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:

• Tim Kaiser, Duluth, MN
• Jeff Boynton, Los Angeles, CA
• SURVANT (Patrick Quinn), Brooklyn, NY
• Brendan Byrne, Brooklyn, NY
• stAllio! (Benjamin Berg), Indianapolis, IN
• Garland Villanova, Chicago, IL
• Noise Furniture (Christopher Lavery), Murray, KY
• Robbie Lynn Hunsinger
• Workshoppe Radio Phonik (Matt the PM & Pimpdaddysupreme)
• David Wright Lagrone
• Cher Von, Louisville, KY
• Hadals (Anderson Cook & Austin Gaines), Montgomery, AL
• Aether Jag (Bridget Venuti), Chattanooga, TN
• Graphic Tease (Maddy Madeira)
• Hardon Collider (Brendan Mucillo), Cincinnati, OH
• Electric Inertia (Jonathan Hancock), Crescent Springs, KY
• Pink Merkin (Aric Vance), Ashville, NC
• WΛ∀E (Devin Bell & Jacque Fullwood)
• Morgan Higby-Flowers, Clarksville, TN
• Abandoned On Fire (Arnie Holder), Bowling Green, KY
• b4by f4c3 (Frank Angotti ), Hobart, IN
• The Tree Is Base (Paul Horton)
• sugar sk*-*lls (Ben Marcantel)
• Brady Sharp
• dish_drone_dish_drone_dish_drone (Virginia Griswold & Morgan Higby-Flowers), Clarksville, TN
• Carl Oliver
• Mike Hester
• Tim Carey (84001)
• Dylan Ethier
• Skoolgirl (Stan Richardson)
• Age (Josh Gumiela & Luke Rainey)

With special presentations by:

• Kurt James Werner, Ph.D. candidate in Computer-Based Music Theory and Acoustics at Stanford, inventor of the iOS circuit bending app bent.fm
• Black Cat Sylvester & crew, inventors of the SynthTable
• Chris Richards, inventor of Knew Beat, a device that conducts, composes & arranges music by motion

Art by:

• Kellie Bornhoft
• Robbie Lynn Hunsinger
• Osvaldo Gonzalez
• Brittanie Jackson
• Alexis Jones
• Jonathan Hancock
• More TBA

Live visuals by:

• Meltface Video Destruction (Devin Lamp)
• xephedradap (Colin Diesh)
• Patricia Faulkner
• b4by f4c3 vs. Abandoned On Fire
• Jeffrey Stanfill
• WΛ∀E
• Matt the PM
• Morgan Higby-Flowers
• More TBA

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.