Alan N. Shapiro, Technologist and Futurist

Blog and text archive about media theory, science fiction theory, future design, social choreography, Computer Science 2.0, new media art, robots and androids, Star Trek, The Prisoner, Jean Baudrillard, Albert Camus, Michel Foucault, and Marshall McLuhan

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Complementarity: An Archipelago, by Robin Parmar

April 15th, 2011 in Category: Quantum Culture

Robin Parmar is an intermedia artist whose practice incorporates electroacoustic composition, sound installations, improvisation, radiophonics, sonic ecology, poetry, performance art, theory and photography.
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I am physically in Las Vegas, Nevada, but I am really in Venice, Italy

March 31st, 2011 in Category: Architecture, Quantum Culture

The reality of what Las Vegas architecture has achieved exceeds the intentions of the casino hotel owners. Venice is no longer restricted to its physical location in the region of Veneto in northern Italy.
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Science Fiction in Venice: Future Venue of the Quantum Culture Conference

January 9th, 2011 in Category: Quantum Culture

In my Science-Fictional-Becoming-Real imagination, the Quantum Culture and Quantum Thinking conference in Venice will take place at the Liassidi Palace hotel.
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Conference on Quantum Culture in Venice

December 31st, 2010 in Category: Quantum Culture

I have had enough of conferences about Digital Culture. During this Vaporetto ride, the answer dawns on me: we need to develop the paradigm of Quantum Culture. Curate a conference on Quantum Culture and Quantum Thinking. The conference will take place in Venice.