References: Making Music By Playing With Toys, Wired News, April 2004

Date: April 2004

VIDEO

BENT. Circuit Bending 2004

With Limor Garcia.

Circuit bending is the art of ripping apart electronic toys and turning them into sound/music-making devices. The process of circuit-bending involves taking cheaply available electronic soundmaking toys and adding extra wires, knobs and switches to make new connections between parts of the internal circuitry and chips.

For a week, The Tank in New York City organized a series of workshops, exhibitions, talks and performances to bring artists, hobbyists and curious together.

Duration: 05:03:100
Size: 8.4 MB