Be part of the post-production process and support indie filmmaking. This is a pay-what-you-wish event. All proceeds will go toward completing the project.

The film is 20 minutes and the event will start right on time.

5pm doors

5:30pm screening

6-7pm audience feedback

SPOON-FED: A homeschooled girl and her scientist father scramble to maintain order when a human experiment they care for claims to have witnessed hidden horrors.

About the Director:

Jaime Sunwoo (she/her) is a multidisciplinary artist from New York City working in film, art, and animation. Her animated short documentary Equality Tea was featured in Vogue and Whetstone Magazine. Her film Handwritten premiered at Lincoln Center for New York Asian Film Festival and is streaming on Amazon Prime Video in Fantastic New Worlds: A Handmade Puppet Dreams Collection. Her New York Times featured production Specially Processed American Me received support from BRIClab, NYC Women’s Fund, The Jim Henson Foundation, Queens Council on the Arts, Asian Women Giving Circle, Brooklyn Arts Fund, and The Laundromat Project. Her short film Ommatidia, co-created with neuroscientist Sromana Mukherjee at NYU’s Desplan Lab, premiered at the Science New Wave Festival and is streaming on Labocine. She is currently developing Spoon-Fed, a sci-fi film. IG: @jaimesunwoo

As with all NYC Resistor events, this event is 18+ and governed by our Code of Conduct. The Code of Conduct, as well as accessibility information, can be found at www.nycresistor.com/participate/. If you have any questions, please email sunwooprojects@gmail.com

In this hands-on workshop, we’ll transform used bike chains into kinetic jewelry and small wearable objects with movement, memory, and a little bit of steel magic.

Participants will learn how to clean, break down, and repurpose bike chain into pieces that can become a necklace, bracelet, keychain, gift, or small talisman. We’ll also explore heat painting steel, using flame and temperature to bring out shifting blues, golds, purples, and other iridescent tones in the metal.

Kinetic jewelry offers a small source of movement, texture, and tactile stimulation, something to fidget with, focus on, or carry as a grounding object. Your finished piece might commemorate the bike you crossed the country with, hold the story of a beloved ride, or become a gift for someone who would rather skip the subway and bomb down Broadway on two wheels instead.

Participants are welcome to bring their own retired bike chain, especially one with personal meaning, or use materials provided in class. No prior jewelry-making or bike repair experience needed, just curiosity, hands, and a willingness to play with metal, motion, and memory.

Your instructor:

Adela Wagner is a Brooklyn-based interdisciplinary artist, community organizer, and long-distance cyclist whose work often lives at the intersection of movement, memory, and care. Their cycling life began in NYC on a rusted Craigslist bike and eventually carried them across six states on a solo ride from Pennsylvania to Georgia, through Czech mountain roads, and into mutual aid rides, street activism, and bike community. For Adela, the bicycle is both a practical tool and a vessel for story: a way to move through fear, build connection, carry grief, and find freedom in the flow state.

This is a masks optional workshop

Repair can be intimidating if you haven’t done it before, and the hardest part often is getting started. It’s easier with support!

Get over that hump with the help of Repair Cafe NYC!

We’re a group of DIYers who love fixing things! (And we’re also on Discord!)

Repair Cafe NYC organizes events where we collectively diagnose and fix broken objects, share skills, and build intergenerational, community-based knowledge. We’re interested in helping each other gain confidence in the act of repair to prevent our belongings from going to the landfill, and thinking critically about where our things come from.

People bring a wide variety of items to events, including lamps, chairs, mugs/plates, clothes and more. Think small, portable items (no large appliances, bicycles or couches).

When: Saturday, June 6th, 2 PM – 5 PM
Where: NYC Resistor, 87 3rd Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217

At check out you will be asked these questions:

• What’s broken in your life that you want to repair? Describe it and how it is broken.
• Does your repair require specific tools or parts? Do you have them?
• Are you interested in helping others with their repairs? If so, what skills would you like to share (e.g. soldering electronics, sewing fabrics, woodworking skills, understanding mechanisms)?

Please be sure to fill out the RSVP form completely. This helps us to prepare for the event. If you do not fill out the form, we will assume the RSVP was by mistake and cancel the ticket.

Questions? Email us at repaircafenyc@gmail.com

This is a masks optional event.

As with all NYC Resistor events, this class is 18+ and governed by our Code of Conduct. The Code of Conduct, as well as accessibility information, can be found at www.nycresistor.com/participate/.

Harness the power of an Epilog 60 Watt Laser! In this class you’ll learn everything you need to know to make the ideas in your head become a reality with a laser.

In this three hour class, you will learn:

• How to set up a file for cutting on the laser cutter in Inkscape or Adobe Illustrator.
• Laser cutter safety including materials testing.
• Laser cutter operation including configuration, cuts and raster etching in common materials like wood, acrylic, cardboard and others.

At the end of class, you will go home with:

• One laser cut project, we will start with the class default and if there’s extra time, a simple one of your own design (see below for details)
• Resistor Laser Certification, enabling you to use our laser on Craft Nights.

Please bring the following to class:

A laptop with either Inkscape (free: download here: https://inkscape.org/release/inkscape-1.2.1/) or Adobe Illustrator installed.

A USB jump drive

The following items are optional if you’d like to try cutting a simple custom design. If your file ends up being too complicated, we may have you do the class default project first, just to learn the laser in the time allotted – but we’ll definitely help you with your more complex cut at a free Craft Night in future!

• An SVG vector file of a simple shape you’d like to cut for your first cut.
• A piece of 1/8 inch or thinner wood, acrylic or cardboard you’d like to cut. If you can’t bring your own material, small pieces will be made available, or larger pieces for purchase on site.

Please be on time for the start of class! If you’re late you will miss your slot.

This class will be taught by NYC Resistor member Olivia. As with all NYC Resistor events, this class is 18+ and governed by our Code of Conduct. The Code of Conduct, as well as accessibility information, can be found at www.nycresistor.com/participate/.

Please note that refunds must be requested 72 hours in advance. If you have any questions, please email classes@nycresistor.com.

This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

Soldering is one of the most important skills you’ll need for working with electronics. Come join us for an introductory through-hole soldering workshop. Soldering enables you to create sturdy connections between electrical components. In this hands-on workshop, you’ll learn how to use a soldering iron safely and effectively, and get plenty of practice with both soldering and de-soldering techniques. We’ll be soldering up some Game of Life kits – LED tiles that generate nifty animations. No previous experience is required, making this introductory workshop a great choice for anyone who’s curious about getting started with hardware tinkering! All materials will be provided.

OK, awesome, I want to join!

Please be ready to start at 1pm! We find that you will need this time to get through the whole class. Our classes tend to sell out about a week in advance so if you’re interested, you may want to sign up early.

This class will be taught by Resistor member Olivia.

As with all NYC Resistor events, this class is 18+ and governed by our Code of Conduct. The Code of Conduct, as well as accessibility information, can be found at www.nycresistor.com/participate/. Please note that refunds must be requested 72 hours in advance. If you have any questions, please email classes@nycresistor.com.

This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

Harness the power of an Epilog 60 Watt Laser! In this class you’ll learn everything you need to know to make the ideas in your head become a reality with a laser.

In this three hour class, you will learn:

• How to set up a file for cutting on the laser cutter in Inkscape or Adobe Illustrator.
• Laser cutter safety including materials testing.
• Laser cutter operation including configuration, cuts and raster etching in common materials like wood, acrylic, cardboard and others.

At the end of class, you will go home with:

• One laser cut project, either the class default or a simple one of your own design (see below for details)
• Resistor Laser Certification, enabling you to use our laser on Craft Nights.

Please bring the following to class:

A laptop with either Inkscape (free: download here: https://inkscape.org/release/inkscape-1.2.1/) or Adobe Illustrator installed.

A USB jump drive

The following items are optional if you’d like to try cutting a simple custom design. If your file ends up being too complicated, we may have you do the class default project first, just to learn the laser in the time allotted – but we’ll definitely help you with your more complex cut at a free Craft Night in future!

• An SVG vector file of a simple shape you’d like to cut for your first cut.
• A piece of 1/8 inch or thinner wood, acrylic or cardboard you’d like to cut. If you can’t bring your own material, small pieces will be made available, or larger pieces for purchase on site.

Please be on time for the start of class! If you’re late you will miss your slot.

This class will be taught by NYC Resistor member Woody. As with all NYC Resistor events, this class is 18+ and governed by our Code of Conduct. The Code of Conduct, as well as accessibility information, can be found at www.nycresistor.com/participate/.

Please note that refunds must be requested 72 hours in advance. If you have any questions, please email classes@nycresistor.com.

This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

Soldering is one of the most important skills you’ll need for working with electronics. Come join us for an introductory through-hole soldering workshop. Soldering enables you to create sturdy connections between electrical components. In this hands-on workshop, you’ll learn how to use a soldering iron safely and effectively, and get plenty of practice with both soldering and de-soldering techniques. We’ll be soldering up some Game of Life kits – LED tiles that generate nifty animations. No previous experience is required, making this introductory workshop a great choice for anyone who’s curious about getting started with hardware tinkering! All materials will be provided.

OK, awesome, I want to join!

Please be ready to start at 1pm! We find that you will need this time to get through the whole class. Our classes tend to sell out about a week in advance so if you’re interested, you may want to sign up early.

This class will be taught by Resistor member Missy.

As with all NYC Resistor events, this class is 18+ and governed by our Code of Conduct. The Code of Conduct, as well as accessibility information, can be found at www.nycresistor.com/participate/. Please note that refunds must be requested 72 hours in advance. If you have any questions, please email classes@nycresistor.com.

This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

NYC Resistor’s Interactive Show returns for its 16th iteration. Our annual party and fundraiser invites hackers from around the region to show off their cool interactive projects with free beats and beers provided. Tickets $17.85 ($15 plus fees) in advance, $20 at the door.

This year’s theme is Machine Yearning! Grab your tickets now! See previews of participating artists on the NYC Resistor blog and Instagram.

We are a proactively inclusive space, and prioritize creating opportunities for the whole community to engage with our events, across all identities of race, creed, ethnicity, age, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical appearance, and ability; please read our Code of Conduct to familiarize yourself with our community’s values before attending. We are also an 18+ space, and accessibility information can be found here.

Learn how to make your own flexible, soft speaker in this beginner-friendly workshop! We’ll start with an overview of the components of speakers and then introduce the materials we will use: conductive thread, copper tape, fabric, paper and an amp. We’ll explore how various materials result in different sound quality and volume. All materials provided, but you are welcome to bring any scrap fabric you would like to experiment with.

No electronics experience required. Some sewing experience is helpful but not necessary. For anyone interested in electronic textiles, fabric arts, sewing, and DIY electronics.

Your instructor:
Lily Crandall is a Brooklyn-based educator, creative technologist, and fiber artist exploring new ways to facilitate connection and play through collaborative art-making, workshops, and yarn. She received her masters degree from NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) and has taught workshops at New York Institute of Technology, The New School, Temple University, and Arizona State University. She is passionate about creating playful, accessible, educational, experiences and tools that bring people together.

This is a masks optional workshop.

As with all NYC Resistor events, this class is 18+ and governed by our Code of Conduct. The Code of Conduct, as well as accessibility information, can be found at www.nycresistor.com/participate/. Please note that refunds must be requested 24 hours in advance. If you have any questions, please email classes@nycresistor.com.

Surface mount components! They’re hip, they’re tiny, and you’ve probably swallowed a couple accidentally by now. If you’re still using clunky, chunky through-hole components that you found in your grandparents’ butter cookie tin it’s time to get with the times and learn how to solder the teeny-weeny components of the future! (And frankly, they’re not making the old ones anymore.)

This time around we’ll be assembling our own pocket-sized MP3 player, based on Raphael Abrams’ classic Daisy MP3 design. We’ll learn solder paste stenciling, reflow soldering, hand soldering, and rework and repair techniques– stuff you can actually use. Bring some wired headphones with you and you can walk out the door listening to jams on a player you built yourself!

No prior soldering or electronics experience is required for this class. You can do it!

To bring:

Ideally, bring a microSD card (smaller capacity cards, less than 512GB, are preferred) and wired headphones, but if you don’t have either we’ll work something out.

Your instructor:

Adam Mayer is a longtime NYCR member who burnt his finger on a soldering iron when he was ten and has never forgiven it. He has done questionable things with PCBs and hot plates. (Don’t solder with hot plates.)

There are 2 spots reserved for people who cannot access the class at the full price, so please make use of one of these $35 need-based tickets if that is your situation. Checkout Code: SMT-Access

The timing of this class is geared towards full-time parents/caregivers with kids in school, freelancers, and folks who work nights and weekends. This course will be offered again in the future at an evening or weekend time.

This is a masks optional workshop.

As with all NYC Resistor events, this class is 18+ and governed by our Code of Conduct. The Code of Conduct, as well as accessibility information, can be found at www.nycresistor.com/participate/. Please note that refunds must be requested 24 hours in advance. If you have any questions, please email classes@nycresistor.com.