The Lewis Carroll Society of North America’s fantastic Spring 2012 meeting yesterday in Cambridge, Mass., was followed today by a gathering to view the Lewis Carroll collection of former president… [read full post]
The Blog of the LCSNA
Month: April 2012
Snarkitecture aims to make architecture perform the unexpected
[Department of Portmanteaus] Today we give an honorable mention to the Brooklyn-based design studio Snarkitecture, recently featured in the Home & Garden section of the New York Times online. The… [read full post]
Europese Fotomontage: Mabel Odessey & Vladimir Clavijo-Telepnev
Before there was Instagram, people used chemical emulsifying processes to make their photographs look cool. An American artist named Mabel Odessey will have a site-specific installation at France’s Château de… [read full post]
The Mouse from the Caucus-Race babbles on a Wine Label at Trader Joe’s
We saw this Instragram photo on Twitter (thanks @1devo) and lo! it’s Sir John Tenniel’s illustration of “A Caucus-Race and a Long Tale” from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland on a… [read full post]
Please “like” the Lewis Carroll Society of North America’s sparkly new Facebook Page!
For years, our Facebook presence has been limited to a Group. The ribbon is now cut for the Lewis Carroll Society of North America’s new Facebook Page. If you’re a… [read full post]
I, Kusama, am the modern Alice in Wonderland
Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama is a living legend. Born in 1923, she spent much of the 60s and 70s in New York’s avant garde art scene whipping up a multi-media… [read full post]
Alice in the Department Store – German Wunderland “is a consumer hell.”
Germany’s MS Schrittmacher just premiered an interesting “Alice im Wunderland,” which ran from March 28 thru April 7. The show was actually staged at Berlin’s Hermannplatz, a Karstadt department store. DerekScally of the… [read full post]
New Trailer for The Hunting of the Snark
The stop motion animated version of The Hunting of the Snark, long in the works and coming out June 2012, has finally released a trailer. We learn several new things… [read full post]
Special Edition of Through the Looking Glass, Illustrated by John Vernon Lord
Here’s a beautiful new limited-edition Through the Looking Glass, released by Artists’ Choice Editions in London. Illustrated by John Vernon Lord! With a forward by Selwyn Goodacre! “Looking-Glass is a brilliant sequel… [read full post]
Ayres Houghtelling’s Alice in Wonderland up for auction at Sotheby’s tomorrow
Ayres Houghtelling’s groovy painting of Alice in Wonderland, intricately imagined with egg tempura and gouache on a surprisingly small board, will go up for auction at Sotheby’s on April 5th… [read full post]