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Excited to have JS + Ninka joining us from LA at @d___o___g___ this Friday 𓇢𓆸 JS (@js__online ) is the founder of Motion Ward (@motion_ward ), 1/2 of JJ+JS, and a DJ. His obsession with finding sounds that resonate leads to sets that encompass a wide variety of textures and moods. The label is also reflective of this nature, embracing a shape shifting quality that spans aqueous dub experimentations, dreamlike trip hop, and inward-gazing guitar music. Ninka (@ni.nk.a_ ) is an eclectic DJ based in LA, CA. Her original musical roots and inspiration draws from classical piano training and Soviet pop music from childhood. Her approach to DJing now is creating arcs of feeling. She tends to weave in themes of sensuality, slush, splendor, heart, and hypnosis. She’s released string of gauzy, meandering sets featured on dublab and the Lot Radio that have transported us to deep states of blissed out cool 🙂‍↕️ we’re in for a treat ! Friday May 8, 7-11pm 428 Waller Street | San Francisco, CA Tickets on DICE via link in bio 🪻

Music at DOG returns on May 8 for a special collaboration with local mainstay collective @club.moniker , known for bringing spacious, experimental sounds to the Bay Area, for an evening of deep listening. Music at DOG is an ongoing series of collaborations with Landscape and guest curators presenting electronic and computer music performed on a unique, immersive sound system selected for each show. This edition unfolds through shifting textures, with a special DJ set from @motion_ward label head @js__online , and @ni.nk.a_ , fresh off of their recent cassette release on the fabled label @thetrilogytapes . Local duo Ryan (@rhomas_ormsby and @whyemteeel ) will open the night. Sound provided by 343. Food by @barturtle_ will be available for purchase. 7-8:30pm: Ryan 8:30-11pm: JS b2b Ninka Grab your ticket at the link in bio! 🔗 May 8, 7-11pm 428 Waller Street San Francisco, CA

The forces acting on visual culture have always been material—governed by optics, networks, and optimization functions. On March 20, Landscape is pleased to present [E23] Taxonomy of Slop, an evening led by Ruby Justice Thelot (@being_on_line ) in conversation with internet theorist Daniel Keller (@dnlklr ) and Duncan Wilson (@nosliwnacnud ) of Midjourney, exploring how the material and computational forces shaping images have evolved—from physical constraints to algorithmic feedback loops to fully autonomous visual systems. Join us as we examine what it means to produce and encounter images today.   RSVP at the link in bio 🔗 March 20, 6-8pm 428 Waller Street San Francisco, CA

Join us for the final Music at DOG event of 2025 as we close out the year with true pioneers of computer-driven sound. Portland based artists Family Trust and San Francisco based Xanopticon will bring their boundary pushing experimentations to DOG on November 8. Following a moderated discussion with the artists, the evening will feature a laptop-based live set from Family Trust (Spednar + {arsonist}), known for their deep experimentation in audio synthesis and formal re-formations of rave heritage, alongside a rare DJ set from Xanopticon, exploring the outer boundaries of underground techno. About the artists: // Family Trust // Family Trust formed in 2024 as a partnership between Portland’s Kevin Bednar (Spednar) and Danielle Rager ({arsonist}). Together they’ve bonded to bring truly cosmic takes on live dance floor composition, cutting apart influential ideas from jungle, breakcore and electro and reassembling them into futuristic grooves built to stimulate various synapses and muscle reflexes. // Xanopticon (/) // Known for blistering sound systems worldwide with densely evolving rhythms, Xanopticon has re-imagined the formulas of electronic music structures for nearly 25 years. With releases on labels like Peace Off, Zhark International, Hymen and Tigerbeat6, Xanopticon’s tracks have been pillars of cult recognition. 7pm: Doors open 7pm: Discussion with the artists 7:30pm: Xanopticon (DJ set)   9pm: Family Trust (Live) 428 Waller Street, San Francisco Grab your ticket at the link in bio!  💫

Don’t miss this year’s final Music at DOG event on November 8 🚀✨ Music at DOG closes out 2025 with performances by two artists pushing the boundaries of computer and dance music: Family Trust and Xanopticon. Curated by Chris Latina in collaboration with Landscape, the ongoing series presents electronic and computer music performed on a unique, immersive sound system selected for each show. The program will begin with a moderated discussion with the artists, exploring how their approach to tool building and process influence generative music production. The evening will feature sets by Family Trust (@spednar & @thesetofarsonist ), who will deliver cosmic takes on jungle, breakcore, and electro, and Xanopticon (@xanoptic ), the internationally renowned producer whose rhythm-dense work has redefined underground electronic music for nearly 25 years. Sound provided by Symu Systems (@symu.systems ). # 7pm: Doors open 7pm: Discussion with the artists 7:30pm: Xanopticon (DJ set) 9pm: Family Trust (Live) 428 Waller Street, San Francisco Secure your spot. Tickets at the link in bio 🔗

We are, at present, surrounded by maximum aesthetic signaling, online and off, living partly in the timeline of Labubudubaichocolatematcha even as we move our sensing, feeling bodies through 3D space. Ahead of [E21] Escaping Peak Visuality, Landscape invited Adina Glickstein (@adina______images ) to write about the current moment and how we got here—where the systems circulating images have begun to overrun the production circuits that feed them, and the exciting opportunity this creates to foster new human experiences. On October 23rd at DOG, Adina will lead a conversation on the post-ocular future and the cultural forces reshaping our visual world. She’ll be joined by Jake Nagle (VP of @generationbyosmo ) and Alex Yenni (co-founder of @fjordfeel ) to explore digital olfaction, collective embodiment, and the desire for something shared beyond the screen. Read Adina’s piece and register to attend [E21] Escaping Peak Visuality at the link in bio. October 23, 6-8:30pm 428 Waller Street

DOG is pleased to present [E21] Escaping Peak Visuality, an evening exploring what lies beyond this moment of maximal image culture at the frontiers of multi-sensory experience. What happens to human experience when aesthetic production reaches the point of collapse? How do we escape the flatness and disconnection of digitally-mediated images? What new communities and technologies emerge when we privilege feeling over seeing? We’ve reached peak visuality, a moment when the systems circulating images have begun to overrun the production circuits that feed them. Yet out of this saturation emerges an exciting opportunity, an opening to foster new human experiences that elevate the multi-sensory, the embodied, and the communal. Join us for a discussion examining the post-ocular future and the cultural forces reshaping our visual world, led by Adina Glickstein (@adina______images ) , in conversation with Jake Nagle (VP of @generationbyosmo ) and Alex Yenni (co-founder of @fjordfeel ), exploring digital olfaction, collective embodiment, and a desire for something shared beyond the screen. October 23, 6-8:30pm 428 Waller Street Admission is free with RSVP. Register at the link in bio 🔗

How do simulations shape our understanding of complex systems? Join us on Thursday, September 25 for [E20] Superorganism, an immersive evening exploring how the frontiers of simulation, biology, and artificial intelligence are converging to reshape scientific discovery. Darren Zhu, synthetic biologist and founder of Culture, will present two creative projects, Biotopy and Ends of Science, followed by a discussion featuring pioneers at the intersection of synthetic biology, game design, and AI-driven research. A moderated discussion will feature: Chaim Gingold: Game designer and theorist, creator of Spore Creature Creator and author of Building Simcity Adam Green: Building interpretable virtual cells, founder of Markov Bio Joel Lehman: ML researcher and co-author of Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned Daphne Demekas: ML researcher at Softmax, focused on multi-agent systems and emergence Thursday, Sep 25, 6-8pm 428 Waller Street Admission is free with RSVP. Register at the link in bio!

DOG is pleased to present [E20] Superorganism, an evening exploring how the frontiers of simulation, biology, and artificial intelligence are converging to reshape scientific discovery.  What happens when biological agents inhabit virtual universes? How might scientific discovery emerge through collective play? Darren Zhu, synthetic biologist and founder of Culture, will present two creative projects: Biotopy (/), a biotic game connecting living microorganisms to virtual creatures for collective citizen science, and Ends of Science (/), an exploration of how AI creates new epistemic frontiers in scientific discovery. Join us for an immersive evening featuring live demonstrations, screenings, and a discussion with pioneers at the intersection of synthetic biology, game design, and AI-driven research. Thursday, Sep 25, 6-8pm 428 Waller Street Admission is free with RSVP. Register at the link in bio!

Music at DOG keeps it simple on September 6: two incredible DJ sets and one immersive sound system. Join us for rare Bay Area appearances from 8004 of Chicago’s Kino Disk (@kinodisk ) and Toronto-based Trailcam (@3saggila ) as they explore disparate sonic territories, powered by Symu Systems (@symu.systems ). About the artists: // 8004 @kinodisk // Kino Disk is an electronic label and dubplate studio in Chicago, Illinois exploring abstract textures with dub sensibilities. // Trailcam @3saggila // Operating out of Toronto, Trailcam crafts dense and feral music shaped by fractured percussion and dub’s dislocation. Her approach to sound evokes a world that’s constantly shifting with its clean edges eroded by repetition and drift. Previous editions have sold out. Be sure to get your ticket at the link in bio 🔗

🚨 Music at DOG is back again on September 6 🚨 Join us for another transportive evening exploring shifting textures, and densely layered dub and percussion from two artists making rare San Francisco appearances. Curated by Chris Latina in collaboration with Landscape, our ongoing series celebrates electronic and computer music performed on a unique sound system selected for each show. The evening will feature DJ sets from 8004 of Chicago-based label Kino Disk (@kinodisk ), alongside Toronto-based producer and DJ Trailcam (@3saggila ). Sound provided by Symu Systems (@symu.systems ). Doors open at 7pm Grab your ticket at the link in bio 🔗🔊

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