A wonderful time spent at Alien Acres Summer Camp with over 180 creative minds collaborating and having fun together in Upstate New York. Many people putting creative energy and love into making this happen. At the dome site, Sima and I installed and projected on our Umbrella Box and Alien Cube sculptures, and creating visuals on Amoeba Technology’s Dome (Dok Gregory, Peter Principle, Zemi17). Projections in campout D also by SeeJ, Jeanne, Sam, Lukas. Documentation/time lapse of event below by SeeJ, and photos by Enki.
The MEADOW VALLEY
In the meadow valley, grooves, beats, and songs from every time and place weave amongst the tall grasses. Live acts mix and match traditional instruments with laptops and sound boxes. Lazy, whimsical afternoons in the meadow bloom with sideshows, cabaret acts, open mics. Nearby, revelers gather at the kommunity kook shack, sharing bounties gathered everywhere from the garden to the bodega. If you have an idea for the meadow and/or meadow stage, let us know!
Performers:
Not Waving But Drowning, Shanimal, Thomas Francis Takes His Chances, Curious Buddies, Argotec, Cody, Heavy w8 Bit Championchip, Greenways8, !banginclude, Tom Phonic, Shakey, Barney Iller, Peter Munch, Vic Thrill, Greything, Miss Elixir, Jason Blackkat, Sugabeet, Ancient Tongue, Making The Noise, Jane LeCroy, Logan Grendel
The KNOLL
High on the hill, in the upper atmosphere, unearthly sounds waft down, generated through a collection of software, hardware, traditional instruments, vinyl, analog sounds, and circuit bent instruments…all under a geodesic dome and landscape of light and projections. From ambient to noise with stops at all points in between, alien soundtracks, techno, and spacehaus to broken beat, drum and bass, dub and experimental eclectica. Collaborative and solo sets, movements of sound and light from many of NYC’s best artists, musicians and DJs (+ special guests from abroad) evolve endlessly in the freeDome. Music for Semi Spheres: Transportitive Wave Ideas with Temporal Dome Radio … WTDR Music for Semi Spheres will broadcast live on WTDR 88.5 fm(within a point or two). Bring a radio so you can listen anywhere you care around the acres!
Performers:
( ) – live laptop, prepared guitar.
dj Cheeba – Dub/Dubstep. (Renegade Virus/Killahertz)
El Gallo aka Nobody – dj Mashup Mayhem, live circuit-bent noise. (Los Piratas Mechanicos)
David Linton – bicameral research sound & projection system – live A/V.
D.Kidd – processed bass, laptop.
Dok Gregory – live electronics. (Amoeba Technology/ZGT)
dj God Question – eclectic audio reckonings.
Hextor & Djinn – live laptops.
dj Howie Wreckhords – fuzzpop purism. (Konundrum Recods)
LinearElectricDisturbance aka DJ MASA – live electronics. (Amoeba Technology)
dj Lost Time – soundtrack for a spacey afternoon. (Tuxedomoon, ZGT)
Madame C.H.U.D. – live electronics. CHUDism
dj Spinoza – deep mental dance music. (Bunker/Beyyond)
Sundog – processed flute.
WvS – dense abstract sound attacks/noise-oriented organic textures/glissando driven soundscapes
Zemi17 – SpaceHaus on SpaceStation Earth.
Zero Gravity Thinkers – (Dok Gregory/Peter Principle/Zemi17) live electronics.
Chris Jordan – light installation. (seej.net)
Eyescratch – live cinema.(SHARE)
VisualHornHonkinG – live funked up visuals.
VJ Lady Firefly – live visual vibrations from the sultry depths.
VJ 11 – live visuals
+ more TBA
The OUTBACK
The Outback is where you go as far as you normally go, then venture a few steps further. These borderlands will feature the bandwidth of the rugged edge of rolling and broken beats. Outback audio frontier crews from the New York outerground will bring loads of vinyl, analog and digital hardware, Serato and laptops. Friday night will be heavy on the breaks side: jungle, drum and bass, dubstep, electro, breakcore, broken beat and in between styles. Saturday will lean toward the rolling beats techno, acid, freetek, and rolling livesets, featuring friends from far off lands. Expect eclectic and open afternoons, and an open hardware vs laptop jam (bring cables and MIDI connect).
Performers:
Garlik, Darxyde, Cryptic303, Fury8, Submerger, Insect Deli, Automaton, Driver, Foodstampz, Jinn, DarkArtBar, Nevermind, Nobody, Thunderkunt, Merk, Big Ears, 9mm, Bitmode, Madaro, Digital Gypsy, Decibel Flekx, Jeanne Angel, diss0nance, Banditos, Visitor139, Kasdal
Plus camps by:
The Temple of Truth by Jennifer Upchurch, Chris Niederer, and Douglas Hart Designed in the shape of a three-dimensional wooden eye facing the sky, the open-air Temple of Truth is intended as a place of exploration, contemplation, mourning, and personal expression.
The Teapot Dome Scandal by W and B is a 14 seat tea lounge cleverly disguised as an unassuming box truck.
Fairy Campfeaturing The Theater of the Magical Real, Fairytale Experiment, and La Mer Musique, coming in one magical bus named Lunette.
This piece was in the works at our studio for some time, many many thanks to the creative and production teams!
