The 2011 edition of Toronto’s Nuit Blanche will see Cinema 1 of TIFF Bell Lightbox filled to the brim with bits, bytes, and beats as a mix of live music and giant-screen video games come together on stage. MARK YOUR CALENDARS! OCTOBER 1!
This night is being curated by members of the TIFF’s Gaming and New Media Think Tank, in partnership with Site 3 coLaboratory, who are building the orchestra’s chiptune instruments and other special electronic surprises from scratch, by hand.
We’ve got a huge group of talented artists performing at the event, and you’ll be able to drop by any time to see them do their thing, and of course, get involved by trying out some noisemaking gizmos and playing some classic games up on the big screen. Be on the lookout for a massive back-to-back debut set from Spell ‘n Math, which will be something you can tell your grandkids you witnessed, since by that time he will be super famous. Fans of Spooky Squid Games will be happy to know they can get a live and almost needlessly loud preview of songs from They Bleed Pixels at this event as well.
I could go on to name the rest of these artists, but I know you’d rather check the schedule or just watch this video to GET PUMPED about the night.
Monday October 3rd, 7pm
Ballroom of the Gladstone Hotel (1214 Queen Street W.)
Free
The first round of the Difference Engine Initiative, a six week gamemaking incubator for women, is nearly over and we will be presenting the games that they made at this Hand Eye Society Social for the community to play!
Most of the creators will be in attendance and Mare Sheppard, co-coordinator of the DEI, will be hosting the evening. In addition to the usual drinking and chatting, this Social also features a special guest from Chicago, Erin Robinson, who will be doing a presentation touching on her experiences as a game developer (including Puzzle Bots and the freeware Nanobots) as well as her role helping highschool girls make games.
The first and second rounds of the Difference Engine Initiative are part of the OMDC-funded TIFF Nexus.
Info here. Our pals from site3 are hosting this year — Alex Leitch emailed to encourage Hand Eye members to signup for presentation slots, and last I heard there were six left. You can also sign up to volunteer at that link.
Sounds pretty neat, the Nuit Blanche tie in makes it quite a weekend draw for out-of-towners!
PIXELDANCE is Toronto’s finest 8-bit event!!!
Our artists use old computers and video game consoles to make music and video art, and display it all for you in a fist pumping headbanger of a show!
This month we are pleased to present…
-bossFYTE (toronto)
An experimental electronic music duo formed in 2008, their music seamlessly weaves elements of Breakcore, Ambient, Braindance, Chiptune, Musique Concrète, and “Robot Pop”.
http://www.bossfyte.com/
-Xyno (montreal)
Up beat electro/demoscene infused chipmusic.
https://8bc.org/members/Xy No/
-.exe (KW)
Destructive gameboy tendencies.
https://8bc.org/members/.e xe/
-Tetris Hold’em (toronto)
http://www.myspace.com/tet risholdem
-Zazi (ottawa)
Lo-fi beats, blips, and rocket ships.
https://8bc.org/members/ZA ZI/
With visuals and DJing by Mr. Ghosty (winnipeg)
AND DON’T FORGET THE 8-BIT OPEN MIC!!!!!
Show up early…
Video Games this time.
SNES classics
bossFYTE’s spiffy sidescroller!
Street Fighter 2
Presented by www.bitmasters-netlabel.com
EPISODE 16 is finally here; the Toronto Indie Guys’ summer blockbuster! In this EP, both Max & I talk with 3 awesome game journalists in Toronto:
Find out about their roots with writing, and their involvement with the Toronto indie game community. We talk ‘quality of games’, ‘what makes a good journalist’, and much more! Download & listen from
iTunes, or download the
mp3. You can find the stream
here as well. B
ackground music: Machinarium Soundtrack by Tomas Dvorak. Other Links:
Four Thousand Words Jam ,
The_Scrawl .
Event | Shaun Hatton | 
September 25, 2011 1:56 pm | 
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