The PKD Android

Blogging NextFest

2005-07-04T22:43:00.000-05:00

http://www.chicagotribune.com/technology/chi-050625-nextgwinn,1,151861.story?page=2&coll=chi-homepagebiz-utl

Comic-Con Showing of PKD Robot

2005-07-04T21:59:00.000-05:00

1:30-2:30 Philip K. Dick’s A Scanner Darkly: The Movie—Like a graphic novel come to life, A Scanner Darkly, based on the science fiction novel by author Philip K. Dick, will use live action photography overlaid with an advanced animation process (interpolated rotoscoping) to create a haunting, highly stylized vision of the future. The technology, first employed in Richard Linklater’s 2001 film Waking Life, has evolved to produce even more emotional impact and detail. Appearing in person to present a look and discuss the creative process of this ground breaking film will be producer Tommy Pallotta and lead animators Sterling Allen, Evan Cagle, Nick Derington and Christopher Jennings. Also on the panel, in order to answer the question: “Do Androids Dream of Being Phil Dick?” will be Philip K. Dick in android form! Come and see for yourself … he'll even answer your questions! Written for the screen and directed by Richard Linklater, the film stars Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey Jr., Woody Harrelson, Winona Ryder and Rory Cochrane, and will be released by Warner Independent pictures in 2006. Room 6CDEF

http://www.comic-con.org/cci/cci05_prog_thu.shtml

Daily Herald Mention

2005-06-24T19:09:00.000-05:00

Making progress
By Fernando Diaz
Daily Herald Staff WriterPosted Monday, June 20, 2005
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/businessstory.asp?id=63631

As seen on Robots.net

2005-06-24T19:02:00.000-05:00

http://www.robots.net/article/1542.html

dogmatika: books, culture, stuff

2005-06-24T18:59:00.000-05:00

http://www.dogmatika.com/content/view/324/46/

Hide out

2005-06-23T15:01:00.000-05:00

Who is the robot in this world?

2005-06-23T14:59:00.000-05:00

Last minute details 2

2005-06-23T14:54:00.000-05:00

Last minute details 1

2005-06-23T14:53:00.000-05:00

Who you looking at?

2005-06-23T14:46:00.000-05:00

Hanging with Philip

2005-06-23T14:45:00.000-05:00

Almost there

2005-06-23T12:58:00.000-05:00

Set is almost there

2005-06-13T17:56:00.000-05:00

Furniture Selection

2005-06-13T17:50:00.000-05:00

The Shag is Back!

2005-06-13T17:48:00.000-05:00

NextFest Program

2005-06-02T15:24:00.000-05:00

This is a 5 MB download . . .
http://www.ltmemphis.org/pkd/blogfiles/13%2006NextFest_final.pdf

New Images of Exhibit

2005-06-02T15:20:00.000-05:00

CAD Renderings of Exhibit

2005-06-02T15:11:00.000-05:00

Build your own PKD exhibit . . . here are the basic desgin images . . .

The whole exhibit can be split in half.

It rests on wagons . . .

The front of the left wagon has the entry and the front of the right wagon has a sliding glass window . . .

Each side has 2 windows for viewing the interior of the space . . .

The back has two windows one for each wagon . . .

The roof is simple . . .

About Philip K. Dick (PKD the Man)

2005-06-01T17:14:00.000-05:00

Many literary critics and scholars in Europe, Japan, and throughout North America agree that Philip K. Dick will be remembered as one of the great novelists of the 20th century. Born in Chicago in 1928, Dick wrote 44 novels and 121 short stories before his death in 1982.

Since Ridley Scott turned Do Android's Dream of Electric Sheep? into the science fiction classic Blade Runner, seven of Philip K. Dick's novels or short stories have made their way to the big screen, including Total Recall, Minority Report, and Paycheck. To date, these films have generated over $1 billion in world-wide box office and ancillary revenue. This astounding success is the result of combining visionary stories with talent from the world's finest film directors, studios, and stars. Steven Spielberg, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tom Cruise, John Woo, Ben Affleck, and Harrison Ford are only a few of the illustrious names associated with these projects.

Interest in Phillip K. Dick’s work continues to grow. Recently a play based on one of Dick’s many novels, Flow My Tears The Policeman Said, extended its run in Los Angeles to include five additional shows. In March of 2005, he was inducted into the Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame and a movie adaptation of A Scanner Darkly is set to be released in the coming year.

Our Website http://www.pkd-android.org

2005-06-01T17:12:00.000-05:00

Should you be looking for more information on the project visit http://www.pkd-android.org

Exhibit Takes Shape May 23rd 2005

2005-05-24T09:40:00.000-05:00

The exhibit is under construction and moving forward.

Say What?

2005-05-20T09:09:00.000-05:00

An exchange with the AI Conversational Software . . .

INTERVIEWER: some of the chinese music seems real strange

PKD: and that's right here on the same planet now imagine these people ok but if they can patch into a human brain in a symbiotic relationship then they

Welcome! Join us on the Journey

2005-05-19T22:46:00.000-05:00

Welcome to the saga! With this blog we'll provide the public a view on the progress of the project as it progresses to NextFest and beyond. You'll find images, information, scientific works and much more posted here as the PKD Android moves from imagination to invention to exhibit.

We invite you to come back periodically and join us for this journey.

The PKD Android Team