December 4 - 7 Tickets for individual nights are available at the door, or for advanced purchase.
Four-day festival passes are available at the door on first night only, or for advanced purchase.
Admission: $15 a night, $50 for festival pass, $60 for festival pass and "Blip Festival 2006: The Videos" DVD
149 7th Street
Between 2nd & 3rd Avenues
Brooklyn, NY
click below for shows and times blipfestival.org
showcasing nearly 40 musicians and visual artists
occupying the international low-res cutting edge, The Blip Festival
takes place DECEMBER 4 - 7 2008 at The Bell House, and is presented by Manhattan art organization THE TANK and NYC artist collective 8BITPEOPLES. The festival
Highlights the chipmusic phenomenon and its related disciplines,
the festival aims to showcase emerging creative niches involving the
use of legacy video game & home computer hardware as modern
artistic instrumentation. Devices such as the Nintendo Entertainment
System, Commodore 64, Atari ST, Nintendo Game Boy and others are
repurposed into the service of original, low-res, high-impact
electronic music and visuals — sidestepping game culture and instead
exploring the technology's untapped potential and distinctive intrinsic
character.
The Blip Festival assembles nearly
40 practitioners selected from the chipmusic movement's expansive
global underground, taking care to represent as many as possible of the
genre's surprisingly diverse styles, geographical and technical scenes,
communities, and traditions. The festival's concert program will be
supplemented by daytime events to be announced, including workshops,
presentations, and screenings. The Blip Festival's intended result is
to provide a cross-section of a movement currently in explosive flux,
teeming with artistic exploration, and poised at the cusp of global
awareness.
showcasing nearly 40 musicians and visual artists
occupying the international low-res cutting edge, The Blip Festival
takes place