\nTHUR FEB 24 7pm
\ncelebrating the recently-released JG BALLARD QUOTES<\/span> book.<\/p>\n
261 Columbus at Broadway, San Francisco.
\n415-362-8193.<\/p>\n
Event curator: Peter Maravelis of City Lights.
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Featured Guests:<\/p>\n
1. Mark Pauline<\/span>. Founder and Director of Survival Research 2. SRL engineer Karen Marcelo<\/span> maintains the SRL website (srl.org) and is responsible for coding internet controllers for tele-operated lethal devices used in many SRL shows. She provides vital assistance to STELARC as a programmer and technical facilitator.<\/p>\n 3. Eric Paulos<\/span> received his PhD in Computer Science from UC Berkeley and is currently a senior research scientist at Intel where he heads the Urban Atmospheres group focused on exploring the proactive archeology of our urban landscapes and emerging technology. Dr. Paulos is also a long time associate of SRL and director of the Experimental Interaction Unit. Eric has developed numerous teleoperated robots and interaction system throughout the years and is also teaching a course at the San Francisco Art Institute. (www.paulos.net)<\/p>\n 4. R.U. Sirius<\/span> (aka Ken Goffman) has enjoyed a long career as editor of High Frontiers and Mondo 2000 magazine, and is the author of six books, including the recently-published Counterculture Through the Ages (with Dan Joy). He was a friend to Timothy Leary and Terence McKenna.<\/p>\n 5. David Pescovitz<\/span> is Co-Editor of the popular Boing-Boing blog. His writings on science, technology and art have been featured in Scientific American, the New York Times, Popular Science, and many other publications. He is co-author of the book Reality Check, based on his long-running futurist column in Wired magazine where he is currently a contributing writer.<\/p>\n 6. SM Gray<\/span>‘s amazing photographs are featured in JGBALLARD QUOTES. He is a veteran of the 70s punk rock cultural revolution. (telepoetic.com)<\/p>\n 7. Joe Donohoe<\/span> is a San Francisco independent writer and taxicab driver. He has written an introduction to the forthcoming JGBALLARD INTERVIEWS book.<\/p>\n Featured guests will read a selection of their favorite quotations Latest release: J.G. Ballard: Quotes A mini-review from an avid
\nLaboratories (SRL), a San Francisco art institution since 1978. SRL pioneered the genre of violent machine art performance on large locations, incorporating and innovating cutting-edge computer technology and remote-controlled robotics. Mr. Pauline is also a graphic artist, engineer, inventor, writer, and has lectured at numerous universities and museums in the U.S., Europe, and Japan. He has been featured in V. Vale’s Search & Destroy, RE\/Search magazine, the Industrial Culture Handbook, Pranks, the 1984 JG Ballard celebration at Fort Mason, and will be featured in the forthcoming J.G. Ballard INTERVIEWS book.<\/p>\n
\nfrom the JGBALLARD QUOTES<\/span> book, and will be introduced by V. Vale and Marian Wallace, editors and publishers. Assistant Editor, Mike Ryan will also be present.<\/p>\n
\nRE\/Search reader: “This book is like a travel guide to your own mind. No matter what the subject, Ballard nails it. Nobody else has predicted the future as well as Ballard–why don’t more people know about him?!”<\/p>\n