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Te historical meeting of Vodou and Mesmerism in pre-Revolutionary Haiti and the story of a UN-led ritual binding of a monumental pig in down town Port-au-Prince in 2004.
The Ecology, Cosmos and Consciousness lectures series presents:
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Telemaque in Marmelade: How Mesmerism met Vodou in Pre-Revolutionary Haiti
Dr John Cussans
John Cussans is an artist, writer and educator who lives and works in London. He completed his PhD - Revolting Subjects and Epidemic Disorder: Georges Bataille, Heterology and Broadcast Horror - in 1995 before setting of to Mexico to research the story of the Narco-Satanicos. In 2001 he co-founded The Bughouse, an arts/psyop network inspired by the writings of Philip K Dick which generated Project VALIS and The Ideoplasmic Congress events in the early 0's. I 2009 he participated in the Ghetto Biennale in Port-au-Prince Haiti where he produced the video 'Invisible Mirrors' which tells the story of a UN-led ritual binding of a monumental pig in down town Port-au-Prince in 2004. He is currently working on a public presentation to the community of Grand Rue in Port-au-Prince about the historical meeting of Vodou and Mesmerism in pre-Revolutionary Haiti.
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21 June 2011 at 6:00 pm |
Duration: | 2 hours 30 minutes |
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The October Gallery |
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Entry £7 /£5 Concessions, |
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Pay at the door, Please RSVP on Facebook (afraid so) so that we can anticipate numbers https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=219479494748671 |
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Arrive 6pm for a 6:30pm Start - Wine available |
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