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The Tank is currently accepting proposals for:
Bent 2007 : The Fourth Annual Circuit Bending Festival
Proposal Deadline: January 26, 2007
Participant Notification: February 5, 2007

The Tank is pleased to announce the fourth annual Bent Festival. In celebration
of our
fourth year, we will be holding three back-to-back festivals across the USA.
The schedule for the 2007 festival is as follows:

Bent Los Angeles, April 12 14
Bent Minneapolis, April 19 21
Bent New York City, April 26 28

In response to the growing interests of the community, this year we are
interested in
opening up the Bent Festival to performers and artists that create their own
electronics as
well as to those who hack, bend, modify and destroy them. We are currently
seeking
performers and artists to participate at each of the above locations and are
specifically
looking for submissions in these categories:

Performers: Bands or solo artists who incorporate home built or circuit bent
instruments
or ideas in their performance. Please email a short description of your act,
along with a
link to mp3s and photos if you have them (no attachments larger than 1mb!). Also
let us
know which of the above locations you would like to be considered for. if you
donąt know
what circuit bending is, please research it a bit before you apply.

Installation Artists: We are looking for artists who can commit to spending at
least 15
hours in our space over the course of the festival creating site-specific pieces
of art that
somehow incorporate circuit bending. Each of the three venues will be quite
different, but
we are looking for artwork for each of them. We will provide space and as much
materials
and electronic equipment and tools as we are able. Please send a one-page
proposal of
what you would like to do and examples of your past work. Also, please be able
to commit
to spending time in the space during the festival and be prepared for a shared
and at
times hectic work environment - no white walls here's.

Artwork: In addition to installation artists we are also interested in having
artwork up on
the walls that fit into the spirit of the festival from people who might not be
able to join us
in person or who canąt commit to working in the space during the festival.
Please submit
digital images or links of your work and a brief description.

Workshop Instructors: Anyone who is able to lead a workshop or give a
presentation!
Topics in previous years have included general circuit bending
workshops for beginners and extremely technical, hands on workshops on a
particular
aspect or niche of the genre. If you feel you have a subject you would like to
lead a
workshop on, please provide us with a one-page description of that workshop, as
well as
links or examples of your current and past work in the field.

Bending Recipe Book: This year we are going to be putting together a very
home-grown
book of circuit bending instructions for beginners. The format will be a large
collection of
instructions submitted by circuit benders from around the world. If you have a
favorite
bend that you would like to share with the world this is your chance! We will
collect as
many of these as we can collect and bind them into an inexpensive book that we
then sell
at the festival. To submit, please provide a step-by-step list of instructions
(including
photos if you can, and details of what toy and parts are used). We will credit
you in the
book and send you a free copy.

Stipends for all festival performers, artists, and workshop leaders will be
provided. We
have a limited number of travel grants available as well. Please get in touch
for more info.

Submit all proposals and questions to contact@...

Thanks,

Mike Rosenthal
Artistic Director
The Tank
http://www.thetanknyc.org
http://www.bentfestival.org