Katie Kershaw
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Extract of Chapter 1: Down the Rabbit Hole Lewis Carroll Macmillan Publishers 1865 Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is an all-time world favourite classic that opened up the imagination of people of all ages. I chose this piece of text - particularity the first paragraph because it erupts curiosity and peculiarity to a normal situation. It introduces an illusionary aspect straight away which can only get stranger. I feel it is important to my practice to think further than just the world we live in as imagination is a key aspect to be successful in the creative industry. The design methodology I chose to go with symbolises the movement of Alice and the White Rabbit falling down the rabbit hole. Later in the story it describes jars and cupboards falling in the air too, which is where the larger areas of text symbolise objects. The body of text in the oval represents the Rabbit hole it’self; a large black hole big enough to fit inside. Gradually the text gets smaller as you see less and less in the dark bottomless tunnel. My redacted version simply points out what the chapter is about; a White Rabbit in another world. There is no hidden meaning, just a very shortened despcription of the extract. I quite like how the redacted font has created a stronger black hole visually in the body of text. However, I feel I could have probably developed this further by picking out individual letters to highlight and create new words. I decided to stay with my final outcome as when I experimented with selected single letters out, the text became quite difficult to read as the characters were so spread out.
twice Alice, “without very she had peeped into sleepy and ALICE or the book her sister pictures stupid), whether was beginning was reading, but it had conversations?’ the pleasure of to get very tired of no pictures or So she was making a daisysitting by her sister on the bank and of having conversations in it, considering, in her chain would be nothing to do: “and what is the own mind (as well worth the trouble once or use of a book,” as she could, for the of getting up and
to it
self
ve r m y
on t sh e ought to have w
ed der
at
he tt ta bu is, th
tim
e it
u d q it
so nor did A lice think it
dt oh
ay
t,
a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her.
er t
it s
natural); bu
daisies,
when suddenly
ha
bb
late!” (w he ns he tho ugh t
rre it o cu ver afterwards it oc
wh en the
Rabbit actually took a watch out of its
eeme al l s
waistcoat-pocket, and looked at it, and then hurried on,
r
und e
in t
ab b it
r the
d he
e it p
the field af t e
st s ju wa
lar ge r
-hole
ime to se
ge.
In another moment do wn we nt A
lice after it,
never once considering how in the world she was to get out again.
waistcoa
i t, a n d
, f it
an acro ss
ra
t-pocke
cross her mi shed a it f la
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eit he
o ut eo tak
that s nd
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o ht
ar
t,
se e n
r
never be for e
or a atc w
h ad
et fo
he
r fe o he ed t tart ce s Ali
e
Ra
Oh dear!
I shall be too
he
“Oh dear!
rt
at;
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mark able i n th
oh
very re
the
yt uc wa h ou t of the
thought hot day made her feel Ther e wa s not hing so
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twice Alice, “without very she had peeped into sleepy and ALICE or the book her sister pictures stupid), whether was beginning was reading, but it had conversations?’ the pleasure of to get very tired of no pictures or So she was making a daisysitting by her sister on the bank and of having conversations in it, considering, in her chain would be nothing to do: “and what is the own mind (as well worth the trouble once or use of a book,” as she could, for the of getting up and
to it
self
ve r m y
on t sh e ought to have w
ed der
at
he tt ta bu is, th
tim
e it
u d q it
so nor did A lice think it
dt oh
ay
t,
a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her.
er t
it s
atural); bu
daisies,
when suddenly
ha
bb
late!” (w he ns he tho ugh t
rre it o cu ver c o afterwards it
wh en the
Rabbit actually took a watch out of its
eeme al l s
waistcoat-pocket, and looked at it, and then hurried on,
cross her mi shed a it f la
i th w o ut eo tak
r
und e
d he
e it p
in t
ab b it
r the
lar ge r
-hole
ime to se
ge.
In another moment do wn we nt A
lice after it,
never once considering how in the world she was to get out again.
waistcoa
the field af t e
st s ju wa
op down a
ra
i t, a n d
, f it
an acro ss
to
ing and burn y, iosit with cur she r
eit he
t-pocke
t bi ab
that s nd
ar
t,
se e n
r
never be for e
or a atch w
h ad
et fo
he
r fe o he ed t tart ce s Ali
en
Ra
Oh dear!
I shall be too
he
“Oh dear!
rt
at;
ea
mark able i n th
oh
very re
the
yt uc wa h ou t of the
thought hot day made her feel Ther e wa s not hing so
picking