INAUGURAL ATHANASIUS KIRCHER SOCIETY MEETING HIGHLIGHTS
It was a glorious evening of unabashed nerdiness. Oh sure, the New Yorker described the attendees as "self-consciously twee hipsters", but that's how self-conscious cynics characterize gatherings with relatively low snark levels (Belle & Sebastian was not mentioned once during the entire evening, btw). I for one met some lovely people. Anyway, I thought I'd share the footage with you, in case anyone was interested:
Links to complete videos of individual presentations may be found on the Athanasius Kircher Society Website. Below is a list of the individual presentations:
--The Meeting is Called to Order
--Anthony Grafton’s Invocation
--“Stump the Real Rain Man,” with Kim and Fran Peek
--Nate True’s Time Fountain
--Kircher Society Mementos
--Rosamond Purcell: “Snakestones and Flying Cats: Collecting for Kircher’s Ark”
--Romeo and Juliet: The First Ever Dramatic Performance in Solresol, Introduced by Paul Collins, Directed by Dylan Thuras
--The Man who Fell from Space: Col. Joe Kittinger, Jr., USAF Ret.
--Jesse Ferguson’s Polyreactory Assemblage of Contemplation, Gadgetry, and Exothermic Liberation, and the Meeting’s Adjournment
~W
Links to complete videos of individual presentations may be found on the Athanasius Kircher Society Website. Below is a list of the individual presentations:
--The Meeting is Called to Order
--Anthony Grafton’s Invocation
--“Stump the Real Rain Man,” with Kim and Fran Peek
--Nate True’s Time Fountain
--Kircher Society Mementos
--Rosamond Purcell: “Snakestones and Flying Cats: Collecting for Kircher’s Ark”
--Romeo and Juliet: The First Ever Dramatic Performance in Solresol, Introduced by Paul Collins, Directed by Dylan Thuras
--The Man who Fell from Space: Col. Joe Kittinger, Jr., USAF Ret.
--Jesse Ferguson’s Polyreactory Assemblage of Contemplation, Gadgetry, and Exothermic Liberation, and the Meeting’s Adjournment
~W