January 09
‘Requiem for the Network: Six Degrees of Devastation’
Essay for the catalogue accompanying the exhibition Embedded Art: Art in the Name of Security, published by Argo Books. Design: Gunter Rambow, English, 184 Pages, 2 colors, 21 x 26,5 cm, soft-cover with flaps, EUR 30,00, ISBN 978-3-941560-09-3. Includes a DVD with contributions by the participating artists.
Sunday, 29 March 2009
Lectures 2009
March 09
‘WELCOME TO THE LABYRINTH: Some Further Thoughts on Requiem for the Network’
Lecture given at the Akademie der Künste in Berlin, March 21, as part of the exhibition programme for Embedded Art: Art in the Name of Security.
INVADING PRESENT TIME: The Politics of Simulation, The Bright Labyrinth, Lecture Nine
February 09
FROM THE DREAM OF VENUS TO ATLANTIS IN HI-FI, The Bright Labyrinth, Lecture Eight
DURATION Or the Birth of Chance Out of the Spirit of Music, The Bright Labyrinth, Lecture Seven
January 09
GODZILLA HAS LEFT THE BUILDING - And How He Got There, The Bright Labyrinth, Lecture Six
‘WELCOME TO THE LABYRINTH: Some Further Thoughts on Requiem for the Network’
Lecture given at the Akademie der Künste in Berlin, March 21, as part of the exhibition programme for Embedded Art: Art in the Name of Security.
INVADING PRESENT TIME: The Politics of Simulation, The Bright Labyrinth, Lecture Nine
February 09
FROM THE DREAM OF VENUS TO ATLANTIS IN HI-FI, The Bright Labyrinth, Lecture Eight
DURATION Or the Birth of Chance Out of the Spirit of Music, The Bright Labyrinth, Lecture Seven
January 09
GODZILLA HAS LEFT THE BUILDING - And How He Got There, The Bright Labyrinth, Lecture Six
Events and Performances 2009
January 09
Requiem for the Network: Six Degrees of Devastation
Installation of four panels created in collaboration with designer Rathna Ramanathan for the exhibition Embedded Art: Art in the Name of Security, curated by Olaf Ardnt and Janneke Schönenbach of BBM in association with Moritz von Rappard and Cecilia Wee and shown at the Akademie der Künste in Berlin from January 21 – March 22 2009. For press coverage of the Embedded Art show click here. To watch the CNN report on the Embedded Art opening, click here.
Requiem for the Network: Six Degrees of Devastation
Installation of four panels created in collaboration with designer Rathna Ramanathan for the exhibition Embedded Art: Art in the Name of Security, curated by Olaf Ardnt and Janneke Schönenbach of BBM in association with Moritz von Rappard and Cecilia Wee and shown at the Akademie der Künste in Berlin from January 21 – March 22 2009. For press coverage of the Embedded Art show click here. To watch the CNN report on the Embedded Art opening, click here.
Audiovisual 2009
January 09
Mondo Exotica
Ken Hollings in conversation with Francesco Adinoli about his book Mondo Exotica, recorded live at the Barbican and broadcast by Resonance FM as part of their New Year’s Day programming.
Mondo Exotica
Ken Hollings in conversation with Francesco Adinoli about his book Mondo Exotica, recorded live at the Barbican and broadcast by Resonance FM as part of their New Year’s Day programming.
Sunday, 25 January 2009
Print Media 2008
November 08
Welcome to Mars: Fantasies of Science in the American Century 1947-1959
293pp, illustrated, published by Strange Attractor Press.
Available from Amazon.
‘Welcome to Mars is a map of the post-war Zone, a non-fiction Gravity’s Rainbow that follows the arc of Germany’s V2 rocket to the end of the rainbow – to America’ Erik Davis, author of Techgnosis
‘Ken Hollings shows brilliantly how the extraordinary web of technologies that drove the cold war have shaped not just our culture but the very way we think of ourselves as human beings. Welcome To Mars offers a rare and fascinating glimpse of the roots of the strange humanoid culture we live in today’ Adam Curtis, director of The Power of Nightmares and Century of the Self
‘Ken Hollings has placed his critical focus at the precise point where the high technologies of information control and social manipulation intersect the passionate search for scientific ways to probe the human mind. Welcome to Mars is a searingly accurate and deeply disturbing exposé of the fantasies of American modernism that have inspired the many nightmares and the few hopeful visions of our new Millennium’ Dr Jacques Vallee, author of The Network Revolution and Passport to Magonia
‘Ken Hollings is brilliant as always’ – Aleksandra Mir
To read a press release for this book, click here.
April 08
‘Real English Tea Made Here’
Publication of a short critical essay on William S Burroughs’ early tape-recorder experiments in the April issue of The Wire.
March 08
‘Other Channels’
Specially commissioned text for the Ghost Box album release Other Channels by the Advisory Council as part of a booklet designed by Julian House.
Welcome to Mars: Fantasies of Science in the American Century 1947-1959
293pp, illustrated, published by Strange Attractor Press.
Available from Amazon.
‘Welcome to Mars is a map of the post-war Zone, a non-fiction Gravity’s Rainbow that follows the arc of Germany’s V2 rocket to the end of the rainbow – to America’ Erik Davis, author of Techgnosis
‘Ken Hollings shows brilliantly how the extraordinary web of technologies that drove the cold war have shaped not just our culture but the very way we think of ourselves as human beings. Welcome To Mars offers a rare and fascinating glimpse of the roots of the strange humanoid culture we live in today’ Adam Curtis, director of The Power of Nightmares and Century of the Self
‘Ken Hollings has placed his critical focus at the precise point where the high technologies of information control and social manipulation intersect the passionate search for scientific ways to probe the human mind. Welcome to Mars is a searingly accurate and deeply disturbing exposé of the fantasies of American modernism that have inspired the many nightmares and the few hopeful visions of our new Millennium’ Dr Jacques Vallee, author of The Network Revolution and Passport to Magonia
‘Ken Hollings is brilliant as always’ – Aleksandra Mir
To read a press release for this book, click here.
April 08
‘Real English Tea Made Here’
Publication of a short critical essay on William S Burroughs’ early tape-recorder experiments in the April issue of The Wire.
March 08
‘Other Channels’
Specially commissioned text for the Ghost Box album release Other Channels by the Advisory Council as part of a booklet designed by Julian House.
Lectures 2008
December 08
THE PURPLE DEATH: Further Notes on Camp and the Rise of the Lowbrow, The Bright Labyrinth, Lecture Five
MORPHOLOGY OF THE WOUND: Bodily Images of Ecstasy and Excess, The Bright Labyrinth, Lecture Four
November 08
‘No Retreat, No Surrender: Images of Ecstasy and Excess in Sport’ Joint lecture presentation with Dr Axel Vogelsang at University of Applied Sciences and Art, Institute of Design in Lucerne – containing preparatory material from ‘Morphology of the Wound’
‘Information as Art Form’ A lecture at Bern University of the Arts on the role of research and interdisciplinary practice in the use of text, music and film: an expanded version of the Walsall College lecture, including a screening of ‘SpaceBaby’, plus a presentation on the themes of ‘Welcome to Mars’ and a reading from the book. This was followed by an afternoon workshop with the students and Dr Axel Vogelsang
‘Welcome to the Labyrinth’ An informal talk given at the University of Applied Sciences and Art, Institute of Design in Lucerne, based on the first lecture in the Bright Labyrinth series exploring the digital regime, ‘assemblage critique’ and the concept of design as thought.
TOWARDS A SOCIAL HISTORY OF MACHINES: History and Hardware, The Bright Labyrinth, Lecture Three
THE FUTURE IS WHAT HAPPENS AFTER YOU’RE DEAD: We Connect Marshall McLuhan with Herbert Marcuse, The Bright Labyrinth, Lecture Two
October 08
WELCOME TO THE LABYRINTH: Travels in the Digital Regime, The Bright Labyrinth, Lecture One
January 08
‘Information as Art Form’ Lecture on the use of text, music and video to Fine Art students at Walsall College
THE PURPLE DEATH: Further Notes on Camp and the Rise of the Lowbrow, The Bright Labyrinth, Lecture Five
MORPHOLOGY OF THE WOUND: Bodily Images of Ecstasy and Excess, The Bright Labyrinth, Lecture Four
November 08
‘No Retreat, No Surrender: Images of Ecstasy and Excess in Sport’ Joint lecture presentation with Dr Axel Vogelsang at University of Applied Sciences and Art, Institute of Design in Lucerne – containing preparatory material from ‘Morphology of the Wound’
‘Information as Art Form’ A lecture at Bern University of the Arts on the role of research and interdisciplinary practice in the use of text, music and film: an expanded version of the Walsall College lecture, including a screening of ‘SpaceBaby’, plus a presentation on the themes of ‘Welcome to Mars’ and a reading from the book. This was followed by an afternoon workshop with the students and Dr Axel Vogelsang
‘Welcome to the Labyrinth’ An informal talk given at the University of Applied Sciences and Art, Institute of Design in Lucerne, based on the first lecture in the Bright Labyrinth series exploring the digital regime, ‘assemblage critique’ and the concept of design as thought.
TOWARDS A SOCIAL HISTORY OF MACHINES: History and Hardware, The Bright Labyrinth, Lecture Three
THE FUTURE IS WHAT HAPPENS AFTER YOU’RE DEAD: We Connect Marshall McLuhan with Herbert Marcuse, The Bright Labyrinth, Lecture Two
October 08
WELCOME TO THE LABYRINTH: Travels in the Digital Regime, The Bright Labyrinth, Lecture One
January 08
‘Information as Art Form’ Lecture on the use of text, music and video to Fine Art students at Walsall College
Saturday, 24 January 2009
Events and Performances 2008
December 08
‘Welcome to Mars’
Reading from Welcome to Mars with screening and electronic soundtrack at Phlight before an invited audience
November 08
‘Mondo Mancunia’
A series of performances and events curated by Graham Massey of 808 State at the Shunt Vault from November 20-23
Night #4 Biting Tongues
Night #3 Biting Tongues
Night #2 Welcome to Mars and Dr X
Night #1 Ego In Exotica Sum
‘Welcome to Mars’
Live presentation and reading at a reception at the Horse Hospital to celebrate the publication of Welcome to Mars by Strange Attractor Press
October 08
‘The Net’
Introducing Lutz Dammbeck’s feature film The Net at the Roxy Bar and Screen, event organized by Electric Sheep magazine
‘Mambo Italiano’
Live dialogue with Francesco Adinolfi, author of Mondo Exotica at Barbican 2 Cinema, with a screening of Mario Bava’s Danger: Diabolik. Event recorded by Resonance FM for broadcast in 2009.
September 08
‘Welcome to Mars’
Reading from Welcome to Mars with screening and electronic soundtrack held at the Other Cinema in San Francisco.
‘First Love’
Reading at the Horse Hospital as part of an evening of events to celebrate its fifteenth birthday. A slightly expanded version of this story is published in early 2009.
June 08
‘Welcome to Mars’
Reading from Welcome to Mars, live electronic music by Simon James, with tape loop manipulation by Curtis James, at the Conway Hall as part of Interesting 08. This event was recorded and subsequently released on the Welcome to Mars CD given away with the first 250 copies of the book.
May 08
‘Unnatural Histories’ Curated the ‘Unnatural Histories’ event at the Bethnal Green Workingman’s Club with Mark Pilkington to complete the Rational Rec 08 season. Contributors included London Fieldworks with Steve Beard, Gary Lachman a Ghost Box and a performance of ‘Prayer to Gojira’ with KH, Oort and Bruce Woolley.
April 08
‘Memories of the Future’/‘Born Under Sputnik’
Reading and performances with the Radio Science Orchestra at the Institute of Contemporary Interdisciplinary Arts, University of Bath: part one featured extracts from Welcome to Mars and the second was a revised version of the ICA Sputnik show from October 07.
‘Betamax’
Reading and presentation from London Noir with Cathiu Unsworth and Martyn Waites at Foyles Book Shop in Charing X Cross to help promote ‘Get London Reading’ week. To hear a recording of the readings, click here.
‘Welcome to Mars’
Reading from Welcome to Mars with screening and electronic soundtrack at Phlight before an invited audience
November 08
‘Mondo Mancunia’
A series of performances and events curated by Graham Massey of 808 State at the Shunt Vault from November 20-23
Night #4 Biting Tongues
Night #3 Biting Tongues
Night #2 Welcome to Mars and Dr X
Night #1 Ego In Exotica Sum
‘Welcome to Mars’
Live presentation and reading at a reception at the Horse Hospital to celebrate the publication of Welcome to Mars by Strange Attractor Press
October 08
‘The Net’
Introducing Lutz Dammbeck’s feature film The Net at the Roxy Bar and Screen, event organized by Electric Sheep magazine
‘Mambo Italiano’
Live dialogue with Francesco Adinolfi, author of Mondo Exotica at Barbican 2 Cinema, with a screening of Mario Bava’s Danger: Diabolik. Event recorded by Resonance FM for broadcast in 2009.
September 08
‘Welcome to Mars’
Reading from Welcome to Mars with screening and electronic soundtrack held at the Other Cinema in San Francisco.
‘First Love’
Reading at the Horse Hospital as part of an evening of events to celebrate its fifteenth birthday. A slightly expanded version of this story is published in early 2009.
June 08
‘Welcome to Mars’
Reading from Welcome to Mars, live electronic music by Simon James, with tape loop manipulation by Curtis James, at the Conway Hall as part of Interesting 08. This event was recorded and subsequently released on the Welcome to Mars CD given away with the first 250 copies of the book.
May 08
‘Unnatural Histories’ Curated the ‘Unnatural Histories’ event at the Bethnal Green Workingman’s Club with Mark Pilkington to complete the Rational Rec 08 season. Contributors included London Fieldworks with Steve Beard, Gary Lachman a Ghost Box and a performance of ‘Prayer to Gojira’ with KH, Oort and Bruce Woolley.
April 08
‘Memories of the Future’/‘Born Under Sputnik’
Reading and performances with the Radio Science Orchestra at the Institute of Contemporary Interdisciplinary Arts, University of Bath: part one featured extracts from Welcome to Mars and the second was a revised version of the ICA Sputnik show from October 07.
‘Betamax’
Reading and presentation from London Noir with Cathiu Unsworth and Martyn Waites at Foyles Book Shop in Charing X Cross to help promote ‘Get London Reading’ week. To hear a recording of the readings, click here.
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