The Great Coney Island Spectacularium August 13, 2011

This is a museum exhibition and 360-degree sound and light spectacular with monthly performances and events. 'The Great Coney Island Spectacularium' - a project by artists Joanna Ebenstein and Aaron Beebe - is a response to and an evocation of an under-remembered Coney Island of large-scale, actor-peopled, immersive spectacles. The exhibition will consist of a variety of elements, each opening at a different times over the exhibition's year-long run: A curiosity cabinet inspired installation exploring these attractions through artifacts and images; The first authentic dime museum in Coney Island since the world-famous Eden Musee closed its doors in 1923; a spectacular immersive cyclorama commemorating the 100th anniversary of New York's second most devastating disaster, the burning of Dreamland on May 27, 1911; and an ongoing series of spectacles and performances including 'The Congress of Curious Peoples,' a 10 day series of performances and lectures about curiosity and curiosities broadly considered; a performance of Grand Guignol inspired Victorian horror; and much more.