Spend Weekend With Amelia Earhart's Talking Brain
By BOB CONNORS
Updated 8:44 AM EST, Mon, May 25, 2009
Ever heard of the Steampunk art genre? No? You're probably not alone. But now is your chance to check it out. If you like things that are a little odd, it might be right up your alley.
The MAC 650 Artspace Gallery in Middletown is hosting an exhibit called Steampunk Bizarre.
"Come and see a time that never happened," the Middletown Artist Cooperative writes on its Web site.
Interested yet? OK, here's some more. Steampunk Bizarre features two independent artists, as well as a team from a Middletown company called Steam Gear Labs, which makes custom-built creatures and props for horror movies.
Still can't get a handle on the Steampunk genre?
"It's science meets Victorian, late 1800s meets technology," Steam Gear Labs co-owner Joey Marsocci tells the Middletown Press.
Artist Noel Coonce-Ewing has several pieces in the show.
"It’s about taking technology and applying it to another time," Coonce-Ewing told the newspaper.
One of the pieces in the show, the Amelia Earhart Navigation System, uses an Art Deco-style radio, a trumpet and a brain in a jar topped with an aviator cap and goggles to create a paranormal trip through the last days of Earhart’s mysterious life. The radio plays a recorded story of her disappearance, as if her brain is talking.
“Steampunk is finding junk and pulling it together,” Coonce-Ewing she told the newspaper. “Props throughout history are made from junk.”
Another item, the Eye-Pod Victrola, takes the iPod back t the Victorian era. A victrola serves as a docking station, and instead of the wheel to scroll through songs, it has an eyeball.
The MAC 650 Artspace Gallery is hosting a closing party for the exhibit tonight from 7 to 10 p.m.
Steampunk Bizarre will also be open Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to noon.
The gallery is located at 650 Main St. in Middletown.
First Published: May 22, 2009 11:36 AM EST
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