{"id":1044640,"date":"2012-04-22T15:47:19","date_gmt":"2012-04-22T15:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.immortalitymedicine.tv\/anatomy\/2012-congress-of-curious-peoples-this-week-at-coney-island.php"},"modified":"2024-08-17T17:15:11","modified_gmt":"2024-08-17T21:15:11","slug":"2012-congress-of-curious-peoples-this-week-at-coney-island-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/anatomy\/2012-congress-of-curious-peoples-this-week-at-coney-island-2.php","title":{"rendered":"2012 Congress of Curious Peoples This Week at Coney Island!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hi All! Just a reminder that the 2012 Congress of Curious Peoples--a 10-day series of lectures and performances devoted to curiosity and curiosities broadly considered, and featuring sideshow acts, lectures, performances, and a 2-day scholarly-yet-popular symposium called The Congress <\/span>for<\/span> Curious Peoples--launches in earnest tomorrow night, with a lecture by the always amazing Amy Herzog.<\/p>

This year's iteration of The Congress promises to be the best yet; it will include a 2-day symposium featuring panel discussions on topics such as pre-cinematic immersive amusements and religion as spectacle, with featured speakers that include Sara Velas of The Velaslavasay Panorama;<\/a> Paul Koudounaris of Empire of Death;<\/a> Colin Nightingale, Senior Producer of Punchdrunk, the company behind the mindbendingly amazing Sleep No More<\/a> Sleep<\/a>; and Colin Dickey, author of Cranioklepty<\/span><\/a>. Also featured will be stand-alone lectures on the 17th century artist of fetal skeleton tableaux Frederik Ruysch<\/a> and the phenomenon of ethnographic displays called \"human zoos<\/a>,\" a screening of an over-the-top early 1970s TV Evangelist Christmas spectacular<\/a>, and introductory lectures by myself and Coney Island Museum director Aaron Beebe<\/a>.<\/p>

Full--and hopefully final!--lineup below; hope to see you at some--if not more--of the terrific events making up this year's Congress!<\/p>

Monday April 16th<\/span>
7:30 – (Lecture) Amy Herzog: Architectural Fictions: Economic Development, Immersive Renderings, and the Virtualization of Brooklyn (more here<\/a>)
9:00 – (Performance) Shea Love and the Circus Emporium<\/p>

Tuesday April 17th<\/span>
7:30 – (Lecture) Philip Kadish: “Pinhead Races and the White Man’s Burden” (more here<\/a>)
9:00 – (Performance) The Squidling Bros Sideshow<\/p>

Wednesday April 18th<\/span>
7:30 -(Lecture\/Performance) ‘An Evening of Fate, Chance and Mystery’ with Lord Whimsy<\/a> and Les the Mentalist (more here<\/a>)
9:00 – (Performance) Jo Boobs<\/p>

Thursday April 19th<\/span>
7:30 – (Lecture\/Demonstration) The Museum of Interesting Things, WHAT THE SAM HILL IS THAT! (more here<\/a>)
9:00 – (Performance) The Curious Couple from Coney Island<\/p>

Friday April 20th<\/span>
7:30 – (Performance\/Reading) A reading of VENUS by Suzan-Lori Parks. Directed by Donya K. Washington (more here<\/a>)
9:00 – (Performance\/Lecture) Sideshow Legend Jim Rose<\/p>

Saturday April 21st<\/span>
Super Freak Weekend at Sideshows by the Seashore (Continuous Admission, Tickets at the door); Colonnade of Curiosities in the Freak Bar
Congress For Curious People (Day 1 of a 2-day Symposium)<\/p>

Sunday April 22nd<\/span>
Super Freak Weekend at Sideshows by the Seashore (Continuous Admission, Tickets at the door); Colonnade of Curiosities in the Freak Bar
Congress For Curious People (Day 2 of a 2-day Symposium)<\/p>

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FULL SYMPOSIUM DETAILS:
THE 2012 CONGRESS FOR<\/span> CURIOUS PEOPLE<\/span>
Saturday and Sunday, April 21st and 22nd<\/span>

SATURDAY APRIL 21st<\/span><\/p>

11:00 – 12:00: Keynote Addresses<\/p>