Tag Archives: JG-Ballard
links for 2010-03-02
In Disobedient Rooms: On J.G. Ballard China Mieville on Ballard – at some length, in The Nation. (tags: jg-ballard china-mieville literature criticism)
JG Ballard, 1930-2009
J.G. Ballard My plan for 31st August, 1997 was this: I would finish up an interview transcript I’d been working on, and in the afternoon, I would travel in from Harrow to the Everyman in Hampstead, where I was going … more…
Air Collision
Derek Redos, Associated Press. Two acrobatic planes from the Zelazny group collide during a performance at an air show in Radom, Poland, Sept. 1, 2007. “Midair Collision” From the 2007 Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar Contest Winners. I don’t expect to see … more…
links for 2008-01-03: population density
I am your density – Adam Greenfield first in a series of essays about urban dystopia. Introduction to the series here. (tags: dystopia Adam-Greenfield population urban JG-Ballard)
New Crash Test Videos
X-type Jaguar, side impact, rear passenger position The latest crash tests, high quality video, with a range of car models, viewpoints and slo-mo. It’s difficult not to conclude that this sort of video presentation is intended as a dark, Ballardian … more…
links for 2007-10-09; Ballard in Bilbao, Alan Moore
The larval stage of a new kind of architecture JG Ballard on the Guggenheim building, Bilbao (tags: design architecture JG-Ballard psychology museum) Alan Moore: the wonderful wizard of… Northampton – Telegraph interview by Susanna Clarke, for the Telegraph, about Lost … more…
J.G. Ballard – The Atrocity Exhibition: Crash!
I did notice this when Simon posted it to Ballardian, and I meant to go back and watch it, but somehow it got away from me. You know how it is. Anyway, I am grateful to Posthuman Blues for the … more…
links for 2007-06-29: Ballard’s Thirteen to Centaurus
YouTube – JG Ballard’s Thirteen to Centaurus (Out of the Unknown) 1965 production of Ballard story. via Ballardian, of course (tags: jg-ballard youtube)
Ballard’s Alien
If Ballardian posted more frequently, or less consistently, perhaps I wouldn’t be posting links to them almost every time they update. But they don’t, and they do, and I have, again. The latest treasure is a clutch of exerpts from … more…
Ballardian Binge
Ballardian has pumped up the volume this week, with a transcript of a conversation he did with Robert McCrum at the Institute of Education, London. A-and they finally get to talk to the man himself. Amusingly, it begins with an … more…