A word about our sponsors:

An event such as this wouldn't be possible without the generosity and support of some stellar individuals and institutions.


Robert Mailer Anderson
Robert Mailer Anderson is the author of the best-selling novel "Boonville," which was highly-acclaimed by critics and writers, including Norman Mailer, Carl Hiaasen, Jonathan Lethem, and many others. His short stories have appeared in such places as San Francisco Noir (Akashic, 2005) He recently produced the cult film sensation Pig Hunt.
www.pighuntmovie.com

Berg Publishing
Berg is an academic publisher of books and journals with a strong focus on visual culture. They are the 2008 winner of the Independent Publishers Award for Publishing Technology E-Publishing.
Berg publishes:

As Far As The Eye Can See
by Paul Virilio

&

City Of Panic
by Paul Virilio

Berg can found at: www.bergpublishers.com

Bookforum
Bookforum is an international magazine devoted to the discussion of new books (as its sister publication Artforum is likewise devoted to contemporary art). It originated in 1994 as a supplement to Artforum. It is composed of reviews, interviews with authors of fiction and nonfiction books; and essays and articles. Bookforum is published five times a year.

Bookforum can be found at: http://www.bookforum.com/

CTheory
CTheory is an international journal of theory, technology and culture; publishing articles, interviews, event-scenes and reviews of key books. They have interviewed, published, and collaborated with such notable artists, academics, and cutting edge thinkers as Jean Baudrillard, Friedrich Kittler, Paul Virilio, and many others.
CTheory has published:

Life In The Wires: The CTheory Reader
Edited by Arthur & Marilouise Kroker

Born Again Ideology / Left Behind
By Arthur Kroker & Stephen Pfohl


CTheory can be found at:
www.ctheory.net

Columbia University Press

Columbia University Press was founded in 1893 and is the fourth-oldest university press in the United States. The purpose of the press expressed in its Certificate of Incorporation is to "promote the study of economic, historical, literary, scientific and other subjects and to promote and encourage the publication of literary works embodying original research in such subjects."

They have published:

The Paul Virilio Reader
edited by Steve Redhead

The Jean Baudrillard Reader
edited by Steve Redhead

Columbia University Press can be found at: cup.columbia.edu

Continuum Books

The Continuum International Publishing Group is a fast-growing publisher of books, with its headquarters in London and offices in New York and Harrisburg in the USA- and partners all over the world. They are an academic, religious and trade publisher, producing over 500 books a year, written by authors who are acknowledged experts in their chosen fields.

Continuum Books publishes:

Art of Fear
by Paul Virilio

Desert Screen
by Paul Virilio

&

Negative Horizon
by Paul Virilio

Continuum Books can be found at: www.continuumbooks.com

-empyre-, 'a soft-skinned space'
-empyre-, 'a soft-skinned space', is a listserve community that fosters emergent discourse among artists and theorists working at the leading edge of contemporary digital practice. -empyre- facilitates critical perspectives on contemporary cross-disciplinary issues, practices and events in networked media by inviting guests -key new media artists, curators, theorists, producers and others to participate in thematic discussions.
www.subtle.net

MIT Press/Semiotext(e)
The MIT Press is a major publishing presence in fields as diverse as architecture, social theory, economics, cognitive science, and computational science, and have a long-term commitment to both design excellence and the efficient and creative use of new technologies. They are committed to the edges and frontiers of the world -- to exploring new fields and new modes of inquiry. They publish about 200 new books a year and over 40 journals.

Semiotext(e) is an American independent publisher began in 1974 by Sylvère Lotringer in an effort to bring the works of European theorists, philosophers, and artists working on the fringe of culture to North America audiences. Through its magazine issues and Foreign Agents series Semiotext(e) introduced the writings of Jean Baudrillard, Gilles Deleuze, Felix Guattari, Julia Kristeva, and many others. In 2000, MIT Press began distributing Semiotext(e) helping expand its reach.

Semiotext(e) and MIT have published:

The Accident of Art
by Sylvère Lotringer & Paul Virilio

Aesthetics of Disappearance
by Paul Virilio 

Crepuscular Dawn
by Paul Virilio (translated by Sylvère Lotringer)

A Landscape of Events
by Paul Virilio (translated by Julie Rose)

Lost Dimension
by Paul Virilio

Politics of the Very Worst
by Paul Virilio (in conversation with Michael Cavaliere and Sylvère Lotringer)

Popular Defense & Ecological Struggles
by Paul Virilio

Speed and Politics
by Paul Virilio

&

Pure War (now in its 25th anniversary edition)
by Paul Virilio

Semiotext(e) can be found at: www.semiotexte.com
MIT Press can be found at: mitpress.mit.edu

Polity Press
Polity is a leading international publisher in the social sciences and humanities and they publish some of the world's best authors in these fields. Polity is committed to the diffusion of ideas across language barriers and they have a major translation programme. Among the many authors they translate are Jürgen Habermas, T.W. Adorno, Walter Benjamin, Jacques Derrida, Paul Ricoeur, Jean Baudrillard, Jean-Francois Lyotard, and Paul Virilio.

They have published:

The Original Accident
by Paul Virilio (translated by Julie Rose)

Polity can be found at: www.polity.co.uk

University of Minnesota Press

Founded in 1925, the University of Minnesota Press is best known as the publisher of groundbreaking work in social and cultural thought, critical theory, race and ethnic studies, urbanism, feminist criticism, and media studies. The Press is among the most active publishers of translations of significant works of European and Latin American thought and scholarship.

They published:

The Art Of The Motor
by Paul Virilio (translated by Julie Rose)
University of Minnesota Press can be found at: www.upress.umn.edu

The Society for the Humanities @ Cornell University
The Society for the Humanities at Cornell University is a residential fellowship center that supports imaginative research in the humanities. At once a research institute, a stimulus to education innovation, and a continuing society of scholars, it promotes reflection on emergent concepts, methods, and problems in the humanities and arts. www.arts.cornell.edu/sochum

University of Toronto Press

University of Toronto Press publishes books and journals of academic and general interest. It is their goal to publish the results of scholarly research nationally and worldwide to standards that maintain a high international reputation. Their list is especially strong in the areas of critical theory and cultural studies.

They publish:

Critical Digital Studies: A Reader
by Arthur & Marilouise Kroker

The Will to Technology and the Culture of Nihilism: Heidegger, Marx, Nietzsche
by Arthur Kroker

Paul Virilio: Theorist for an Accelerated Culture
by Steve Redhead

University of Toronto Press can be found at: www.utppublishing.com

Verso Books

Verso Books is the largest English-language radical publisher in the world. Since 1970, it has commissioning intelligent, critical works located at the intersection of the academic and trade markets, Verso's list of writers in English has come to include many key authors in the social sciences and humanities.

They have published:

Ground Zero
by Paul Virilio (translated by Chris Turner)

The Information Bomb
by Paul Virilio (translated by Chris Turner)

Strategy of Deception
by Paul Virilio (translated by Chris Turner)

Open Sky
by Paul Virilio (translated by Julie Rose)

Verso can be found at: www.versobooks.com

William Stout Architectural Bookstore
William Stout Architectural Bookstore, an independent bookseller in San Francisco, carries over 20,000 titles on two floors in the fields of architecture, art, urban planning, graphic and industrial design, furniture  and interior design, and landscape architecture. For over thirty years, twenty in the current location, it has been a vital resource for architecture and design books, carrying American and international titles, both in and out of print.

William Stout Architectural Bookstore can be found at: www.stoutbooks.com