The Modern Alice in Japan

When:
April 27, 2018 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
2018-04-27T19:00:00+01:00
2018-04-27T21:00:00+01:00
Where:
Art Workers Guild
6 Queen Square
Bloomsbury, London WC1N 3AT
UK
Cost:
Free
Contact:
Stephen Folan
07939559949

An exploration of Japanese adaptions of the Alice books -from the beautifully illustrated work of artist Kusama Yayoi to comics, film, animation, stationery and clothes.

Amanda Kennell is a scholar of modern Japanese literature and visual media. Her dissertation traced Japan’s reception of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland novels from their arrival in 1899 until today through adaptations in a variety of media.