[spectre] BENT2006 - NYC

[Andrew Bucksbarg]

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