Strange Attractor and Serpent's Tail Publishing present:
TECHGNOSIS SYMPOSIUM
Celebrating the reissue of Techgnosis by Erik Davis
Friday 19th November, 7pm til late.
At The Corsica Arts Club, Corsica Studios, 5 Elephant Road,
London,
SE17 1LB.
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Presentations by:
* ERIK DAVIS, author, Techgnosis: Myth, Magic & Mysticism
in the Age of
Information
www.techgnosis.org
* KODWO ESHUN, The Otolith Group; author, More Brilliant Than
the Sun
* MIKE JAY, author, The Unfortunate Colonel Despard, The Airloom
Gang, Blue Tide
* JULIAN VAYNE, author, Pharmakon: Drugs & The Imagination,
Now That's
What I Call Chaos Magic.
Speakers will make a 25 minute presentation on subjects relating
to
contemporary myth, magic & mysticism, followed by an open
panel
discussion, chaired by Strange Attractor's Mark Pilkington.
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PERFORMANCE
* The night will climax with a moving philosophical entertainment
involving live mains electricity and high frequency electro-medical
equipment:
National Grid by DISINFORMATION & STRANGE ATTRACTOR
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INSTALLATION
Running throughout the evening will be a live, mind-warping
analogue
synthesiser and brain machine installation by TESTCARD.
www.testcard.org
* The event will dissolve into an informal night of music provided
by
the speakers, plus DJs from Kosmische & Resonance FM.
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Books and other materials from TS contributors will be available
at the
event.
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TICKETS & VENUE INFO
Tickets £6.50 advance, £7.50 on the door.
Available online from www.strangeattractor.co.uk or via the
Corsica
Arts Club
Venue info:
Corsica Studios, 5 Elephant Road, SE17 1LB
Nearest tube: Elephant & Castle. Buses: 1, 12, 35, 45, 63,
68, 100 etc
Tel: 0207 703 4760 Email : info@corsicastudios.com |
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