Fondazione Prada Explores Storyboard History in Milan Exhibition
'A Kind of Language,' curated by Melissa Harris, is currently on display at Fondazione Prada's Osservatorio in Milan. The exhibition showcases over 800 pieces, including storyboards, moodboards, and scripts dating back to the 1920s. It features 61 drafting tables and 13 wall installations, enhanced by a visual effect created by architect Andrea Faraguna. The origins of storyboards, particularly in animation, are explored, with a focus on Walt Disney's 1937 partnership with Webb Smith for 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.' Iconic characters from Fleischer Studios, Disney, and UPA, such as Betty Boop and Mickey Mouse, are included. A second chapter will launch at Prada Rong Zhai in Shanghai on November 4, accompanied by screenings at Cinema Godard.
Key facts
- Exhibition 'A Kind of Language' at Fondazione Prada's Osservatorio in Milan
- Curated by Melissa Harris
- Over 800 items including storyboards, moodboards, scrapbooks, annotated scripts
- 61 drafting tables with storyboards, 13 additional works on walls
- Architect Andrea Faraguna of Sub studio Berlin designed the installation
- Storyboard origin traced to Walt Disney and Webb Smith for 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' (1937)
- Includes works from Fleischer Studios, Walt Disney Productions, UPA
- Features characters: Betty Boop, Popeye, Mr. Magoo, Pinocchio, Snow White, Mickey Mouse
- Non-chronological display highlighting diverse uses of storyboards
- European storyboards described as more artistic, US as more production-oriented
- Second chapter opens at Prada Rong Zhai in Shanghai on November 4
- Cinema Godard screens films: 'The Virgin Suicides', 'Little Buddha', 'The Grand Budapest Hotel', 'Raging Bull', 'The Boy and the Heron', 'Le livre d'image', 'The Great Dictator', 'Amarcord'
Entities
Artists
- Melissa Harris
- Andrea Faraguna
- Walt Disney
- Webb Smith
- Cecil B. DeMille
- Edgar Clement
- Alejandro González Iñárritu
- Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Anna Magnani
- J. Russell Spencer
- Charlie Chaplin
- Pablo Buratti
- Pedro Almodóvar
- Terry Gilliam
- Jay Clarke
- Edward Bursch
- Wes Anderson
- Jean-Luc Godard
- Jonathan Demme
- Merce Cunningham
- Charles Atlas
- Matthew Barney
- Sofia Coppola
- Bernardo Bertolucci
- Martin Scorsese
- Hayao Miyazaki
- Federico Fellini
- Georges Méliès
- Alejandro Jodorowsky
- Wim Wenders
- Giulia Giaume
Institutions
- Fondazione Prada
- Osservatorio
- Sub studio Berlin
- Fleischer Studios
- Walt Disney Productions
- United Productions of America
- Prada Rong Zhai
- Cinema Godard
- Osservatorio di Fondazione Prada
- Studio Ghibli
- Sub architecture studio
- Artribune
Locations
- Milan
- Italy
- Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II
- Shanghai
- China
- Largo Isarco
- Berlin
- Germany