calling all techno-anachronists, alternate-historians, and the  retrofuture-curious:

GEAR Con is Portland's homegrown celebration of steampunk arts and culture. Experiment PDX is a hands-on scientific cabinet of curiosities for grown-ups, families, and kids. Saturday, September 30, 2023 we unite to bring you an all-day steampunk festivity featuring

Mad art, weird science, & adversarial tea-time!

Gather in good company and odd society for art & science projects, discussions, workshops, games, and more.  Enjoy beloved GEAR Con events like the Scrapheap Challenge, tea dueling, and a demo by Tesla Coil Works; end the day with an evening social and a performance by Cece Otto! Costumes optional but appreciated. Steampunk creatives come share your endeavors;  artists & vendors email ahead about consigning a selection of your offerings for the day.

👉 Email us to get involved! 📨

Explore the past that never was--invent the future yet to be

Demo By Tesla Coil Works

This performance displays the brilliantly colored light created by Tesla Coil High Voltage Arcs and Sparks. This is man-made lightning and thunder, only slightly tamed, and is brought close to see the beauty.  -- https://www.teslacoilworks.com/

Musical Guest Cece Otto

Cecelia “Cece” Otto is a classically trained singer, composer, international best-selling author and historian who has performed in venues all over the world both as a soloist and in ensemble. In 2013, she completed her cross-country musical journey An American Songline, performing 30 concerts of historic vintage music on venues along the Lincoln Highway. Cece then went on to create other historical programs such as The Songs of World War I and Centennial of Suffrage, and is currently touring with a concert program about Prohibition. She lives in Portland, Oregon, and has written books and recorded albums based on her research.  -- https://americansongline.com/

Grand Salon Schedule of Activities

Noon - Electromotors: Fun With the Lorentz Force (Molly Radany & Dr. L Ektron, in the Crafters' Lab)

12:15pm - Welcoming Remarks & Tea Dueling Demonstration (Cast & Crew)

1pm - Around the World in 80 Looks: International Steampunk Fashion (Flori Steele & Clifford Moore)

2pm - The Steampunk Scrapheap Challenge - Blind-Bag Assemblage Art Scramble (Marjan Anvari & Dr. L Ektron, in the Crafters' Lab)

3pm - "Museum as Muse III" Zymoglyphic Museum Residency Q&A (Jim Stewart and Lyndsay Hogland, in the Gallery)

4pm - "Who's the Brute, or, An Extraordinarily Edifying Illumination of a Topic of Considerable Importance, Unless the Urge Should Strike to Discourse upon Tea Instead." (The Hezârfenzadeh Shchihim "Tepan Fyodorovich İfritoğlu"  Tlyusten Yoldaş-Paşa)

4:15pm - Tiny Hat Crafting/Decorating Social (Molly Radany, in the Crafters' Lab)

5pm - Panel of Steampunk & Adjacent Coming Attractions (Ensemble)

6pm - This performance displays the brilliantly colored light created by Tesla Coil High Voltage Arcs and Sparks. This is man-made lightning and thunder, only slightly tamed, and is brought close to see the beauty. (Dr. Professor Anderson)

7pm - Clash of the Tiffins! Exhibition Tea Dueling

8pm - Performance by Singing Music Historian Cece Otto

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