莱卡《Wildwood》原偶展登陆伦敦设计博物馆：《鬼妈妈》原偶领衔，免费展览展至2027年1月10日
随着定格动画电影《Wildwood》上映，美国莱卡动画工作室（LAIKA）与伦敦设计博物馆合作的“Wildwood：展览”（Wildwood: The Exhibition）已于10月中旬在该馆开幕，展期至2027年1月10日，设在博物馆夹层的入门展区免费参观。展览以这部新作的幕后世界为主线，回顾莱卡二十年“手工匠艺加前沿技术”的创作历程。
展品包括莱卡此前每一部获得英国电影学院奖与奥斯卡提名的长片各一件原偶、幕后工作照片与早期概念图；最大亮点是2009年经典之作《鬼妈妈》（Coraline）的一件原创人偶及其可替换面部部件，直观呈现定格动画逐格拍摄的工艺。主展区还设有一处以影片中“不可逾越的荒原”为灵感的大型装置。据外媒披露，《Wildwood》全片共使用约230件实拍人偶、搭建136处场景，是莱卡迄今规模最大的制作。
莱卡首席营销与运营官戴维·伯克（David Burke）表示：“《Wildwood》代表了莱卡对动画的全部信念：情感真挚、视觉雄心勃勃，由艺术家、匠人与技术革新者以最高水准共同完成。”值得注意的是，这与今年12月将在洛杉矶电影学院博物馆开幕的另一场莱卡主题展览是两场不同的展览；在美华人读者若计划年底前往伦敦，这场免费展览可列入行程。
LAIKA's 'Wildwood: The Exhibition' Opens at London's Design Museum With an Original Coraline Puppet; Free Display Runs to January 10, 2027
Timed to the release of its stop-motion feature Wildwood, LAIKA Studios' "Wildwood: The Exhibition" has opened at the Design Museum in London and runs through January 10, 2027. The free introductory display, on the museum's mezzanine, traces two decades of LAIKA's blend of handcraft and cutting-edge technology through the making of the new film.
The display includes a puppet from each of LAIKA's earlier BAFTA- and Oscar-nominated films, behind-the-scenes photography and early concept art. Its highlight is an original puppet from 2009's Coraline, shown with its interchangeable faces — a direct look at how stop-motion animation is built frame by frame. The main space features a large-scale installation inspired by the film's "Impassable Wilderness." The production itself used roughly 230 practical puppets across 136 locations, LAIKA's largest undertaking to date.
"Wildwood represents everything LAIKA believes animation can be: emotionally resonant, visually ambitious and made by artists, craftspeople and technical innovators working at the highest level," said David Burke, LAIKA's chief marketing and operations officer. The London show is a separate exhibition from the LAIKA display opening at the Academy Museum in Los Angeles this December.
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图片来源：伦敦设计博物馆。Photo: Daderot, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
