SXSW is coming to London from 2-7th June, and it's exactly as you might expect: Expensive, AI, NFTs, and a bunch of people you probably want to ignore.

I propose FKFJ: The exact opposite of SXSW, on the same dates.

An distributed affordable community thing across London, about interesting technology, music, and art.

No central organisation. Just put on an event. We'd have a website to find them all.

Yes?

Hej!

This is our #introduction / #introductions

We are the Institute for Degrowth Studies, based in #Malmö #Sweden. We are an association (“ideell förening”) founded with the aim of spreading knowledge about #degrowth, creating and/or supporting activities aligned with degrowth, providing opportunities for our members to learn more about degrowth, and fostering collaboration both locally and internationally with other degrowth groups and organizations that share similar values.

After organizing the 6th International Degrowth Conference we have arranged study circles and study visits, lectures, workshops, film screenings, and projects. We have also collaborated with other civil-society organisations for public events and activities.

As part of prefiguring the world we want to see, we are now happy to also have a presence on the #fediverse. We will post updates of related events in the area and share other relevant materials!

Behold this super cool emulation of Laurie Spiegel's famous 1986 "Music Mouse" software: https://teropa.info/musicmouse/

Move your mouse around and it triggers chords

You can switch to arpeggios, or my favorite -- "improvise", where the software takes the cluster of notes you're triggering and randomly plays 'em

Some thoughts from me about Magic Mouse, on my blog (item 3): https://clivethompson.medium.com/chucks-turn-hellabytes-become-official-and-the-library-of-mistakes-f19ffe0adbfd