12 03 Preblip Tank Party
12 04 • Thursday
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08:00 • noteNdo [a/v]
08:40 • Mark DeNardo / Graffiti Monsters | Entter
09:20 • IAYD | VBLANK
10:00 • zabutom | NO CARRIER
10:40 • Tonylight | noteNdo
11:20 • M-.-n | Paris Treantafeles
12:00 • Sidabitball [a/v]
12:40 • Unicorn Dream Attack | The C-Men
12 05 • Friday
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08:00 • Animal Style | VBLANK
08:40 • Low-Gain | Paris Treantafeles
09:20 • Cheap Dinosaurs | Entter
10:00 • Role Model | noteNdo
10:40 • Glomag | VBLANK
11:20 • Bit Shifter | The C-Men
12:00 • minusbaby | NO CARRIER
12:40 • Meneo [a/v]
12 06 • Saturday
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08:00 • Jellica | The C-Men
08:40 • Mr. Spastic | noteNdo
09:20 • Bubblyfish | VBLANK
10:00 • Sulumi | Entter
10:40 • Cow’p | NO CARRIER
11:20 • Nullsleep | Paris Treantafeles
12:00 • Stu | The C-Men
12:40 • Dubmood | NO CARRIER
12 07 • Sunday
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06:00 • Starscream | NO CARRIER
06:40 • Lissajou | noteNdo
07:20 • Syphus | Entter
08:00 • nordloef | Paris Treantafeles
08:40 • Ikuma | Entter
09:20 • Anamanaguchi | The C-Men
10:00 • USK | VBLANK
10:40 • Trash80 | Paris Treantafeles
WORKSHOPS, PRESENTATIONS, SCREENINGS, ETC.:
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12 06 • Saturday
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Room A:
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12:00 noon – Surrealtime 2: 8-bit Demo Show with Andy Voss
• Phoenix (MindCandy DVD, Hornet PC demo archive) returns to showcase the latest and greatest demos on Atari 8-bit, C64, Vic-20, ZX Spectrum, and more. New this year will be demos made on homebrew 8-bit hardware and the DTV joystick, delving a little into the “circuit bending” phenomenon. You’ll be amazed by the visual effects and music that can be wrestled out of primitive hardware.
1:00 p.m. – 2A03 Workshop :: Crash Course in FamiTracker with Baron Knoxburry
• A one hour adventure through FamiTracker’s abilities to program the Nintendo Entertainment System’s 2a03 audio chip. Baron Knoxburry shall expound upon the qualities and limitations of each voice, how to build instruments, explore all the effects commands, and try to maintain an open forum for discussion in the process. And for anyone who thinks they know it all already — there will be a one hour competition starting 10 minutes before this workshop begins, so you can compete with the Baron of Knoxburry as he tries to teach a class! These fresh tracks, programmed within an hour, will be played back during the final 10 minutes so we can hear a variety of different styles.
2:00 p.m. – Beyond Vegavox: NES albums and Music on Real Hardware with Don Miller / NO CARRIER.
• In 2007 Alex Mauer released Vegavox, the first NES music album distributed on actual carts and made for playback on the classic Nintendo console. The man behind the code was NO CARRIER, or Don Miller. Others have followed, releasing their music in NES rom format via the internet. Now NO CARRIER will teach you how to take it to the next level, moving beyond your PC to the authentic sounds of the NES. This workshop will focus on a brief intro to NES audio, various methods of creating NES music, playing it back on hardware, and even creating cart-based albums of your own. After this workshop you’ll delete your emulators and VST’s and settle for no less than the real thing!
Room B
(concurrent with above workshops)
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12:00 noon – Make Your Own Visualist – Electronics Building Workshop with VBLANK
• This 3 hour workshop will allow participants to build their own 8×8 pixel motion graphics device. The project will center around a portable 64 pixel LED array and microcontroller that can be carried or worn. Participants will learn the basics of soldering and kit-building, and will build their own programmable LED device. The battery powered device can be worn and programmed via buttons to make simple changing graphics. This is a beginner electronic workshop. All tools are provided, and kits are included in the workshop fee.
Max: 15 participants
12 07 • Sunday
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1:00 p.m. – Screening: Blip Festival: Reformat The Planet
• Blip Festival: Reformat The Planet is a feature length documentary which delves into the movement known as chiptunes, a vibrant underground scene based around creating new, original music using old video game hardware. Familiar devices such as the Nintendo Game Boy and Nintendo Entertainment System are pushed in new directions with startling results. Using New York as a microcosm for a larger global movement, …Reformat the Planet maps out the genesis of the first annual Blip Festival, a four day celebration of over 30 international artists exploring the untapped potential of low-bit video game consoles. With floor-stomping rhythms and fist-waving melodies, trailblazers of the chiptune idiom descend upon Manhattan to pen a new chapter in the history of electronic music. …Reformat the Planet has been the official selection of the 2008 SXSW Film Festival, the International Amsterdam Film Festival and others.
5:00 p.m. – Blip Festival official open mic
• Bring your gear, sign up, plug in, and show us what you’ve got. Prospective performers sign up upon arrival, and open mic performers will be chosen randomly from the sign-up sheet. Arrive by 5:00, sign up, and if your name is drawn, it’s showtime.
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