Pericles Kondylatos

Pericles Kondylatos
Rodon 15, Nea Kifissia
Athens, Greece. 14564
tel: 210 8075439, Mob: 6945543044
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Date of Birth: 8 May 1979



A freak show is an exhibition of rarities, "freaks of nature" "” such as unusually tall or short humans, and people with both male and female secondary sexual characteristics or other extraordinary diseases and conditions "” and performances that are expected to be shocking to the viewers. Heavily tattooed or pierced people have sometimes been seen in freak shows, as have fire-eating and sword-swallowing acts. The term "freak show" is generally considered in contemporary times to be highly inappropriate and dehumanizing.
Freak shows were popular in the United States from around 1840 to the 1970s, and were often, but not always, associated with circuses and carnivals. Some shows also exhibited deformed animals (such as two-headed cows, one-eyed pigs, and four-horned goats) and famous hoaxes, or simply "science gone wrong" exhibits (such as deformed babies).
Changes in popular culture and entertainment led to the decline of the freak show as a form entertainment. As previously mysterious anomalies were scientifically explained as genetic mutations or diseases, freaks became the objects o...

Education:

2002-2003: Post Graduate Diploma in Drawing, Camberwell College of Arts. London, England.

1999-2002: Bachelor (Honours) Surrey Institute of Art and Design University, College. Surrey - England. ( University for the Creative Arts )

1998-1999: BTEC - National Diploma in Design, Architecture and Art. Foundation Course, Plakas Arts Centre - Athens.


2008: Sculpture course, Athens College.

2000-2001: New Media Cousre, Intergraphics Institute– Athens.

1999-2000: New Media Cousre, Intergraphics Institute – Athens.

1997-1998: Drawing courses, Stefos Art School – Athens.

1997-1998: Drawing courses, Tsigris Art School – Athens.

1996-1997: Drawing courses, Plakas Arts Centre – Athens.

1994-1997: 3rd Lycium of Kiffisia