interview & video at nyc24May 1st, 2009
nyc24 covered the NYC Electro-Acoustic Music Festival, and posted an interview and some footage of me and some of my music machines. (Click the Robot Monkeys video!)
reviews and press
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produce scans on clickblog.itApril 20th, 2009
clickblog, an Italian photography blog, had a nice little post about my produce scans project. (Here’s an automated translation into English)
The project continues, with 263 fresh & all-organic images so far.
screenshot from clickblog.it
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odd instruments on NPRSeptember 28th, 2008
National Public Radio’s All Things Considered did a little feature on odd musical instruments on September 28th, and they were kind enough to feature some of my 29 Noisy Noises along with a bunch of other strange and wonderful instruments. You can hear the segment, and see a slideshow of some of the odd instruments, on the All Things Considered website.
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lev the thereminbot sings for boingboing tvOctober 3rd, 2007
Lev’s featured in the premiere episode of BoingBoing TV today.
Thanks, boingers!
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wired.com: MIDI Ironing Boards, Theremin Crutches Squeal at Handmade Music EventSeptember 29th, 2007
I’m quoted in a wired.com article about the Handmade Music events and homemade instruments.
“There’s already a lot of crap music in the world and it hasn’t killed us.”
More at wired.com, 9/27/07.
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ranjit in time out nySeptember 20th, 2007
Time Out NY magazine has a small feature about handmade music nights at Etsy Labs, and it includes a little bit about me and a photo of one of my handmade music gadgets.
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artbots philly reviewedMay 28th, 2007
There’s no attempt to create a humanoid with Misericordiam, by Ranjit Bhatnagar, an accordion hung from a rope. It compresses and, thanks to gravity, decompresses with a convulsive abandon. I don’t know if it had any other purpose than humor, but I didn’t feel like I needed more.
– roberta fallon and libby rosof’s artblog: The human side of artbots
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r.t.t.m.t.t.t.i.c.i.t.m.o.a. reviewed in new york pressDecember 14th, 2006
MONUMENTAL MOMENT
A playful approach to Tatlin’s MonumentWhen I heard the title of Flux Factory’s latest show, Response to Tatlin’s Monument to the Third International Conceived in the Mood of Ambivalence, or R.T.T.M.T.T.T.I.C.I.T.M.O.A. for short, I thought I was going off to see a ridiculous, pretentious show full of highfalutin communist propaganda.
I’m happy to report that I was completely wrong. [...]
– Aileen Torres, New York Press
My photo (above) from opening night was used to illustrate the article.
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fluxbox in sculpture magazineDecember 12th, 2006
[...] The exterior appearance was plain– a sleek, seamless black wall that nearly spanned the entire lofty space. A silver crank handle and a small, clear, rectangular box encasing a pickle were the only ornaments. Clamped by wires on both sides, the pickle began to spark and light up as the handle was turned. Moments later, a halting melody churned out from the other side of the wall.
A journey through the maze-like interior of the melody’s physical architecture began when you infiltrated the entrances to the box, tucked away on either side. The artists created a series of small musical chambers connected by sharp turns, stairs, and an orange slide, producing curious textures of sound that played in sync, united in a single song. An old accordion hummed in a blue velvet room designed by Ranjit Bhatnagar. Draped with delicate strings of tiny white lights, it hung by a rope and pulley from the ceiling like a chandelier, playing itself with each rotation. [...]
– pp74-75, Sculpture 12/2006, International Sculpture Center
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artbots & misericordiam on wired.comNovember 14th, 2006
The sound of an accordion can be joyful or annoying, and artist Ranjit Bhatnagar has managed to add a dose of creepiness with his creation “Misericordiam.” Here, an accordion dangles in a black curtain-flanked booth, playing sinister sounds to no one in particular. White LEDs give it a festive air, but its intermittent noises and shakes make it seem like a prop escaped from a haunted house.
– Rachel Metz, Wired Blogs