BRICK FLICKS

30 July 2016 - 9 October 2016 | Mitre 10 Mega Create Gallery

There are perhaps few toys as iconic as LEGO® bricks. However, in the 55 years since the LEGO brick was born, another industry has created thousands of iconic images that we’ve grown to know and love. What better way to celebrate the motion picture industry than by recreating these images in LEGO form?

Brick Flicks is an exhibition of photographed models of famous movies made out of Lego. It is based on an internationally acclaimed book, released in May 2013 featuring the work of Lego artist Warren Elsmore. Each individual LEGO model can be seen in all its' glory - showing the versatility of LEGO and amazing films from the past 50 years. They have recreated 60 famous movies from one of the earliest colour films ‘The Wizard of Oz’ (1939), right up to the computer-generated imagery of ‘The Life of Pi’ (2012). Our journey takes us through action, comedy, drama, science fiction and more as we celebrate the versatility of the LEGO palette. Each film brings its own challenges as we strive to create an image that is instantly recognisable. In some instances, we’ve chosen to use a scene from the film itself and in some cases the movie poster itself is our ‘main protagonist’. Either way round, I hope that the image we’ve chosen brings back memories – or perhaps triggers a desire to expand your own film collection!

Featuring over 25 large scale images, plus a giant hands-on brick pit for you to build your own creations whilst teaching creativity, expression and an appreciation of modern day films.

Free Exhibition Entry

 

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