Bent Festival 2011 - Brooklyn, NY - June 23-25,2011

Bent Festival 2011

Thursday June 23 through Saturday 25, 2011

Place: 319 Scholes Brooklyn, NY

Bent is an annual art and music festival celebrating circuit bending and its related creative practices: DIY electronics, hardware hacking, glitch, code bending, software art, abstract video. Now in its 8th year, the festival is a public summit where artists from across the country and around the globe gather to share their craft through performances, workshops, video screenings, art exhibitions, and installations, showcasing the state of the art in DIY electronics and circuit bending culture.

If you’re the slightest bit curious about electronics, electronic music, handmade electronic art, or if you’ve ever just really wanted to rip your toys apart, Bent Festival is here. On Friday the 24th and Saturday the 25th, we are offering a range of presentations and workshops including the infamous intro to circuit bending workshop with expert benders on hand to help you get started. There will be installation artists building circuit-bent artwork throughout the 319 Scholes space. In the evening, a full program of video works and live performances showcases a hand picked selection of some of the best circuit benders in the world. Wonder seekers of all-ages are welcome.

Official Schedule of Events

Tickets for workshops, presentations, and performances are required unless stated otherwise. Tickets and passes for all Bent Festival events will be made available through Brown Paper Tickets. Workshop prices include materials and all fees are paid to the presenters. As always, the Beginning Circuit Bending Workshop is FREE. If you can, please bring a cool toy or two to bend.

Thursday 23rd

Performances/Video Screening

08:00pm Performance: Tim Laursen
08:30pm Video Screening: Benjamin Gaulon (Corrupt)
08:45pm Performance: Ted Hayes
09:15pm Video Screening: Evan Meaney (Well of Representation)
09:30pm Performance: Lesley Flanigan
10:00pm Video Screening: Billy Roisz (brRRMMMWHEee)
10:15pm Performance: JuanJose Rivas
10:45pm Video Screening: Antonio Beirmann (Dirty Video Mixer #1)
11:00pm Performance: Jeff Donaldson

Friday 24th

Workshops/Presentations

12:00pm-2:00pm – ExiTrip with Ed Bear and Lea Bertucci
12:00pm-04:00pm – Intro to Circuit Bending with Pete Edwards
2:30pm-04:30pm – Ed Bear – DIY PCB Fabrication
04:00pm-06:00pm – Todd Michael Bailey – WTPA2

Performances/Video Screening

8:00pm Performance: Nic Collins
08:30pm Video Screening: Karl Klomp (TieDoe)
08:45pm Performance: Phillip White
09:15pm Video Screening: Phillip Stearns (Apeiron Peras)
09:30pm Performance: Burnkit26000
10:00pm Video Screening: Antonio Biermann (Dirty Video Mixer)
10:15pm Performance: Daniel Fishkin
10:45pm Video Screening: Karl Klomp (Sumburst)
11:00pm Performance: Jamie Allen
11:30pm Video Screening: Billy Roisz (Elesyn 15.625)
11:45pm Performance: Arcangel Constantini
12:15pm Video Screening: Billy Roisz (AVVA:plax)
12:30pm Performance: Pete Edwards

Saturday 25th

Workshops/Presentations

12:00pm-02:00pm – Ted Hayes – Neurohedron
3:00pm-5:00pm – Dan Snazelle – Snazzy FX
3:00pm-07:00pm – Hans Tammen – Third Eye Orchestra Workshop

Performances/Video Screening

08:45pm Performance: Hans Tammen Third Eye Bent Festival Orchestra
09:15pm Video Screening: Gijs Gieskes
09:30pm Performance: Morgan Higby-Flowers
10:00pm Video Screening: Daniel Fishkin
10:15pm Performance: Dr Rek
10:45pm Video Screening: Antonio Biermann
11:00pm Performance: Loud Objects
11:30pm Video Screening: Billy Roisz (Tilt)
11:45pm Performance: Computer At Sea

To purchase tickets please go to http://www.brownpapertickets...

To read more about Bent Festival 2011 go to http://bentfestival.org/2011/