Please click to visit our great sponsors!

A SXSWi multifaceted extravaganza at Scholz Garten Emphasizing Convergence, Sustainability, Futurism and Art

Monday, March 10, 2008, Scholz Garten, Austin, TX

Our rapidly growing list of participants includes EFF-Austin, The Digital Convergence Initiative, Creative Commons, Austin Green Art, Polycot Associates, The Futures Lab, JellyInAustin, and others. Become a sponsor today!

To kick it all off will be a talk by noted author, educator, activist and environmentalist Bill McKibben. His most recent book, Deep Economy: the Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future, published in March 2007, addresses what the author sees as shortcomings of the growth economy and envisions a transition to more local-scale enterprise.

The event also features immersive theme rooms (which your organization can sponsor), Brian Park’s legendary flogiston chair (the high-tech chair featured in The Lawnmower Man that holds the body in a neutral, suspended posture while the user is immersed in a virtual reality experience), Heather Gold’s “live human search engine” talk show, offerings from Austin Robot Group, theremins, tesla coils, The Lance Van de Kamp Show Starring Maggie Duval, “Comisar Chrusov” from Soviet Unterzoegersdorf (aka Johannes Grenzfurthner of Vienna’s Monochrom) and other fun and surprises.

Green Grover is producing a multi-media display titled “Sustainable Visions” for the party. Various screens will showcase artwork and media, allowing party-goers to text message in their visions of a more sustainable future. These messages will then be displayed on the screen in real time.

Also featured are musical guests including brilliant multimedia composers Carl Stone and David Demaris, British future transhumanist band Intimate Stranger, NobodobodoN on Theremin, and OMEGA MONSTER PATROL!.

The event takes place on Monday March 10, 2008 at Scholz Garten, 1607 San Jacinto Blvd., Austin. Food and cash bar provided. $10 at the door or it’s free with a costume and/or your SXSWi badge. Renting or buying costumes, makeup and props from Austin’s own legendary Lucy in Disguise contributes 20% of sales to EFF-Austin.

Tentative Schedule

6-6:45
NobodobodoN on Theremin (Sustainability Garten)

7-8
Bill McKibben (Sustainability Garten)

8:15 - 8:45
ArcAttack (Biergarten)

8:15 - 9:30
The Heather Gold Show (Technology Room)

9:00 - 9:30
OMEGA MONSTER PATROL! (Sustainability Garten)

9:45 - 10:30
David Demaris aka Dr. Strangevibe (Sustainability Garten)

9:45 - 10:30
The Lance Van de Kamp Show starring Maggie Duval (Technology Room)

10:45 - 11:30
Carl Stone (Technology Room)

10:45 - 11:30
Intimate Stranger (Sustainability Garten)*Artist/performers/realities subject to change

No Comments yet »