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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, 21miles from SFO in Fort Baker, near Sausalito, Californ=a and just across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco. See: =A0http://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 #1in 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") =A0has 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=C2 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 -=C2 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 =A0time for digital visionaries to become part of art history." =A0 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) =C2 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> =A0 =C2 8# 3 EFTA_R1_01769960 EFTA02588881 =C2 please note The information co=tained in this communication is confidential, may be attorney-client pr=vileged, may constitute inside information, and is intended only for JEE Unauthorized use,=disclosure or copying of this communication or any part thereof is stri=tly prohibited and may be unlawful. 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