Minneapolis »

By neighborhood:

St. Paul »

By neighborhood:

The Fifth Annual Bent Festival

Date: 
May 1 2008 - 7:00pm - May 3 2008 - 11:00pm

Location(s)

Intermedia Arts
2822 Lyndale Ave. S.
Minneapolis, 55408
See map: Google Maps
Event Description: 

FESTIVAL OF BROKEN TOYS DESCENDS UPON YOUR UNSUSPECTING CITY!
The Fifth Annual Bent Festival

Minneapolis, MN: May 1-3, 2008 at 8PM
Intermedia Arts, 2822 Lyndale Ave, MPLS MN 55408
$10 per night / $25 festival pass

The Tank is pleased to announce The Fifth Annual Bent Festival of hardware hacking, DIY electronics, and circuit bending. The term circuit bending refers to the inspired short-circuiting of battery-powered children’s toys to create new musical instruments, and over the last few decades a worldwide subculture has sprung up around this amazing art form. The Bent Festival began as a celebration of circuit bending, but has quickly grown to embrace not only circuit benders but also artists who create instruments and artwork from scratch using homemade circuitry. Artists from around the globe perform music with their homemade or circuit bent instruments each night of the festival, teach workshops to adults and children alike, and create amazing, interactive art installations. The festival brings together artists of all ages and showcases the state of the art of DIY electronics and circuit bending culture.

Bent Fest 2008 Workshops: Sat May 3, 2008 at Intermedia Arts
Intro to Circut Bending w/ Beatrix JAR
Advanced Circut Bending w/ Dan Demchuk
555 Timers w/ Mike Una/Alex
Drum Machine w/Ronald J. Schleper
Analog Sensor w/ Mike Taylor *Call or email (612) 871-4444 or info@intermediaarts.org for complete workshop info.

http://www.bentfestival.org
http://www.myspace.com/bentfestival

Tags:

Comments

Post new comment

The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.
CAPTCHA
This question is for testing whether you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.
1 + 0 =
Solve this simple math problem and enter the result. E.g. for 1+3, enter 4.

News you can use

Mississippi Watershed group retools grants program, hopes to reach diverse communities

By Paul Purman , TC Daily Planet

A Twin Cities watershed organization has a quarter million dollars of grant money to divvy up over the next few months, and they’re hoping groups that have traditionally not applied for funding will show up for an information meeting on Monday, September 8.

“Look at the demographics of our watershed,” explains Jenny Winkelman, Education & Outreach Coordinator for the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization (MWMO), which covers portions of the cities of Minneapolis, St. Paul, Lauderdale, and St. Anthony. “We have a huge audience we’re trying to reach, many of them fairly recent immigrant communities, such as the Hmong and Somali communities. Most traditional watershed materials are produced for a literate, English-speaking audience and may miss important populations.” MORE »