Adam Elliot: Making Memoir of a Snail

ACMI presents
Making Memoir of a Snail
Free

8th August 2024 - 1st November 2026 @ Australian Centre for the Moving Image | ACMI

Discover the magic behind Adam Elliot's remarkable Claymation style with a display of handmade sets, props and characters from Memoir of a Snail.

To coincide with the international premiere of Academy Award winning writer/director Adam Elliot's Memoir of a Snail during the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF), we are displaying a series of handmade sets, props and characters from the film.

See the creative and technical processes of stopmotion Claymation, presented through a selection of the thousands of items that were meticulously handmade by a skilled team of artists. Shot frame by frame, the film contains no CGI; every prop, set and character is a real, tangible object.

Explore Adam Elliot's imagining of iconic Melbourne locations, such as Brunswick Street and Luna Park, and get to know the characters through a selection of puppets.

Grace's snail-themed collection will be on display, as well as the eccentric iterations of Pinky's character. Alongside these selected props, sets and characters, the display will also feature Adam's hand drawn storyboards and behind the scenes footage of the animators at work.

When
Thu 8 Aug 2024 - Sun 1 Nov 2026
10am - 5pm

Where
Gallery 1, Ground Floor
(inside The Story of the Moving Image)
ACMI, Fed Square

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Tickets
FREE (drop in)





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