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Circuit Benders’ Ball Panels & Workshops! 04-12-2014

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Apr 122014
 

Circuit Benders' Ball

What? You didn’t know? The Circuit Benders’ Ball is in full swing! Head on over to www.circuitbendersball.com to find out more.

The panels and workshops start at 11:00 a.m. this fine morning. Check out the panel schedule here and workshop schedule here. If you haven’t purchased your workshop tickets yet, not to worry. You can buy a ticket at the door. As of now, we have extra space in all the workshops.

And then come back for another night of performances beginning at 7 p.m. See you at Fort Houston!

Circuit Benders’ Ball: Volunteers & Host Homes Needed

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Apr 072014
 

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Want a free three-day pass to the Ball? We’re looking for volunteers and places where out of town participants can stay. If you’re interested, send a message to cbb@theatreintangible.com, and I’ll send you more info.

We’re proud to be sponsored this year by Griffin Technology, Yazoo Brewing Company, Eli Mason Cocktail Mixers, and Make Nashville.

Circuit Benders’ Ball Schedule & Ticketing

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Apr 072014
 
Logo by Rachel Briggs.

Logo by Rachel Briggs.

Circuit Benders’ Ball tickets are now on sale over at FortHouston.com! The three day festival pass is $35 purchased in advance or $50 at door. Single day tickets are $15 advance or $20 at door. Workshops are $15 advance or $20 at door (if any slots remain). Those who purchase the festival pass in advance will get a sweet LED lanyard with their name on it.

Show tickets are limited to 100, so be sure to scoop yours up as soon as soon as possible. Online sales for all tickets ends Wednesday, April 9th at 11:59 p.m. If you wait later than Wednesday night, you’ll have to purchase your tickets for the higher price at the door. If you wait later than Wednesday night, you’ll have to purchase your tickets for the higher price at the door.

Before purchasing tickets, please read our Code of Conduct. CBB is dedicated to providing a harassment-free conference experience for everyone, regardless of gender, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, or religion.

Here is the schedule for performances, panels, presentations, and workshops. You can also view the schedule via Google Docs or download a printable pdf version.

You can see participant bios with clips of their work on the Artists page, full descriptions of panels & presentations on the Panels page, and full descriptions of the Workshops (with ticket links) on the Workshops page.

Performances

Friday, April 11th

7:00 PM Skoolgirl
7:25 PM Electric Inertia
7:50 PM The Tree is Base
8:15 PM Graphic Tease
8:40 PM Brady Sharp
9:05 PM Carl Oliver
9:30 PM WΛ∀E
9:55 PM Brendan Byrne
10:30 PM Hardon Collider
10:55 PM Jeff Boynton

Saturday, April 12th

7:00 PM Mike Hester
7:25 PM Cher Von Circuit Jam
7:50 PM Noise Furniture
8:15 PM Aether Jag
8:40 PM Hadals
9:05 PM Garland Villanova
9:30 PM Workshoppe Radio Phonik
9:55 PM stAllio!
10:30 PM SURVANT
11:05 PM Tim Kaiser

Sunday, April 13th

4:15 PM Tim Carey
4:35 PM Dylan Ethier
4:55 PM sugar sk*-*lls
5:15 PM Abandoned On Fire
5:35 PM b4by f4c3
6:05 PM Morgan Higby-Flowers
6:20 PM dish_drone_dish_drone_dish_drone
6:45 PM Waveshaper
7:15 PM Age

Panels & Presentations

Friday, April 11th

Panel 5:00 PM to 5:50 PM Introduction to Circuit Bending
Panel 6:00 PM to 6:50 PM Towards a Circuit Bending Standardization

Saturday, April 12th

Presentation 11:00 AM to 11:50 AM Electronic Enclosures Design
Presentation 12:00 PM to 12:50 PM Society of the Spectacle: Culture jamming, Détournement &Tactical Media
Presentation 1:00 PM to 1:50 PM Computer Models of Circuit Bending
Panel 2:00 PM to 2:50 PM Culture Jamming part 2 plus Fair Use & Artistic Appropriating
Panel 3:00 PM to 3:50 PM Glitch Art / Dirty New Media Panel
Presentation 4:00 PM to 4:50 PM SynthTable First Look
Panel 5:00 PM to 5:50 PM Bending Visually

Sunday, April 13th

Presentation 11:00 AM to 11:50 AM Knew Beat Demonstration
Presentation 12:00 PM to 12:50 PM Making Music by Code Alone
Panel 1:00 PM to 1:50 PM Structural Biases in Local Show Booking
Panel 2:00 PM to 2:50 PM Chiptune Panel

Workshops

Saturday, April 12th

11:00 AM to 12:15 PM Playdoh Vs. Lego: A Composer’s Take on Hacker-Culture
12:30 PM to 2:00 PM Piezo Mic Making
2:15 PM to 3:30 PM Hacking the Gameboy
3:45 PM to 6:15 PM Hex-Schmitt trigger Oscillator

Sunday, April 13th

11:00 AM to 12:15 PM Subverting Apple & Google
12:30 PM to 2:00 PM Bending with Photoresistors!
2:15 PM to 4:30 PM Microcontrol of a Macroworld: Physical Computing with Arduino

Here’s the schedule in block format. Download a printable pdf version here.

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Circuit Benders’ Ball Announces Full Artist Lineup, Panels, Workshops!

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Mar 262014
 
Logo by Rachel Briggs.

Logo by Rachel Briggs.

A few weeks ago, the Nashville Scene unveiled the first round of artist announcements for the Circuit Benders’ Ball, and now it is my pleasure to announce the full artist lineup as well as the panels, presentations, and workshops!

The submissions were so strong this year that we decided to expand to three full days of programming! The Ball will begin on Friday, April 11th and continue through Sunday, April 13th. All festival programming will take place at the premiere Nashville makerspace Fort Houston located at 500 Houston Street, Nashville, TN 37203.

Performers:

With special presentations by:

Art by:

Live visuals by:

Featuring the panels:

  • Introduction to Circuit Bending
  • Making Music by Code Alone
  • Society of the Spectacle: Culture Jamming, Détournement, and Tactical Media
  • Fair Use, Artistic Appropriating, and Culture Jamming (Pt. 2)
  • Glitch Art / Dirty New Media
  • Visual Bending
  • Structural Biases in Local Show Booking
  • Chiptune Art
  • Electronic Enclosures Design
  • Computer Models of Circuit Bending
  • Towards a Circuit Bending Standardization

Featuring the workshops:

  • Playdoh Vs. Lego: A Composer’s Take on Hacker-Culture by Kyle Baker (Soundcrawl co-founder)
  • Piezo Mic Making by Christopher Lavery
  • Hacking the Gameboy by Abandoned On Fire and b4by f4c3
  • Let’s Build a Hex-Schmitt Trigger Oscillator by Christopher Lavery
  • Subverting Google by Patrick Quinn
  • Bending with Photoresistors! by Jeff Boynton
  • Microcontrol of a Macroworld: Physical Computing with Arduino by Josh Gumiela

Three day passes, single day tickets, and workshop tickets will be available soon at FortHouston.com. The three day festival pass is $35 advance or $50 at door. Single day tickets are $15 advance or $20 at door. Workshops are $15 advance or $20 at door (if any slots remain). Those who purchase the festival pass in advance will get a sweet LED lanyard with their name on it. Because of the intimate size of the space, we’re limiting the total amount of tickets to 100, so be sure to scoop yours up as soon as they go on sale. (Tentatively, Saturday, March 29th.)

We are proud to have Yazoo Brewing Company back as a sponsor. If you’re interested in sponsoring the Ball, see our sponsor guide.

Watch this space for the full schedule, panel & workshop descriptions, and spotlights on the participants. Are you excited yet? I know I am.

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