Blip Fest - An 8-Bit Extravaganza
Amazing. An entire four day festival devoted to Art made from low-fi gaming consoles i.e. nintendo, atari, and commodore. The sub-genre of music is called chiptunes where artists make music in real time using modified game catridges and consoles instead of samplers. The festival does not limit itself to music either with plenty of video installations.
Be sure to check out these guys especially:
Cory Arcangel!
Cory Arcangel is a computer artist, performer, and curator who lives and works in Brooklyn. His work centers on his love of personal computers and the Internet. He is currently a senior fellow at Eyebeam Atelier in Manhattan. He is a member of the artist groups, BEIGE, + R.S.G. His work has shown recently in the Whitney Museum of American Art, The Guggenheim Museum, New York, the MoMA, New York, Space1026, Philly, the Migros Museum, Zurich, Team Gallery, New York, and Thaddaeus Ropac Gallery, Paris. Aside from gallery installations, most of his projects can be downloaded with source code from his Internet web log —> http://www.beigerecords.com/cory/.
Random
Random is my latest obsession. Glorious Glorious 8-Bit deliciousness. I can’t get enough. I wish people will make a video games based on Random’s music. Be careful. Listening to this non-stop will cause pixelation.