ROBOTS: FROM MOVIES TO TOYS, AT THE ARTROCK FESTIVAL
The exhibition Robots: From Movies to Toys at Saint-Brieuc Museum during ArtRock Festival, June 3rd to June 9th 2014.
ScienceFictionArchives.com, in partnership with ArtRock Festival ( www.artrock.org),with support from La Grande Récré, Hasbro and Universal, is proud to present a selection from its collection of robots, created for some of the greatest science fiction films ever produced in Hollywood, as part of theRobots: From Movies to Toys exhibition
Visitors will discover the origins of robots and what differentiates them from early "automates", and be able to admire cyborgs and other droids from the most important science fiction movies like Robotrix from Metropolis to T-800 from Terminator. The question will be asked: Does Robots from the movies that inspired the manufacture of toys, or is it the reverse?
Following their consecration in the movies, robots have left the world of dream and fiction in order to get in our lives as action figures and toys. By providing a showcase of original movie props and collectible toys that have marked the history of cinema, Robots: des films aux jouets offers, in one room, an approach both entertaining and fun that will delight sci-fi fans but also adult and kids!
ScienceFictionArchives.com a has organized and taken part in numerous exhibitions since its inception, including since it's creation in 2008: Science (et) Fiction : Aventures Croisées (Science (and) Fiction: Imagination Meets Reality) at the Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie (Science Museum) in Paris in 2010; Des Jouets et des Hommes (Of Toys and Men) at the Paris Grand Palais Museum in 2011; Et L’Homme... Créa le Robot (And Man... created Robot) at the Musée des Arts et Métiers in 2012; Les Jouets Star Wars (Star Wars Toys) at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs (Museum of Decorative Arts in the Louvre building) in Paris in 2012; Bond, ... James Bond : Fifty Years of Film Posters and Photographs at the Folkwang Museum in Essen, Germany in 2012;Science et Fiction at the Maison Folie Wazemmes in Lille, France (Lille3000-Fantastic) in 2012 and Siudmak, Univers Infini (Siudmak, Infinite Universe) at the Utrillo-Valadon Museum in Sannois, France, in 2012.
Have a souvenir of the Robots : Des Films Aux Jouets exhibition in the catalogue available on our website ScienceFictionArchives.com : Album des Exposition 2012, where visitors can also continue the exhibition by discovering more detailed on our objects. Please follow us, and like our Facebook page:www.facebook/ScienceFictionArchives.com
Curators :
- Arnaud Grunberg – A passionate collector of science fiction items since the late 70s, he has assembled one of the most significant collections in the world. He was the curator for the Science (and) Fiction: Imagination Meets Reality, Science and Fiction and Star Wars Toys exhibitions.
- Patrice Girod – Leading expert on the Star Wars universe. He created Lucasfilm Magazine in 1995 and produced the only official French Star WarsConventions in 2005 and 2007 at the Grand Rex theater in Paris, he was also the curator of the Star Wars: The Exhibition at the Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie Museum in 2005, and Science(and) Fiction and Star Wars Toys exhibitions.
- Benjamin Fleurier – Specialist of toys and film-related merchandise. He chronicled several years in the specialized publication 10eme Planète, was curator for the Science (and) Fiction and Siudmak Infinite Universe and Star Wars Toys exhibitions.
Scenography :
Patrice Girod / ScienceFictionArchives.com
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
Musée d'art et d'histoire de Saint-Brieuc, Cour Francis Renaud, Rue des Lycéens Martyrs
www.saint-brieuc.fr/Musee-d-art-et-d-histoire
Poster artwork by: Manchu/Livre de Poche
Design by: Atomik Design
--------------------- This exhibition was realized with the sponsorship of the French toy-store chain La Grande Récré. --------------------