Specifics from the Upside Down Dossier

aft" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Zirkus|Wissenschaft , a new traveling exhibit is available for loan to circus events such as festivals and conferences. Its called Exhibition Upside Down and it was designed at the ‘UpSideDown – Circus and Space’ Conference this past June in Germany at the University of Munster by a graphic recorder who was present at the lectures and logged the discussions that unfolded in visual and interesting ways, connecting information graphically and presenting it in an artistic format. By turning the core statements into words and pictures, the information is more approachable as conversation starters. One of the aims of the project was to break down the communication gap between the circus academic, the circus practitioner and the public–to open up a discourse where all three can contribute in meaningful ways. Canadian researcher Louis Patrick Leroux explained the global need for such spaces, “A space for circus research must be a sp...