Enlighten 2026: The Page Turner
The projection will play on our beautiful building every night of the Canberra Enlighten festival, from 8pm – 11pm.
Visitors can also see the original puppets, backgrounds and materials used in the creation of the projection, in our main foyer during normal opening hours.
About the artwork
The artwork follows the story of a reader to a writer, who finally passes the torch of knowledge onto the next generation.
Taking inspiration from the wealth of books in our collection, the projection is created using a combination of stop-motion puppet animation, pop-up and tunnel books, all handmade with paper textures.
About the artists
Eleanor Evans and Giovanni Aguilar are animators based in Canberra. They create a variety of work but specialise in hand crafted stop motion animation and graphic design.
Giovanni is a Colombian graphic designer and Eleanor is an Australian visual artist. They met while studying a Master of Stop Motion Animation in Barcelona and when they graduated, they started to work towards building their own studio in Australia. Their projects include music videos for local and international artists, TV segments, social media content, packaging design and graphic design, and now of course, the Library’s Enlighten projection!
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