One of these days I really have to update the news on this website . . . but I am only one guy. For now, if any of you are in LA and are into this 11/11/11 numerology, I will be showing photos downtown at an 11/11 show. Will also have copies of my book, and perhaps some other things I am too exhausted to figure out yet. Here is the information:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=180128992069484
I will be trying to type as fast as possible while fielding questions via the online Firedoglake Book Salon on October 30, from 2 to 4 pm Pacific Standard Time.
http://fdlbooksalon.com/
On October 31 I will be doing something I don’t understand at all–I will be fielding questions via Twitter. This will be from 10:30 to 11:30, again PST. Full disclosure–while I am more than happy to do this, and I encourage anyone out there who wants to participate to ask whatever questions they like, I have never had a Twitter account, nor have I ever wanted one. An account was set up under my name via the London office of Thames and Hudson, and while I *think* I understand what we will be doing, I cannot be sure, so there this could be something of a fiasco. But I will try my best. I to say “we’ll be using the twitter hashtag #empireofdeath”–I am sure that means something to people who understand Twitter.
On November 1, I will be doing a talk in Phoenix and showing some photos at Galeria de los Muertos:
http://www.wherevent.com/detail/galeria-de-los-empire-of-death-book-signing-lecture-and-art-exhibit
On November 2, I will be doing a lecture in San Diego for Dia de los Muertos:
http://sohosandiego.org/dod/lectureempireofdeath.htm
The last book-related event in the Los Angeles area is a talk at the Brand Library (wonderful place, dedicated arts library in Glendale). October 27. It’s free, and information can be found at:
http://www.brandlibrary.org/brand_lecture_TheEmpireofDeath_PaulKoudounaris_102711.asp
I haven’t updated the posts here in quite some time–I have just been too busy with book-related events, but for now let me make that note the photo prints (13 by 19 inches) are available in San Francisco at Loved to Death, a wonderful store on Haight St. which anyone in the area should be checking out, regardless of whether they are interested in my photos.
http://lovedtodeathblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/prints-from-dr-paul-koudounaris-empire.html
The upcoming events are scheduled in the San Francisco area fhe upcoming events are scheduled in the San Francisco area for the release of the book:
Oct. 20: Paxton Gate, 824 Valencia St. (between 19th & 20th Streets) San Francisco, 94110, 6:30 pm—presentation with slide show and book signing. Prints of some of the original photos will be on hand.
For information on Paxton Gate, see:
http://www.paxtongate.com
Oct. 20: Trickster Salon (the salon starts at 9 pm; for location information, please RSVP to http://www.tricksterevents.com/RSVP.html)—presentation with slide show; prints of the book and some original photos will be on hand.
For information on the Trickster Salon, see:
http://www.tricksterevents.com
Oct. 21: Dark Carnival Imaginative Fiction Bookstore and The Escapist Comic Bookstore, 3086 & 3090 Claremont Ave, Berkeley CA, 94705, 7 to 9 pm–presentation with slide show and book signing. Portfolio with original photos from the project will be available for perusal.
For more information on Dark Carnival, see:
http://www.darkcarnival.com
Oct. 23: Dog-Eared Books, 900 Valencia St., San Francisco, 94110, 8-9 pm—presentation with slide show and book signing. Portfolio of original photos from the project will be available for perusal.
For information on Dog-Eared Books, see:
http://www.dogearedbooks.com
Oct. 13 I will be doing a book talk with full visual presentation at the Observatory in Brooklyn:
http://observatoryroom.org/2011/08/25/the-empire-of-death/
And on Oct. 15 I will be doing the same at Maple Street Books in New Orleans:
http://www.maplestreetbookshop.com/pages/view/279/279/Events
October 8 is the opening of the 28th annual Dia de los Muertos exhibit at the Folk Tree in Pasadena, CA. The book will also be featured there, with copies available and a book signing going on, as well as a small but select group of photos form the book being shown at part of the show. The opening will be from 2 to 6 pm, and it the Folk Tree’s most popular yearly event. Please see the following link for details; the Folk Tree is located at 217 S. Fair Oaks.
http://www.folktree.com/empireofdeath11press.html
I have been ridiculously busy and delinquent in posting some things, but the first photo show and book signing will be Saturday, Sept. 24 in Los Angeles at La Luz de Jesus (4633 Hollywood Blvd.); so any of you who are in LA, please feel free to come by–your presence will drown me in a river of joy, and it is the first time the book will be available to the public anywhere in the world.
http://www.laluzdejesus.com/shows/2011/Events/Empire-of-Death/Ossuaries.htm
The show received a top pick from the LA Times:
http://findlocal.latimes.com/listings/the-empire-of-death-a-cultural-history-of-ossuaries-and-charnel-houses-los-angeles
I was also on the local NPR affiliate talking a bit about the book:
http://www.scpr.org/programs/madeleine-brand/2011/09/21/20762/bones
Thanks to many others who have helped promote the show–too many to list here, but they can be found on the Wall of the Facebook page for the book:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/empireofdeath
Also would like to thank the Downtown News for giving plug to the talk I am doing on Sunday, Sept. 25:
http://www.ladowntownnews.com/arts_and_entertainment/bone-machine-skeletons-in-the-churches/article_2e7c3312-e09d-11e0-8b4f-001cc4c002e0.html
I also did an interview with the LA Weekly’s Lina Lecaro . . . kind of regarding the book, but I think kind of also regarding a lot of other things as it turned out:
http://laslush.com/2011/09/22/paul-k-assemblage-23-moheak-today/
If anyone is in Los Angeles, and interested in this event, there will be a show of some of the original photos and the first book signing (it is the first time the book will be available) at on September 24 La Luz de Jesus, 4633 Hollywood Blvd. There is a Facebook page for this:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=282045605142139
The following information will be updated and links added when they are available, and I have no doubt that much of what I listed will be added to, changed, scrapped, spindled and mutilated over time, but . . . here is a list of the various events scheduled for the release of the book the Empire of Death. I live in Los Angeles, which is probably evident from the number of LA area events, but am certainly willing to travel if, so if by some happenstance anyone out there reading this has suggestions for adding to this list I would be very happy to receive them (you can email me at this site, info@empiredelamort.com).
Sept. 24: Book signing and photo exhibit at La Luz de Jesus, 7-10pm (4633 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles–this is the first time this book will be available for purchase)
http://www.laluzdejesus.com/shows/2011/Events/Empire-of-Death/Ossuaries.htm
Sept. 25: Lecture at LAVA (Los Angeles Visionaries Assn.) at Clifton’s 12-2pm (648 S. Broadway, Downtown Los Angeles):
http://www.lavatransforms.org/salon911
Oct. 8: Book Signing and photos at the opening of the Dia de los Muertos at the Folk Tree (217 S. Fair Oaks, Pasadena, CA)
http://pasadenanow.com/PasadenaEvents/2011/08/12/1313133318
Oct. 10-31: Photo exhibit at Sancho Gallery (1549 W. Sunset, Echo Park, Los Angeles)
Oct. 13: Talk and book signing at the Observatory (Brooklyn, New York)
http://observatoryroom.org/2011/08/25/the-empire-of-death/
JUST ADDED>> Oct. 15: Talk and book signing at Maple St. Books, New Orleans:
http://www.maplestreetbookshop.com/pages/view/279/279/Events
Oct. 20: Two in San Francisco: Talk and books at Paxton Gate at 6:30, and during the evening lecture and books at Trickster Salon (San Francisco, details to be updated)
Oct. 23: Author talk and book signing at Dog Eared Books (San Francisco, details to be updated)
Oct. 27: Author talk at the Brand Library (Glendale, CA)
http://www.brandlibrary.org/brand_lectures.asp
Oct. 30: Online–2pm PST (5pm EST), Fire Dog Lake Book Salon
http://fdlbooksalon.com/
Nov. 2: Talk and book signing at San Diego Dia de los Muertos, 2pm at The Adobe Chapel, 3963 Conde Street in Old Town San Diego.
