[dorkbotphiladelphia-announce] New York Circuit Bending Festival - STARTS TODAY!

[Chris Vecchio, PhD]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Rosenthal" <mike at thetanknyc.org>
Subject: BENT2006 Circuit Bending Festival - THIS WEEK!


> Ladies and Gentlemen,
> The time has come. After 6 months of preparations, the bent festival is
upon
> us once again. I will try to make this as succinct as possible.
>
> Circuit-bending is the creative short-circuiting of low voltage,
> battery-powered electronic audio devices such as guitar effects,
children's
> toys and small synthesizers to create new musical instruments and sound
> generators. Good so far?
>
> The Bent Festival is a week of concerts, art installations, and workshops
> celebrating this most unusual art form. The first and only festival in the
> country where one can see a musical instrument built from a singing teddy
> bear, this year's event will be our most ambitious to date. In addition to
> nightly concerts and huge beautiful art installations, novices and
> experienced benders of all ages can participate in workshops led by the
best
> in the business during the day.
> One note, workshops with a materials fee are filling up fast, so
> pre-register on the site to ensure a spot. For the open workshops, feel
free
> to bring your own toys or use ours! All tools will be provided.
> Now the blurb:
>
> BENT2006 Circuit Bending Festival
> April 18 - 23, 15 Nassau Street NY,NY
> http://www.bentfestival.org - buy tix and see all info!
> http://www.thetanknyc.org
>
> Now all the inline info that you could also see at the website:
>
> Tues 4/18 - 7pm - FREE - Concert with: Luke Dubois with Matthew Ostrowski,
> Tristan Perich / Loud Objects
>
> Wed 4/19 - 3-6pm - FREE - Open Workshop
> And 6-8pm - FREE - Intro to Circuit Bending Workshop
> And 8-10pm - $7 - Concert with: Daniel Cashin, Shotaro Nakano, Bubblyfish,
> Pixelform, Gunung Sari
>
> Thurs 4/20 - 3-6pm - FREE - Open Workshop
> And 4-8pm - $5 - Building Custom Circuits for Bent Instruments
> And 6-8pm - $15 - Building a Square Wave Tone Generator
> And 8-10pm - $7 - Concert with: Josh Tobin, Nies-DeVega-Tammen,
> kingcapitolpunishment, MHCrispo, Receptors
>
> Fri 4/21 - 3-6pm - FREE - After-School Circuit Bending
> And 6-8pm - FREE - Virtual Circuit Bending with Max/MSP and Jitter
> And 6-8pm - $15 - Voice Changing Megaphone Bending Wokshop
> And 8pm-late - $10 - Concert with: The Circuit Bending Orchestra, The
Bemus
> Point, Mystery Circuits, George Lazenbleep, Lorin Edwin Parker, Andrew
> Bucksbarg with Michele Darling and Terry Golob, Peter Blasser, The
> Circuit-Bent Project, Travis McCoy Fuller
>
> Sat 4/22 - 12pm-2pm - FREE - A Day at the Circuits Intro Workshop
> And 1-4pm - $50 - Building the One-Bit Groove Box
> And 1-3pm - $50 (and BYO SK-1) Installing the RCA Patchbay Mod to a Casio
SK
> And 4-6pm - FREE - Hardware Hacking Workshop with Nic Collins
> And 6-8pm - FREE - Hardware Hacking Book Release Party with Nic Collins
> And 8pm-late - $10 - Concert with: The Tour Company, Ian Helliwell, Vic
> Rawlings, Mystery Palace, Peter Edwards, Maikko, Beatrix*Jar, Burnkit2600
>
> Sun 4/23 - 1-3pm - $60 - How to Make a Robot Sing from the Heart Workshop
> And 3-5pm - $5 - Concert with: Dafna Naphtali, Alex Waterman and Benton-C
> Bainbridge, John Morton
>
> Please, won't you join us? These people are descending on nyc for a week
> with the most insane toys they have spent the year building, and you
really
> owe it to yourself to check them out.
>
> BENT2006 is presented at 15 Nassau, a venue of Lower Manhattan Cultural
> Council. Space donated by Silverstein Properties.
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
> The Tank
> http://www.thetanknyc.org
> http://www.bentfestival.org
>