Programming
While the final schedule will not be ready until much closer to the convention date, we can share with you that we plan to have lots of exciting things for you to do.
In the Laboratorium, there will be displays, demonstrations, classes, and lectures on making and doing all manner of steampunk things.
In the Scriptorium, meet and mingle with your favorite authors, learn about their new books and learn how you, too, can become a steampunk author.
In the Gallery, meet your favorite artists, view their creations, and discuss how they were inspired.
In the Spectaculariuml, be entertained by steampunk musicians and performers in concerts, filk sessions, and performances, not to mention the Auction, Masquerade, and Ball!
In the Mysterium, play (or learn how to play!) a variety of games both Steampunk and historical. Gamble away your chits at whist or hazard, hunt monsters or pilot dirigibles in the steampunk LARP, or find your marbles for a rousing game of Ring Taw, Bun-Holes, or Cherry Pits!
And then there will be the free-wheeling Promenade where everyone goes to See and Be Seen, to socialize, be photographed against steampunk backdrops and take pictures of other Promenaders, the Mercantile where you can acquire souvenirs and supplies for making your own accessories, or ready-made accessories to add to your already stunning wardrobe, and the Tea Room, where you can relax with a beverage and snacks, gossip, plan out your con campaign.
Here is an abbreviated list of the classes, makeshops, and panels we are offering at the 2012 OctopodiCon (in no particular order):
Victorian Women Explorers: Feminist Geography in the Late 1800′s.
Making a Steampunk Autograph Book/Notebook (Makeshop)
Victorian Secret Codes (Adults)
Victorian Secret Codes (Children’s Programming)
Ooh Shiny! Steampunk Crafts (Makeshop)
Steampunk Accessories
Beginners Class on Belly Dancing
Steampunk on a Budget
Converting Streetwear to Steampunk
Steampunk and its Relation to History
Steampunk on the Big Screen
Chaphop Class
Steam Around the World: Steampunk Beyond Victoriana
Steampunk in Anime
So You Want to Publish Your Steampunk Book
Women in Steampunk
Steampunk Bookmarks (Children’s Programming)
Victorian Visual Fiber Arts (Crazy Quilting)
Steampunk Illustrations
What is Steampunk Art
Dance in the Seraglio
Making Quicksand (Children’s Programming)
Packing your Steampunk Art and Jewelry for Transport
Victorian vs Steampunk Gender Differences
Steam, Magic, and Science
Secret Societies in the Steampunk Era
The Seedy Side of Steampunk
Steampunk Mummy Unwrapping (makeshop)
Hieroglyphics and Cartouche Making (Children’s Programming)
and more….
There will be no lack of fun and interesting things to do and people to meet.
