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Seeking Those Moments of Transition

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Firstly, we want to thank all of you who have sent us positive messages in response to our first blog post. Suddenly, two weeks have flown by and it is time to send out another Artlife +.

This week we are highlighting the artistic question: How do we rekindle our youthful openness to all things creative – encouraging all activities that bring us ‘Moments of Transition’?

Seeking-Those-Moments-of-TransitionToday, just as I was finishing the final edit, I read the news of SYLVIA ANDERSON’s death at the age of 88. Sylvia was an intelligent, imaginative woman who had a profound influence on me in my youth and many other inquisitive children. Best known as the voice of Lady Penelope, Sylvia Anderson, along with her late husband Gerry Anderson, was the inspiration behind the much loved, visionary ‘THUNDERBIRDS’.

Born in south London to a boxing promoter and a dressmaker, Sylvia Anderson first studied Economics with a degree in Political Science and Sociology. She spent several years in the US and worked as a journalist before returning home to the UK to join a TV production company, where she met her creative partner and husband, Gerry.

How did Anderson become the Creative spirit she was? How did she develop such a pioneering show with vision as The THUNDERBIRDS? Originally conceived for children, yet recognized and loved as a unique show ahead of it’s time, The Thunderbirds succeeded in drawing a wide audience. Sylvia pioneered the combination of a science-fiction theme with puppets and later a technique using electric marionette puppets called ‘Supermarionation’.

The voices were recorded first, and when the puppets were filmed, the electric signal from the dialogue was hooked up to sensors in the puppets heads. This allowed the puppets’ lips to move in perfect sync with the soundtrack.

The THUNDERBIRD series was first aired in 1965 in the UK and is still running on multi-national TV networks globally. Anderson is recognised as one of the first really prominent women in the film & TV industry. Together with her husband, she developed groundbreaking entertainment. Not only did she co-create and write the series, she also worked on character development and costume designs.

Personally, the most exciting part of the show was the character of ‘Lady Penelope’, a glamorous secret agent with a classic aristocratic voice. It was not long ago that I discovered the much loved character of ‘Lady Penelope’ was visually modeled on Anderson’s appearance in real life and that she was also the person who created the voice over for that wonderful character. I consider myself lucky that my childhood was filled with so much of Anderson’s magic.

Her significant creative contributions should inspire us all.

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Life is not measured by the number of
breaths we take,
but by the moments that take
our breath away.

Hillary Cooper

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Featured Artist

Avec Pleasure loves highlighting the works of the talented and inspired artists who are working with new approaches to contemporary art practice.

I have known MERRICK BELYEA for almost twenty years and this month I am highlighting the wonderful body of works ‘ANTHROPOCENE LANDSCAPES’ which he is about to shown in Sydney at the MAY Gallery. I strongly recommend a visit to this show while it is up. You won’t be disappointed. His work is both poetic and insightful.

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Avec Pleasure presents Merrick Belyea

‘Merrick Belyea’s paintings are deeply focused on the curious human appetite for destruction. Environmental concerns are central to his recent paintings, referring to a potential for devastation, pointing to a future of mechanical scarification of the landscape. Paring back the veneer of previously prepared paint layers reveal the detritus of process and the fragility of surface.’

Merrick Belyea focuses on the curiously human appetite for destruction in his work. Environmental concerns are central to recent paintings that refer to a potential for devastation and offer a portent to future mechanical scarification of the landscape. Paring back the veneer of previously prepared paint layers reveal the detritus of process and the fragility of surface.’

11 - 29 March 2020. MAY SPACE, Waterloo, Sydney (Opening drinks Saturday 14 March, 3-5pm) www.mayspace.com.au. If you are interested in finding out more please send us an email at: anne@avecplesaure.com.au

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