The Creative Studio Of Sean Young

On Wednesday night I was invited to attend the opening of a new studio space in East Brisbane. ' SYC Studios ' is what it's called and it's the home of Sean Young. The studio is meant to be a place for a multitude of uses, whether it be for a photo or film shoot with its 7mx8mx5m tall ceiling or renting office space. Sean is happy to share the space to foster any creative endeavours, including use of the venue to showcase performance art, which you can tell is one of his great loves. That's why the studio will be holding special nights to support the performers of Brisbane, but more about that later. I would also like to talk more about Sean Young's work on a later date because it is so amazing and vast I feel that It deserves its own post altogether.

So about the night. Well, even before we walked in we were greeted by a film crew who recorded us while we got to cut the ribbon with golden scissors. We were then handed a flute of champagne and given a choice of what flavoured gelato to put into it (best idea ever). The event was filled with food carried around by a stilt walker, speeches, a performance by an acrobat, and more of that fab gelato champagne.

On one Saturday of every other month, SYC Studios will play host to an event called 'Snapshot' which is an experimental performance night in where one performer curates and themes the evening and selects a number of other performers to create a short, relatively lo-fi, experimental work based on the theme. The first curator is the performer Leah Shelton (of Polytoxic and the Brides of Frank) and her theme is "death scenes / fatalities". It will be a multimedia event including visual artists responding to the theme of the night. 'Snapshot' will most likely be licensed (to be confirmed) and if you bring your own cup you will save $5 off the door, so it's $15 BYO cup or $20 without. All money raised gets divided among the artists so they can keep making the world a more entertaining place to be.

The night will finish off with some great music, dancing and mingling till around 2:00am.

Doors open 7:00pm
Shows start 8:30pm
Party finishes 2:00am

For any inquires about the space the details are:

SYC Studios
37 Manilla st, East Brisbane, Australia 4169
0401313974
info@sycstudios.com

On entering the front door your'e greeted with images of some of Sean Young’s work.

Some images of the studio, I love the 1950's rockabilly feel of the place.

An acrobat and other performers entertaining the crowd.




All photos are my own and taken by me.