2001 Exhibit News |
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Volume 2 |
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Feb 16, 2001 |
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Issue 24 |
UPDATE - February 16, 2001:
Greetings from Dennis Gonzales
33 years later.
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The pre-reception of the latest events at the Tech Museum of Innovation
on February 18th was fabulous. Supporters and Tech members enjoyed all
the exhibits especially 2001:DESTINATION SPACE. It was the first time
(in some cases) I got to meet many of the "2001" collectors
in the flesh as well as Dr. David Stork (HAL's Legacy, book) under one
roof. Missing in action was Chris Randell (HAL 9000 collection), Scott
Alexander (Model maker) and Mike Jackson (HAL/2001 computer screens).
Pictures of the event will follow in the next announcement. It was exciting
to see the final layout of the exhibition after my sneak preview. Missing
are two giant "2001" models done by Scott Alexander and a full
"2001" space suit reproduction done by Dennis Gilliam but they
will be included in the near future.
- Scifihollywood.com showcases "2010: The Year We Make Contact" models:
Fuller French from Scifihollywood.com use to own the Russian probe but we have a great photo of the actual model and the Discovery's AE-35 dish mount.
Russian probe: http://www.2001exhibit.org/model2.html
Discovery's AE-35 dish mount: http://www.2001exhibit.org/discovery_main.html
Posted by, Fuller French, Courtesy of www.scifihollywood.com - TECHTV spotlighted 2001:DESTINATION SPACE but we do not have the coverage online. In the meantime, read their take on 2001:
- http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/supergeek/jump/0,23009,1432,00.html
- http://www.techtv.com/entertainment/netculture/story/0,23008,3304501,00.html
Posted by, Dennis Gonzales
- Do you like to dance to great music? I do, visit fbowl.com's 2001 style:
- http://www.fbowl.com/2001/front.html
- Cinemax interviews Kier Dullea
- http://www.hbo.com/Cinemax/kubrick/cmp/dullea_transcript.html
- Science, Earth & Health Festival, Union City, CA:
We have an annual event in Union City called the Union City Science, Earth & Health Festival that will be held this year on Saturday, March 10th at our very large high school-James Logan.
Our theme this year is "2001 A Space Odyssey". Among the featured exhibits and interactive activities are projects from NASA and the Chabot Space & Science Center.
Possible mini-exhibit will be there from Dennis Gonzales and the Tech Museum.
For further information, contact Richard Valle, rvalle@spectrumcs.org
Posted by, Richard Valle
SPACE:1999:
That project is in the works even though it was the first public exhibition I did. Funding is the delay as everything else on this web site. Once we received funding, the site will go up. The Space:1999 web site is important because it was a palette to the "2001" exhibits and campaign. It was really the reason why I did "SPACE:1999" in the first place, to test the waters by visiting the Breakaway Convention in '99 (SPACE:1999 Convention) and building the web site for marketing and sponsorship.
The on-line version will be open to anyone that would like to add their collections but it's basically an historic exhibition about a great science fiction show that was influenced by "2001" and the Anderson's television shows. For further information, you can contact me at dennis@2001exhibit.org or 650-344-9612.
http://www.2001exhibit.org/space1999.html - "2001: Space Odyssey" and "Signals" film releases:
"2001: Space Odyssey" will be shown here in Berlin in restored 70mm-print during the Int'l. Film festival 'Berlinale' as a very special screening and as part of the prize-ceremony at the end of the festival at Sunday the 18th of February. This will also be a good-bye show for Moritz de Hadeln. He was Head of the Berlin International Film Festival for more than 20.
After the Festival the 70mm Print will go to England for screenings in London and the Film festival in Bradford. "2001 : A Space Odyssey" will run in Berlin after the festival in 3 Cinemas with new 35mm prints.
http://hjem.get2net.dk/in70mm/magazine/screenings.htm
In Bradford I'm organizing the screening of (let say East German answer to 2001) "Signals : A Space Adventure" in 70mm. For further information about "Signals", it will play here in the United States at the University of Minnesota. For further information, visit http://www.folwell.umn.edu/gsd/Gradcon/screening.html
The official festival brochure of the Berlinale, in which in the case of "2001" a bad mistake occurs. In the description of the content of the Film, the writer called the spaceship not Discovery but Orion. ("Spaceship Orion" was a west-German television series during the sixties). To download the brochure, go to http://www.2001exhibit.org/img/Berlinale2001ASpace....pdf
If you like more information about the Berlinale's "2001: A Space Odyssey" or "Signals", email Ingolf Vonau, ingolf.bei@berlin.snafu.de
Posted by, Ingolf Vonau
I had the opportunity to meet Robert T. McCall's daughter, Catherine A. McCall. She was very intrigue by the whole project of bringing together film props and memorabilia in conjunction of her father's famous works. It was a perfect marriage to compliment space exploration and science through the arts.
We talked about how her father's work and how he sets up technical sketches before brush strokes since I myself use to paint. We also talked about web design since she herself maintain the McCall site. Visit the McCall Studios web site at http://www.mccallstudios.com.
Dr. David Stork was on hand for book signing and short lecture. I got the chance to see his upcoming PBS HAL 9000 special at the pre-reception. It was actually a teaser but it will be worth the wait! For further information, visit his web site, http://www-psych.stanford.edu/~stork/HALTalks.htm
Piers Bizony's new edition of his book, 2001: filming the future is selling at the Tech with new photos and new book cover! Robert T. McCall's famous Space Station One painting is the new cover.
My guest, Valerie Prigent, was part of the exhibition as she was dressed as the Space Station 5 employee. She wore the famous pink outfit designed by Hardy Amies and reproduced by local costume designer, Andrea Edelman. Andrea is consider the best in her field. You may visit her web site at http://www.mina-hummingbird.com. Valerie greeted guests before going downstairs to 2001:DESTINATION SPACE exhibition. We will have photos on-line soon. To know more about 2001: A Space Odyssey fashion, read http://www.modernmatters.com/style.asp
Television station ARTE from Germany and France was on hand for a segment about Stanley Kubrick and "2001: A Space Odyssey." Crews were there for interviews about the film and the "Experience." Of course I retold my story to program director Thomas Halaczinsky how this whole exhibit project started from seeing the film for the first time. He was amused about me watching "2001" several hundred times since 1969. What was so funny about that?
His segment of the Tech Museum will be part of the "Space Odyssey" segment from ARTE magazine titled "Metropolis". The segment is about how the arts inspired space exploration and computer science today. So far, they've covered the Arthur C. Clarke day in Washington and will visit Robert T. McCall soon. The program will be shown on German and French television. We'll keep you posted when "Metropolis" will televised the special. If you read French or German, you can visit their web site at http://www.arte-tv.com/
Speaking of Europe please read the latest announcement about a "2001" film release and about East Germany's sci-fi film "Signals" below this paragraph.
Since the pre-reception party, Press and TV coverage has been spotlighting 2001:DESITINATION SPACE and Wally Fields, who was behind HAL 9000 kiosk. We will provide QuickTime files soon on any television shows about the exhibit. In the meantime, you can read more about 2001 Tech Team members, Mike Drennan and Tasmyn Front in the San Francisco Chronicle and Wally fields in the San Jose Mercury news in http://www.2001exhibit.org/press.html. Articles contain photos of the exhibition.
Arthur C. Clarke sent his greetings to the Tech's party and Dr. David Stork but unfortunately it was too late for me to make any announcements.
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"Please give my best wishes to Dr. Stork and any other visitors."
If you have any questions regarding 2001:DESTINATION SPACE, please contact Kris Covarrubias, Public Relations Manager at (408) 795-6226 or kcova@thetech.org.
Regarding requests about the "2001" radio show I did over two years ago, the CD-ROM is for the press and Internet/TV media and not for sale. I've had requests to buy the CD but I must remind you, that you need to provide identification of your news affiliated. Any request I've gotten so far will be granted but I will throw away any mail if you do not have the proper identification. You need to go through Voice Print Identification before I send you a CD.
We've have gotten tremendous compliments about the 2001: A Space Odyssey Exhibit web site. We are currently revamping the site for better access to our content.
I've also received requests about developing "2001" exhibits at other events. It's not possible to just throw up an exhibit because it takes proper planning and weeks to develop and funding. I do not have an exhibit on wheels but I certainly can provide some "2001" items (non-rare items) if you have facilities that will insure and secure the items and of course the funding to provide the exhibit. If you're local, then it would be easier to provide information about "2001" and the exhibit at the Tech Museum. Please understand, no film prop at the Tech Museum's 2001: A Space Odyssey exhibit is included for any local event or anywhere else for that matter. For further clarification about the 2001:DESTINATION SPACE, contact Naida Kendrick, at 408-795-6224 or naida@thetech.org.
See you next week.
-Dennis Gonzales
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