I’m looking forward to my little presentation I’m giving at Mission Synths in San Francisco about the Disquiet Junto on Thursday, the 22nd. I’ve done a bunch of Junto talks over the years. To date, the majority of them have been overarching descriptions of the now long-running music community. The main distinction among the talks I’ve given in the past is whether they were intended for audiences that are deeply into electronic and experimental music/art, or if they were for more general audiences, like when I spoke at SETI years back, just for one example. In contrast, the talk that’s coming up is more tightly focused, looking at particular Junto projects as a microcosm of Junto compositional prompts over the years, and emphasizing what these specific projects have to say about collegial online artistic communities — how one might foster and maintain them, how one might contribute thoughtfully as a participant in them, and what the artistic activity and online communications have in common.
The timing is especially good in that the event occurs at the start of the 699th consecutive weekly Disquiet Junto project, just one week from the milestone 700th project. The 699th will also be the final of the three-part trios project that’s currently underway. And this week marks the 10th anniversary of Lines, or llllllll.co, the message board where much Junto activity has been centered for many years.
Below are two slides from the deck I’m putting together for the talk. I’ll decipher these on Thursday. I’ll also be playing music from various Junto projects.
The event starts at 7pm on May 22. Mission Synths is at 3026 24th Street in San Francisco. It costs $15, but on one will be turned away for lack of funds. I’m pleased to share the bill with three other presenters: Naomi Seyfer (@sixolet), Jonathan Snyder (@iasekenighter), and Thadeus Reed (@creativecontrol).
