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n. (context idiomatic figuratively English) Something with no content, upon which one can easily impose one's point of view
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Blank Canvas are an alternative indie band from Edinburgh, Scotland. While the band themselves describe their music as "ambient punk" or "prog punk", others have compared them to the likes of Deerhunter and TV on the Radio.
The band first came to attention in early 2010 with their EP 'Veins' gaining acclaim and national radio play. Since, they have supported bands like Little Comets, Housse de Racket and Pete and the Pirates. Their double single 'By the Fire / Golden' earned them further acclaim and support slots with Friends Electric and The Twilight Sad as well as a headline slot on the T break stage at T in the Park 2012.
In 2014 they launched a 4 track EP entitled Your Sin.
Some reviews of their music and live performances-
"Blank Canvas are perhaps the one new Edinburgh band that most clearly represent the city's post punk heritage. A band who take the primitive sound of post punk and add some very interesting dynamic twists for a progressive deeply rhythmic sound." This Is Fake DIY
"Few bands give so little away with their name as this young Edinburgh quartet. But 'By the Fire' offers much potential; its woozy, sunburst quality harks back to the sound of Orange Juice without being the slightest bit in awe of its influences." The Scotsman
"Elements of dreamy math combined with sweet, indie melodic guitars and bass are met with the vocals of Matt Berninger [The National] come Ed Macfarlane [Friendly Fires] creating an infectious sound" The 405
"They've got some great songs already, combined with strong vocals and a new Johnny Greenwood in the making on the guitar." Vic Galloway
"A melding of choppy urgent percussion, thick driving bass that sits way out in the front of the mix, honed guitar riffs, and smooth vocal lines belting pensive lyrics." Beat of Travel
Blank Canvas is a documentary film produced in 2009 which charts the creation of 'We Unfold', a contemporary dance work. The film was directed by Tim Slade and features Spanish-born choreographer Rafael Bonachela and the Sydney Dance Company.
The film was made as Rafael Bonachela began his tenure at the helm of the company, after a period of instability due to the departure of long time Artistic Director Graeme Murphy and the sudden death of Tanja Liedtke, who was about to begin as his successor. The film touches on this transitional period, but structures itself around the chronological creation of the 'We Unfold', as well as around the movements of the musical composition on which it is based, the Symphony No.1 'Oceans' for cello and orchestra by Italian composer Ezio Bosso.
Bonachela's strong personality and dynamism is at the heart of the film; and his journey from a small Spanish town, through studies in Spain and London, working with Rambert Dance Company, the singer Kylie Minogue and finally as the leader of his own company is a story marked with conviction and dedication.
The film was positively received on its first broadcasts in late 2009 and has screened in Europe, the UK and Australia as well as being commercially available in the United States.
Usage examples of "blank canvas".
The blank canvas, or in this damned case, the dark board, held infinite choice.
An easel with a blank canvas was already set up in front of the windows.
I mean -- people who had paid fifteen- or twenty- or even thirty thousand dollars for a picture of mine found themselves gazing at a blank canvas, all ready for a new picture, and ringlets of colored tapes and what looked like moldy Rice Krispies on the floor.
Gradually the laughter dried up, but she was still smiling as she selected a blank canvas from the stock and placed it on the easel.
And she smiled again as they appeared miraculously out of the blank canvas, surprised that she had them fixed perfectly in her mind.
Glass in hand, she regarded the blank canvas, then, setting the glass aside, she mixed her colors and began to paint.
What had been a blank canvas was now as full of force as the turbulent Atlantic, and as full of secrets.
Then they moved on, a thicket of legs and a storm of reins, black against the fresh snow, which muffled the sounds of their passage and swallowed them up, leaving nothing for a painter to depict except a blank canvas, and nothing for a writer to describe except an empty page.
Then he got an easel from their gear and stood it up in front of the painter, who, seeing an easel, promptly put a framed blank canvas on it.
He was like a blank canvas on which she could trace her own designs, no matter how bizarre.
I was afraid that if I did nothing, the anarchy-remember that blank canvas?
When it was ready, he draped it over his sleek body and crossed the room to an easel where he had already set up a blank canvas, a palette of paints, and fine brushes.