Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Jeet Kei Leung-- Transformational Festivals

I  have personally  been a part of the electronic trance music culture in Goa. As a photographer and artist I have attempted to document this with a series of portraits of Goa Trance DJ’s like the iconic Goa Gil. You can read about this project http://alexfernandesphotography.blogspot.com/2010/11/culture-is-not-your-friend-its.html
This is why I want to talk about the future of art and music as imagined by Jeet Kei Leung and several smaller communities of intelligent and diverse, people from all over the world. (Please see video). Such community events involving electronic music and art are happening all over the world including my home in Goa, India, from where electronic Goa trance originated. The Glastonbury festival, Burning man in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada are prime examples of events where art, music, technology, mysticism and spirituality come together.