December 19, 2009 by Helen Dearnley
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I have been working steadily and collating thoughts and ideas since I began. In November I exhibited some previous work from The Unreal God exhibition in the form of a banner at A-ha's O2 gig in London. Whilst travelling there I spent my time on the train sticking stills printed out from The Unreal God comic into my sketchbook, and adding quotes from Alice In Wonderland to see how that would work.
I felt that reading Alice In Wonderland on the Tube was most fitting!
Aside from the success of the banner exhibition (Magne of course loved it!) and the existential possibilities of wandering around London wearing a t-shirt depicting my work, I serendipitously chanced upon some intriguing inspiration for Alice In Wonderland.
This image uploader seems very convoluted, so I won't post pics, but I accidentally came across some Barry Flanagan sculptures "Mirror Nijinsky" whilst looking for a comics exhibition on the way to the Mall Galleries, and in the free paper I read on the train home, there was an article about Tove Janssen's latest book, something about a rabbit house in a village set in Norway - how apt.
I've been researching Jonas Bjerre animations, and discussed my plans in depth, and I now feel that the juxtaposition of A-ha's Take On Me video with Alice In Wonderland is very timely (A-ha are retiring next year with a final World tour)...
I've been working on a storyboard for this, but won't get in to Uni to start working on it until the New Year now. Merry Christmas!