{"id":978,"date":"2014-01-14T15:45:01","date_gmt":"2014-01-14T15:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/petralangeberndt.de\/?p=978"},"modified":"2018-10-16T17:13:39","modified_gmt":"2018-10-16T17:13:39","slug":"congress-for-curious-people-a-festival-of-spectacular-cultures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/petralangeberndt.de\/en\/congress-for-curious-people-a-festival-of-spectacular-cultures\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress for Curious People: A Festival of Spectacular Cultures"},"content":{"rendered":"
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2013, August 30th to September 8th<\/strong>,\u00a0Blackpool \/\u00a0Barts Museum of Pathology<\/a>, Warburg Institute<\/a>, University College London, Old Operating Theatre<\/a>, Swedenborg House<\/a>, Grant Museum of Zoology<\/a>, Horse Hospital,<\/a> London<\/p>\n

A ten-day series of events, performances, and lectures followed by a symposium on Reclaiming Spectacle<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Organised by\u00a0Aaron Beebe, Coney Island Freak Show Museum<\/a> \/ Joanna Ebenstein, Morbid Anatomy Blog,<\/a> Brookyln \/ Petra Lange-Berndt, Department of History of Art, UCL, Mark Pilkington, Strange Attractor Press<\/a>, London<\/p>\n

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Every spring since 2007, Coney Island USA<\/a> has convened The Congress of Curious People<\/em>, a 10-day theatrical gathering of strange and unique individuals celebrating the subversive and exciting power of the sideshow in its native environment. In 2010, The Congress for Curious People<\/em>\u00a0was added to this heady mix; organised by the Coney Island Museum<\/a> and the Morbid Anatomy Library<\/a>, this series of lectures, performances exhibitions and symposia was created to introduce a scholarly component to the performances with which to explore the ideas of curiosity and curiosities, and particularly why we so enjoy collecting, creating, and contemplating them.<\/p>\n

The theme of the 2013 London edition of the Congress for Curious People is Spectacular Cultures<\/em>\u00a0and will take place from August 29th to September 8th 2013 in multiple venues around London. Produced by Morbid Anatomy<\/a>, Preserved!<\/a> and Strange Attractor<\/a>, and supported by the Wellcome Trust<\/a>, the Congress will consist of a variety of lectures, performances, open houses and tours which aim to open up a discussion, entertain, and bring an audience to amazing spaces in London that deserve more attention.<\/p>\n

The Congress will end in a two-day symposium on Reclaiming Spectacle<\/a>, which will include panels of academics, museum professionals, rogue scholars and artists discussing the intricacies of collecting the spectacular, the politics of bodily display, non-human spectacles, religion and the occult.<\/p>\n

In this way, the Congress will create not only a forum for discussing but also for experiencing spectacle, mixing the academic with the popular spheres.<\/p>\n

Web-publication and programme:\u00a0Curious Papers and Posts<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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Blackpool \/ Barts Museum of Pathology, Warburg Institute, University College London, Old Operating Theatre, Swedenborg House, Grant Museum of Zoology, Horse Hospital, London
August 30th to September 8th 2013
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