Miriam Elia

Miriam Elia is a British artist and broadcaster.

She wrote and starred in the comedy sketch show A Series of Psychotic Episodes. The pilot was first broadcast on BBC Radio 7 on 7 March 2007, as one of 10 entries for BBC Radio 7's "Witty and Twisted" competition. It won the competition and was awarded by having a full series, first broadcast on 2 November 2008. It later moved to BBC Radio 4.[1]

She also wrote We go to the gallery a satire on modern art in the form of a Ladybird Book. Among the works satirised were Imponderabilia by Marina Abramović and Balloon Dog by Jeff Koons.[2] The book drew threat of legal action from Penguin Group for breach of copyright, and a some changes were made to the names of characters and logos so it could be published as a parody.[3][4] Penguin later released their own series of adult oriented Ladybirds books.[5]

Elia has also wrote and illustrated an animation and book The Diary of Edward the Hamster 1990–1990 with her brother Ezra Elia. This was based on a character in the A Series of Psychotic Episodes.

References

  1. ↑ Wolf, Ian. "Episodes". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 2008-10-29.
  2. ↑ Rubin, Gareth (2 March 2014). "Artist's spoof Ladybird book provokes wrath of Penguin". the Guardian. Retrieved 2015-12-30.
  3. ↑ "Spoof artist takes her revenge | The Times". The Times. 15 September 2014. Retrieved 2015-12-30.
  4. ↑ Armitstead, Claire (22 September 2015). "The flyaway success of the Ladybird art prank". the Guardian. Retrieved 2015-12-30.
  5. ↑ Gani, Aisha (12 October 2015). "Ladybird books introduce Peter and Jane to hipsters and hangovers". the Guardian. Retrieved 2015-12-30.

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