Alice in Wonderland (2010)

An adaptation of the 1886 musical Alice in Wonderland A Dream Play for Children by Henry Saville Clark and Walter Slaughter Fotopoulos feature length film propels the ClarkSlaughter score into the 21st century digital age Sculptures drawings text and original music are used to explore the late 19th centurys evolution of painting literature and theatre into early photography and moving pictures The piece probes the interplay of art and science and in exploring these ideas certain lives and themes are touched upon the relationship between John Ruskin and Lewis Carroll Ruskins theories on drawing Thomas Eakins painting and his use of photography the burgeoning of early cinema with Eadweard Muybridge and EtienneJules Marey notions of amateurism and professionalism in art and the archetype of the condemned artist The work is presented in two acts remaining faithful to the musicals original construction based upon Carrolls narratives