The World in Our Hands: On the Animations From the “Lego Jurassic World” Series
Matylda Szewczyk
mszewczyk@uw.edu.plUniversity of Warsaw (Poland)
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5029-3935
Abstract
This article is a reflection on the animations of the Lego Jurassic World series, part of the Jurassic Park franchise. The analysis is undertaken in the context of the subject and significance of live-action films about dinosaurs resurrected thanks to futuristic science (to which the animations refer in the storyline), but also in relation to the cultural role of Lego bricks and the problem of representation, which in this case is particularly complex. The discussion of individual issues is accompanied by a reflection on the way in which childhood is understood in contemporary culture, in the face of its characteristic fascinations and anxieties.
Keywords:
Lego, animation, dinosaurs, children’s culture, science fiction, playReferences
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Authors
Matylda Szewczykmszewczyk@uw.edu.pl
University of Warsaw Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5029-3935
PhD; she specializes in media studies, film history and selected practices of contemporary visual culture (especially relations between visual culture and science). She is interested in the ways in which images both reflect and influence cultural changes, working especially within the area of reproductive medicine, images of foetal development, pregnancy, birth, and motherhood. Author of W stronę wirtualności. Praktyki artystyczne kina współczesnego [Towards Virtuality: Artistic Practices of Contemporary Cinema] (2015), co-editor of Sztuka w kinie dokumentalnym [Art in Documentary Cinema] (2016) and Cięcie ciał. Ruchome obrazy [Cutting Bodies: Moving Images] (2018). Head of the Section for Film and Visual Culture at the Institute of Polish Culture, University of Warsaw.
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