Tao Lin "booking info"

Contact Common Populous to "book" me to present [the art portion, "Kmart Realism" portion, or both portions of the below 3-part/2-hour "lecture"], read my work, be on a panel, or [other].

I've previously presented a 3-part/2-hour "lecture" at Kansas City Art Institute (view flyer below; click it to enlarge), of which ~20% of the "learning tools" can be viewed here ("annotated timeline"), here ("'Kmart Realism' contextualized, to some degree"), here (12x facial expression, as modeled by the "hamster" template).



I've presented the art segment of the above 3-part/2-hour "lecture" at Columbia College, Vassar, Kansas City Art Institute, UNC Chapel Hill, Coastal College of Georgia.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

'shitstorm alberto' (the first shitstorm of the 2010 season)

has developed into a category 5 shitstorm (320+ comments) with a 'fully-formed' epilogue, what some in the industry are calling 'a happy ending,' and an auxiliary system that ultimately failed to develop into what would have been 'shitstorm bernard' (in anticipation of a 'very active' season, or perhaps simply to promote itself, 'the weather channel' last week emailed me an exclusive list, to post on my blog, of the names of the first eight shitstorms of the 2010-2011 season, which, after 'alberto' and 'bernard,' are, should they form: 'carmichael,' 'damien,' 'farrod,' 'garrett,' 'harold,' ignatio')

relevant links: 'comprehensive, footnoted, quote-laden' history of 'shitstorm alberto' / giant comment by 'tao' with an 'egregious' typo in the first sentence / notably 'faultlessly punctuated' (for its 'length'/'sentence variety') comment by 'rebecca' / 'essay-comment' by 'l. fontana' originally posted as a comment within 'alberto,' reposted as its own system

2x film option, 3x foreign rights sale

shoplifting from american apparel has been optioned for film by sangha films and sold to france, to au diable vauvert, to the acquiring editor of david foster wallace in france, 'along with' cognitive-behavioral therapy

eeeee eee eeee has been optioned for film by kacper jarecki and sold to serbia, the translator is zoran trklja

other countries interested in purchasing 'foreign rights' are encouraged to contact my publisher here; 'coverage' of items in this blog post can be viewed at moby lives, flavorpill, gothamist, the village voice, the new yorker, paste