NewMinds Forum, Lecture/Performance Series, 10/98
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
701 Mission Street
San Francisco

#2 Wednesday * October 14 * 7:30pm

Bruce Sterling * Sci-fi Author & Cyberpunk

#3 Wednesday * October 21 * 7:30pm

"Bits & Pieces"–a discussion and show'n'tell with Larry Harvey,
Organizer of Burning Man, Natalie Jeremijenko, Conceptual Artist &
Engineer Paul Mlyniec, Visual Artist & Software Developer, "Bean" (Tina
Blaine), Music Interactivist and other artists and moderated by Linda
Jacobson, VR Evangelist & Author.

#4 Thursday * October 29 * 7:30pm

Todd Rundgren * musician & interactive artist

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Bruce Sterling October 14, 7:30 pm

Bruce Sterling's, 1986 anthology Mirrorshades is considered to be the
definitive document of the cyberpunk movement. The vocabulary he created
to portray future worlds has become the street parlance of the cyber
culture. He has written six science-fiction novels and two short-story
collections, including his now classic Schismatrix, self-described as
"post human space opera." He is also a popular critic, having appeared
on ABC's Nightline and MTV and in Wired magazine and the NY Times. Bruce
calls cyberspace a "funhouse mirror of our own society," and advises us
"to reinvent our information technology as if the future mattered; as if
our children were human beings, human citizens, not raw blobs of
potential revenue-generating machinery." In this rare public appearance,
experience for yourself the genius and humor behind one of our most
important writers.

Bits & Pieces October 21, 7:30 pm

Artists predict the future of culture. By delving beyond the surface,
they alter our perception of what's possible. "CyberArts" author Linda
Jacobson hosts this multimedia interaction. Larry Harvey founded the
Burning Man project in 1986. He designs the "Man,"Black Rock City, and
conceives and produces the project's pageants. Natalie Jeremijenko is a
conceptual artist and engineer, who's worked in new technology R&D at
Xerox PARC. Her artworks have been shown at SIGGRAPH, MacWorld, and NYC
MoMA, (she's done some neat stuff with trees, super- computers and
sperm). Paul Mlyniec is a simulation software specialist who's developed
an innovative two-handed, immersive painting and sculpting medium for
artists. Bean (Tina Blaine) is a musical interactivist,
ethno-musicologist and technojournalist, currently working on a project
at Interval Research. She is a member of the percussion group, Rhythmix
and previously co-founded musical multimedia ensemble, D'Cuckoo. More
arts and artists to be added!

Todd Rundgren October 29, 7:30pm

Ever since Todd Rundgren played all the instruments and sang all the
vocals on his 1972 solo album, Something/Anything, we have been on
notice that someone extraordinary was in our midst. As a song- writer,
video pioneer, producer, recording artist, software developer,
interactive artist and CEO, Rundgren has made a lasting impact on the
form, content, and delivery of popular music.

Rundgren is widely heralded as a true pioneer among multimedia artists.
Among his firsts are the first interactive television concert, the first
interactive audio-only CD-ROM and creator of the first graphics tablet
driven paintbox software for personal computers. Todd is President & CEO
of Waking Dreams, where he is redefining the distribution model for
music. Experience one of the most influential multimedia artists of our
time.

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