Royal Shakespeare Company, Projection Mapping Installations in the RST Foyer and the PACCAR Room, 21 November 2013 - 2 March 2014

 
 

L‘Alchimie de Courvoisier:

 

Projected Paper Diorama at Harrods in London, Christmas 2012, now on permanent display at Courvoisier’s headquarters in Jarnac.
‘The award-winning husband-and-wife team have build a reputation for innovative, indelible works – blending animation, projection mapping, theatre, film, dance and papercraft.’ Computer Arts Magazine
Unique … illuminating artwork. PSFK

 
 

Floating City:

 

Shop Window Display at Barneys New York, Collaboration with Joanie Lemercier and Jay-Z, 20 November 2013 to 3rd January 2014
‘The retailer’s iconic Madison Avenue windows mesmerize passersby and customers with moving content that demonstrates how light and shadow are experienced in New York City.’ Christie

 

 

The Hunter:

 

Award winning Projected Paper Diorama exhibited in the UK and twice in Japan, Summer/Autumn 2013

 

 

A Journey to Wonderland:

 

Short film for ELLE Magazine China, 25th anniversary iPad edition, Summer 2013

 

 

The Icebook:

 

Miniature Theatre Show toured internationally to Florida, Vancouver, Japan and France during spring 2013.
‘Avant-garde theatre.’ Contagious Magazine
‘A beautiful ghostly theatrical miniature theatrical experience… an amazing mix of forms.’ Digital Arts Magazine

 

 

Sprite Symphony:

 

Projection Mapping Installation developed for the Royal Shakespeare Company and adapted for the Enchanted Parks, 11 - 15 December 2013

 

 

Dracula:

 

Kristin danced as Lucy Westenra in Mark Bruce‘ dance theatre show, Summer/Autumn 2013
‘Bruce and his extraordinarily gifted dancers navigate Bram Stoker’s hellish narrative with near-hallucinatory dexterity…it raises the bar of dance theatre very high.’
★★★★ The Guardian
‘Kristin McGuire as the most lasciviously succulent of victims’
★★★★ The Times

 
 

Blue Peter:

 

Davy appeared on Blue Peter with The Icebook, 10 October 2013

 
 

 

Other things we are proud of:

 

Our work has been featured on TV and published in various newspapers, magazines and art books, we got signed to a production company in Berlin, and we’ve made it through 9 and a half years of working with each other.

‘Magical and exquisitely crafted, Kristin and Davy McGuire’s miniature model universe is full of visual wonders.’
Interview with The Guardian
‘The couple have built up a formidable following for their unique aesthetic, which combines cutting-edge projection work with traditional, delicate paper models.’
Interview with Metro
‘There is a quality to Davy and Kristin McGuire‘s work that keeps people guessing, and that‘s all part of its charm.’
Interview with Crafts Magazine
‘Protean artist duo.’
Interview with Elephant