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| What will you expect? |
We all have expectations of things, events and places.
Even though we may have plenty of information available to us, often times we come up with a quick judgment about something.
The Venice Beach Freak Show lends itself to just that. It in itself is a presentation that is a contradiction. One example of this is how the term "freak" is used to identify the term "different". The word "freak" has a negative connotation and typically many people will make their decision based on that word.
Walking down Venice Beach you will encounter a colorful giant mural. There is a large two headed skeleton that is waving, that grabs your attention and almost seems to poke fun at it all.
Also outside is a man (a "barker" or pitch man"). In listening to him, we are invited to come and see the first display (still outside and no charge).
It is a 9"x16" plastic tub with water and a couple of rocks and two live turtles. What makes it interesting is that the turtles have extra appendages and heads. They are fully functional and do what turtles do while kept in In fact if you had never seen a turtle before, you would have accepted the notion that all turtles look like that.
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| Yes, a live dog with 5 legs |
In talking with the owners, it seems that their real intent is to show the differences that go on around us and to hopefully gain people's acceptance of the many miracles that occur in nature that we rarely see.
Inside there are many displays that give examples of some genetically different life forms, along with some live performers that do their best to show you that things can be
very different than what we expect to be typical.
This current design is using the illustrations as the attraction with text inclosed in boxes giving structure and order for our target adults that do not like to "go outside the box". The pastell colors used, offer a "safe, non-threatening feeling for our target audience.
