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| Cover illustration for the accompanying book for the exhibition, a portrait of Henry Mintox demonstrating his 'inpiration Recorder' on 1922 (based on a photo of Thomas Edison, an early photograph). |
I found out a little about what The Ooopsatoreum is:
What does it mean to be truly original?
Should creativity be measured only by success?
Or is it really the thought that counts ?
No matter how impractical?
Behind every enduring innovation lies a vast cemetery of achievement: the world of failed inventions.
Award-winning author and illustrator Shaun Tan explores this forgotten world in The Oopsatoreum, a fictional tale of a strikingly original but spectacularly unsuccessful inventor. Woven around strange and largely obscure artefacts from the Powerhouse Museum, the whimsical stories in this book are for anyone who has ever made a mistake.
Illustrated with original drawings by Shaun Tan and stunning photographs of objects from the Powerhouse Museum collection.
Should creativity be measured only by success?
Or is it really the thought that counts ?
No matter how impractical?
Behind every enduring innovation lies a vast cemetery of achievement: the world of failed inventions.
Award-winning author and illustrator Shaun Tan explores this forgotten world in The Oopsatoreum, a fictional tale of a strikingly original but spectacularly unsuccessful inventor. Woven around strange and largely obscure artefacts from the Powerhouse Museum, the whimsical stories in this book are for anyone who has ever made a mistake.
Illustrated with original drawings by Shaun Tan and stunning photographs of objects from the Powerhouse Museum collection.
Sounds amazing.
Source:
www.shauntan.net
