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# Emojicon Is Coming to Brooklyn
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/emojicon-2018-brooklyn/
- Published: 2018-07-05T22:04:28.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:10:07.000Z
- Description: On July 14, three days before World Emoji Day, Emojination is hosting the second-ever Emojicon, a celebration of all things emoji. The day long conference and party will be held at the Bell House in Brooklyn.
- Author: Emojination
- Tags: Announcement, Emoji, Event Announcement, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-18 14:37 (2018)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2018/07/yung-jake-portrait-2.jpg)

Emoji self-portrait by Yung Jake

[**Emojicon BK 2018**](https://www.emojicon.co/?ref=hyperallergic.com) will be a day of conversations featuring multidisciplinary thinkers and experts from around the world, alongside curated emoji art + interactive exhibits, and the popular Emoji Party **??**! There will be foods that are also emoji ???? and an emoji costume contest?‍♂️?‍??‍♀️??. 

Exploring representation and boundaries of emoji and visual communication, and the intersection of politics, globalization, and digital communication, [Emojicon](https://www.emojicon.co/?ref=hyperallergic.com) will open a space to reimagine the future. “Unicode has evolved enormously in the past 4-5 years and serves as a good example of an institution undergoing self-reflection and openness to change when it comes to whose voices are represented at the decision-making table.” says Jeanne Brooks, Emojination Co-Founder, and Emojicon Lead Producer. “Emojination has served as a liaison between Unicode and the community. At Emojicon we’ll take that even further, to incubate new ideas for reimagining the systems around visual communication.”

The Emoji Art & Interactive Gallery will feature curated emoji art and interactive installations exploring the boundaries of how we communicate with emoji. The exhibition will include a selection of Yung Jake’s well-known emoji portraits (and his emoji ink drawing station), [ZhenZhen Qi’s *Emojiface*](http://zhenzhenqi.com/emojiface?ref=hyperallergic.com) (an interactive installation that replaces audiences’ heads with 3d virtual emojis), tournament rounds of Moji Match, and more.

Since 2016, [Emojination](http://www.emojination.org/?ref=hyperallergic.com) has been working to democratize the emoji approval process. The community has now successfully created nearly 100 emojis in just three updates.

[Emojicon](https://www.emojicon.co/?ref=hyperallergic.com) is the flagship gathering for the Emojination community and the public to come together to discuss and celebrate all things emoji. Emojicon is a welcoming space that gathers people from different walks of life, perspectives, and expertise.

“In a true effort to democratize the conversation around emoji and the power centers of visual communication,” explains Brooks. “We’re opening up the event to all who want to attend.”

[![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2018/07/emojicon-anim-plain-2-1.gif)](https://www.emojicon.co/?ref=hyperallergic.com)

**Emojicon Schedule** 
**10 am** Doors open  
**6-7 pm** Emoji Spelling Bee Contest ??  
**7:30 pm** Emojiland, the musical (A special sneak preview!)  
**9-12 pm** Dance party with a performance by Yung Jake and his crew 

**All ages** **welcome** ?‍♀️. **Kids under 12 enter free with adult supervision.** 

**Get free tickets at** [**emojicon.co**](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/emojicon-bk-2018-tickets-43886531798?ref=hyperallergic.com) **with code EMOJILOVE ?**

**Tickets are available at** [**emojicon.co**](https://www.emojicon.co/?ref=hyperallergic.com)