Disrupt your evening programming with Retro Tech Night: Ctrl+Art+Delight at SJMA. Join us for an evening to reset and refresh, featuring hands-on artmaking activities, live music by Character Select, vintage video games, partner demonstrations, and art & technology-themed tours of the Museum’s collection galleries.
Collaborators
Organizations:
Bay Area Glass Institute; California Room, San José Public Library, Martin Luther King, Jr. Library; History San José; King Library Digital Humanities Center; SJMA Education Team; and SJMA Let’s Look at Art Team
Artists/Makers: Julie Cardenas, artist; James Morgan; James Morgan & Cole Pegerson; and Tim Thompson.
Projects/Collectives: Fashioning Circuits @ SJSU; Digital Swap Meet; and #cƐ:loudym:3dia by n@p_t1m:3, composed of Noe Naranjo Arias, Aaron Peleaz, and Phin Nguyen.
Companies: Gameshop Downstairs
Live Music by Character Select
Character Select is a five-piece powerhouse that blends video game music with jazz, funk, and rock. Get ready and press start, Character Select will have you swinging through the fields of Hyrule, grooving past the Mushroom Kingdom, or rocking through Green Hill Zone. The band features founder Trevor Strohl (saxophone), Jonathan Franaszek (piano), Dylan Escudero (guitar), Miguel “FRUNKYMAN” Leyva (bass), and Nick Aganad (drums).
Support provided by Art Bridges.
