THE 2012 CONGRESS SYMPOSIUM
Saturday and Sunday, April 21st and 22nd
Tickets for this 2-day event are $30 and can be purchased by clicking here. 10-day Congressional Passes–which give the bearer access to all Congress events, including those that are sold out — are available for $75 ($100 at the door); click here to purchase those.
Saturday April 21st
11:00 – 12:00 Keynote Addresses
Joanna Ebenstein and Aaron Beebe
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch
1:00 – 3:30 Immersive Amusements: Cosmoramas, Cycloramas and Panoramic Illusions
Suzanne Wray
Sara Velas, The Velaslavasay Panorama
Jessica Routhier, The Saco Museum
Russell Potter, Rhode Island College
Moderated and introduced by Aaron Beebe, The Coney Island Museum
4:00 – 5:00: The Business of the Dead: Frederik Ruysch as an Entrepreneurial Anatomist
Daniel Margocsy, Hunter College
5:00 – Christmas in America: Miss Velma and the Evangelist Spectacle
Daniel Paul
Sunday April 22nd
11:00 – 1:00: Religion and Spectacle
Paul Koudounaris, Empire of Death
Shannon Taggart, Photographer
The Venerable Tsering Phunstok
Colin Dickey, Afterlives of the Saints
Salvador Olguin, Borderline Projects
Moderated and introduced by Joanna Ebenstein, The Morbid Anatomy Library
1:00 – 2:30: Lunch and Sideshow
2:30 – 3:30 Traveling Ethnographic Shows and Human Zoos
Elizabeth Bradley
3:30 – 5:30: Theater Rethunk: An Alternative History of the Theatrical
Amy Herzog, Queens College
Colin Nightingale, Senior Producer of Punchdrunk, Sleep No More
Alex Harvey
Dick Zigun, Coney Island USA
Moderated by Chris Muller, New York University
