Gray Area Art And Technology

2665 Mission St.
San Francisco CA
(415) 843-1423

Our mission is to apply art and technology to create positive social impact through education, civic engagement, and public programs.

We use digital tools to create art and design projects that benefit society. We test and scale projects with high impact potential, teach digital tools to support artists and technologists, and inspire our community by promoting meaningful new work.

We apply the promise and inspiration of digital art to a broader social context. Our programs are transforming cities into creative outlets, applying technology to solve problems, and shaping how art is created and consumed in the digital era.
http://grayarea.org/

Upcoming Events:

15Nov

Sunday, November 15 2026 12:00 PM

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We'll read the Introduction alongside two chapters, glancing over the Moog's journey into Bay Area counterculture in parallel with the invention of the Buchla Box. Through the book's narrative, we'll explore how East Coast synthesizers entangled with San Francisco's psychedelic music scene, and how musicians formed a strange new intimacy with "popping and pouring" music machine designed by Don Buchla. Together, these chapters chart how a piece of electronic hardware became a vehicle for experimentation and a whole range of new genres that define our music culture, listening experience, and surrounding soundscape today.

🗓 November 15, 2026
🕛 Time: 12–2 PM
📍2665 Mission St., San Francisco, CA 94110
🎟 RSVP: https://luma.com/kxrxj1xp

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Reading:
Pinch, T. J., & Trocco, F. (2002). Analog days: The invention and impact of the Moog synthesizer. Harvard University Press.

Chapters:
Introduction, pp. 1-11; Buchla’s Box, pp. 32-52; In Love with a Machine, pp. 155-170.

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19Nov

Thursday, November 19 2026 8:00 PM

Micro To Macro
Microorganisms, Sound and Robots
by Scott Kildall and Kal Spelletich

https://grayarea.org/event/micro-to-macro-sound-robots/

What happens when living systems are given control of machines and synthesizers?

Scott Kildall and Kal Spelletich team up to perform with electronics that capture the hidden signals of bacteria, plants, and crustaceans and transform them into sound and robotic movement in a three-act performance. The first performance will be Kal's participatory Plant Powered Orchestra, which uses sensors attached to plants to trigger sound machines. Scott will then perform Bacterial Beats, translating live electrical activity from bacteria he collected from the Salton Sea into generative musical compositions. Their finale will be a new collaboration, Micro to Macro, which tracks ostracods (tiny aquatic crustaceans) as they swim across a microscope slide and maps their movements into robotic motion and sound. Finally, a breathalyzer-activated pipe organ at the bar adds a human interactive element to the evening. Surfing the wake of AI slop, these two longtime San Francisco artists embrace “Natural Intelligence.” The organic world is full of complexity that can best be performed live with electronics.

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