ELECTRIC ECLECTICS
Festival of Modern Music and Irritainment
Meaford, Ontario, Canada
Friday, August 4th to Sunday, August 6th, 2006
Installations from June 9th - August 7th, 2006

PROGRAM 2006

Friday, August 4th to Sunday, August 6th, 2006

(Opening Thursday, June 8th, Meaford Hall, downloadable press release here)
‘Sound Modulated Light’, an interactive sound and light installation
by Dutch artist Edwin van der Heide, sponsored by the Netherlands Embassy.
http://www.evdh.net/sound_modulated_light.html
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(Opening Friday, July 14th)
A four-channel playback installation entitled 'Reinstallation',
by Bernhard Gal (Vienna, Austria), sponsored by the Austrian Embassy.

Monday, July 31 to Friday, August 4, 2006

Music workshop for ages 10-16
with Michael Evans (two hours per day),
to be held at the Royal Canadian Legion, Meaford, culminating in a concert at 3pm on the 4th of August. Download music workshop application form.

Friday, August 4, 2006

Beginning of weekend-long projections by Tim Rivers (Toronto).

Performance by Sarah Peebles and Peter Venuto, with the
Electric Rainbow Machine by Peter Venuto and Jimmy Green (Toronto).

7 pm. Until open end – opening concert at the Funny Farm, Scotch Mountain

Gen Ken Montgomery (New York)
Thin Buckle (Toronto)
Yuko Nexus6 (Japan)
Dorit Chrysler (Austria / New York City)
Tony Conrad (Buffalo/NYC)
Michael Evans (New York City)
Kenny Baldwin Quartet (Flesherton)
DJ Failure (New York)
+ FUZZY LOVE KARAOKE
and PLASTIKVILLE 3-D SLIDE SHOW

Saturday, August 5, 2006

Sonic Sausages by Mike Murphy (Toronto)
Afternoon open jam w/Rockafellas (Beaver Valley),
DJs welcome

7 pm. – open end Concert at Funny Farm

DBMG/RAF (Owen Sound)
Bernhard Gal (Vienna / Berlin)
Lary 7 (NYC)
Alexis O’Hara (Montreal)

KNURL (Toronto)
Alexander Hacke and Danielle de Picciotto (Berlin)
DD/MM/YYYY (Toronto)
Rozasia (Toronto)

Astrogroove (Toronto)
DJ Schlaftablette (Berlin)

Sunday, August 6, 2006

4 pm. – 6 pm. Meaford Harbour
Coleman-Lemieux Dance Compagnie (Montreal) FREE

8 pm. – 10 pm. Meaford Opera House
$15/$8
Jesse Stewart (Guelph)
Dorit Chrysler & Lary 7 (Austria / NYC)
Yuko Nexus6
(Japan)
Aki Onda, Mike Hansen, Tomasz Krakowiak (NYC / Toronto)
Please note that there will be a shuttle bus offering transportation to and from the Funny Farm for the event at the Meaford Opera Hall. Cost is $3 for a round trip.

11 pm. – open end Late Night Irritainment, part 3 at the Funny Farm
Michael Caplan & Gabriel Chartrand (Toronto)
Ted’s Range Road Diner Jam Band (Meaford)
DJ Record Player (Meaford)

Additional performers TBA

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