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Email Page2007 Bent Festival
April 26, 2007- April 28, 2007
Matt Durant, Ranjit Bhatnagar, Andreas Stoiber, Stephanie Rothenberg, Patrick Boblin, Phil Stearns, Jeff Donaldson, Caitlin Berrigan, Joker Nies
Eyebeam Art & Technology Center
540 W 21st StEyebeam is pleased to host a three-day extravaganza of workshops, concerts and art installations as part of Bent 2007: The Fourth Annual Circuit Bending Festival, April 26-28. At Eyebeam, performers, educators and visual artists – including several past and current Eyebeam artist residents and fellows – will lead circuit-bending workshops for all ages and skill levels.
The term circuit bending refers to the inspired short-circuiting of battery-powered children's toys and simple electronic audio devices to create new musical instruments. Over the last several decades, this practice has mushroomed from its humble origins as a hobbyist pastime to a worldwide DIY subculture and art form.
“In a society that is increasingly focused on sophisticated technology, it is amazingly satisfying to get the general public ripping apart circuit boards and showing them how much fun they can have with just the smallest bit of know-how”, explains festival co-curator Daniel Greenfeld.
This year the Bent Festival, which is produced by the NYC non-profit The Tank, takes its circuit-bending fun nationwide, with stops in Los Angeles and Minnesota before winding up at Eyebeam, NYC.
The 2007 Bent Festival is produced by The Tank, a non-profit space for performing and visual arts in New York City with a mission to provide a welcoming, creative, collaborative, and affordable environment for artists and activists engaged in the pursuit of new ideas. In addition to Eyebeam, other partners in The Bent Festival include Intermedia Arts (Minneapolis); Make Magazine, the first publication on the subject of DIY technology projects; and Periscope Entertainment, a Los Angeles based film and television company that prides itself on supporting independent thought and innovative creation. This event is made possible in part by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.
A complete schedule of events follows; for further information, including images and press, or to by tickets for select events, visit: http://bentfestival.org.
Bent Festival New York City - April 26-28, 2007 Presented by The Tank and Eyebeam
All workshops, concerts, and installations will be held at Eyebeam 540 W. 21st Street, (between 10th and 11th Avenues), NYC 212.937.6580 www.eyebeam.org
WORKSHOP SCHEDULE (Workshops are free unless noted; cost is for materials and supplies.)
FRIDAY APRIL 27
6:00pm Solid Logic - With Phil Stearns. $10.
This hands-on workshop will consist of a brief intro to electricity, resistance and capacitance; for those who speak tech: RC timing and basic CMOS digital ICs.
SATURDAY APRIL 28
11:00am Intro to Circuit Bending Workshop - FREE and fun for kids of all ages!
Circuit bending is a do-it-yourself sound art, which allows one to discover new hidden organic sounds in battery-powered electronic toys recycled from thrift stores and garage sales. In the Introduction to Circuit Bending Workshop participants will learn the fundamentals of circuit bending and have the opportunity to take a hands-on approach to modifying their own electronic devices. Participants are encouraged to bring their own devices for bending; this would include any battery-operated children’s toys that make sounds (keyboards, speak and spells, etc). Participants are also encouraged to bring extra batteries to use on their machines.
12:00pm Usernomics 1.0 with Eyebeamer Stephanie Rothenberg. $10. 2 hours.
The School of Perpetual Training presents "Usernomics 1.0". Participants will learn how to interface hacked USB keyboards with Macromedia Flash and other interactive computer programs to explore alternative ways of interacting with the computer. In the first hour participants will disassemble USB keyboards and experiment with various materials and soldering techniques to create unique and unusual external interfaces. The external interfaces will be used to control the movements of an onscreen avatar. In the second hour, participants use their newly created devices in a competition to control an online "worker". Participants are encouraged to bring their own computer and random electronics junk.
2:00pm Introduction into The Giant Chaotic Circuit Bending Merzbau Jungle with Andreas Stoiber.
Andreas is an artist in residence for the Bent Festival and will be creating a rhizomatic structure of interactions between musical instruments and other devices. For this workshop, the audience is encouraged to plug their own instruments somewhere into the wires and learn how his installation works and how it can be engaged with. All are welcome! Bring your bent toys!
2:00pm MintyBoost with former Eyebeamer Limor Fried. $20. 90 minutes.
Participants will make the MintyBoost USB charger (for iPods, mp3 players, cell phones, etc.). Will cover basic soldering skills.
2:00pm From Circuit Bending to Circuit Design -- Intro to the Dark Arts of The Man
Circuit-bending has long taken a subversive role in the world of electronics by using consumer products as a starting media. While this approach has much in the way of ideological validity, many circuit-benders find they want to learn more about how the circuits they are bending actually work. This workshop functions as a crash course in the tools, methods and theories that are actually used to design circuits from the ground up. With Todd Bailey.
4:00pm Scavenged Analog Video Games with Ed Bear and Lea Bertucci
4:00pm Alternative Power Sources for Bent Creations with Eyebeamer Mouna Andraos
During this workshop, participants will be provided with an introduction to basic physical computing and make a flashlight powered by shaking motion. Participants are encouraged to bring their battery powered 'bent creations with them, as they will learn how to power various creations using this form of energy.
4:00pm Arc Anomino and the sono-reductronic
Evening Eyebeamer Jamie O'Shea
Jamie will present 10 min. demonstrations from his “famous machine” research into the creation of a human-sized chamber with giant suspended antenna whose function is to make its occupant famous. Not to be missed.
ARTWORK BY
Matt Durant Ranjit Bhatnagar Andreas Stoiber Stephanie Rothenberg Patrick Boblin Phil Stearns Jeff Donaldson Caitlin Berrigan Joker Nies
CONCERT SCHEDULE Concert tickets are $10 per night or $26 for all three nights; tickets will be available at the door or online @ www.bentfest.org.
Thursday 4/26 (Doors @ 7:30pm)
Andrew Hlynsky and Encantii---Sebastian Boaz---Pixel Form---Gunung Sari---Jamie Allen
Friday April 27 (Doors @ 7:30pm)
The government---arc.Ozzz---Gmackrr---Lorin Edwin Parker---Beatrix*Jar---Jeff Donaldson---Mudboy---Patterndiver---Peter Edwards
Saturday April 28 (Doors @ 7:30pm)
Mario de Vega---Die Fuchteln---Mr. Resistor---Loud Objects---Andreas Stoiber---Carlos Antenna---Dr. Rek---Burnkit2600---Alias Pail
Books and DVDs related to artists in this show
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