24 - Wednesday, February 13, 1991 - Narth Shore News

Drache’s Universevisions is an extraordinary saga, one

| F A picture is worth a thousand words, then Natalie

that has taken neariy half a lifetime to create.

“* don’t know whether to call
this a work in progress or a life in
progress,” the petite West Van-
couver artist laughs in the hallway
of her Yaletown studio.

Drache’s project is an enormous
undertaking, one that combines
visual art, primitive poetry, ancient
history and music. ft’s made up of
an amazing collection of murals,
paintings and sketches based on
creation myths of 18 different
cultures.

Drache has spent the last 20
years travelling the globe resear-
ching different cultural viewpoints.
She's planning to transform it all
into a 13-hour animated film
series, due out in the year 2000.

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frein the Pacitic Rim (some of
which are still in progress) — will
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Drache’s creation Is a saga

cultural composite character who,
for Drache, represents the
everyman (actually her-
maphrodite) ancestor figure.

The Soulcatcher is composed of
dozens of small profiles of human
faces, and Drache is inviting
visitors to the Ferry Building ex-
hibit to donate their profiles to
the ongoing character design.

“We want to develop the
whole thing as a prototype that
can be on the forefront of educa-
tion,” Drache says of Uni-
versevisions from under heart-
shaped glasses. ‘‘Our goal is to
improve relationships and pro-
mote greater understanding within
a nation and between nations.”

The total of the work hours
Drache has devoted to Uni-
versevisions is mind-boggling, but

See Work page 25

ARTIST NATALIE Drache (centre) has produced a collection
of murals, storyboards and tests for her lifetime project,
Universevisions. The work, destined to become an animated
film series, explores 18 different cultural viewpoints. Here she
discusses her work with composer Schaun Tozer and creative
consultant Leyla Davoudian.

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