Blip Festival 2006
.: THE TANK and 8BITPEOPLES present ::
:: THE BLIP FESTIVAL 2006 ::
:: 39 music and video artists from around the world ::
:: 4 days of low-bit music and art :: 11 30 – 12 03 ::
.: NEW YORK NY US ::
Save the date and spread the word! From November 30th to December 3rd, 8bitpeoples and The Tank transform a disused bank in lower Manhattan into the site of the largest-scale single chiptune event in the history of the form. The Blip Festival is a four-day affair, with nearly 40 artists and musicians from
across the US, Canada, Spain, Sweden, Austria, the Netherlands, and Japan converging upon New York City to perform and demonstrate their work, many for the first time ever in the United States. Just check this out:
Musical lineup:
Anamanaguchi [US], Aonami [JP], Bit Shifter [US],
Bubblyfish [US], Coova [JP], Covox [SE],
Crazy Q [SE], Mark DeNardo [US], The Depreciation
Guild [US], Glomag [US], Goto80 [SE], Hally [JP],
Kplecraft [JP], Bud Melvin [US], Nullsleep [US],
Pepino [JP], Tristan Perich [US], Portalenz [JP],
Quarta330 [JP], Rabato [ES], Random [SE],
Receptors [US], Saitone [JP], Starpause [US],
Jeroen Tel [NL], TouchBoy [CA], Tugboat [US],
Virt [US], Neil Voss [US], Herbert
Weixelbaum [AT], x|k [US], YMCK [JP]
Visuals by:
The C-Men [NL]
C-TRL Labs [US]
noteNdo [US]
Voltage Controlled [US]
Dan Winckler [US]
Artwork by:
Cory Arcangel [US]
Screenings:
This Spartan Life, a talk show in game-space
We Are The Strange exclusive festival preview
8 Bit, a documentary about art and video games
Workshops:
Nullsleep: NES Music: From Concept to Cartridge
& more to be announced
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