2001 Exhibit News |
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Volume 4 |
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Sep 13, 2001 |
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Issue 36 |
UPDATE: Sep 13, 2001:
Greetings from Dennis Gonzales
33 years later.
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Three days ago, I walked
into my local favorite book store looking for some used science fiction
books to buy. I randomly flipped through some old Omni Magazines on a dusty
shelve. The first issue I pulled out was probably fate. What caught my eye,
which raised a red flag, was an issue dated January 1989. What caught my
attention was an article about terrorism on U.S. soil, "Rules of The
Game" by G. Gordon Liddy (ISSN 0149-8711). Remember folks, this was
1989.
Mr. Liddy not only predicted the future accurately but also wrote the script of our fate in the year 1999. He was off by two years but it was warning that Omni says in Mr. Liddy's memorandum "that terrorism might strike at home in the all-too-near future-in the hands of a small, Communist-backed cadre. These terrorists would hit power plants, rail lines, airports, and natural gas pipelines. Although Liddy's tale is pure speculation, it is based on technologies and tactics that are real."
Pure speculation? What put a chill through my spine is that this type of warfare of the 21st Century was reported two decades ago. Omni says, "knocking out these essential parts of a country's infrastructure is also a preferred way to wage modern war, say proponents of a new, deadly strategy called low-intensity conflict. This approach is exemplified in a profusion of brushfire conflicts around the globe: Freedom fighters in Nicaragua and Afghanistan do it; Marxist rebels in El Salvador do it. But so do the Irish Republican Army, the Palestine Liberation Organization, and Red Army Faction. How military strategy evolved to this sort of warfare-and the likelihood that will backfire, fanning terrorism's flames and bringing it all back home."
Times have changed of course and it's not a Communist-backed cadre but a different type of evil that has come back to haunt us in our worst nightmare that even Mr. Liddy couldn't imagine himself. I highly recommend you seek this issue out if you like to know the terrorist ultimate game plans as well as how it was grown. In it you will find how our airlines, and stock markets topple our economy and much more. It's not science fiction anymore.
Kubrick explored mankind's violent nature, which was demonstrated in 2001: A Space Odyssey and many of his other films. In 2001, mankind survived for 3 million years through warfare for the sake of survival. From the bone to the nuclear satellite, this type of civilized way of life seemed maddening but it worked. What didn't work according to the world of 2001 was when we made mistakes, which can end our way of life. We don't have a Star Child to help us with our ignorance. We only have ourselves. When I say "we", I mean the human race. Somewhere along the way, we need to stop the boat of progress and take a deep long breathe before moving on into the 21st Century and make sure nobody is left out in the human adventure.
This week web site updates are:
The spaceship category in the science and technology section is completely finished. The Discovery section is updated with new blue prints of the spacecraft, space pod and HAL 9000. http://www.2001exhibit.org/science/discovery.html
2001 exhibitor and model maker, Jean Marc Deschamps contributes his collection of photos of the original 2010 Leonov spacecraft in the spaceship category. http://www.2001exhibit.org/science/mark_leonov.html
Model maker, Vince Hoffman share with us his Planet X's Leonov model in the spaceship category. http://www.2001exhibit.org/science/vince_leonov.html
"2001" exhibitor and model maker, Jean Marc Deschamps second 2001 exhibit is now on-line in the exhibits section. The exhibit took place at Musee de l' Air et de l'Espace, Bourget, France, August 5 - September 9, 2001. http://www.2001exhibit.org/exhibits/france2/exhibit1.html
Photographer and model maker, Mark Watson shares more of his photos of Capt. Cardboard's ARIES 1B model in the spaceship category in the science and technology section.
My yahoo photo album site has been updated from the Tech Museum's "2001:DESTINATION SPACE". http://y42.briefcase.yahoo.com/elusive94401/
Mortarotti & Ramirez Productions is working on a 2001'ish type of video project for EDS Comdex, 2001, Las Vegas. Model makers Mark Watson, Scott Alexander, Voice actor Wally Fields and I are working with the Oakland based production team for this project and we hope to share pictures from the project to you in the near future. http://www.mrproductions.net
2001: film release information:
Castro Theatre in San Francisco will feature 2001: A Space Odyssey in 70mm. For further details, go to http://www.thecastrotheatre.com/fall3.htm#2001
No special press release about 2001: A Space Odyssey has been announced from Seattle Cinerama Theater but you must check out their state of the art facility. http://www.seattlecinerama.com
I'll be away for 4 weeks working on my new exhibition in San Mateo California, "The Art of The Yellow Submarine." I hope to send out a newsletter before the end of October about the exhibit as well as "2001" related information. In the meantime, keep sending me email on the latest "2001" news and keep checking the press section for updates. Coming soon are sound bytes of the last 2001 radio/Internet show from August, TMA - 1 category and the spacesuit category in the science and technology section. In November, I'll be renovating the entire web site a third and final time around and uploading the on-line version of the Tech Museum's "2001:DESTINATION SPACE" exhibit!
See you next Wednesday (Frank)
Posted by:
Dennis Gonzales
2001: Exhibit