Have you ever wondered what it would be like to explore the thoughts of Tim Burton, the man behind some of cinema’s most iconic stories, including Edward Scissorhands, Corpse Bride, and Sweeney Todd?
Well, a newly opened exhibition in Madrid entitled “Tim Burton’s Labyrinth” is intended to bring the 64-year-old filmmaker’s creative and artistic process to life.
The exhibition is full of unprecedented works of art and hauntingly celebrates the film titan’s career as a film director and cartoonist.
“What really got me excited about is like the creative process, I mean it goes back to being like sitting in a room and drawing and thinking: Well, maybe it’ll be an animation, maybe it’ll move, maybe it’ll be a sculpture, maybe it’ll be a character in a movie,” said the Director, at the opening of the exhibition.
A maze of rooms
Inside the experience, visitors will find a series of interconnected rooms full of original sketches from Burton’s archive, accompanied by animated artwork, lights, music, scenery, and costumes inspired by his films.
Some may choose to walk through the magical mushroom forest of Alice in Wonderland, while others may discover the story of Oyster Boy, a character featured in a book of poetry written and illustrated by Burton, “The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy,” published in 1997.
Felype de Lima, the creative director of the exhibition, explains that it took a long time to select the works of art.
In the end, they selected 150 original sketches that fit into the various rooms, some of which had never been exhibited before.
“We worked room by room because we had a huge amount of original works of art that can be seen in the exhibition. There was such a large volume that we had to make a very difficult selection with him (Burton) and his studio,” explains de Lima.
“Tim Burton’s Labyrinth” opened on September 29 at Espacio Ibercaja Delicias in Madrid and runs until December 11, 2022.
For an insight into the exhibition, watch our video above.