Synthesize Love with Moogfest @ SXSW 2017
Date and time
Location
Cheer Up Charlies
900 Red River Street Austin, TX 78701Description
For the very first time, Moogfest is traveling 1300 miles to synthesize music, art and technology at SXSW. With the recent news that Texas lawmakers have proposed legislation similar to HB2, the festival will bring its signature Future Thought and Future Sound experience to SXSW for an exploration of diversity and inclusion. The Future Thought program will feature a special conversation with thought-leaders paving the future in various industries. The nighttime Future Sound portion of the event will feature performances from various electronic artists, some which will be performing at Moogfest 2017.
Modular Marketplace - Starts at 3pm
Featuring...
MOOG MUSIC
SWITCHED ON
DELPTRONICS
FUTURE RETRO
RARE WAVES
Future Thought Daytime Program
.:Conversation:. • 4pm
OUR DIVERSE FUTURE: Optimism Alongside Discrimination, from NC to TX
.:Performative Installation:. • 5pm
by THE HOLLADAY BROTHERS
Future Sound Nighttime Program - *SXSW BADGE REQUIRED*
Featured performances from...
PROFESSOR TOON • 8pm
MADAME GHANDI • 9pm
SUZANNE CIANI • 10pm
ELLIE HERRING • 11pm
RUSSELL E.L. BUTLER • 12am
PHARMAKON • 1am
This event is made possible by American Underground, BioLabs NC, Duke University, and the Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce..
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Moogfest is the synthesis of music, art and technology.Since 2004, Moogfest has brought together artists, futurist thinkers, inventors, entrepreneurs, designers, engineers, scientists, and musicians.By day, Moogfest is a platform for conversation and experimentation. This mind-expanding conference attracts creative and technology professionals for three days of participatory programming in Durham, North Carolina. Each evening, Moogfest presents cutting edge music in venues throughout the city. Performing artists include early pioneers in electronic music, alongside pop and avant garde experimentalists of today.Moogfest is a tribute to Dr. Robert Moog and the profound influence his inventions have had on how we hear the world. Over the last sixty years, Bob Moog and Moog Music have pioneered the analog synthesizer and other technology tools for artists. This exchange between engineer and musician is celebrated with a unique festival format where the creative process is understood as a collaboration among many people, across time and space, in commerce and culture.