Archive for the ‘biology’ Category
By
Simon Sellars •
Feb 8th, 2010 •
Category:
CCTV, Hawkwind, Lead Story, alternate worlds, biology, body horror, boredom, celebrity culture, conspiracy theory, consumerism, cyberpunk, death of affect, entropy, inner space, psychopathology, reviews, surrealism, surveillance, technology
A review-essay of Jeremy Reed’s latest collection of poetry, West End Survival Kit. The review also discusses the long and enigmatic relationship Reed has with Ballard, who wrote the foreword to the collection, where he paid tribute to Reed’s ‘extraterrestrial talent’.
By
Rick McGrath •
Aug 24th, 2008 •
Category:
Barcelona, Solveig Nordlund, YouTube, alternate worlds, biology, body horror, film, flying, interviews, medical procedure, short stories, urban decay
Rick McGrath interviews Solveig Nordlund about her feature film, Aparelho Voador a Baixa Altitude (2002). Based on JGB’s short story, ‘Low-Flying Aircraft’, it’s arguably the best Ballard adaptation of them all, although it has rarely been shown outside Portugal. Included with the interview are clips from the film as well as from Solveig’s previous Ballard adaptation, ‘Journey to Orion’ (based on ‘Thirteen to Centaurus’).
By
Simon Sellars •
Jul 1st, 2008 •
Category:
Ballardosphere, biology, boredom, inner space, medical procedure, photography, psychiatry, sexual politics, visual art
Wim Delvoye’s ‘Kiss’ series of x-ray art echoes The Atrocity Exhibition and the illustrations of Phoebe Gloeckner. WARNING: this post is indisputably unsafe for work. No, seriously: you have been warned.
By
Dan OHara •
Mar 15th, 2008 •
Category:
Germany, WWII, archival, biology, deep time, entropy, enviro-disaster, inner space, science fiction, surrealism
Dan O’Hara has re-translated three interviews with JGB, originally published in German in the 60s, in which Ballard provides absorbing insight into his enviro-disaster trilogy: The Drowned World, The Drought and The Crystal World.
