About

Jo Kingly is a multidisciplinary artist, writer, and creator whose work lives at the intersection of music, long-form storytelling, and systems thinking.

Long before his work in technology, he published the self-hosted journal BE.725 (2008-2010), where he broke early stories on digital infrastructure and cybersecurity. Today, he is actively drafting a storybook, drawing on his experiences during decades of fieldwork, protocol design, and off-grid living, as well as composing music.

His creative output is inspired by his background as a technology founder and protocol author. Kingly co-developed open-source financial infrastructure, authored technical whitepapers and manifestos on decentralized value transfer, and spoke publicly on digital sovereignty (2016). He also spent two years (2019-2021) living off-grid in a forest tiny house with his partner. This experience reshaped his relationship with time, resourcefulness, and slow creation.

His musical practice has recently yielded the debut video "Across the Water" (2024), recorded on an Andaman island amid quiet island life and the company of a scruffy white cat, followed by experimental track "Time Traveler" (2025). He is currently shaping his debut EP, treating composition as both a technical craft and an emotional archive. Alongside music, Kingly explores visual and narrative formats that integrate documentation and fiction.

Whether drafting chapters, composing music or designing borderless systems, Kingly's work is usually revolves around the question: how do we build things that touch the future, as well as the past? He continues to write, record, and publish under the name Jo Kingly, inviting audiences to explore the intersections of art, authorship, and quiet rebellion.