In Aardman’s 50th anniversary year, go behind the scenes of your favourite stop-motion animations and explore how Aardman’s iconic characters and worlds are brought to life.
A joyful, educational, and highly tactile experience and a
"must-see" expo that combines nostalgia with iconic sets, original
models, and interactive, hands-on activities.
Tickets £11 or £5.5 (Art Fund). To book your ticket, please click here. Book the 2:30pm slot.
A Sunday walk has been posted to link this event with a late Sunday morning stroll and lunch at the Approach Tavern - 6 mins walk from the Young V&A.
Pre-expo Meeting Place: For those who are not coming to the morning walk, but the exhibition, you have options of meeting the group at the lunch pub before 2:20pm or inside the exhibition from 2:30pm onwards.
Post-expo Meeting Place: At the Approach Tavern from 4pm onwards for drinks/tea/cafe/pudding/dessert.
A WhatsApp group will be set up for this event. Please email your mobile number to swcsocialATgmailDOTcom if you wish to be on it.
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All seats at two tables for the pub lunch have been taken. Please book another table if you wish to join the pub lunch.
N=11 went to Aardman’s exhibition, with a few other walkers seemingly tempted by the permanent exhibits as well.
Inside the exhibition, I couldn’t help wondering whether there were actually more adults than children. It did rather make one think why Aardman had been featured here in the first place! The exhibition wasn’t particularly busy either, so it was something of a puzzle why more tickets hadn’t been sold to allow more people to enjoy it which would have made a little more commercial sense for a cash-strapped museum. Perhaps there are a few lessons to be learned from the British Museum and the way it priced and marketed the Bayeux Tapestry.
After the exhibition, a few walkers headed to the Approach Tavern for refreshments, only to find it at full capacity, much as it had been at lunchtime. Clearly, the Tavern was doing rather well even without us. The group therefore retreated to the V&A Café, where a few others joined them for a lively discussion. So, without further ado, here are the verdicts from our very own critics.
‘A nice exhibition. Interesting to see all the intricacies involved in making the films. Horrifying that it takes a week to film six seconds. An interesting range of models etc used in the films. The Aardman characters are so familiar it was like meeting old friends.’
‘What a fascinating and beautiful exhibition and lovely day out. I find the Aardman characters so charming and touching and there was wonderful humour in every setting.’
‘Loved the exhibition. Not least to see the sheer brilliance of the creation of characters/sets in.minature and the incredible attention to detail. I was surprised to see the filming on such a small scale.’
‘I didn't know the phrase "A grand day out" originated from the series, it was a revelation.’
‘I like the interactive parts e.g. making a short video using 20 pictures I took with the ‘models’ provided.’
‘I wondered if there was any hidden meaning in the back cover featuring Tank Top Man in the magazine Wallace was reading as he always wears a tank top.’
‘Having been closely involved in animation production for 10 years, I can say that, in my opinion, animators are a special breed of people whose work requires total dedication, and this exhibition gives a rare chance to have a glimpse into their wonderful world. It shows all the different stages of the creative process and it's fascinating to see tiny details of the sets and characters. Very clever, funny, with a wonderful sense of humour. Many things made me laugh. Really enjoyed it.’
‘And to think how two boys in a playground, a bit of plasticine, could blossom into employment for those creative minds to flourish, and hours of entertainment for others to escape to….. Incredible.’
And as with everything in life, there was an opposing view which I thought was well worth noting.
‘I thought the museum itself was worthwhile for its manufacturing processes and the textile exhibits. The special paid exhibition definitely not for me.’
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