From: jeffrey E. <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 15, 2014 9:42 PM To: John Brockman Subject: Re: Invitation update: Edge Master Class at Cavallo Point, Sausalito, Sept 26-28 as always - any help you need , i am there =div class="gmail_extra"> On Fri, Aug 1=, 2014 at 5:04 PM, John Brockman < cmaiag> > wrote:=br> To: Paul=Allen, Jeff Bezos, Sergey Brin, Jeffrey Epstein, Tony Fadell, Bill Gates, =alar Kamangar, Marissa Mayer, Yuri Milner, Dave Morin, Nathan Myhrvold, El=n Musk, Larry Page, Sean Parker, Nick Pritzker, Jacqui Safra, Ricardo=Salinas, Charles Simonyi, Jeff Skoll, Evan Williams, Mark Zuckerberg Jeffrey, Not to be missed. Seriously. One of two hot projects fo= September. Second invitation later. Could use some help. At farm, check i= over the weekend: 203-266.5930 <tel:203.266-5930> . The EDGE Master Class on art for the weekend of September 26-28th is co=ing together. I am pleased to invite you to attend as a guest of EDGE. As =ith all EDGE events, there are no charges other than taking care of y=ur hotel reservation. The event will be held at Cavallo Point, a hi-end re=ort, 21 miles from SFO in Fort Baker, near Sausalito, Californ=a and just across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco. See: http://www.ca=allopoint.com/ <http://www.cavallopoint.com/> The class will be led by Hans Ulrich Obrist (aka =9CHUO"), co-director of London's Serpentine Gallery in Hyde Pa=k, who, in 2009, was ranked #1 in the annual "Power 100" l=st by ART REVIEW Magazine of the most powerful people in the art worl=. (He was ranked #2 in 2010, #2 in 2011, #10 in 2012, qnd #5 in 2013). He=E2 s considered to be the world's most influential modern art=curator, and certainly "the" most connected person in=the contemporary art world. The Serpentine, which just brought on Michael =loomberg as Board Chairman, is the center of London's cultural sce=e. A number of artists and/architects will accompany HUO. The first to con=irm is the one at the very top of my list: Marina Abramovia. the #1 p=rformance artist in the world ("the performance queen") has confirmed that she will attend. Do not miss this! I know you are bus=. Get unbusy. Repeat: Do not miss this!! About AbramoviC: Walking Through Walls - THE NEW YORKER profile http://nyr.kr/lAj=910 <http://nyr.kr/lAjS91o> High-Wire Act" NEW YORK TIMES http://nyti.ms/lBkWcfl <http://ny.i.ms/lBkWcfl> At MoMA, a Performance Artist Endures - NEW YORK TIMES http://nyti.ms/1nXdPHZ Trailer=for the documentary about AbramoviCs legendary MOMA show in 2010= "The Artist Is Present" - http://marinafilm.com/view-trailer</=> (The documentary is available for rental on iTunes, Amazon Instant Video, G=ogle Play). EFTA_R1_01769958 EFTA02588879
Marina Abramovic Opens at Serpentine Gallery in London - NE= YORK TIMES <http://marinafi=m.com/view- trailer> http=//nyti.ms/1uYkMy4 chttp://nyti.ms/1uYkMy4> Marina Abramovic's Crossover Moment - NEW YORK TIMES http://nyti.ms/loWza9K ht=p://bit.ly/lpxUcLW <http://bit.ly/lpxUcLW> Marina Abramovic: queen of extreme art" - EVENING STANDARD http://bit.ly/lBkXhUu M=rina Abramovic's technology hijack makes gadget-mad Brits go cold=turkey - THE GUARDIAN =ttp://bit.ly/lrdThlr <http://bit.ly/1rdTXIr> "512 Hours", Abramovid's current performance p=ece, is running in London through August 25th at The Serpentine Gallery - http://bitly/lsJ=0eZ <http://bit.ly/ls1p0eZ> . HUO has also invited the artists John Baldessari, Je=f Koons, Philippe Parreno and Taryn Simon, and architects Frank Gehry, Rem=Koolhas, among others. I will send updates as we get responses. "In the 21st century," HUO writes, "Silicon Valley co=ld become the home of an ambitious institution, an art centre which can bu=ld bridges between art and technology. Today, information and communi=ations technology are the world's key growth industries. Now, then= is the time for art to take its rightful place at the heart of the =hilanthropy of today's digital visionaries and it's the time for digital visionaries to become part of art history." Here is some information about HUO (who is about to be profiled in The =ew Yorker): ART REVIEW: http://artreview.com/power_100/2009/ <http://artreview.com/power_100/=009/> NEW YO=K TIMES: http://nyti.m=/Vs9WDQ <http://nyti.ms/Vs9WDQ> EVENING STANDARD: http:=/bit.ly/lhplvzp <http://bit.ly/lhplvzp> THE GUARDIAN: bit.ly/lhk2ZNf <http://bit.ly/lhk2ZNf> THE NEW YORK OBSERVER: bit.ly/lIFOuTN EDGE CONVERSATION (July 2nd): http://edge.org/conversation/expanded-curat=on <http://edge.org/conversation/expanred-curation> I have already heard from a few of usual West Coast EDGIES. =onfirmed to date: Tony Fadell, Evan Williams, Dave Morin. Nick Pritzker is=a "possible". I very much hope you can make it. If so, you need to let me know by Aug=st 29th in order to secure the necessary number of hotel rooms (see prelim=nary information below). I look forward to hearing from you. Best, JB John Brockman Edge Fo=ndation, Inc. New York, NY 10001 Visit EDGE at: http://www.edge.org <http://www.edg=.org> ("Take a look. N= matter who you are, you are bound to find something that will drive you c=azy." NYTimes) HOTEL INFORMATION 2 EFTA_R1_01769959 EFTA02588880
Cavallo Point is holding a mix of 12 rooms=consisting of Contemporary Deluxe Kings ($529/nt) and Contemporary Deluxe =ne-Bedroom Suites ($679/nt). (Also available are Contemporary Deluxe Two-B=droom Suites). They hotel will hold the reservation until August 29th=so attendees need to commit by then (the hotel expects to be completely bo=ked for the weekend of the event). Contemporary Deluxe King with Golden Gate Bridge View ($529/nt) Contemporary King Suites with Golden Gate Bridge View ($679/nt)=br> ROUGH DRAFT OF WEEKEND SCHEDULE FRIDAY, Sept. 26: 3:00 Check-in 5:00 Cocktails at hotel 7:00 Dinner at a Sausalit= restaurant or Cavallo Point's restaurant (private dining room) SATURDAY Sep 27 "Tidewater A" Meeting Room 7:00-8:3= Breakfast 9:00-10:30 Master Class 10:30-12:00 Master Class 12:00=12:30 Break 12:30-2:00 Lunch 2:30-4:00 Master Class 4:00-5:30 Mas=er Class 5:30-7:00 Break 7:00 Dinner at a Sausalito restaurant SUNDAY, Sep=28 "Verbena A" Meeting Room 7:00-8:30 Breakfast =:00-10:30 Master Class 10:30.12:00 Master Class 12:30 Meeting ends (=o lunch) Some Previous EDGE Master Classes: A S=ort Course In Thinking About Thinking (Daniel Kahneman) in Napa: http://bit.ly/1t4vORnA Short Course on Behavioral Economics (Richard Thaler, Sendhil Mullainat=an, Daniel Kahneman in Napa: http://bit.ly/lqdqqbm A Short Course on Synthetic Genomics (Craig Venter & George Church) at =paceX: http://bit=ly/lpxYR0e <http://bit.ly/lpxYR0e> 8# 3 EFTA_R1_01769960 EFTA02588881
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