Bent Festival 2010 - Friday April 23

Single Day Tickets are $10
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/102198

Ongoing Installations by Brendan O'Connell, Joe Mariglio + Steven Litt, Paulo R. C. Barros, Philip Stearns, Philip White, Daniel Temkin, James C. Daher, Gabriel Barcia-Columbo, & Don Miller

Friday Workshops
12:00PM || Derek Holzer : TONEWHEELS|| Tickets ($40)
6 hours and evening performance. Max enrollment 10
TONEWHEELS is an experiment in converting graphical imagery to sound, inspired by some of the pioneering 20th Century electronic music inventions such as the ANS Synthesizer (Murzin USSR 1937-57), the Variophone (Sholpo USSR 1930) and the Oramics system (Oram UK 1957). Transparent tonewheels with repeating patterns are spun over light-sensitive electronic circuitry to produce sound and light pulsations and textures. In this 1 day workshop, participants will learn to construct two different circuits: a simple light-to-sound converter and a variable motor speed controller, as well as how to design and print their own tonewheel patterns using the FLOSS software Inkscape. The workshop concludes with a group performance and an invitation to the audience to experiment with the instruments which have been created.

12:00PM || Peter Edwards aka casperelectronics : The Benjolin || 6 hours. Max enrollment 10
In this one-day workshop, headed by circuit bender Peter Edwards of casperelectronics, participants will build the Benjolin, designed by synth engineering genius Rob Hordijk. The Benjolin is a wildly clever, boundry pushing analog sound-device that is very different from what you will find from other DIY-kits.

Workshop fee: $150 this includes all parts and tools. If you have tools you would like to bring, you are encouraged to do so. We will do our absolute best to ensure that every one leaves with a working unit. For reservations, please contact Brendan Byrne at brendan@thetanknyc.org

Friday Performances
Doors at 7:30pm, free beer until 8pm!

8:00PM Derek Holzer
8:30PM Peter Edwards aka casperelectronics
9:00PM Burnkit 2600
9:30PM The Tronic
10:00PM LÖWENZAHN
10:30PM Gannon
11:00PM LCDD
11:30PM Alpha-Bit