Peter Valentine
From Kook Science
| Peter Valentine | |
|---|---|
| Born | 14 February 1942 Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts |
| Died | 9 August 2022 (80) Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts |
Peter Zak (Excalibur) Valentine (February 14, 1942 - August 9, 2022) was an American artist and political activist who maintained Cosmic Moose and Interstellar Bear's Ville, a public art project, at his 37 Brookline Street home in Cambridgeport, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Valentine was also noted for his origination of what he called Electromagnetic Kung-Fu and other interrelated systems of physico-psychical and esoteric interest.
Selected Writings
to Cambridge City Council
- A communication was received from Peter Valentine, regarding cosmic self., cambridgema.iqm2.com, 2018, https://cambridgema.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_LegiFile.aspx?ID=7136&highlightTerms=peter%20valentine
- A communication was received from Peter Valentine, 37 Brookline Street, regarding the birth of the immortality of the United States of America., cambridgema.iqm2.com, 2019, https://cambridgema.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_LegiFile.aspx?Frame=SplitView&MeetingID=2359&MediaPosition=&ID=9395&CssClass=AgendaOutline
See also: cambridgema.iqm2.com/Citizens/Search.aspx#SearchText=peter%20valentine
Media
- 2012 PETER EXCALIBUR VALENTINE Cambridge Historic Commission (Lydia Eccles - Test Human, Universal Aliens), https://archive.org/details/2012-peter-valentine-cambridge-historic-commission — video of "a meeting of the Cambridge Historic Commission regarding landmark status for [Valentine's] painted fence."
Press Coverage
- Wood, John B. (7 Sep. 1971), "Government of the universe: spin the dial for your fate", The Boston Globe (Boston, MA): 1, 24, https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-government-of-the-unive/146154464/, "[...] Valentine is the moving force behind The Indiea Co. (sic), under whose aegis he peddles a device allegedly used to communicate with the government of the universe."
- Ferdinand, Pamela (19 Jun. 1994), "Where Dr. Seuss meets My Funny Valentine", The Boston Globe (Boston, MA): 270, https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-where-dr-seuss-meets-m/146154382/
- Levy, Marc (9 Aug. 2022), "Peter Valentine, colorful artist, is reported dead; His home is a landmark, the city was his canvas", Cambridge Day (Cambridge, MA: cambridgeday.com), https://www.cambridgeday.com/2022/08/09/peter-valentine-colorful-artist-is-reported-dead-his-home-is-a-landmark-the-city-was-his-canvas/