[Noisebridge-discuss] More music & hacking: Beatrix*JAR @ Noisebridge, January 27th or 28th

[Walter Funk]

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--- On Wed, 12/2/09, Gian Pablo Villamil <gian.pablo at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Gian Pablo Villamil <gian.pablo at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Noisebridge-discuss] More music & hacking: Beatrix*JAR @ Noisebridge, January 27th or 28th
> To: "NoiseBridge Discuss" <noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net>
> Date: Wednesday, December 2, 2009, 9:44 AM
> These guys contacted me, they sound
> interesting. Like Tristan and
> Lesley a couple of weeks ago, they do a circuit bending
> workshop, and
> a performance. Ideally they'd like to do this at
> Noisebridge, either
> on the 27th or 28th of January.
> 
> What say you?
> 
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Beatrix JAR <beatrixjar at beatrixjar.com>
> Date: Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 9:22 AM
> Subject: Beatrix*JAR @ Noisebridge
> To: gian.pablo at gmail.com
> 
> 
> Hi Gian:
> 
> We are Bianca and Jacob also known as sound art duo
> Beatrix*JAR. We
> received your email from Leslie Flanigan and Tristian
> Perch.  We are
> planning a tour of California in January and wonder if you
> might be
> able to fit us into an evening of sound at Noisebridge.
> We're looking
> specifically at January 27th or 28th.
> 
> We tour extensively and have been featured at various Music
> Festivals,
> Night Clubs, Universities, Museums and Art Galleries all
> around the
> US. Our goal is to spread the good word of electronic
> recycling with
> Electrifying Sound Collage Performances and Hands-On
> Circuit Bending
> Workshops.
> 
> We've included information about our work below. Please
> feel free to
> contact us with any questions!
> 
> Best,
> B&J
> 
> CONTACT
> 
> Beatrix*JAR (Bianca Pettis, Jacob Roske)
> 
> Email: beatrixjar at beatrixjar.com
> 
> Web: www.beatrixjar.com
> 
> Phone: 612-227-8414
> 
> BEATRIX*JAR PERFORMANCES
> Celebrate a night of new sound that will change your idea
> of music
> forever! (Sarah Carter, The Buchtelite – Akron) Singular
> Sound Art Duo
> Beatrix*JAR are irresistible. “Armed with a soldering
> iron, cursory
> knowledge of circuitry and an unflappable DIY ethic, nearly
> anyone can
> transform a banal children’s toy into a glitching
> sputtering objet
> d’art. Beatrix*JAR have mastered both the art and craft,
> creating a
> dizzyingly original noise from those gadgets normally
> resigned to
> attics, swap meets and eBay. In their hand’s you’ll not
> have the
> capacity to resist.” (L. Young, Free Times – Columbia,
> SC)
> 
> CIRCUIT BENDING WORKSHOPS
> Hands-On Circuit Bending releases your sonic boundaries and
> transforms
> your perception of sound. Workshop participants take apart
> battery-powered sound devices and manipulate the circuit
> board to coax
> unusual new sounds the manufacturer never intended. A
> direct result of
> experimentation and play circuit bending is instantaneous
> and anyone
> can do it.
> 
> BEATRIX*JAR
> Formed in 2005, Beatrix*JAR have been featured at Art
> Galleries,
> Festivals, Museums and Night Clubs all over the country
> including The
> Cave at Carlton College (Northfield, MN), Wexner Art
> Center
> (University of Ohio in Columbus), Andy Warhol Museum
> (Pittsburgh),
> Denver Art Museum (Denver), Walker Art Center
> (Minneapolis), Erie Art
> Museum Jazz and Blues Festival (Erie), Spark Electronic Art
> and Music
> Festival (Minneapolis), American Visionary Art Museum
> (Baltimore),
> Minneapolis College of Art and Design (Minneapolis), Kenyon
> College
> (Gambier Ohio), Whole Music Club, University of Minnesota
> (Minneapolis), Mark's Garage / Ong King Arts Center
> (Honolulu),  and
> the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (San Diego, La
> Jolla)
> --
> Beatrix*Jar
> Conceptual Sound Art Duo + Circuit Bending Workshops
> 
> Web: www.beatrixjar.com
> Email: beatrixjar at beatrixjar.com
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