Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Thursday, October 20, 2011

MEECAS 2011



Saturday, October 22
12 Noon - 12 Midnight
3058 W Irving Park Rd. (map)

~TimeOut Chicago

The annual Midwestern Experimental Electronics Conference and Showcase (www.MEECAS.com) is a free, day-long, inventors' networking symposium highlighting the past year's innovations in the areas of Musical Instrument Design, Performance, Circuit Bending, Data Hacking, and Video Art.

There are lectures, demonstrations, interactive installations, a daytime circuit bent open mic, and an evening's showcase of the Midwest's most innovative artists and inventors. Children welcome from Noon - 4:00 PM if accompanied by a parent.

Inventors, Artists, and Musicians are encouraged to bring their latest experiments, instruments, videos, etc. to demonstrate during the circuit bent open mic or to place on the "work table" as part of the interactive installations section of the event. Audio-based installations should include headphones.

EVENING SHOWCASE: 6:00 PM - Midnight, CST
This year's Evening Showcase features the work of:
TOYDEATH, Sydney, Australia
Tim Kaiser, Duluth, MN
Talking Computron, Minneapolis, MN
Space Gun Bunny, Fort Wayne, IN
ROTH MOBOT, Chicago, IL
The Ring Toss Twins, Minneapolis, MN
Mother Daughter Crime Team, Chicago, IL
Dustin E., St. Louis, MO
CMKT4, DeKalb, IL
Alex Inglizian, Chicago, IL
adamon, Lawrence, KS

VIDEO PROJECTS: Noon - Midnight, CST
Various Artists (Experimental electronic video projects welcomed!)

INTERACTIVE INSTALLATIONS: Noon - Midnight, CST
Various Artists. (Experimental electronic projects welcomed!)

WORKSHOPS, PRESENTATIONS, DEMOS: Noon - 6:00 PM, CST
Noon - 1:00 PM, Vactrol Fever with Patrick McCarthy
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM, Build a Bending Buddy and/or Build a Contact Mic with CMKT4
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM, What is Circuit Bending? with Various Artists
5:30 PM - 6:00 PM, The Audio of the Aurora Borealis with Sam Piro

MEECAS STORE: Noon - Midnight, CST
Exhibiting and performing artists will be selling recorded works, experimental musical instruments, electronics kits, apparel, etc. to offset their costs.

LIVE WEBCAST: 5:30 PM - Midnight, CST
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/meecas-2011

CALL FOR DEAD BATTERIES: Noon - Midnight, CST
Bring your dead batteries to the MEECAS and we will send them to a proper eWaste recycling center. Last year the MEECAS audience brought enough batteries to fill a bucket!