Simon Sellars, Bruce Sterling and V. Vale

With its traumatic dissection of the 20th century, J. G. Ballard's literature has contributed the necessary keys for understanding an immediate future that is beginning to reveal itself around us in the form of a video-monitored, aseptic anti-utopia in which violence is almost a balm. Simon Sellars, from Monash University, Australia, and creator of the page www.ballardian.com , V. Vale, editor of the counterculture magazine Re/Search and compiler of a notable Ballard bibliography, and the writer Bruce Sterling, a voice of reference among cyberpunk sensibilities, will meet in this panel session to discuss the legacy left by Ballard's works in different creative milieus, and the different Ballardian features of the contemporary landscape.

Format

• Courses and debates

Participants

• Participants Bruce Sterling, V. Vale, Simon Sellars
• Moderator Jordi Costa

Theme

• Ballard Special

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