Jaron Lanier

Soledad O'Brien

Thomas Dolby

Linda Stone

What happens to our sense of community and identity when we can fabricate a personality at the speed of light? As vast, global communications networks connect us in virtual spaces, the nature and breadth of our communication is forever altered. While opening up pathways never before imaginable, these developments place immense stress on the foundations of culture and society. How do we create new designs for living and coping in such a period of rapid change? What tools can be created to help people adapt in a way that truly enhances their lives? How will artists use these tools to change the nature of human experience?

Last year we brought Alan Kay, Douglas Engelbart, Ted Nelson and Laurie Anderson before capacity audiences. Don't miss this rare opportunity to interact with another group of artists, scientists and technologists. In connection with this forum, the SFSU Multimedia Studies program will launch the New Media Institute. NMI's mission is to develop a broader understanding of how new media technology impacts society and culture, while conducting explorations on how it can be used in more practical, humane and creative ways for living and learning.

Join us as we bring some of the brightest minds in new media to discuss, describe, debate and perhaps even shape the future of being human in the digital age. The NTT New Media Minds Forum will explore the possibilities before us as the physical environment, human nature and the virtual world collide.

Jaron Lanier Thurs., Sept. 11, 7:30 pm, Forum, Center for the Arts Yerba Buena Gardens A Cyber-Feminine Perspective with Soledad O'Brien, Denise Caruso, Marleen McDaniel and Linda Jacobson Thurs., Sept. 25, 7:30 pm, Forum, Center for the Arts Yerba Buena Gardens Thomas Dolby Robertson Thurs., Oct. 9, 7:30 pm, Forum, Center for the Arts Yerba Buena Gardens Virtual Communities and Virtual Worlds with Linda Stone, Mark Pesce, Char Davies, Sandy Stone, Gail Williams and Bruce Damer Wed., Oct. 22, 7 pm, Theater, Center for the Arts Theater Yerba Buena Gardens

The Forum, Center for the Arts Yerba Buena Gardens is located at 701 Mission St, the Theatre is located at 700 Howard St. For information and updates, keep checking this page, or call the information hotline at (415) 904-7740. For individual or series ticket sales, call the Center for the Arts box office at (415) 978-2787.

Series passes:   $65-general,   $45-students/seniors Individual tickets:   $18-general,   $13-students/seniors

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