Friday September 27th - Sunday September 29th
3600 Lyons Road, Austin, Texas, 78702


COTFG's New Media Art & Sound Summit returns! Wade in the ponds between concert and a forum for those of us living in the grey area of contemporary sound and future thinking. 


This year we will be hosting our festival at The Museum of Human Achievement here in East Austin! Please check out the schedule below.

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Schedule 


Friday, September 26 – 6pm – 10pm

Music Research Strategies 
“Radical Friendships” (ILW:RC:ATX:RF) Installation
“Resolution” (ILW:RC:ATX:Resolution) Performance
Discussion with participants and audience

Saturday, September 27 – 3pm – 10pm

3:00pm - Doors
4:00pm – Veronica Anne Salinas + Phonography Austin
5:00pm – Aida Shirazi + Justin Bernard Williams + Kiou Kalami
6:00pm – Spirit Plate
7:00pm – HXH Expanse
8:00pm – iisa
9:00pm – Peach Blossom Highway

After Party at Stargazer
(979 Springdale Rd Ste. 130, Austin, TX 78702)
10:00pm  Carolyn Trowbridge Quartet 

Sunday, September 28 – 1:30pm – 5pm

1:30pm - Doors
2:00pm – Elizabeth A. Baker – The Hand of Fate
3:00pm – Improvisational Bass Quintet
4:00pm – Cassie Watson Francillon + Sasha Masakowski

Collaboration with Sound Sunday at Stargazer
(979 Springdale Rd Ste. 130, Austin, TX 78702)
7:00pm – 10:00pm
Justin Bernard Williams, Mingfei Xie, Joey Reyes

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Venue Details

This event will be indoors in an open air warehouse without climate control, please dress according to the weather. The temperature outside is the temperature inside.

The Museum of Human Achievement (MoHA) has aging floors and a gravel parking lot. We recommend closed toe flat shoes, and an outfit that won't snag or get tripped on. We want you to have the best time while remaining safe and gorgeous.

Code of Conduct - https://moha.wiki/Code_of_Conduct

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Accessibility and Health

MoHA is wheelchair accessible. Please reach out to info@themuseumofhumanachievement.com if you have any other accessibility needs and we will do our best to accommodate.

To help keep our community safe and healthy, please do not attend if you feel ill or were recently exposed to illness, such as COVID and the flu.

Hand sanitizer and masks will be available. Masks are welcome!

Additional FAQs - https://moha.wiki/FAQ_%E2%86%92

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Travel & Parking Information

MoHA is located behind the Canopy Art Complex in a gravel parking lot. Guests can park for free in our lot and find free/paid street parking.

Riding bikes? We are accessible for bikes via several trails that connect to Springdale Road.

Riding the bus? The two closest bus stops to MoHA are at the 7th/Springdale stop and the Springdale/Govalle stop. We recommend using Google maps or Cap Metro Trip planner to confirm your route.

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COTFG is a volunteer-run arts organization supporting creative expression and counter-culture community. We present and host occasions for experimental music performers and listeners to engage in safe, ADA compliant, comfortable spaces.

Our annual New Media Art and Sound Summit® is a multi-day summer festival dedicated to diversifying Austin’s musical ecosystem.

The group originally formed at an old church on the east side in 2003 and over the years has included rotating casts of volunteers, artists, local audience and long distance pen-pals. We have presented over one hundred events to date including concerts, art exhibitions, workshops, film screenings and other adventurous excursions.

For more information email cotfg.assistant@gmail.com

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The Museum of Human Achievement (MoHA) is a community-driven non-profit organization in Austin, TX grounded in affordability, inclusivity and access for artists. MoHA’s vision is for an empowered, resilient creative community where each member has the resources to foster well being, prosperity, and a self-determined future.

MoHA runs a variety of programs in Community Abundance, Digital Arts, Exhibition, and Professional Development for artists, organizers, and audiences. Learn more at their website https://moha.wiki.