Just sold the 50th copy of my Circuit Bending for Beginners video!

The Tank is currently accepting proposals for:
Bent 2009 : The Sixth Annual Circuit Bending Festival


Festival Dates:

New York Bent Festival - April 16th-18th, 2009.


Proposals:

Proposal Deadline: February 5th, 2009
Participant Notification: February 15, 2009

In keeping with the expanding interests of the community, this year we are
continuing to open the Bent Festival to performers and artists that create their
own electronics as well as to those who hack, bend, modify and destroy them.
We are currently seeking performers and artists to participate at the New York Bent Festival and are specifically looking for submissions in these categories:
Performers, Installation Artists, Artwork Submissions and Workshop Instructors.

Please send all proposals and questions to:

New York Bent Festival - bentnyc@thetanknyc.org

PERFORMERS
Bent Festival seeks bands and/or solo artists who incorporate home built or circuit
bent instruments or ideas in their performance.

To have your work considered: Please email a short description of your act, along
with a link to mp3s and photos if you have them. (Please do not send attachments
larger than 1MB).

INSTALLATION ARTISTS
Bent Festival is looking for installation artists who can commit at least 15 hours to
creating site-specific pieces of art at each of the venues during the duration of the festival.

Installation artists will be provided with space, materials, electronic equipment and tools as we are able.

To have your work considered: Please submit via email a one-page proposal of your
installation idea along with examples of your past work. Please be prepared to commit to spending time in the installation space during the festival and be prepared for a shared and at times hectic work environment. No white walls here!

ARTWORK SUBMISSIONS
In addition to installation artists, we would like to have featured art work that fits with the spirit of the festival from people who might not be able to join us in person or who cannot commit to working in the space during the duration of the festival.

To have your work considered: Please submit via email digital images or links of your work and a brief description.

WORKSHOP INSTRUCTORS
Bent Festival is seeking workshop instructors to present on various topics. Topics in previous years have included: General circuit bending workshops for beginners an extremely technical, hands on workshops on a particular aspect or niche of the genre.

To have your work considered: Please describe the subject you would like to lead a workshop on and provide a one-page description of that workshop, in addition include links or examples of your current and past work in the field.

COMPENSATION
Stipends for all festival performers, artists, and workshop leaders will be provided. 

We have a limited number of travel grants available as well. Please contact for more information.

CONTACT INFO

New York Bent Festival - bentnyc@thetanknyc.org


Thanks,

Suzan Eraslan
General Manager
The Tank
http://www.thetanknyc.org
http://www.bentfestival.org

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good to fall asleep to.

Built a synth/sequencer in an ammo box. Speaker, 1/4" out, and theremin style pitch bend. Smaller black knobs randomize the chaos/pitch of the sequence. Also good for shutting down the city of Boston.

Finally took a video of my circuit bent TV. Audio input modulates the tube.

At www.dorkbot.org It says there's one on they way, but I'm going to look in to it further. If anyone would be interested in this please let me know so I know if it would be worth the trouble. Thanks!

Here's some info from their site:

dorkbot: people doing strange things with electricity

What is dorkbot, exactly?: Each dorkbot is different and is driven by the needs and interests of people in the local community. But generally, the main goals of dorkbot are: to create an informal, friendly environment in which people can talk about the work they're doing and to foster discussion about that work; to help bring together people from different backgrounds who are interested in similar things; to give us all an opportunity to see the strange things our neighbors are doing with electricity. dorkbot isn't really a forum for formal artist talks or lectures, but rather a chance for diverse people to have friendly conversations about interesting ideas.

$$$: dorkbot is a non-$-oriented organization. dorkbot meetings are generally free events, so you need to be careful about spending lots of money to produce them! Several dorkbots sell beer and/or food at the meetings to help cover their costs. Make sure you talk to the venue before selling anything. dorkbot.org donates web space, email lists, etc. to the local dorkbots, so there is no administrative cost associated with setting up a new dorkbot.

Meeting Format: dorkbot meetings are rather informal. There are usually two or three presentations (about 20-30 minutes each) per meeting and sometimes very short "lightening" presentations from audience members. The specific format is up to each organizer to decide. You'll probably have to play with your format for a few meetings until you find something that works well in your context. One thing to keep in mind is that the dorkbot format works best for informal, conversational presentations on a particular work or topic, rather than formal artist talks or lectures on a body of work. 30 minutes isn't much time, so focused presentations work best.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5k1UtpVnv4