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Archive for the ‘Futurists’ Category

Kosmopolis 08: Landing Gear

By Simon Sellars • Nov 11th, 2008 •

Category: Barcelona, Futurists, Lou Reed, Salvador Dali, Toby Litt, academia, alternate worlds, architecture, celebrity culture, crime, features, inner space, media landscape, surrealism, theme parks, visual art

I’ve finally captured my impressions of Barcelona and Kosmopolis, with main ingredients: Lou Reed, Claire Walsh, Laurie Anderson, Kafka, Brecht, Dali, brilliant public space, Ballard, and the sheer unbridled thrill of one of the most amazing cities in Europe.


An Archaeological Find

By Simon Sellars • Dec 4th, 2007 •

Category: Fredric Jameson, Futurists, architecture, consumerism, death of affect, features, media landscape, science fiction, speed & violence, technology

Recently, Toronto’s Merril Collection of Science Fiction, Speculation and Fantasy passed on to Rick McGrath a binder containing a slew of Canadian JGB reviews, Ballardian esoterica and the jewel in the crown: a long, unpublished interview with Ballard from 1974.


'No-One Dances in Ballard': An Interview with Mike Ryan

By Simon Sellars • Jun 15th, 2006 •

Category: Ballardosphere, Brian Eno, David Cronenberg, Futurists, Ian Curtis, Steven Spielberg, William Burroughs, architecture, interviews, music

by Simon Sellars

I think I’m the only person I know who doesn’t own a record player or a single record. I’ve never understood why, because my maternal grandparents were lifelong teachers of music, and my father as a choirboy once sang solo in Manchester Cathedral. But that gene seems to have skipped me.”
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