Curator hopes London Aardman exhibition can inspire future animators

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The curator of a London exhibition of Aardman characters including Wallace and Gromit has said he hopes it will inspire a new generation of animators.Inside Aardman: Wallace And Gromit And Friends opens at the Young V&A in Bethnal Green on Thursday, where it will feature 150 exhibits, including the clay models used in the studio’s popular films and TV series, along with interactive exhibits for children.The exhibition’s curator, Alex Newson, told the Press Association: “Young V&A is a museum for children (and) their families, and we’re here to inspire creativity, to help them be creative in small ways in their daily lives, but also in larger ways."

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00:00Young V&A is a museum for children, for children and their families, and we're here to inspire

00:25their creativity, to help them be creative in small ways in their daily lives, but also

00:30in larger ways, and also to start to think about creative careers and the skills that

00:36they can develop that might one day lead to roles in the creative industry when they grow

00:41well.

00:4350 years is an incredibly long time, and it's a really rich, dense archive, and to have

01:00the opportunity to draw through all of that and pick things across those 50 years is rare

01:04and a real privilege to be able to do.

01:07It's been amazing to work with Aardman for the past 18 months, two years, to bring the

01:10show together, and actually the last few weeks when we see everything come into the gallery

01:14and get built and installed is a really exciting moment, and actually now, kind of the most

01:17important thing is when we open the doors to the public and people come in and start to

01:21kind of see the things that we've been working on for so long.

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