Come play on our newly remodeled pole-pong table or hack together some other stuff on January 19th for Open Hack night. We have a ton of tools and would love to see you here using them. Doors are open from 8pm till 11pm. $5 donation

We’re proud to host the Nakatani Gong Orchestra for a special one night only performance!

Monday, December 12
Doors at 8 pm

Percussion virtuoso Tatsuya Nakatani has appeared in Detroit as jaw-dropping soloist; as an imaginative free improvisor in a duo with Swedish guitarist David Stackenas and in a trio with Jack Wright and French saxophonist Michel Doneda; as a Johnny Cash-beat-free accompanist to Dr. Eugene Chadbourne in their extended-technique Country duo, New Directions in Appalachian Music (at the inaugural ART X); and as the Portuguese-singing vocalist/drummer in Bossa-Nova group Yukijurushi. Now he returns to showcase his Nakatani Gong Orchestra- an ensemble made up of local musicians who have been work-shopped in preparation for this performance.

A master at extracting more sound than thought possible from the gong, Tatsuya’s solo performances rank as one of the most extraordinary musical offerings that you can hear today. With a full ensemble of sympathetically resonating gongs, this will be a sonic treat unlike anything heard in these parts for some time.

$10 suggested donation.

In an effort to double the intensity in 2012, we’ll be hosting our notorious open hack nights two times a month — the first and third Thursday. Why, you ask? After being in operation for a year and a half, we’ve decided to concentrate our collective cranial creativity in order to crank out the most extreme projects for all to enjoy in the new, potentially apocolyptic new year.

We look forward to seeing all nerds, makers, hackers, designers, artists and iconoclasts every first and third Thursdays starting January 5th, 2012!

Happy Hacked {forthcoming} New Year!

Come learn how to bind books both in the paperback, and hard cover method! A perfect complement to last week’s paper-making workshop!

10 people came out and found out how easy it is to make your own paper. Expect a second, better incarnation of Paper’Shop after the new year!

Lots of folks coming back for OMNICORPDETROIT’s Book’Shop, where we’ll bind books using the perfect bound and hard bound methods!

Register here for the Nov. 16 workshop here

Evan showing off a nice piece of recycled paper.

Paper hanging to dry at OCD. Lots of great specimens!

Make some electronic madness and learn about electronics, sound, and frequency! Sign up via eventbrite!

Come check out OMNICORPDETROIT Nov. 9 and make paper!! We’ll use natural dyes, recycled materials and do some DIY experimenting of our own. Bring your paper the following week and bind yourself a book!

Thanks to all who came out for the Motor City Riot’s Moped Monday, and thanks to the East Side Riders for making the Tailgating at OCD AMAZING! This video sums things up very well….