Exhibition: LAIKA: Frame x Frame

This exhibition journeys into the stop-motion worlds created by the acclaimed animation studio.

The experience will honour the stories of LAIKA and the unparalleled level of detail in the physical puppets, intricately crafted sets, costumes and props behind films including Coraline, ParaNorman and Kubo and the Strings.

Using assets from every department of the Portland-based studio, LAIKA: Frame x Frame tells the story of LAIKA through the lens of its five feature films to date, Coraline (2009), ParaNorman (2012), The Boxtrolls (2014), Kubo and the Two Strings (2016) and Missing Link (2019), all of which were nominated for the Academy Award for Outstanding Animated Feature.

Each film will be celebrated with one key frame within the exhibition surrounded by a constellation of artefacts, encompassing illustrated concept and character design, artistic inspirations, storyboards, costumes, puppets, props, sets and dynamic digital content, which will highlight the painstaking attention to detail and boundless creativity that go into the making of one single frame in a LAIKA feature. Further cabinets and drawers will allow guests to unlock even more treasures, illustrating how a LAIKA film comes together to create something extraordinary from the sum of its exceptional parts.

The exhibition will invite audiences to step inside, as well as behind, the scenes of LAIKA's films, affording the opportunity to interact with the studio and the talented team behind these creations firsthand. New scenic reproductions, built at a 'human scale', will transport guests from the real world into Coraline's Other Garden as they enter the exhibition, with highlights of the over 700 individual artefacts on display.