The movie The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, directed by Terry Gilliam, instantly came to mind when I learned about the first annual Moonlight Gypsy Market, presented by Mr. Blank’s Carnivale of Black Hearts, which takes place on Friday, August 13th, 2010, at Little Kings Shuffle Club in downtown Athens. The movie features a traveling sideshow troupe with mythical illusions and bright colors in the form of an imaginary world that takes place in the doctor’s mind.
With further research, I learned that Mr. Blank’s Carnivale of Black Hearts is an Athens-based variety sideshow complete with “musical, scary, strange, odd, gross, hilarious and entertaining acts” (according to http://bit.ly/cGExNi), perhaps not unlike those in Doctor Parnassus.
Mr. Blank’s Carnivale of Black Hearts is calling for artists of all sorts to participate in the market place. The show and market start at sundown on Friday and continue into the early hours of Saturday morning. If you feel your artwork and crafts are considered “outsider”, erotic, macabre, weird or dark, please submit your work! Go to http://bit.ly/cBss5X for information on the submission process, securing a table and payment options. Remember, the show is juried and the deadline for entries is July 18th, 2010.
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