Tomboyfriend + Third Annual Tinfoil Hat Contest March 3, 2007

THIRD ANNUAL TINFOIL HAT CONTEST
Fight the Radio Waves, Fight the Aliens, Fight Winter Boredom



This is the third installment of the city's weirdest and most entertaining art contest. The Toronto Tinfoil Hat Contest was designed as an exercise
in instant sculpture for both artists and non-artists, followed by
modeling of the creations, judging, prizes, hilarity, music &
mingling. Previous years have produced metallic sculptures of Darth
Vader, dragons, trees, antlers, aliens, an armour helmet with
matching bra, Jiffy Pop, snakes on a plane, and an "oversize novelty
hat containing a camera" for the hardcore Simpsons fans.



THE DETAILS
Saturday March 3, 2007
The Renaissance Cafe, 1938 Danforth Avenue, just west of Woodbine.
$PWYC
Doors at 7:30 pm, Contest start at 8 pm, Judging around 10 pm, Music
at 10:30



THE RULES
Hats must be made at the event, not before, and primarily constructed
from tinfoil. A "hat" is anything that balances on your head while
modeling. Strutting is encouraged. Bribery of the judges is greatly
encouraged. This is a fragrance-free event. Full rules at
http://www.funkless.com



THE JUDGES
Susan Bustos is a graduate student in biochemistry at U of T
researching mutant red blood cell proteins. She runs
http://www.ladyscientist.com, a zine about career anxiety, crafty
experiments and things of concern to women in science. When not
experimenting in the lab or hand knitting protein models, she's
playing bass in the indie/glam/pop band Tomboyfriend.

Brent Morris is the host of the Closet Geek Show podcast at
http://www.closetgeekshow.com . He spends his evenings sculpting with
blocks of solid bologna meat in an effort to communicate with the
demon monkeys in the sky.



Jamie "Zang" Nazaroff is a graphic designer, web designer, font
designer, and tinfoil designer. He won the Best Engineering award at
the 2006 Tinfoil Hat Contest (and came in second place in 2005).
http://www.zangofonts.com & http://www.thetaoofzang.com



THE BAND
karilynn ming ho, ryan kamstra, susan bustos, marlena zuber, lindsay fischer
Tomboyfriend is a test-tube family organized on the premise that the
constellation of all five of its members occurring in one room would
blow your mind. Wearing of tinfoil hats for the duration of the show
is encouraged for safety reasons. Songs may touch upon androgyny,
promiscuity, the economic opinion of Jeffrey Sachs, bisexuality,
ultra-violence, high fashion, the plight of heterosexuality, cheerleaders, the wealth divide and what to do about romantic love. Be our blood buddies? http://www.myspace.com/tomboyfriend


THE HOSTESS
Cynthia Gould is the creator of Bridesmaidmania and Kindergarten for
Adults. She is an artist and spoken word performer, and can't quite
believe that so many people eagerly await her crazy party plans.
www.cynthiagould.com & www.funkless.com

MORE INFO:
Cynthia Gould
647.220.7772
cynthia.gould@gmail.com
http://www.funkless.com



PHOTOS:
http://www.luxography.ca/gallery/tinfoilhat
http://www.luxography.ca/gallery/bmm2
http://www.luxography.ca/gallery/bmm3