The 2011 MEECAS “What have you been tinkering with?” event is happening this Saturday Oct 22nd in Chicago, IL at Lizards Liquid Lounge and you can RSVP via facebook. More information here.
You can also catch the performances via the ustream.us channel during and after the event.
Photo by: Tom Young.
Schedule:
CONFERENCE: Noon – Midnight
The MEECAS focuses on an open “horizontal lecture series” structured around free hardware hacking workshops, presentations, demos, lectures, and installations wherein all participants are both teacher and student. The twelve-hour conversation will focus on the past year’s projects, networking, techniques, and setting goals for the electronics community for the next year.
DAYTIME CIRCUIT BENT OPEN MIC: Noon – 6:00 PM
EVENING EXPERIMENTAL ELECTRONICS SHOWCASE: 6:00 PM – Midnight
This year’s featured performers:
TOYDEATH, Sydney, Australia (their first ever webcast!)
Tim Kaiser, Duluth, MN (last performance of his Fall tour!)
Talking Computron, MPLS, MN (the force behind Get Lo Fi)
Space Gun Bunny, Fort Wayne, IN (design, explore, repeat)
ROTH MOBOT, Chicago, IL (circuit bent toys, granular synthesis, & electroacoustics)
The Ring Toss Twins, MPLS, MN (witchy use of technology)
Mother Daughter Crime Team, Chicago, IL (sychronized MIDI/CV circus)
Dustin E., St. Louis, MO (noise artist extraordinaire)
CMKT4, DeKalb, IL (pioneers of future fusion)
Alex Inglizian, Chicago, IL (musician engineer)
adamon, Lawrence, KS (lord of synth drone)