The Saddest Object in the World

The Saddest Object in the World

"The Saddest Object in the World"

An Illustrated Meditation by Evan Michelson, Obscura Antiques and Oddities, Morbid Anatomy Library Scholar in residence
Date: Monday, April 12th
Time: 7:00 PM
Admission: $5
* Location: Coney Island Museum, 1208 Surf Ave. Brooklyn (please note changed location!)
IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE  CONGRESS OF CURIOUS PEOPLE

“The Saddest Object in the World” is a meditation on one particular artifact; an exercise in Proustian involuntary memory, aesthetic critique, and philosophical bargaining.

Sometimes objects have consequences.

Evan Michelson is an antiques dealer, lecturer, accumulator and aesthete; she tirelessly indulges a lifelong pursuit of all things obscure and melancholy. She currently lives in another place and time

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