tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821110173046880752024-03-12T20:54:04.039-04:00A Curiouser Wonderland“Curiouser and curiouser!” Cried Alice (she was so much surprised, that for the moment she quite forgot how to speak good English). “Now I’m opening out like the largest telescope that ever was!Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13456401224459039530noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482111017304688075.post-10382630432587868182010-08-22T19:04:00.002-04:002010-08-22T19:06:20.848-04:00Alice in Wonderland: Hidden Objects<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Go9CHSRfEzE/THGsLFKrVNI/AAAAAAAAAH0/XWUA3jEOrXo/s1600/Picture+10.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="198" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Go9CHSRfEzE/THGsLFKrVNI/AAAAAAAAAH0/XWUA3jEOrXo/s200/Picture+10.png" width="200" /></a></div><br />
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<a href="http://www.warelex.com/">Warlex</a> has created an <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/alice-in-wonderland-hidden/id350327452?mt=8">Alice in Wonderland game</a> for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad that features Alice in Wonderland imagery but is predominantly an eye-spy type game. The icon that shows up on your device's screen is a winking Cheshire Cat, above.<br />
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There is a free ad-based version in the App Store, as well as an ad-free version that costs $0.99.<br />
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I recently downloaded the free game for iPod Touch, and some of the items to find are easy, and some of them are quite obscured (or the search terms are ambiguous), but there are hints available. Not all of the search terms are available for you to see at once, due to the small screen -- I am not sure if it is executed the same way for iPad. The images are basically digital collages, and sometimes you see Wonderland-inspired items, but more often you do not. The relation to Alice in Wonderland is rather tenuous.<br />
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The current version is rated 2 stars in iTunes, and I believe that is a fair rating as it is neither particularly inspired nor quite aesthetic. The Google-sponsored ads were at first distracting, but were easy to tune out after a little while. The free version should have been a light or trial version, rather than an ad-sponsored one.<br />
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At a gallery in Italy several years ago, I remember seeing a handwritten manuscript in tiny tiny print of Dante's entire Divine Comedy -- that you had to use a magnifying glass to read it! (I was able to verify that all three canticles ended in "stelle.") This Alice print reminds me of this, but it seems much more practical. The <i>Moby Dick </i>poster looks pretty cool, too!<br />
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You can find the poster <a href="http://postertext.com/products/alices-adventures-wonderland">here</a>, thanks to the <a href="http://www.holidaymatinee.com/2010/08/19/a-bibliophile-decorators-dream-come-true">Holiday Matinee</a>'s write-up.<br />
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<a href="http://postertext.com/">Postertext.com</a> has the rest of the literary posters.Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13456401224459039530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482111017304688075.post-91806674736122010252010-06-11T02:40:00.002-04:002010-06-11T02:43:34.087-04:00Alice in Zombieland<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><center><br />
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Since <i>Pride and Prejudice and Zombies</i> has come out, there has been fervent re-writing of the classics to include zombies, werewolves, and sea monsters. I have not actually read any of these books (full disclosure), and am not against genre bending (horror and children's book, for example), but once an originally creative idea becomes kitschy, I am afraid that it shows little reverence to both Alice and zombie folklore.<br />
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The book is devoid of images -- parodies of John Tenniel's artworks could have been put to good use, and the two reviews on Amazon are poor, if this is any further indication.<br />
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As zombie expert, and recent reviewer of <a href="http://vimeo.com/12460909">Survival of the Dead</a> noted, "[Z]ombies used to mean something. [N]ow it's like counterfeit, there's so much glutting the market, it dilutes the real deal." He went on to say, "[I] hope the amish don't befall the same fate" <br />
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One would think with the Queen of Hearts (Nikolas Cook's Dead Red Queen?) running the show, all zombies in her path would lose their heads!<br />
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If you write "Road Trip" in the note to seller, I will also send you an Alice magnet!*<br />
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Here are some cute items in my shop right now:<br />
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Sale is made through PayPal reimbursement, which I will issue upon receiving payment, before the item ships. Item(s) must be paid for by 11:59pm EST on June 16th. You can use <a href="http://www.timezoneconverter.com/cgi-bin/tzc.tzc">this converter</a> to determine what time that would be for you!<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">* This sale is being done right before an epic road trip, hence the code words!</span>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13456401224459039530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482111017304688075.post-27448878940744110052010-05-31T22:51:00.003-04:002010-05-31T22:53:40.155-04:00Clara in Blunderland<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Go9CHSRfEzE/TAR02UPqNiI/AAAAAAAAAG8/22H5ZYD3IgU/s1600/Picture+14.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Go9CHSRfEzE/TAR02UPqNiI/AAAAAAAAAG8/22H5ZYD3IgU/s400/Picture+14.png" width="282" /></a></div><br />
From <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara_in_Blunderland">Wikipedia</a>:<br />
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Clara in Blunderland is a novel by Caroline Lewis (pseudonym for Edward Harold Begbie, J. Stafford Ransome, and M. H. Temple), written in 1902 and published by William Heinemann of London. It is a political parody of Lewis Carroll's two books, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. The book was followed a year later with a sequel, Lost in Blunderland.<br />
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It is critical of the Second Boer War in which Clara represents Leader of the House of Commons Arthur Balfour. A number of other notable British politicians are identified in the book. The Red Queen is Joseph Chamberlain, the Duchess is Robert Cecil, Crumpty-Bumpty is Henry Campbell-Bannerman, the Walrus is William Vernon Harcourt, the Dalmeny Cat is Archibald Philip Primrose, and the Caterpillar is a young Winston Churchill.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">To see more Alice-themed tattoos, check out <a href="http://www.contrariwise.org/tag/lewis-carroll/">contrariwise.com's Lewis Carroll tag</a>!</div>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13456401224459039530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482111017304688075.post-53807422326209355882010-05-01T15:50:00.003-04:002010-05-01T15:52:04.402-04:00Record TrippingA fun flash game uses a record of the first few chapters of <i>Alice's Adventures in Wonderland</i> as a predominant component of the game. It also features many cute storybook animals! Play it at <a href="http://www.recordtripping.com/">Recordtripping.com</a>.<br />
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There is another children's book featured this week, check out their <a href="http://www.usaweekend.com/article/20100423/FUN03/100422002/-1/fun03/Frame-Games-4/23/10">site</a>.<br />
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The designers are: Nicolas Ghesquiere, Olivier Theyskens, Tom Ford, Marc Jacobs, Karl Lagerfeld, John Paul Gaultier, Viktor and Rolf, Christian Lacroix, John Galliano, Donatella Versace.<br />
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I particularly like the black and white image with Alice and Dodgson!<br />
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There is a high quality version of the Mad Hatter's dance from Burton's film available on YouTube. It seemed to be a highlight among the children in the audience when I went to see it.<br />
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She has a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Liddell">Wikipedia page</a> if you are interested in a introductory biography!<br />
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The first few are by Charles Dodgson himself, who was an avid photographer (I will post more on this later). <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Dodgson was keen on making narrative photos, and here Alice posed as a beggar child: </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Dodgson was also fond of Alice's two sisters, who are referenced in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_in_the_golden_afternoon...">All in the Golden Afternoon</a> poem as Prima and Tertia (Alice being Secunda). He photographer the three together: </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Margaret_Cameron">Julia Margaret Cameron</a>, a contemporary photographer, also photographed Alice, though now she is in her early 20s. This photograph is entitled "Pomona":</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>This photograph is titled "Alethea":<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">And here is a newspaper clipping with accompanying photograph announcing Alice's death:</div><br />
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Alice in Wonderland (1903), the first-ever film version of Lewis Carroll’s tale, has recently been restored by the BFI National Archive and premiered at a celebration of the history of the classic story at the British Library.<br />
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Made just 37 years after the novel’s publication and eight years after the birth of cinema, the first film adaptation was directed by Cecil Hepworth and Percy Stow, and was based on Sir John Tenniel’s original illustrations. Hepworth cast his wife as the Red Queen, and he himself appears as the Frog Footman. His production secretary May Clark played Alice, and even the family cat and dog got in on the act. The cat played the Cheshire Cat, and the dog would go on to become the first authentic British film star (canine or otherwise) to have his name in the credit of a film when he headlined the pioneering chase film Rescued By Rover in 1905.<br />
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Although originally running just 12 minutes, Alice in Wonderland was the longest film produced in England at that time and represented a major investment for the pioneering Hepworth Studios. However, despite its historical importance, it was almost lost for good, and just one incomplete print is known to survive. —BFI National Archive<br />
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My art book was influenced largely by Lewis Carroll's <i>Alice's Adventures in Wonderland</i> and <i>Through the Looking Glass</i>, as well as some other texts, language study and New York City. Here is an image of the installed piece (click pictures to enlarge):<br />
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You can see my entire book at <a href="http://mirawunder.com/">Mirawunder.com</a>.<br />
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I was not the only piece inspired by Alice, though! Annie Cranstoun showed "Climb Me," An Alice in Wonderland Jacob's Ladder. Here are images of her piece:<br />
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I really liked her use of an actual mirror!<br />
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Also of interest was this altered <i>The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe</i> book:<br />
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In relation to the last post, I recently found <A HREF="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/herocomplex/2010/02/alice-in-wonderland-a-hollywood-history-.html">part I</a> and <A HREF="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/herocomplex/2010/02/alice-in-wonderland-a-disney-disappointment-.html">part II</a> of Susan King's <i>LA Times</i> article about the history of Alice in cinema; it is a pretty thorough overview!<br />
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It is interesting how Disney has been monopolizing the Alice brand, considering how Burton's version is presumably a take-off of the 1951 animated film (Disney being the movie house behind the new <i>Alice in Wonderland</i> and also in light of the <a href="http://www.aintitcool.com/node/43678">news</a> that Burton is adapting a film off of Maleficent, a character exclusive to Disney). <br />
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Lou Bunin's version is worth watching not just to feel rebellious, but as a film in itself. With an adult Alice, this contrasts well with the forthcoming movie, and the stop motion here is livelier than Jan Švankmajer's <i>Alice</i>. There are so many translations of Lewis Carroll's books to the screen, and each of them say something about Alice as well as the time and society they come from.<br />
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I found this animation showing the chess game, which I think is helpful:</span><br />
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It's from <a href="http://www.echecs-histoire-litterature.com/index_english.html" style="text-decoration: none;">this site</a> which has good information about the game in relation to the book.<br />
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If you have further interest in this, you may want to look at the notes in Martin Gardner's <i>Annotated Alice</i>.<br />
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