BLIP FESTIVAL 2006 NEW YORK NY US		2006 11 30 - 2006 12 03
[NEW YORK NY US] — The Tank and 8bitpeoples are pleased to present the Blip Festival, a four-day celebration of nearly 40 international artists exploring the untapped potential of low-bit video game and home computing consoles used as creative tools. Familiar devices are pushed in new directions with startling results — Nintendo Entertainment Systems and Game Boys roaring with futuristic floor-stomping rhythms and fist-waving melody, art-damaged Sega hardware generating fluctuating and abstracted video patterns — and that's only the beginning. An exploration of the chiptune idiom and its close relatives, the Blip Festival is the biggest and most comprehensive event in the history of the form, and will include workshops, film screenings, and nightly music performances boasting an international roster larger and further-reaching than any previous event of its kind. Small sounds at large scales pushed to the limit at high volumes. Just feast your eyes on this lineup: Anamanaguchi [US] Aonami [JP] Bit Shifter [US] Bubblyfish [US] Chibi-Tech [US] Coova [JP] Covox [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] Featuring visuals by: The C-Men [NL] C-TRL Labs [US] noteNdo [US]   Voltage Controlled [US] Dan Winckler [US] The artwork of: Cory Arcangel [US] Film screenings of: 8 Bit - Featured screening. A documentary about art and video games. View trailer. Original Concept / Directed by Marcin Ramocki. Produced / Co-directed by Justin Strawhand. 90 minutes. www.8bitmovie.com Super Mario Movie Hacked NES cartridge reprogrammed to generate a new audiovisual work using the original factory-loaded graphic elements. "The movie is gonna be about how Mario's world is falling apart. Like mad max, but in 8bits." Created by Cory Arcangel. 15 minutes. Presented by the artist. beigerecords.com/cory/ Things_I_Made_in_2005/super_mario_movie.html This Spartan Life - a talk show in game-space. Created by Chris Burke and Terry Golob. 40 mintues. www.thisspartanlife.com We Are The Strange (Blip Exclusive Preview) View trailer. Created by M dot Strange. 15 minutes. www.wearethestrange.com Event Name: The Blip Festival 2006 Event Type: Festival Date: 2006 11 30 Thursday — 2006 12 03 Sunday Schedule: Please note: until each night's schedule is finalized, performers below are listed by alphabetical order on their respective night. Stage times and sequence are not yet determined. 11 30 | Thursday: 8:00  p.m.  •  doors Chibi-Tech [US] Glomag [US] Goto80 [SE] Receptors [US] Starpause [US] Tugboat [US] Virt [US] x|k [US] 12 01 | Friday: 8:00  p.m.  •  doors Bit Shifter [US] Coova [JP] Mark DeNardo [US] Pepino [JP] Quarta330 [JP] Rabato [ES] Random [SE] Herbert Weixelbaum [AT] 12 02 | Saturday Afternoon screenings: 2:00  p.m.  •  We Are The Strange exclusive Blip Festival preview 2:30  p.m.  •  This Spartan Life 3:30  p.m.  •  8 Bit Evening screening & live performances: 8:00  p.m.  •  doors Event opener screening: Super Mario Movie Aonami [JP] Covox [SE] The Depreciation Guild [US] Hally [JP] Kplecraft [JP] Bud Melvin [US] Nullsleep [US] TouchBoy [CA] 12 03 | Sunday Afternoon workshops: 2:00  p.m.  •  Jeremiah Johnson: NES Music: From Concept To Cartridge Evening live performances: 6:00  p.m.  •  doors Anamanaguchi [US] Bubblyfish [US] Tristan Perich [US] Portalenz [JP] Saitone [JP] Jeroen Tel [NL] Neil Voss [US] YMCK [JP] Location: The Tank @ 15 Nassau St.   [ website ] 15 Nassau St. New York NY 10005 US Admission: $10.00 • any individual evening $ 5.00 • Saturday afternoon film screenings $35.00 • Four-day festival pass, including all performances and screenings. With: Anamanaguchi Aonami Cory Arcangel Bubblyfish Chibi-Tech C-Men Coova Covox C-TRL Labs Mark DeNardo The Depreciation Guild Glomag Goto80 Hally Kplecraft Bud Melvin noteNdo Nullsleep Pepino Tristan Perich Portalenz Quarta330 Rabato Random Receptors Saitone Starpause Jeroen Tel TouchBoy Tugboat Virt Voltage Controlled Neil Voss Herbert Weixelbaum Dan Winckler x|k YMCK Tickets: Available through SmartTix. Click the options below to be taken to an ordering page. Thursday night show - $10.00 Friday night show - $10.00 Saturday afternoon screenings - $ 5.00 Saturday night show - $10.00 Sunday night show - $10.00 or: Four-day festival pass - $35.00 Tickets for individual nights, and for the afternoon of screenings, will also be available at the door. Festival passes will not be available at the door. Festival passes are available for advance purchase only. Presented by: The Tank 8bitpeoples Subway: E, V    to 5th Avenue / 53rd Street B, D, F    to 47-50th Streets / Rockefeller Center Related Links: Blip Festival official event site The Tank 8bitpeoples