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30: 260:. The song is about Lacey, and the noise of his robots (which he brought into the studio) contribute the "instrumental break". He toured England in the 1970s with his children's sci-fi theatre show and became involved in "Earth Magic" with his then wife, actress Jill Bruce, mounting a number of performance pieces and exhibitions. 87:(31 March 1927 – 18 February 2016) was a British artist, performer and eccentric. After completing his national service in the Navy he became established on the avant garde scene with his performance art and mechanical constructs. He has been closely associated with 130:-style sequence) and featured some of Lacey's nightclub act (knife-throwing/robots) and a lip-synched performance of "Sleepy Valley", which Lacey had recorded with The Alberts. Along with The Alberts, he starred in two short comedy films ( 242:
in the early 1950s. In the 1960s and 1970s, he was a visiting professor at Art Colleges from St Ives to Leeds. His mechanical statue "The Womaniser" (1966) is one of two pieces of his bought by the Tate.
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for her Fun Palaces scheme called 'Bubble City' at the City of London Festival. He also exhibited his The British Landing on the Moon in
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Johnston, Chris (20 February 2016). "Farewell Bruce Lacey, multifaceted artist who was one of a kind".
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plus a sex-simulator. In the same year he also worked on developing Humanoid Structures with
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Lambirth, Andrew (1 September 2012). "The whizz stirrer-up". The Spectator.
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On stage with Fairport Convention, 14 August 2004. Photograph: Brian Marks
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in 1981-82. There was a major retrospective of his life and art at the
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On stage with Fairport Convention, 14 August 2004. Photograph: Brian Marks
The Alberts
The Goon Show
Richard Lester
The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film
Ken Russell
Chaplin
Keystone Cops
George Harrison Marks
The Knack...and How to Get It
Smashing Time
George Harrison
the Beatles
Help!
Michael Bentine
It's a Square World
Dave Allen
Jasia Reichardt
Cybernetic Serendipity
Institute of Contemporary Arts
Joan Littlewood
Simon Chapman
Aston University, Birmingham
Hornsey College of Art
Royal College of Art
Fairport Convention
What We Did On Our Holidays
Ashley Hutchings
Wymondham
Norfolk

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