space opera - on the operatic origins of the american space program
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Jason Brown describes the connection between Wagnerian opera and the origins of the space program. Nazi mythology, Pasadena sex magick, the nature of reality and spectacle in a post-media world. Part of Wagnerfest at Machine Project, June 12, 2010.
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Space Opera : 2010.06.12 : machine
Space Opera!
Opera ?
Opera?
Operatic?
define : OPERATIC
Perversity
Taboo
Betrayal
Vengence
Death
Tragedy
WAGNER !
ORIGINS !
Nibelungenlied
Dolchstoßlegende
Backstab Legend
RobertGoddard
- LIFE Oct 4, 1963
HermannOberth
Wernher von Braun
Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr
von Braun
WORLD WAR II
Meanwhile, in America
1003 SouthOrange Grove
Avenue
1940’s Era Pasadena Sex Magick
(artist’s rendering)
Meanwhile, in Germany
operation :PAPERCLIP
Taboo
Post War
1952!
Jack ParsonsGets Blown Up
Tragedy
Double Tragedy
Taboo
Diantics becomes Scientology
Wernher Goes to Alabama
Battle of Washington
1952!
synchronicity
1952
SPUTNIK !
von Braun : The Man
VIDEO: Apollo 11
slo mo launch
Cosmodrome
End !
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