Philadelphia: Secret Truths and Infinite Mysteries

These pictures are the only known records of the first installment of our lecture series.  It was titled Philadelphia: Secret Truths And Infinite Mysteries, and took place on August 25th, 2007.  Circle Of Hope in Fishtown hosted the event, and Billy Fatzinger Jr. emceed the night.  The 2-color screen printed poster was created by Scott Gelber and Michael Gerkovich.  Matt Borda handed out a quiz a the end of his presentation that you can still fill out.  The promotional illustration featuring the likeness of Benjamin Franklin was created by Andy Smith.

Topics explored in this installment included a history of the cheese steak by Matthew Borda, the unscrupulous secrets of the water treatment facilities, a glimpse into the future in which a severely mutated population inhabits the rubble of the city, Billy's musical stylings, and a whole lot of other things i can't remember.

poster by Scott Gelber and Michael Gerkovich

cheese steak quiz by Matthew Borda

illustration by Andy Smith

What is?

andy smith, co-founder

This inter-net publication was created (after a long, long wait) to document and promote the amorphous organism that is generally referred to as The Olde Pennsylvania City Logos And Powerpointe Society For Geniuses, Holograms, Orphans, And Associates.  It was birthed in the summer of 2007 in a filthy West Philadelphia mansion as a very small group of friends (Billy Fatzinger, Scott Gelber, Michael Gerkovich, and Andy Smith) who assembled an audio-visual faux-academic comedy-lecture series about the secret histories of Philadelphia.  Since then, the group has expanded to include several other artists, writers, comedians, film makers, musicians, and performance artists, mostly in Pennsylvania City.  The founders and the larger group are also mixed up in a variety of other enriching, vile, and wholesome projects that can be loosely tied to powerpointe, the last and final art form ever to be created by man.

scott gelber, billy fatzinger, michael gerkovich; co-founders