Sideshow Happening Performance Extravaganza | Root Division

Submitted by the Event Organizer

Sideshow Happening celebrates the links between conceptual art and the carnival, bringing together artists working in a variety of titillating forms, including: stand-up comedy, glass eating, instructive lectures, living sculpture, noise music, snake charming, fantasy travel, film, slideshow, dance, and their infinite combinations.

Located on the periphery of the circus, the Sideshow offers an intimate den of intrigue, captivation, and magic; a space of marvels and mysteries that was influenced as much by the emerging Cabinets of Curiosities of the late 19th century (the precursors to the museum), as they were by the rapidly developing public sphere of collective entertainment (vaudeville, varieté, radio). Sideshow Happening draws on popular culture, natural history, and artistic production to offer a bridge between performing and performance, audience and spectator, sentimental and obscene, constructed and unfolding.

Sideshow Happening
Opening Reception: Saturday, August 14th, 7-11 pm
Sliding Scale Suggested Donation: $5-$20
– All-Ages Artist Reception: 7-8:30 pm
– Featuring works by Root Division Resident Artists, student work from our Adult Ed Program, and a select group of performances.
– Performance Extravaganza (includes some adult content): 8:30-11 pm

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