Zdzislaw Beksinski (1929-2005)

Zdzisław Beksiński (Polish pronunciation: [ˈzd͡ʑiswaf bɛkˈɕiɲski]; 24 February 1929 – 21 February 2005) was a renowned Polish painter, photographer, and sculptor who is best known as a fantasy artist. Beksiński executed his paintings and drawings either in what he called a 'Baroque' or a 'Gothic' manner. The first style is dominated by representation, with the best-known examples coming from his 'fantastic realism' period when he painted disturbing images of a surrealistic, nightmarish environment. The second style is more abstract, being dominated by form, and is typified by Beksiński's later paintings. Beksiński was murdered in 2005.

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zdzis%C5%82aw_Beksi%C5%84ski

Interview with the Philip K. Dick Android

An android-portrait of Philip K Dick—In an unparalleled technical collaboration, a team of artists, writers, engineers, literary scholars, and freethinkers are creating a lifelike, android portrait of one of America's well-known science-fiction writers.

Video of Philip K. Dick robot at AAAI-05 conference: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

A Strange Loss of Face—The robot made several public appearances last year, including at the Comic Con in San Diego, where he (it?) was on a panel for the film, "A Scanner Darkly," which is based on a Dick novel.

The android, which looked just like the author and was able to conduct rudimentary conversations about Mr. Dick's work and ideas, was at the cutting edge of robotic technology, able to make eye contact and believable facial expressions...using the latest artificial intelligence...and a skin-like substance called "frubber."

Below videos of interviews conducted with the Philip K. Dick android at the NextFest in Chicago, 2005. The android's head has subsequently gone missing and is believed to have been stolen.

Article on the PKD android's creator: 
 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/24/books/review/how-to-build-an-android-by-david-f-dufty.html?_r=1&smid=fb-share

Refrences: deoxy.org/media/
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