Sugar for Pleasure
Angela Bekiaris
Master of Art

Sugar for Pleasure
Fire has an important role in regeneration and burning back aspects of life which no longer serve a purpose. According to Eastern Medicine philosophies, when the element of fire is balanced within, the human body experiences a sense of abundance, allowing one to share, help others and give freely. The mellow, repetitive sounds that seem to drift to the background of our minds are often the sounds which have the ability to transport us into an otherworldly, augmented reality. Through collecting a sound vocabulary of fire-like qualities found in unexpected places such as boiling butter, pressed pawpaw fruit, body butter, yoghurt and dry ice, Bekiaris explores the Autonomous Sensory Meridian Responses of sound in triggering a blissed-out meditative state.