(I will be speaking at the upcoming conference. Please see list of speakers
below in alphabetical order:)
ANNOUNCEMENT: "manTRANSFORMS" Conference
Produced by SPUTNIK Entertainment
June 1-2, 2001, New York City
"Where are we headed as a culture, as a species?
What are the trends that will influence future global business?
manTRANSforms is a cultural event that will present the major trends shaping
our future. For the first time ever at Angel Orensanz Foundation Center for
the Arts, influential artists, scientists, physicists, philosophers,
authors, designers and inventors will join together to discuss emerging
trends and explain their impact on business and our world."
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DAY ONE:
IMMATERIALITY
Keynote Speaker: Brian Green – String Theorist, The Elegant Universe
DAY TWO:
ECOLOGY by DESIGN
Keynote Speaker: Paolo Soleri – Architect and founder of Arcosanti
SPEAKERS AND PARTICIPANTS INCLUDE:
Theorists, artists, scientists, conceptualizers, experienced thinkers and
transmodern aesthetic engineers who have been invited to participate at
manTRANSforms (the list will evolve and grow):
Avikal: Documentary filmmaker, Kubha Mela
John Perry Barlow: Co-Founder and Vice Chairman of Electronic Frontier
Foundation
Lorie Eve Dechar, M.Ac.: Alchemical Acupuncture, expert on psychological and
spiritual aspects of traditional Chinese Medicine and consciousness
Erik Davis: Cultural critic, journalist and author, Techgnosis: myth, magic
+ mysticism in the age of information
Joe Firmage: CEO, co-founder OneCosmos Network, chairman International Space
Sciences Organization (ISSO)
Amy Franceschini: Founder of Future Farmers, San Francisco-based new media
construct specializing in data visualization
Idealogue: Jacqui Millar, conceptual designer
Jaron Lanier: Virtual reality pioneer, technologist
Paul Laffoley: Artist, founder of the Boston Visionary Cell
Paul Miller a.k.a. dj spooky "that subliminal kid:" Artist, sound artist
(Riddim Warfare), author, editor of 21C
Max More: PHD President, Extropy Institute
Bruce Odland: Producer, sound artist and composer, creator of interactive
sonic and multi-media installations
Alex "Sandy" Pentland: Academic head of M.I.T. Media Lab
Bruce Sterling: Science fiction writer and author of various books,
including Distraction
Natasha Vita More: Artist and Cultural Catalyst, founder of Transhumanist
Arts
VIRTUAL DIGITIZED SPEAKERS:
The following interviews from our video library will be featured digitally
via Sputnik's Mindtrends docureport that explores the convergence of ideas
from luminaries and emerging thinkers within all disciplines of the arts,
sciences and technology (the list will evolve and grow):
Robert Adrian X: Artist
ASFOUR: Design collective based in New York City
Sam Auinger: Composer and musician involved in sound design and
psychoacoustics
Rudolph Ballentine MD: Founder of the Center for Holistic Medicine, author,
Radical Healing
Stewart Brand: Founder of The Whole Earth Review, President of The Long Now
Foundation, Co-Founder of Global Business Network and author
C5: Consortium based in San Jose, California working in developing models
for analysis and technical implementation of information technology
Dr. Erwin Chagaff: Pioneer in genetic research
Daniel C. Dennett: Professor of Philosophy, and Director of the Center for
Cognitive Studies at Tufts University, author of several books, including
Brainchildren: Essays on Designing Minds
Mark Dery: Cultural critic, author, Escape Velocity: Cyberculture at the End
of the Century
Bridget De Socio: Designer, Founder of Socio X based in NYC, and creative
director of Paper Magazine
Freeman Dyson: Professor of Physics at the Institute for Advanced Study,
educator and author
Kodwo Eshun: Concept engineer, author, More Brilliant than the
Sun:Adventures in Sonic Fiction
James Flint: Fiction writer, journalist and author, Habitus
Doze Green: Post-anthromorphic illustrator, a.k.a. the dreaming artist
Berry Gordon: Feng-shui consultant and educator
Paul Hawken: Author of The Ecology of Commerce, entrepreneur in the field of
industrial ecology and sustainability
Naut Humon: Originator and conductor of creative operations for Recombinant
and Sound Traffic Control. Producer, curator and co-founder of the
Asphodel/Sombient label
Karen Kimmel: Interactive installation artist, co-founder KBOND, a retail
space based in Los Angeles which taps into the concept of social interaction
within a space
Dr. Stephen LaBerge: Founder of California-based The Lucidity Institute,
inventor, and co-author of Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming
John Mini: Healer, educator and founder of the California-based
Trans-Hyborean Institute of Science (T.H.I.S.)
Hans Moravec: Principal Research Scientist at the Carnegie Mellon University
Robotics Institute and author, including Robots: Mere Machines to
Transcendent Mind
Jack Ox: Artist specializing in intermedia and system design
PanOptic: Image makers and specialists in the fourth dimension, based in NYC
Nitin Sawhney: London-based musician, Beyond Skin
Rupert Sheldrake: Biologist and author, Fellow, The Institute of Noetic
Sciences
R.U. Sirius: Cyber culture writer, author, How to Mutate and Take Over the
World
Gerfried Stocker: Visual artist, co-managing director of ARS Electronica
Center and Festival in Linz, Austria
Lester Thurow: Professor of Management and Economics at M.I.T. Sloan School
of Management and author of Building Wealth
Vernor Vinge: Associate Professor of Mathematical and Computer Sciences at
San Diego State University and prolific hard science-fiction author
including, Deepness in the Sky
Steve Wilson: Artist, author and professor of Conceptual Information Arts at
San Francisco State University
Eric White: Illustrator and artist whose work deals with time, space and
multi-realities
Christopher Wodtke: CEO of Holocene, a center specializing in energy,
knowledge, experience and healing
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http://www.natasha.cc
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Art and Culture:
Book - Create/Recreate: The 3rd Millennial Culture
"Primo 3M+ 2001" Future Physique 3D
http://www.extropic-art.com
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Culture & Progress: Progress Action Coalition
http://www.ProgressAction.org
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Transhuman History and Culture:
http://www.transhuman.org
http://www.transhumanistfaq.com
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