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a Caipirinha Productions film
Synthetic Pleasures
directed by Iara Lee
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Film Editors |
Andreas Troeger |
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Stacia Thompson |
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Directors of Photography (USA) |
Marcus Hahn |
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Kramer Morgenthau |
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(Japan) |
Toshifumi Furusawa |
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Featuring |
John Perry Barlow |
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Jeffrey "Skunk" Baxter |
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Scott Bukatman |
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Scott Frazier |
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Robert Gurland |
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Michio Kaku |
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Jaron Lanier |
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Timothy Leary |
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Max More |
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Orlan |
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Lisa Palac |
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Ed Regis |
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Howard Rheingold |
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R.U. Sirius |
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Tammy Baker |
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Desmond Crisis |
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John Cox |
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Dr. Marjorie Cramer |
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Astro Erle |
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Robert and Mae Ettinger |
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Teena Evans |
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Albert Geiser |
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Amanda Lepore |
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Thomas Manon |
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Desi Monster |
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Armen Ra |
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Mike Rehdish |
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Charlotte Richards |
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Steve Roberts |
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Carlos Slinger |
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Cheryl Spaulding |
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Delmar Thompson (DMT) |
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Additional appearances by |
David Abbott |
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Antonio Arroyo |
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Rebecca Forman |
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Donna Kirkestue |
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Terry and Carol Newman |
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Joseph Liao |
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Miles, the Beagle |
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Margarita Ochoa |
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Merle Richards |
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Bradley Storm |
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Isabel Yellin |
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Yamel M. Haynes |
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Visuals and Music Coordinator |
Jennifer Weiner |
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Production Manager |
Kiyo Joo |
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Andrew Hall |
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Brian Cange |
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Production Coordinators |
Jennifer Weiner |
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Antek Walczak |
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Virginia Huntley |
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Production Consultants |
Anthony Bregman |
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(Good Machine) |
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Jim Stark |
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Production Office Assistant |
Margarita Ochoa |
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Additional Photography |
Sarah Cawley |
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Nick Hoffman |
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Ethan Mass |
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Walter McGrady |
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Assistant Camera |
Axel Baumann |
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Takashi Endo |
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Rob Featherstone |
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David Flanagan |
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Masato Kaneko |
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Hilary Morgan |
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Nick Rivera |
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Stephanie Ryan |
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Tim Whittall |
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Andrew Yarmen |
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Gaffer |
Joel Bach |
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Tom Penketh |
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Eric Neason |
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Grip |
Eric Neason |
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Sound |
Antonio Arroyo |
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Matthew Sigall |
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Yoshiteru Takahashi |
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Additional Sound |
Rick Bradley |
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Bill Cozy |
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Daniel Macintosh |
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Jacob Ribicoff |
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Peter Steinbach |
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Video Hi-8 |
Ethan Mass |
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Stephanie Ryan |
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Marcus Hahn |
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Production Assistants |
Lisa Davis |
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Jordan Hoffman |
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Tim Morrison |
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Ruth Sakheim |
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Chris Teetens |
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George Gund IV |
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Additional Editors |
Sabine Krayenbuehl |
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Roger Schulte |
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Assistant Editor |
David Abbott |
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Additional Assistant Editors |
Brian Dentz |
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Noriko Harim |
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Yuko Koseki |
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Ricardo Linguitte |
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Ines Nedelcovic |
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Eddie Nichols |
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Neal Rehia |
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Amanda Vogel |
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Sound edited at |
American Zoetrope, San Francisco |
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Sound Design |
Jim McKee |
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Rona Michele |
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Music Editor |
Alex Stahl |
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Sound Post Producer |
Marie Regan |
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Facility Manager |
Bill Kinder |
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Engineer |
Roy Waldspurger |
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Post Production Sound Assistant |
Rob Bonz |
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Sound edited and re-recorded at |
Saul Zaentz Film Center, Berkeley |
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Additional Sound/Music Editor |
Mark Jan Wlodarkiewicz |
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Re-Recording Mixer |
Mark Berger |
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Music Research |
John Yang |
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Music/Sound Design Research |
Adam Goldstein |
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Additional FX |
Taylor Deupree |
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Miguel Fierro |
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Tom Efinger |
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Sound Transfer |
Willy Robinson (Du Art) |
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Consulting Writers |
John Kelsey |
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Alan Brech |
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Video Game Consultant |
Gene Na |
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Technology Consultant |
Joseph Liao |
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Stock Footage Research |
Ty K |
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Additional Research |
David Cashion |
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Stock Footage from Archive Films |
Grinberg Archives |
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The American Museum of Natural History Film Archives |
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Image Processing |
Andreas Troeger at |
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Paul Garrinsšs Studio |
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Video Transfer Studio |
Eric Solstein-ESPI |
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Video to Film Transfers |
Four Media Co. |
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Film Processing |
Du Art |
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Alpha Cine |
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Imagica/Japan |
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Prints and Blow-Up by |
Du Art |
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Timer |
Kent McGrew |
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Graphic Designer |
Taylor Deupree |
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Titles |
Effects House |
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Negative Cutter |
Noellle Penraat |
The following computer and video footage has been featured in this film
"Panspermia, Primordial Dance, Inner View & Particle Dreams"
by Karl Sims
with the support of Thinking Machines Corporation
sound by David Atherton, David Grimes, Steve Blake, Target Productions
"Delerium Dremendus / In Search Of Mu / God & The Quantum / Synchronicity / The House Of Mirror / Misc."
Produced by Zoe Productions tel. 415.454.3661
Produced, Directed, and Animated by Beny Tchaicovsky
Production Assistant: Aiko S. Veiga
© 1995 Zoe Productions
"K.O. Kid:"
directed by Marc Caro, sound by Pitof © Midi Minuit 94
"Franniešs Christmas"
by Mike Mitchell
"Biogenesis & Computer Art Film"
by William Latham, Computer Artworks Ltd, London
"Butterflies and Forest"
designed and produced by Metrolight Studios, Inc.
© Metrolight Studios, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
"In Search Of The Obelisk, Theater Of Time, and Luxor B-roll footage"
courtesy of Circus Circus Enterprises, Luxor Hotel/Casino
"Flow"
image of waterfall © 1993 Apple Computer, Inc., All rights reserved.
Used with the permission of Apple Computer, Inc.
"Special Effects"
animation © 1992 Apple Computer, Inc. All rights reserved
"Orlan Operation #9"
courtesy the artist and Sandra Gering Gallery
"Evans & Sutherland Computer-generated environments
Hang Glider Experience, Virtual AdventuresÅ"
courtesy of Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
"Morph examples"
© 1988 Pacific Data Images, Inc.
NASA/JSC Excerpts - Marco Zambetti
"Roller Coaster Ride At Twilight"
by Lamb and Company
"Smart Drugs, Female to Male Morph & Computer Crashes"
by Narunas Bukauskas
"Big Bang, Expedition & Planetary Premiere Open"
by USA Networks/Sci-Fi Channel
"Starquest Adventure & Samsung Human-Tech II"
by Samsung
"Steps
by Rebecca Allen
"Megapolice"
by Sega USA
"Virtually Yours"
Produced and Directed by Matt Elson
"Zykon & Opera Industriel"
Zykon © 1988 Pacific Data Images, Inc.
Opera Industriel © 1986 Pacific Data Images, Inc.
"3D-Alps, Sea Level Rise & Mount Pinatubo"
courtesy the Univeristy College London Initiatives, British National Space Centre, European Space Agency (ESA), Paris & GlobalVisions and Electronic Arts
"3D Ware Demo - VRš94"
courtesy of Virtek, trademark Ocean Software, Ltd., UK
"After Dark Modules"
Artwork © 1989-93 Berkeley Systems, Inc. From After Dark Æ.
Reproduced under license agreement by Caipirinha Productions, Inc.
Alcor Life Extension Foundation tapes and still photos
courtesy of Alcor Life Extension Foundation, Scottsdale, Arizona
"AMAP Software/Siggraph 94"
by CIRAD, Montpelier, France
"Apollo"
courtesy of Interactive Solutions, Inc.
"Barcode, Timecode, Globe and Go-go Dancer"
processed video by David Miller
"Battletech Game Footage"
courtesy of Virtual World Entertainment
"Boeing VR Project"
courtesy of Boeing Computer Services, VR Project
"Bolio"
by David Zetlzer, courtesy of the M.I.T. Media Laboratory
© MIT Media Lab
"Burning Soldier"
© Copyright Pack-In Video Ltd.; Panasonic Software Company
"Cellquakes"
by Dr. Charles Lumsden,
Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Toronto
"Cybertron"
by StrayLight Corporation of New Jersey
"Cyberware Scan Data & Cyberware Newsclips"
by Cyberware
"Dactyl Nightmare" footage
by Virtuality Entertainment & Horizon Entertainment
"Desert Biome"
by Earth Flight Productions, Aerial Photography
"Design ReviewÅ Images"
courtesy of Intergraph Corporation
Gyda Model data courtesy of British Petroleum.
"FHG IGD"
by Peter Astheimer
"Foetus"
by Steve Speer
"Grinning Evil Death, Computer Graphics & Animation
and The Visible Language Workshop"
Mike McKenna, Bob Sabiston, courtesy of the M.I.T. Media Laboratory
© MIT Media Lab
"Gulf War Montage"
from the film, "FIN"
directed by Andreas Troeger
"How Computers Work"
footage provided by the Computer Museum
Boston, Massachusetts
"Hurricane Gilbert"
by Bill Hibbard for the Space Science and Engineering Center
"Intel B-Roll"
courtesy of Intel Corporation
"KPT BryceÅ"
used with permission of HSC Software Corp.
Imaging by KPT Bryce
"Kubota Racing"
by Vision Quest, Inc., Fantasy 5CO
["Luxor B-roll"
footage courtesy of Luxor Hotel/Casino]
"Metal Switch To Regulate Protein Activity & HIV-1 Protease Model"
by the Computer Graphics Laboratory, University of California, San Francisco.
© The Regents, University of California
"Microcosm"
by Psygnosis
"Morphanimation, Cyberpenis Animation & Devil Animation"
by Gary Leib
"MRI Face Mask"
by S. Meiyappan of the Institute of Systems Science
at the National University at Singapore, Singapore
"Neo Tokyo 2040"
by Avatar Partners Inc. & Geoffrey Deitz Productions
"Neurodancer & Virtual Vixens"
footage reproduced under agreement with Pixis Interactive
"Nightwatch II"
by New Machine Publishing
"Not Knot"
© 1992 The Geometry Center.
Distributed by A K Peters, Ltd.
289 Linden St., Wellesley, MA 02181, USA
"Oceandome Promo Tape"
provided by Seagaia, Phoenix Resorts
"Orgasmitron"
by Bill Rouady, Eyeball Productions, Ltd
"Photomorph Commercial"
courtesy of North Coast Software, Inc.
Photos of Rhea Ettinger and Robert C. Ettinger
provided by RCW Ettinger, Cryonics Institute, Oak Park, MI.
"Plane, 3-D"
courtesy of Immersion Corp.
"Population Dynamics Of Digital Organisms"
by Thomas S. Ray and the University of Delaware
"Powerplant"
by CSA Inc., Marietta, GA
"Protool"
by Cutting Edge Audio Group
"Pump Up The Volume & Eco-R1"
by Anjana Kar for the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
"Rhythm Golf"
courtesy of Biovision
"Samurai Pervert Interactive"
by A6 Interactive
"San Jose Sharks Animation"
courtesy of the San Jose Sharks
"Scientific Visualization Series"
courtesy of the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC)
created by Jerry Greenberg & Bernard Pailthorpe (molecules), Phil Mercurio (brain),
and Carlos Benitez & Dave Nadeau (stick figure)
"Sea Floor Structure & Cosmic Jet"
courtesy of the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC)
"Sim City 2000 & Simlife"
by Maxis
"Star Wars"
© Atari Corporation and used by permission of Atari.
All rights reserved.
"Study of a Numerically Modelled Severe Storm" & "NSFNet"
courtesy of the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, NCSA
"Super Wing Commander"
© Origin Systems Inc.
{"}Total Eclipse["]Å footage is provided by Crystal Dynamics.
Crystal Dynamics and Total Eclipse are trademarks of Crystal Dynamics.
"T-Morph 3"
by 5D, London, England
"The Brain/Siggraph 94"
by Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM
"Carribean Resort"
by Pyros Pictures, Newport Beach, CA
"Underwater Seal"
by Tom Hoppers at Diaquest Inc.
"Vactor Performer"
courtesy of SimGraphics Engineering Corporation (S.G.E.)
"Virtual Formula"
by Sega USA
"Virtual Reality: Immersed In High Performance Computing And Communications"
footage courtesy of Argonne National Laboratory, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, the National Center for Atmospheric Research/University Corporation for Atmospheric Research/National Science Foundation
"Virtual Reality In Computational Neuroscience"
by Jason Leigh & Thomas A. DeFanti
(Electronic Visualization Laboratory, University of Illinois at Chicago)
and James M. Bower (California Institute of Technology)
"Virtual Reality Surgical Simulations Overview"
footage courtesy of High Techsplantations, Inc.
"Virtual Skiing, Virtual Helicopter & Virtual Plane"
courtesy of Paradigm Simulation, Inc.
"VR Chapel"
courtesy of Infobyte S.R.L.
"VR Desert"
courtesy of Virtual World, Walnut Creek
"Voxelman"
by the Institute of Computer Science and Mathematics in Medicine (IMDM)
"VR Cave Exhibit Footage"
courtesy of National Center for Supercomputing Applications
EVL/UIC and Argonne National Laboratory
"Whatšs New In BK II"
by Vai Ip Leong
footage provided courtesy of
AT&T Microelectronics Data Management Organization

Film Soundtrack
"Fat Chair", "Hovering Glows" and "040468"
by Terre Thaemlitz
published by Urbana Arts
courtesy of Instinct Records
"Wet Moon" and "Soft System"
by Human Mesh Dance
published by Urbana Arts
courtesy of Instinct Records
"A Thousand Dyes on the Moist Earth"
by Omicron
published by Urbana Arts
courtesy of Instinct Records
"Devil Dog"
by Prototype 909
published by Urbana Arts
courtesy of Instinct Records
"Beacon 08" and "Beacon 14"
by Seti
published by Urbana Arts
courtesy of Instinct Records
Alcove "Question of Trust"
written and produced by Laurent Jadot
for Armor & Psyche Prod.
published by Bešs Songs
courtesy of Barramundi/Antler-Subway Records, Belgium
Transformer 2 "Virtual Cocoon"
written and produced by Jeff Hypp
published by Bešs Songs
courtesy of Barramundi/Antler-Subway Records, Belgium
DJ Bubba "Dream Planet"
written and produced by DJ Bubba
published by Bešs Songs
courtesy of Barramundi/Antler-Subway Records, Belgium
Karma De La Luna "Travel without Moving"
written and produced by Shai de la Luna
published by Bešs Songs
courtesy of Barramundi/Antler-Subway Records, Belgium
Man-dello "Shomyo"
written and produced by J. M. Ledermen & C.S. Johansen
published by Bešs Songs
courtesy of Barramundi/Antler-Subway Records, Belgium
Jaydee "Think For a While"
written and arranged by Jaydee
published by TBM Holland
courtesy of Barramundi/Antler-Subway Records, Belgium
"Cantamilla," "I Am So High" and "Maya Yadana"
by Tranquillity Bass
written and performed by Mike Kandel
published by Exist Dance
courtesy of Exist Dance
"Purdy Deyenol"
written and performed by TylerVision
published by Exist Dance
courtesy of Exist Dance
"Coalesce" and "Sundial"
by ESSA3
written & produced by: Darshan Jesrani & Manisch Sehgal
courtesy of ZeMagick Records
published by Thoughtforms Labs/BMI
"Transmit Liberation"
performed by Single Cell Orchestra
written by Miguel Fierro
courtesy of ZeMagick Records
Copyright Control
"Confuss"
music by Hardfloor
written by O. Bondzio & R. Zenker
courtesy of Eye Q Music Inc.
published by Moonquake/Musikedition Discoton/Upright Songs
"Travelling Without Moving - Trip #4" and "Breeze"
written and performed by Pete Namlook
courtesy of Fax +49-69/450464
published by Freibank Music
"Religion Impossible"
written, recorded and produced by John Cameron
published by League of Nations/BMI
recorded at British Audio Designs Laguna Beach, Ca.
additional Vocals by Ryder
"Trance Formation" and "Over and Out"
written and produced by Young American Primitive
published by Tueta
courtesy of Geffen Records
"Eis"
by Darrin Verhagen
published by Dorobo
courtesy of Dorobo
"Heliotherapy" and "Strange Attractor"
by NDE Haruomi Hosono
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G.Hotoda, B. Laswell, Y. Terada
courtesy of Studio Garage/Mercury Music Entertainment
published by Sony Music Publishing
"Taste of Your Own Medicine"
Elements of Trance
by Justin King
published by Level-C
courtesy of City of Angels
"Mafich Arabi"
performed by Banco de Gaia
written by Toby Marks
Banco de Gaia appears courtesy of
Mammoth Records and Planet Dog Records by arrangement with
Warner Special Products published by Toby Marks Publishing
"For a Pavilion of Wind" and "Cloud-Atalanta"
by Kenneth Newby
courtesy of City of Tribes
Copyright Control
"Japanese Cherry Blossoms"
by Global Dance Project
written, arranged and produced by Mark Lobenstejin
published by Westmoreland Music
courtesy of Native Dance Records and Quango Music
"Tongues of Fire"
by Air Liquide
written by Jamminš Unit Walker
published by Protoons, Inc.
courtesy of Sm:)e Records
"Hot, Hot, Hot"
published by Chrysalis Music
written by Alphonsus Cassell
Special Thanks
Andromeda Tattooing, New York
Astralwerks/Brian Long
Cafe Abir, San Francisco
CERI/Steve Fowkes
Cryonics Institute, Roanoke MI
Cybermind Corporation
Dr. Jeekhans, Tokyo
Dynaware
Educorp/Donna Brenner
Elastic Reality
Electronic Arts
Focus Hope, Detroit
Gazelle
HSC Software
Informative Graphics
Instinct Records/Jared Hoffman
Kiddieland, Tokyo
Kinchanšs Fishing Pool, Yokohama
Limelight, New York
Liquid Sky/Carlos Soul Slinger, New York
Little White Wedding Chapel, Las Vegas
Material/Tracy McKnight
Bill Laswell
Mecklermedia
Odyssey Visual Design/Steve Churchill
Robot Wars Inc.
San Francisco International Film Festival
Scolopendra Productions, Pars/Stephan Auriac
Sea Paradise, Japan
Seagaia/Phoenix Resorts, Japan
Siggraph 94, Orlando
Sigma Designs/Debbie Young
San Francisco Multimedia Festival
Specular International
Strata, Inc.
SSAWS Lalaport, Japan
Stardust, Las Vegas
The Metropolitan Museum, New York/William Luers
The Mirage Hotel, Las Vegas
Treasure Island, Las Vegas
Virtual World, Walnut Creek
Yokohama Golf Dome, Japan
Yumenoshima Botanical Gardens, Japan
Adam Chin/PDI
DB/Sm:)e Communications
Andrew Meier
Gedeon and Jules Naudet
Adam Goldstein
Wilder Knight
Steve Goldstein
Tim De Baets
Sharon Colchamiro
Cynthia Allen/NYU Center for Digital Multimedia
Jonathan Sarno
David Dawkins
Adrianne Mancia/MOMA
Barbara London/MOMA
Richard Pena/Lincoln Center Film Society
Scotto Lighting
Mary Glucksman
Michael Alig
Paula Heredia
Sandra Schulberg/American Playhouse
Carl Goodman/Museum of Moving Image
David Schwartz/Museum of Moving Image
Sonny Pak
Yuki Fujimoto
Lynda Hansen/NYFA
Ken and Steve Wyn
Robert Redford
Nicolle Guillemet/Sundance Institute
Linda Young/DuArt
Laurie Shapiro/21C
Bill Carney and Harvey Ferdschneider/Skid
Roberto Escalera
Jason Kliot & Joana Vicente
Janet Forman
Mel Lawrence
David Munro
Carl Feola
David Callish
Neil Ross
Brian Bumberry/Motormouth
Matt Adell/Organiko
Esther Cassidy
Elizabeth Kilcoyne/Apple
Laurent Seigneur/Midi Minuit
Kim Cascone/Silent Records
Dana Plepys/UIC
Pamela McCleave/Zoe Magik Records
Reade White/Antler/Subway Records
Yukio Morisaki/Studio Garage
Good Machine
Jussara Lee
SYNTHETIC PLEASURES was shot on location in Yokohama, Tokyo, Miyazaki, New York, Boston, Las Vegas, Orlando, San Francisco, Walnut Creek, San Jose, Berkeley, San Diego, Los Angeles, Detroit
©1995 copyright Caipirinha Productions, Inc.
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