Opening the Ice Factory Festival at NYC’s Ohio Theatre, Anonymous Ensemble’s A Wonderland plays July 8 through July 11. “Alice, a talented, urban dreamer approaching middle age, is caught in a quagmire of diminishing potential, corporate insignificance and the mirage of celebrity. This is Lewis Carroll deconstructed by the mind of a modern, mature songstress on a journey of self-identity. A befeathered spectacle; a psychedelic, multimedia/music-fueled trip down the rabbit hole.”
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Strangely Awesome
“Ever wondered what it is like to be Alice in Wonderland? Jump down the depths of the Rabbit Hole and find out! ‘Alice Free Fall’ [game for the iPhone] lets you re-experience the dreamlike and strangely awesome decent, which Alice made in pursuit of the White Rabbit. Just as in Lewis Carroll’s novel your journey through the Hole will be accompanied by mysterious Cheshire and lots of other strange things – both helpful and peculiar. Sure enough, the game will unfold your own memories and fantasies of the times, when you were reading or watching Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Moreover, it was our intention to make it this way – a dreamy and entertaining tribute to the great work of the great author. For now, the path to the Wonderland is open, adventure awaits…”
Bedtime Story
La chasse au Snark
Geneva-based publisher éditions Notari has just released a bilingual version of The Hunting of the Snark. The original English text is accompanied by a new French translation by M. Vertut and illustrations by the Franco-Swiss artist Jean-Marie Reynier made up of (if Google and I are translating correctly) collages of eighteenth century prints colored with watercolor.
Special Days
Since it is Canada Day, it seems appropriate to announce an event that takes place on Independence Day… in England.
This Saturday, July 4, Oxford’s Story Museum celebrates Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass with Alice’s Day. Events include tea parties, croquet games, exhibits, performances, lectures (including some by Edward Wakeling and Mark Richards), walks, games, and more taking place at such interesting and renowned places as the Museum of Natural History, The Bodleian Library, Museum of the History of Science, Museum of Oxford, Christ Church, and the University of Oxford Botanic Garden. If you can’t attend, download the souvenir guide instead!
In Focus: Making a Scene
“In Focus: Making a Scene presents more than thirty tableaux, or staged photographs, from the J. Paul Getty Museum’s world-renowned photography collection, on view at the Getty Center (Los Angeles) from June 30–October 18, 2009. …Among the nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century selections are tableaux vivants, or living pictures, such as… Lewis Carroll’s Saint George and the Dragon, inspired by the popular Victorian pastime of dressing up and posing to resemble famous works of art or literary scenes.”
Alice vs… Batwoman?
DC Comics’ Detective Comics #854 (June 24), 855 (July 29), 856 (August 26), and 857 (September 2) cover the storyline “Elegy,” in which Batwoman runs up against Alice, “a madwoman who sees her life as a fairy tale and everyone around her as expendable extras” and who speaks only in lines from Lewis Carroll.
Rackham Alice
Mickey in Wonderland
If you need a bigger Disney Alice in Wonderland fix than a one-page website can provide and can’t wait until March 5, 2010, check out the upcoming Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey’s Adventures in Wonderland DVD. “Meet Tweedle Chip, Tweedle Dale and Goofy Hatter, play croquet with Queen Clarabelle and more!” Currently available for pre-order, the DVD releases on September 8.
Cheshire Kitten Wallpaper
Russian digital artist Vlad Gerasimov has added a “Cheshire Kitten” (both solid and half disappeared, of course!) to his collection of Alice-inspired graphics for computer (and now cellphone/iPhone) desktops at Vladstudio.com.