DJ Spooky has participated in a series curated by Bloomberg Media and Hyundai Technologies for their inaugural ART + TECHNOLOGY Series. The other participants are renowned video artist from China, Lu Yang and James Coupe.
Sponsored by the Georgetown University Departments of African American Studies and Performing Arts and the Racial Justice Institute
The Racial Justice: Art(s) and Activism lecture series, honors Georgetown University’s recent initiative to highlight art, activism and racial justice by focusing on work by literary, visual and performance artists whose art serves the ongoing struggle to produce new forms of racial freedom.
DJ Spooky is on the cover of Apogeo Spatial – a magazine about satellites and contemporary art!
He discusses several projects he’s done and their relationship to satellite visualization.
Check it out!
DJ Spooky has joined the film We Rise Up as an Executive Producer.
WeRiseUp amplifies the cultural movement that where we all RiseUP together. WeRiseUP invites everyone to get connected, take action, and make a difference. Get involved with opportunities to create positive change in your life, community, school, work, and around the world.
SUMMER 2019
DJ Spooky will be the First Artist in Residence with Google starting late 2019.
http://djspooky.com/googleresidency/
More will be announced mid summer.
DJ Spooky has completed music for the new Henry Louis Gates film “Reconstruction” that focuses on the aftermath of the Civil War and the massive disenfranchisement of African Americans that occurred in the wake of the war. The film will air April 9th & 16th, 2019. Check out the trailer!
DJ Spooky is putting the finishing touches on his upcoming album based on using AI and Blockchain technology to finish the mixes and remixes. He’s working with Breaker, a blockchain tech company whose mission is to “evolve the entertainment industry with a decentralized ecosystem that empowers creators…” the album drops later this year.
Stay tuned!
[photo: DJ Spooky at Francis Ford Coppola’s famous Zoetrope Studios in San Francisco]
January 25, 2019, 7:30pm
YBCA Theater, San Francisco
Featuring DJ Spooky, Classical Revolution & San Francisco Girls Chorus. Visual Design by Greg Niemeyer and MEDIUMLABS, additional visuals by Roger Antonsen.
Commissioned by Internet Archive; a Hewlett 50 Arts Commission funded by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. Presented in association with YBCA. Produced by Sozo Artists, Inc. with additional support from Sozo Impact, Inc.
We had an amazing show! Thanks to everyone for coming and we hope you enjoy the photos below.
Learn more at djspooky.com/quantopia
