{"id":1385,"date":"2015-04-08T18:03:42","date_gmt":"2015-04-08T22:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.alfred.edu\/iea\/?p=1385"},"modified":"2026-02-02T18:03:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T23:03:10","slug":"pamela-josephs-sideshow-of-the-absurd-documentary-world-premier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/iea\/2015\/04\/08\/pamela-josephs-sideshow-of-the-absurd-documentary-world-premier\/","title":{"rendered":"Pamela Joseph&#8217;s Sideshow of the Absurd &#8211; Documentary World Premier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row row_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; override_padding=&#8221;yes&#8221; h_padding=&#8221;4&#8243; top_padding=&#8221;2&#8243; bottom_padding=&#8221;2&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243;][vc_column][vc_column_text]<em>Pamela Joseph&#8217;s Sideshow of the Absurd<\/em>, a documentary short by <a href=\"http:\/\/nakedeyeproductions.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tina DiFeliciantonio and Jane C. Wagner<\/a>, will be debuting at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aspenfilm.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aspen Film<\/a>&#8216;s Shortsfest 2015 on Saturday, April 11th, 2015. Inspired by nostalgia for early 20th-century freak shows, <em>Pamela Joseph&#8217;s Sideshow of the Absurd<\/em> is a cinematic exploration of a fantastical exhibition by this internationally recognized artist, who embraces \u2018difference\u2019 with irreverence, humor, and respect for the dignity of \u2018the other\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pamelajoseph.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pamela Joseph<\/a> has visited the iea several times as a visiting artist. During her residencies, Pamela made digital prints and produced an artist&#8217;s book based on her piece entitled <em>The Hundred Headless Women<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/iea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/04\/Press_Release.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Press release for <em> Pamela Joseph&#8217;s Sideshow of the Absurd<\/em><\/a><\/h4>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; override_padding=&#8221;yes&#8221; h_padding=&#8221;7&#8243; top_padding=&#8221;2&#8243; bottom_padding=&#8221;2&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;][vc_column_text]<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1385 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/iea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/04\/bjoseph-atd-041015-1-2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"357\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/iea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/04\/bjoseph-atd-041015-1-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row row_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; override_padding=&#8221;yes&#8221; h_padding=&#8221;4&#8243; top_padding=&#8221;2&#8243; bottom_padding=&#8221;2&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243;][vc_column][vc_column_text]Pamela Joseph&#8217;s Sideshow of the Absurd, a documentary short by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":85091,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/iea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1385"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/iea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/iea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/iea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/iea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1385"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/iea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85090,"href":"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/iea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1385\/revisions\/85090"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/iea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/iea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/iea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/iea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}