An adaptation of the 1886 musical āAlice in Wonderland: A Dream Play for Childrenā by Henry Saville Clark and Walter Slaughter, Fotopoulosā feature length film propels the Clark/Slaughter score into the 21st century digital age. Sculptures, drawings, text, and original music are used to explore the late 19th centuryās 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 ā the relationship between John Ruskin and Lewis Carroll, Ruskinās theories on drawing, Thomas Eakinsā painting and his use of photography, the burgeoning of early cinema with Eadweard Muybridge and Etienne-Jules 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 musicalās original construction based upon Carrollās narratives.
