introduction
The Museum of Oxford is travelling back to the future with its latest exhibition - 2001: A Space Odyssey. Original artwork from the cult classic film designer Harry Lange and behind the scenes photographs will provide a vivid impression of the painstaking work that went into creating some of the most dazzling images in the history of the cinema. Visitors will be able to see the evolution of many of the designs for 2001, including the concepts for the space plane and station, the Discovery ship and the monolith. In addition, the exhibition will feature artwork from other science fiction films designed by Lange, such as Star Wars, Superman and James Bond’s Moonraker.

Now that 2001 is upon us, Kubrick’s epic space drama still stands as the eipitome of science fiction film making, and as an extraordinary exercise in totally visual cinema. One of the key aims of the exhibition is to explore the many science facts behind the fiction.

why the museum of oxford?
The exhibition is being led by the city’s own museum curator John Lange who happens to be Harry Lange’s son. Both have worked together before on Star Wars, The Muppets and numerous museum exhibition projects. The exhibition celebrates the versitility and vision of this designer’s designs. For Harry Lange, a design must look “true” and he has an uncanny faith in his ability to make audiences believe his creations look like they work. His futuristic visions of mankind at a loss in a brave new world are humanised. Unlike the facile futoristic designs of so much of today’s science fiction, Lange’s works are landscapes of his mind and illustrate the often ussung power of the designer in contemporary blockbuster cinema.

The exhibition is set to tour nationally, but is still available for hire during 2001 and 2002. The official opening of the exhibition will coincide with Science Wekk (16-25 March 2001). This is part of a national campaign being organised by the British Association for the Advancement of Science. The exhibition is being supported by a full science programme of educational events and activities ranging from designing spaceships to the science of archeology.

location. Oxford City Council’s Museum of Oxford is located in the City’s historic Town Hall Building, and is entered just off Carfax on the corner of Blue Board Street. The museum is a short walking distance from Gloucester Green bus station and City Information Centre, and ten minutes’ walk from the train station. Coaches and buses can drop and collect passengers at nearby Oxpens. Car travellers may leave cars ar the City’s park-and-ride car parks (ten minute service to St. Aldates).

admission.
adult £2.00
seniors/students with valid ID £1.50
children £0.50
family ticket £5.00
under 5’s/benefit receivers FREE

more details.
Contact the museum of Oxford
telephone: (01865) 252761 fax: (01865) 202447
email: john lange

The material on this website is copyright Harry Lange, 2001.
Please do not copy the pictures, - they are protected using Digimarc.
If you would like permission to use some of the material on this web,
please email my son, John Lange.

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