RE/Search Conversations

V. ValeMarian WallaceWilliam BennettEdited by Floyd Tangeman

Host: V. ValeEngineered and edited by Marian WallaceSee and hear "Bit By Bit" from 2012 Fab Mab Reunion Show on youtubehttps://youtu.be/sI6Za9MBYyU 

John Shirley is a cyberpunk pioneer (along with William Gibson, Rudy Rucker and Bruce Sterling). He tells of his life and how he started writing: basically, start writing your dreams! Dreams can go anywhere! Dreams became short stories, and some were expanded into full-length novels. Duck-and-cover, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the idea of nuclear war inspired literally hundreds of dreams where he was incinerated by a nuclear explosion. He tells how he became a published author and more...

Carolee Schneemann is a way-ahead-of-her-time artist featured in the RE/Search book “ANGRY WOMEN." She has a huge art show now (Feb through March 11, 2018) at MOMA PS1, New York. Fifty years of original art-making in many genres!

Wolf Eyes was in town and visited the RE/Search office to talk to us about their eclectic and long-standing musical collaboration. Alt-Jazz, improvisation, and the necessity for spontaneity are some of their modus operandi.