Index: Gerald Jupitter-Larsen
Biography
G. X. Jupitter-Larsen was born in Denver, Colorado in 1959. In the late 1970s he moved to Vancouver, Canada. There he began his activities in the mail art network and other underground scenes. He has been involved in the punk-rock, the cassette and the zine culture and the coordinated Pawel Petasz‘. Commonpress Editions during the period of Polish martial law from 1981 to 1989. In his performances he is known for nihilism, as the founder of The Haters, he practiced hardcore noise live and brought out noise-music on over 300 records and CD’s. In his appearances (oftentimes wearing a rubber mask), he worked with an angle grinder on rubber tires that hung above the audience. In the 1990s he worked as a sound designer for Mark Pauline’s Survival Research Laboratories. He made films and video works, published three novels and produced many hours of radio.
G. X. Jupitter-Larsen now lives in Hollywood, California.
