Video clips of Bloody Mary freaking passersby the fuck out at Zombiecon 2008. This is how a zombie exits the Astor Place station, directly pre-many-shots at Continental….. video by Tektite via costume network.
Zombies attack the subway. Image by Lucid Revolution
Life in New York City: if the giant apes, mutant lizards, sewer crocs, or CHUDs dont’ get you, then the zombies will. Last night saw the grim dawn of Zombiecon 2008. Zombiecon is a much-loved precursor to Halloween (bigger’n Xmas in NYC), and derives much of its accessibility from its loose organization. Dressed like a zombie? Just kinda look like a zombie? Nice move- you’re part of Zombiecon.
ZOMBIECON Featured in the New York Times.
SPARE TIMES: Article by MELENA RYZIK
Published: October 17, 2008
There are still two weeks until Halloween, and already the undead are out in force. ZombieCon, the annual parade of the bloody, the battered and the strangely animated, takes place on Saturday. For the fourth year participants in this loosely organized spectacle will roam the streets of Manhattan (above), dressed in their best grave-defying fashions and gaping wounds, spending the afternoon scaring children and shopkeepers and hunting for brains (and beer).
”ZombieCon combines the things we love most (costumes, street theater and Halloween parties) with a wry commentary on what we see as the mindless consumer nature of the holiday and mainstream party scenes,” Irene Kaoru Malatesta, a creator of the event and a graphic designer by day, wrote in an e-mail message. ”The first three years had us beginning our invasion down Fifth Avenue for maximum contrast between the chic shops and our bedraggled horde.”
This year the opportunity for cultural jamming is especially ripe: suggested outfits include zombie stockbroker, zombie bull market and zombie Brooklyn food co-op manager. Of course some people just go for the creativity.
”My all-time favorite might be zombie Charlie Brown — he carried a handmade thought bubble that said simply, ‘Grief,’ ” wrote Ms. Malatesta, who plans to do her best Michael Jackson in ”Thriller.”
As with any attack, stealth is key; location information for the event is not released in advance. Join the e-mail list at ZombieCon.com for details, or just let them find you.
Great ZOMBIECON 2007 short film by zombie friend Richard Calvache. Parts 1 and 2.
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Via Suckapants: I went to ZombieCon this year, and it was probably the most fun I’ve had since my first Halloween Critical Mass ride. Everyone dresses up like zombies (photographers/videographers as well) and marauds through the streets of Manhattan, as … Continue reading
This City Can Leave You So Drained. Photo: Elizabeth Lippman for The New York Times
Zombiecon feature by RUTH LA FERLA
Published: October 26, 2006
“I just rolled out of the grave,” Liz Starin drawled, sounding fatigued. Shrouded in a white dress and matching silk piano shawl, Ms. Starin then rejoined her friends, several dozen pale revelers gnawing on fake limbs, dripping “blood” from blackened lips and looking every bit like extras in a George Romero flick.
But the ghoulish scene on the Upper East Side of Manhattan wasn’t an outtake from “Dawn of the Dead.” “We call this a form of participatory art,” said Jim Glaser, an organizer of the event, known as a Zombiecon. It was one in a series of monthly costume extravaganzas attended by artists, designers and business executives who meet in clubs or restaurants, then take to the streets to startle passers-by.
“Oh my God, what was that,” an onlooker on Fifth Avenue gasped before snapping a photo of Ms. Starin and her chalk-faced cohort. Mr. Glaser looked on smugly. “We try to make it Halloween all year round,” he said.
A clip by Jonathan of Curious Travelers from the first NYC Zombiecon, October 2005.
