Pyrkon
Coordinates: 52°24′11″N 16°54′15″E / 52.403091°N 16.904045°E
| Multigenre Fan Convention Pyrkon | |
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| Status | Active |
| Genre | Multi-genre |
| Venue | Poznań International Fair |
| Location(s) | Poznań |
| Country | Poland |
| Inaugurated | 1999 |
| Attendance | over 38 000 |
| Organized by | SF Club "Second Age" |
| Filing status | Non-profit |
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Pyrkon 2014
Cosplayers on Pyrkon 2014
Pyrkon 2013
Pyrkon 2011
Multigenre Fan Convention Pyrkon (pol. Festiwal Fantastyki Pyrkon) (commonly known as Pyrkon) is a Polish fan convention held annually in Poznań on the first weekend after the spring equinox and dedicated to an integration of Science fiction fandom and a promotion of science-fiction/fantasy literature, comics, film, television, video games, RPG, LARP, board games, collectible card games and miniature wargaming.
History
Pyrkon has been held by the Second Age Science Fiction Club (Klub Fantastyki "Druga Era") every year since 2000, except 2005 when they held Polcon. (In 2011 they organised both Pyrkon and Polcon.) Pyrkon has been a non-profit convention from its beginning, and all organizers, lecturers and gofers are volunteers.
Initially Pyrkon was held at the Dębiec district of Poznań in the following places:
- Elementary School nr 21 in Poznań [2000-2010];
- Gymnasium nr 42 in Poznań [2008-2010];
- Cezamet Hotel [2008-2010];
- High and Technical Schools Complex nr 19 in Poznań [2010.
Due to the increasing number of visitors, in 2011 the convention moved to the present location, the Poznań International Fair and the Liceum Ogólnokształcące nr 2 in Poznań (Liceum Ogólnokształcące nr 2 w Poznaniu).
On 6 March 1999, Second Age organised "Science Fiction Day" in the "Sun" District House of Culture in the Przyjaźni (Polish for friendship) district in Poznań.[1] It was the direct predecessor of Pyrkon.
The tradition of holding Pyrkon on the first weekend after the spring equinox started in 2006. Usually it is also the weekend when Daylight saving time begins – participants are informed in a convention guide book and on posters of the need to adjust their timepieces.
Etymology
According to one theory,[2] the name "Pyrkon" comes from the 10th Book of Pausanias' "Guide to Ancient Greece", where he quotes "Eumolpia", a hexameter poem attributed to Musaios, a son of Antiophemos, which states that Delphic Sibyl belonged to Poseidon and Gaia (Earth) in common, and that Gaia gave her oracles herself, but Poseidon used Pyrkon as his mouthpiece in giving responses.[3]
According to the other theory, the name "Pyrkon" is derived from pyra ("potato" in Poznań's dialect) and the suffix -kon, which is added to names of all Polish fan conventions.
Program
Main Attractions
Pyrkon's goals are realized in:
- meetings and discussion panels with science fiction and fantasy authors;
- meetings with books and games publishers;
- thematic lectures related to all spheres of science fiction;
- popular science lectures, especially about physics, history, linguistics and cultural studies;
- RPG sessions and LARP-s;
- lending board games (Games Room);
- lending old video games;[4]
- board games, collectible card games and miniature wargaming tournaments;
- demonstrations and premieres of board games, collectible card games, miniature wargaming and video games;
- thematic competitions with prizes.
Other Attractions
On Pyrkon also take place:
- concerts;
- fighting shows;
- fireshows;
- dancing shows and lessons;
- karaoke and DDR contests;
- Pyrkon Dance.
Program Sections
Attractions (lectures, discussion panels, meetings with guests, contests, concerts etc.) on Pyrkon are divided into thematic sections. Most attractions are held in Polish, since 2013 however Pyrkon has an English language section, intended for English speaking attendees.[5]
Pyrkon 2013 had 14 program sections, which are listed below:
- English Section – all kinds of attractions held entirely in English language, intended for attendees with no knowledge of the Polish language;
- Film Section – lectures about films and film-making, amateur film shows, lessons of creating YouTube content;
- Computer Games Section – computer games contests and tournaments, lectures about game design, creating Let's Plays;
- Literature Section – lectures and discussion panels about science-fiction and fantasy literature and meetings with authors;
- Science Section – popular science lectures;
- RPG Section – lessons on making good role-play sessions, presentations of new RPG systems, meetings with role-playing games creators;
- LARP Section – LARP games, contest for best LARP on Pyrkon, presentations of LARP systems, lectures about making LARP costumes, improving larping skills;
- Comics Section – lessons of comics drawing, meetings with comic book artists, lectures about comics;
- Manga & Anime Section – lessons of manga style drawing, lectures about Japanese comics, animation and culture in general;
- Contest Section – competitions about every part of pop culture;
- Board Games Section – Games Room – presentations of new board games, games' rules lessons, lending board games;
- Beginners' Section – short introductory lectures about every aspect of Fandom for beginners who have never visited any convention, played a board game, seen science-fiction film etc.
- Kids' Section – science-fiction and fantasy related attractions for children younger than 10 years old;
- Exhibitions, Shows, Workshops – dance lessons and shows, concerts, lego exhibitions etc.
Foreign guests
Time and place
| Time | Place | Visitors | Official guests |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 6, 1999 | District House of Culture "Sun", "Friendship" district in Poznań[1] | ~400 | Jacek Inglot, Robert Lipski, Marek Oramus, Romuald Pawlak, Andrzej Sapkowski, prof. Antoni Smuszkiewicz, Przemysław Truściński, Rafał A. Ziemkiewicz, Andrzej Zimniak[1] |
| March 11–12, 2000 | Elementary School nr 21 in Poznań | ~580 | Eugeniusz Dębski, Marek S. Huberath, Jacek Inglot, Witold Jabłoński, Feliks W. Kres, Andrzej Pilipiuk, Andrzej Sapkowski, Jacek Sobota, Andrzej Zimniak |
| March 9–11, 2001 | Elementary School nr 21 in Poznań | ~650 | Eugeniusz Dębski, Mirosław Jabłoński, Lech Jęczmyk, Marek Oramus, Maciej Parowski, Andrzej Pilipiuk, Bogusław Polch, Jacek Sobota, Andrzej Zimniak, Maciej Żerdziński |
| March 15–17, 2002 | Elementary School nr 21 in Poznań | ~600 | Anna Brzezińska, Lech Jęczmyk, Feliks W. Kres, Maja Lidia Kossakowska, Marek Oramus, Maciej Parowski, Andrzej Pilipiuk, Bogusław Polch, Andrzej Ziemiański, Rafał A. Ziemkiewicz, Andrzej Zimniak |
| March 28–30, 2003 | Elementary School nr 21 in Poznań | ~700 | Anna Brzezińska, Jacek Dukaj, Lech Jęczmyk, Jacek Komuda, Dominika Materska, Marek Oramus, Jacek Sobota, Wojciech Szyda, Andrzej Ziemiański, Andrzej Zimniak |
| March 12–14, 2004 | Elementary School nr 21 in Poznań[15] | ~750[16] | Artur Baniewicz, Dawid Brykalski, Anna Brzezińska, Tomasz Budzyński, Witold Jabłoński, Darek Jasiczak, Lech Jęczmyk, Marcin Mortka, Maciej Parowski, Romuald Pawlak, Andrzej Sapkowski, Wojtek Sedeńko, Jacek Sobota, Wojciech Świdziniewski[17] |
| March 24–26, 2006 | Elementary School nr 21 in Poznań[18] | 867 | Jarosław Grzędowicz, Maciej Guzek, Marek S. Huberath, Witold Jabłoński, Lech Jęczmyk, Jacek Komuda, Maja Lidia Kossakowska, Marcin Mortka, Staszek Mąderek, Łukasz Orbitowski, Maciej Parowski, Jacek Piekara, Krzysztof Piskorski, Michał Protasiuk, Marcin Przybyłek, Wojciech Szyda, Szczepan Twardoch[19] |
| March 23–25, 2007 | Elementary School nr 21 in Poznań[20] | 1080 | Ewa Białołęcka, Piotr W. Cholewa, Jakub Ćwiek, Jarosław Grzędowicz, Maciej Guzek, Marek S. Huberath, Witold Jabłoński, Lech Jęczmyk, Jacek Komuda, Rafał Kosik, Maja Lidia Kossakowska, Magdalena Kozak, Marcin Mortka, Łukasz Orbitowski, Maciej Parowski, Andrzej Pilipiuk, Michał Protasiuk, Marcin Przybyłek, Wojciech Szyda, Szczepan Twardoch, Andrzej Zimniak, Paweł Zych[21] |
| March 28–30, 2008 | Elementary School nr 21 in Poznań, Gymnasium nr 42 in Poznań, Cezamet Hotel[22] | 2131[23] | Ewa Białołęcka, Anna Brzezińska, Elżbieta Cherezińska, Michał Cetnarowski, Jakub Ćwiek, Rafał Dębski, Jacek Drewnowski, Jarosław Grzędowicz, Maciej Guzek, Marek S. Huberath, Witold Jabłoński, Lech Jęczmyk, Barbara "Maskotka" Karlik, Jacek Komuda, Rafał Kosik, Maja Lidia Kossakowska, Jacek Kowalski, Magdalena Kozak, Paweł Majka, Paweł Matuszek, Iwona Michałowska-Gabrych, Marcin Mortka, Dominika Oramus, Marek Oramus, Łukasz Orbitowski, Maciej Parowski, Magda Parus, Andrzej Pilipiuk, Michał Protasiuk, Marcin Przybyłek, Piotr Rogoża, Wit Szostak, Wojciech Szyda, Łukasz Śmigiel, Szczepan Twardoch, Konrad Walewski, Robert M. Wegner,[24] Miroslav Žamboch[6] |
| March 27–29, 2009 | Elementary School nr 21 in Poznań, Gymnasium nr 42 in Poznań, Cezamet Hotel[25] | 2876[26] | Marek Baraniecki, Ewa Białołęcka, Anna Brzezińska, Jakub Ćwiek, Bartosz Grykowski, Maciej Guzek, Marek S. Huberath, Witold Jabłoński, Lech Jęczmyk, Jacek Komuda, Rafał Kosik, Jacek Kowalski, Magdalena Kozak, Iwona Michałowska-Gabrych, Marcin Mortka, Łukasz Orbitowski, Maciej Parowski, Andrzej Pilipiuk, Michał Protasiuk, Marcin Przybyłek, Piotr Rogoża, Edyta Rudolf, Wojciech Siudmak, prof. Antoni Smuszkiewicz, Wit Szostak, Wojciech Szyda, Szczepan Twardoch, Milena Wójtowicz, Andrzej Zimniak[7] |
| March 26–28, 2010 | Elementary School nr 21 in Poznań, Gymnasium nr 42 in Poznań, Cezamet Hotel, High and Technical Schools Complex nr 19 in Poznań[27] | 3023[28] | Ewa Białołęcka, Michał Bogacki, Elżbieta Cherezińska, Michał Cetnarowski, Jakub Ćwiek, Rafał Dębski, Jacek Drewnowski, Jarosław Grzędowicz, Maciej Guzek, Marek S. Huberath, Witold Jabłoński, Lech Jęczmyk, Barbara "Maskotka" Karlik, Jacek Komuda, Rafał Kosik, Maja Lidia Kossakowska, Jacek Kowalski, Magdalena Kozak, Paweł Majka, Paweł Matuszek, Iwona Michałowska-Gabrych, Marcin Mortka, Dominika Oramus, Marek Oramus, Łukasz Orbitowski, Maciej Parowski, Magda Parus, Agnieszka Piechnik, Andrzej Pilipiuk, Michał Protasiuk, Marcin Przybyłek, Piotr Rogoża, Wit Szostak, Wojciech Szyda, Łukasz Śmigiel, Szczepan Twardoch, Konrad Walewski, Marcin Wolski, Robert M. Wegner[29] |
| March 25–27, 2011 | Poznań International Fair, Liceum Ogólnokształcące nr 2 in Poznań[30] | 3660[31] | Ewa Białołęcka, Jarosław Błotny, Anna Brzezińska, Michał Cetnarowski, Elżbieta Cherezińska, Jakub Ćwiek, Dariusz Domagalski, Artur Ganszyniec, Jarosław Grzędowicz, Maciej Guzek, Agnieszka Hałas, Marek S. Huberath, Aleksandra Janusz, Lech Jęczmyk, Barbara "Maskotka" Karlik, Jacek Komuda, Piotr Koryś, Rafał Kosik, Maja Lidia Kossakowska, Jacek Kowalski, Staszek Mąderek, Paweł Majka, Michał Markowski, Iwona Michałowska-Gabrych, Marcin Mortka, Piotr Olszówka, Łukasz Orbitowski, Maciej Parowski, Magda Parus, Agnieszka Piechnik, Krzysztof Piskorski, Michał Protasiuk, Piotr Rogoża, Wit Szostak, Artur Szrejter, Wojciech Szyda, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Jakub Żulczyk[8] |
| March 23–25, 2012 | Poznań International Fair, Liceum Ogólnokształcące nr 2 in Poznań[32] | 6508 | Ewa Białołęcka, Jarosław Błotny, Karolina Burda, Michał Cetnarowski, Jakub Ćwiek, Dariusz Domagalski, Grzegorz Drukarczyk, Maciej Guzek, Agnieszka Hałas, Shane Lacy Hensley, Jacek Inglot, Aleksandra Janusz, Lech Jęczmyk, Barbara "Maskotka" Karlik, Tomasz Kołodziejczak, Rafał Kosik, Jacek Kowalski, Magdalena Kozak, Staszek Mąderek, Ian McDonald, Iwona Michałowska-Gabrych, Marcin Mortka, Marta Nowak, Piotr Olszówka, Maciej Parowski, Magda Parus, Romuald Pawlak, Krzysztof Piskorski, Michał Protasiuk, Maciej "Shushei" Ratuszniak, Piotr Rogoża, Grzegorz Rosiński, Robert "Bele" Sienicki, Artur Szrejter, Wojciech Szyda, Łukasz Śmigiel, Michał "Śledziu" Śledziński, Witold Vargas, Robert M. Wegner, Paweł Zych[9] |
| March 22–24, 2013 | Poznań International Fair, Liceum Ogólnokształcące nr 2 in Poznań[33] | 12299[34] | Ewa Białołęcka, Sylwia Błach, Michał Bogacz, Anna Brzezińska, Karolina Burda, Michał Cetnarowski, Elżbieta Cherezińska, Adrian Chmielarz, Jakub Ćwiek, Stefan Darda, Jacek Dukaj, Anna Głomb, Jakub Grudziński, Agnieszka Hałas, Sebastian Hetman, Marek S. Huberath, Marcin Hybel, Jacek Inglot, Aneta Jadowska, Aleksandra Janusz, Lech Jęczmyk, Igor Kaczmarek, Anna Kańtoch, Tomasz Kołodziejczak, Jacek Komuda, Rafał Kosik, Maja Lidia Kossakowska, Mateusz Kowalski, Łukasz Malinowski, Iwona Michałowska-Gabrych, Marcin Mortka, Ilona Myszkowska, Konrad Okoński, Łukasz Orbitowski, Maciej Parowski, Magda Parus, Wojciech Pazdur, Krzysztof Piskorski, Bogusław Polch, Michał Protasiuk, Marcin Przybyłek, Andrzej W. Sawicki, Robert Jerzy Szmidt, Wojciech Szyda, Witold Vargas, Robert M. Wegner, Marcin Wełnicki[10] |
| March 21–23, 2014 | Poznań International Fair, Liceum Ogólnokształcące nr 2 in Poznań[35] | ~24500[36] | Katarzyna Babis, Ewa Białołęcka, Sylwia Błach, Michał Centnarowski, Jakub Ćwiek, Jakub "Dem" Dębski, Tomek "Quaz" Drabik, Kamil "CTSG" Popielski, Agata "dudsonowa" Rutkowska, Agnieszka Hałas, Jacek Inglot, Aneta Jadowska, Arkadiusz "Dark Archon" Kamiński, Anna Kańtoch, Tomasz Kołodziejczak, Jacek Komuda, Maja Lidia Kossakowska, Iwona Michałowska-Gabrych, Ilona Myszkowska, Łukasz Orbitowski, Maciej Parowski, Andrzej Pilipiuk, Krzysztof Piskorski, Michał Protasiuk, Marcin Rustecki, Robert Sienicki, Wojciech Szyda, Agata Wawryniuk, Andrzej Zimniak, Paweł Zych oraz Piotr "Ramel" Koryś, Maciej "repek" Reputakowski, Wojtek Rzadek, Maciej "lucek" Sabat, Michał "Puszon" Stachyra, Michał Sołtysiak, Rafał Szyma, Mateusz "Craven" Wielgosz |
| April 24–26, 2015 | Poznań International Fair, Liceum Ogólnokształcące nr 2 in Poznań | 31 495[37] | Anna Kańtoch, Maja Lidia Kossakowska, Maciej Parowski, Andrzej Pilipiuk, Jakub Ćwiek, Robert J. Szmidt, Ewa Białołęcka, Robert M. Wegner, Jarosław Grzędowicz and lots more others |
| April 8–10, 2016 | Poznań International Fair, Liceum Ogólnokształcące nr 2 in Poznań[38] | 40 622[39] | Michał Azarewicz, Michał Cholewa, Piotr W. Cholewa, Jakub Ćwiek, Christian Dumais, Michał Gołkowski, Marek Grzywacz, Kazimierz Kyrcz, John Layman, Marcin Mortka, Katarzyna Niemczyk, Wiktor Noczkin, Oksana Pankjewa, Maciej Parowski, Andrzej Pilipiuk, Mark Rein•Hagen, Małgorzata Saramonowicz, Agnieszka Stemalszyk, Aleksandra "Shappi" Tora, Witold Vargas, David Weber, John Wick, Paweł Zych, Miroslav Žamboch[14] |
Coordinators
Pyrkon 2014: Vendors' Hall
| Year | Name and surname (in alphabetical order) |
|---|---|
| 1999 | Daniel Kosse |
| 2000 | Piotr Derkacz |
| 2001 | Maciej Witkowiak |
| 2002 | Daniel Kosse |
| 2003 | Tomasz Barczyk |
| 2004 | Paweł Ostrowski |
| 2006 | Paweł Matuszak |
| 2007 | Paweł Matuszak |
| 2008 | Paweł Matuszak |
| 2009 | Paweł Matuszak |
| 2010 | Anna Brożyna, Michał Karzyński |
| 2011 | Anna Brożyna, Michał Karzyński |
| 2012 | Anna Brożyna, Piotr Derkacz, Michał Karzyński |
| 2013 | Piotr Derkacz, Michał Karzyński |
| 2014 | Piotr Derkacz, Michał Karzyński |
| 2015 | Michał Karzyński |
| 2016 | Michał Karzyński |
Awards
- contest of the "The Convention Guide-Book" Web Portal (Informator Konwentowy): "The Best Fan Convention of the Season":[40]
- Pyrkon 2006 – 2nd place (Winter 2005/2006 edition);
- Pyrkon 2007 – 1st place (Winter 2006/2007 edition).
- contest of "The Convention Guide-Book" Web Portal: "The Best Fan Convention of the Year":[40]
- Pyrkon 2008 – 1st place.
- contest of "The Convention Guide-Book" Web Portal: "Fan's Choice":[40]
- Pyrkon 2006 – 2nd place (Winter 2005/2006 edition);
- Pyrkon 2007 – 1st place (Winter 2006/2007 edition);
- Pyrkon 2008 – 1st place (Year 2008 edition).
- plebiscite of "The Cathedral" Web Portal (Katedra): "Science Fiction" in category "The best fan convention or other SF mass event", in year 2012 simply "Event":
External links
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- (English) Pyrkon 2013 official website
- (Polish) Pyrkon 2012 official website
- (Polish) Pyrkon 2011 official website
- (Polish) Pyrkon 2010 official website
- (Polish) Pyrkon 2009 official website
- (Polish) Pyrkon 2008 official website
- (Polish) Pyrkon 2007 official website
- (Polish) Pyrkon 2006 official website
- (Polish) Pyrkon 2004 official website
References
- 1 2 3 (Polish) Program of "The Day with Science Fiction"
- ↑ (Polish) Pyrkon 2004 – History
- ↑ Pausanias, Description of Greece 10. 5. 5 (trans. Jones)
- ↑ (Polish) Pyrkon 2012 – Retrogaming
- ↑ (English) Pyrkon 2013 – Program Sections
- 1 2 (Polish) Pyrkon 2008 – Program
- 1 2 (Polish) Pyrkon 2009 – Guests
- 1 2 (Polish) Pyrkon 2011 – Guests
- 1 2 3 4 (Polish) Pyrkon 2012 – Guests
- 1 2 3 4 5 (English) Pyrkon 2013 – Guests
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 (English) Pyrkon 2014 – Guests
- 1 2 (Polish) Pyrkon 2014 – Guests
- 1 2 3 4 5 Pyrkon 2015 – Guests
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pyrkon 2016 – Guests
- ↑ (Polish) Pyrkon 2004 – Accreditation
- ↑ (Polish) Pyrkon 2004 – News
- ↑ (Polish) Pyrkon 2004 – Guests
- ↑ (Polish) Pyrkon 2006 – Approach
- ↑ (Polish) Pyrkon 2006 – Guests
- ↑ (Polish) Pyrkon 2007 – Approach
- ↑ (Polish) Pyrkon 2007 – Guests
- ↑ (Polish) Pyrkon 2008 – Time and place
- ↑ (Polish) Pyrkon 2008 – News 02.04
- ↑ (Polish) Pyrkon 2008 – Guests
- ↑ (Polish) Pyrkon 2009 – Time and place
- ↑ (Polish) Pyrkon 2009 – News 01.04
- ↑ (Polish) Pyrkon 2010 – Time and place
- ↑ (Polish) Pyrkon 2010 – News 22.04
- ↑ (Polish) Pyrkon 2010 – Guests
- ↑ (Polish) Pyrkon 2011 – Time and place
- ↑ (Polish) Pyrkon 2011 – News 07.04
- ↑ (Polish) Pyrkon 2012 – Time and place
- ↑ (English) Pyrkon 2013 – Time and place
- ↑ (Polish) Pyrkon 2013 – News 02.04
- ↑ Pyrkon 2014 – When and where
- ↑ Pyrkon największy w Europie i wśród największych festiwali fantastyki na świecie - gazeta.pl
- ↑ Facebook 2015-04-29
- ↑ http://pyrkon.pl/2016/miejsce/ Pyrkon 2016 – Place
- ↑ Facebook 2016-07-28
- 1 2 3 (Polish) Convention Guide-Book: Convention of the Year/Season
- ↑ (Polish) The Cathedral – Science Fiction/Fantasy 2007 Plebiscite
- ↑ (Polish) The Cathedral – Science Fiction/Fantasy 2008 Plebiscite
- ↑ (Polish) The Cathedral – Science Fiction/Fantasy 2009 Plebiscite
- ↑ (Polish) The Cathedral – Science Fiction/Fantasy 2010 Plebiscite
- ↑ (Polish) The Cathedral – Science Fiction/Fantasy 2011 Plebiscite
- ↑ (Polish) The Cathedral – Science Fiction/Fantasy 2012 Plebiscite
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