Dionysus Stardust: Theater, Masks, and the Spectacle of Rock & Roll

Dionysus Stardust: Theater, Masks, and the Spectacle of Rock & Roll – An Online Presentation by Peter Bebergal 2:00 PM$12

Drawn largely from research and ideas related to his book Season of the Witch: How the Occult Saved Rock and Roll, author Peter Bebergal will present a multi-media presentation of the ways in which the aesthetics and mythos of rock and roll have been deeply influenced by the painters, writers, and composers of the 19th century. Bebergalwill narrate a secret occult history of rock that owes its mystique to people like Aubrey Beardsley, Austin Osman Spare, Alphonse Mucha, Alexander Scriabin, and others, as well as the pomp and circumstance of the magic fraternities of that century’s Occult Revival.

Bio:

Peter Bebergal's writing on speculative and fringe cultures have been published by the Believer, the Times Literary Supplement, the New Yorker, Virginia Quarterly Review, and the Paris Review. He is the author of All Our Famous Monsters: Creature Features in an Age of Anxietyforthcoming from University of California Press, Strange Frequencies: The Extraordinary Story of the Technological Quest for the Supernatural, Season of the Witch: How the Occult Saved Rock and Roll, among others. He is also the editor of Appendix N: Weird Tales from the Roots of Dungeons & Dragons.

He can found on Instagram at @peter-bebergal

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