Safe. 2023

Sheet film developing holder, 4x5 negatives

4 x 5 cm

1903, 1910, 1915, 1931, 1933, 1949, 1972, 1985, 1999, 2010

Stills from various film adaptations of Lewis Carrol's eponymous literary work “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland”.
Safe is inspired by a selection of major film adaptations of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll's iconic literary work. From each film, I captured with my camera an image of the computer screen at the precise moment when Alice is about to go down the rabbit hole. However, in my reinterpretation of this classic, Alice never actually discovers the world of fantasy. This pause before the unknown invites us to reflect on the constant tension between curiosity and fear of the uncertain.