Wonderland Exhibition
ACMI
As curatorial Intern, I researched and curated the final section of the Wonderland exhibition entitled Alice's Evidence. The central focus of my work was to display diverse cultural representations of Alice so that the exhibition projected as relevant to Australia’s most multicultural state.
Role: Curatorial Intern
Date: 5th April — 7th October 2018
Location: ACMI [Australian Centre for the Moving Image]
Imagine a world where nothing is impossible...
Fall down the rabbit hole into Wonderland, a world premiere exhibition celebrating the timeless stories of Lewis Carroll and Alice’s adventures on screen. From first gracing the page in 1865, Alice has delighted audiences and inspired artists across generations. In more than 40 cinematic odysseys, she has epitomised the best in animation, been an arthouse icon and a blockbuster success.
Alice's Evidence
Alice half believed she might stay in Wonderland forever, and through the magic and endurance of Carroll's stories, in many ways she has. Across time, cultures and media, Alice’s adventures have embedded themselves in our collective imagination, inspiring and challenging us to explore the curious, embrace the absurd and believe in the impossible.
From film to television, music videos, advertising, theatre, fashion, video games and beyond, “the Alice effect” has inspired makers to journey down the rabbit-hole, lured by the possibilities of reimagining Wonderland. In these spaces, Alice or the many Alices, reflect the aspiration and anxieties of each era. Carroll’s girl-hero changes age as readily as she changes scale, she moves forward and backwards in time, she grows up but never grows old.
In a world where expectations are upended and everything is possible, Alice is everywhere, she is bold, smart, curious and courageous.
ACMI is Australia’s national museum of film, TV, video games, digital culture and art.