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New work by Grace Baxter for sale on the Hollow Earth Society store: Jewelry from the center of the Earth
Check it out! >> But hurry—there are only a few items currently for sale, and each is unique.
Angels, Animals and Cyborgs: Visions of Human Enhancement at the Cornelia Street Cafe
Angels, Animals and Cyborgs: Visions of Human Enhancement at the Cornelia Street Cafe An illustrated lecture by Salvador Olguín ***IN MANHATTAN at The Cornelia Street Cafe as part of the HUMAN+ series*** Date: Sunday, July 22 Time: 6 PM Admission: $10, includes one drink Presented by the Hollow Earth Society, originally presented by Morbid Anatomy [...]
“Hey, Where’s My Robot Girlfriend?” at the Cornelia Street Cafe
We have our second-to-last scheduled Cornelia Street Observatory event coming up this Sunday with the erudite and intriguing Laura G. Duncan: “Hey, Where’s My Robot Girlfriend?” An Exploration of Sexual Robotics, Teledildonics, and Carnal Technology at the Cornelia Street Cafe An illustrated lecture with sexual health researcher, educator, and writer Laura G. Duncan *IN MANHATTAN [...]
Morbid Anatomy Library Benefit – Saturday, June 30
Friends, fans of Observatory, nerd-party people: Lend me your ears. Our good friend Joanna Ebenstein, curator of the Morbid Anatomy Library, has suffered some losses to her wonderfully weird archive due to a fire and flood in our little gallery. To amend the sitch, she’s hosting a big gala benefit on June 30. Presently appear [...]
Proteus Gowanus annual benefit: NOMAD MIXER
The annual Proteus Gowanus benefit is coming up soon. Buy a ticket! Deetz: Nomad Mixer Saturday, June 2, 7–10 PM As our Migration year draws to a close we invite you to celebrate the things we’ve seen, how far we’ve come and where we’re going next. Image by Atty Gell A Party to Benefit Proteus Gowanus! [...]
Kip Rosser at Cornelia Street Observatory, next Wednesday night!
At 6 PM next Wednesday, May 30, we’re exciting to once again host thereminist/performer/all-around amazing human Kip Rosser on behalf of Observatory, this time at our monthly Manhattan event (details here). Check out Kip’s music: In 1919, Lev Sergeivitch Termen, known throughout the world as Leon Theremin, invented the first synthesizer. Originally dubbed the Aetherphone, [...]
Organism for Poetic Research/Pelt event at Observatory this Friday!
The future of poetry, philosophy, publishing, and collaboration come together in DIY para-academic groups such as the Organism for Poetic Research/Pelt. I have only found out about these dedicated word-scientists recently, and I’m proud to be hosting them at Observatory on Friday. If you have any interest in the intersection of poetry, philosophy, and political [...]
“Scooter, Newtown Creek” on Underwater New York
I have a new short-short story on Underwater New York about an object that fell into a favorite NYC waterway (Newtown Creek). Check it out >> This is the image of wonderful muck that inspired the story. Image copyright Nate Dorr, who is awesome at photography and also has these bangin images of the Gowanus. Big ups, [...]
Sigils & Signs at Observatory
We’re proud to belatedly announce Sigils & Signs, a new show curated by our good friend and colleague Pam Grossman, at Observatory. Sigils & Signs is a group show of artworks featuring magical symbols. The show will be up through Sunday, June 17, 2012. The show is gorgeous. If you’re in Brooklyn between now and mid-June, [...]
Host Architectures and Expressive Ecologies
Check out continent‘s new call for a massive scholarly wiki version of A Thousand Plateaus >> From the official call: We suggest “2012-2017: Host Architectures and Expressive Ecologies” as the working title of this particular plateau, a project in which the complete English-language text of A Thousand Plateaus is converted to a wiki-based application. In this latest [...]
Our Favorite Obscure Adventurers
This list was drawn up for a friend but never used. I want to share it now, because I am excited about the possibility that a) my own Society’s past is irrecoverably clouded by time and fictions and b) someday, my own involvement in the Society will be as well. Also, c) perhaps I could [...]
Living Books About Life
This incredibly new book series from Open Humanities Press has got me all hot n bothered. Open Humanities is amazing; even moreso, the promise of a continually updated set of resources on the intersection of the humanities and sciences. Here’s the official description: Funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC), and published by Open [...]
The Future of Energy
Weeks ago, I attended this talk on energy as a living thing, held at the New School. The conversation was enlightening, but no one addressed the possible applications of biotechnology—such as engineered algae. That aside, the event is worth watching, and I still invite readers to cross these various perspectives with the biotechnological one, that [...]
