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    Universal Self -- in Brooklyn and India! by Kilusan Bautista

    Universal Self is a community movement to Broadway Theater!

    Successful!
    • 109% funded
    • $2,725 pledged
    • Funded
      Nov 01, 2012

    Performance artist Kilusan Batista takes his coming-of-age story, UNIVERSAL SELF, to Brooklyn and beyond. We're excited about this talented performer's scope and want to see him make his goal of 2.5K in order to take his work to INDIA!

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    562- A Photo Project Documenting Native America. by Matika Wilbur

    Our goal is to create a publication, exhibition, and lecture series documenting all 562 Tribes in the United States.

    Successful!
    • 118% funded
    • $35,428 pledged
    • Funded
      Nov 01, 2012

    Documenting the 562 Native American tribes in the US is no simple task. This project is a way to showcase a multitude of cultures. Perhaps this is a way of breaking through some of the fraught, violent history with a new vision of what it means to be Native American.

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    The Free Art Machine by Chicago The Beautiful

    The Free Art Machine is a public art experiment. It exists to produce thousands of pieces of free art for distribution to the public.

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    • 353% funded
    • $28,251 pledged
    • Funded
      Nov 05, 2012

    In an age when art feels really expensive or inaccessible, The Free Art Machine believes in giving pieces of free art to the public. This is an important act and dialogue between artists and their community.

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    Beringer Guitar Museum (Interactive Site) by James Bolenbaugh

    A user-generated and collaborative collection of the musical instruments created, and frequently invented by Ted Beringer (1921-2006).

    Successful!
    • 129% funded
    • $7,761 pledged
    • Funded
      Apr 27, 2012

    Great new project celebrating the rich personal history of one man's dedication to craftsmanship and music.

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    BBOX Radio - Turn Up the Beat of Brooklyn by BBOX Radio

    BBOX is a volunteer-run, freeform, internet radio station that calls a recycled shipping container in Downtown Brooklyn, home.

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    • 107% funded
    • $16,159 pledged
    • Funded
      Oct 19, 2011

    3rd Ward Members starting a new, truly independent radio station at the Dekalb Market

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    The Gamelatron: The Soul of the Temple at Burning Man by Taylor Kuffner

    The Gamelatron, the world's first and only fully robotic gamelan orchestra, will be installed inside the Temple at Burning Man.

    Successful!
    • 122% funded
    • $6,113 pledged
    • Funded
      Jul 31, 2011

    Robots can have souls too

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    Pulse Sensor: an Open Source Heart-rate Sensor that Rocks by Yury Gitman

    A well-designed plug-and-play heart-rate sensor for Arduino. Put live heartbeats into your project lickety-split.

    Successful!
    • 613% funded
    • $18,418 pledged
    • Funded
      Sep 07, 2011

    Open source pulse sensor from 3rd Ward Circuitry instructor Joel Murphy

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    Futurist //// Bleeding Hearts: An Album Release Event by Curtis Peel

    Help Futurist create an interactive art installation and release event to unveil our first full-length studio album, War Is Yesterday!

    Successful!
    • 110% funded
    • $5,515 pledged
    • Funded
      May 15, 2011

    An immersive and collaborative experience by 3rd Ward Members

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    Outpost Journal by Outpost Journal

    A biannual, non-profit print publication on art, design & community action from cities that have been traditionally underexposed.

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    • 114% funded
    • $11,450 pledged
    • Funded
      Jun 01, 2011

    Discover unique, local, and creative communities that are making a difference

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    MemeFactory Writes A Book by Mike Rugnetta

    The MemeFactory book will expand on the ideas we’ve developed in our shows and celebrate the media which makes the web awesome.

    Successful!
    • 109% funded
    • $17,493 pledged
    • Funded
      May 02, 2011

    3rd Ward's former Education Director, Mike Rugnetta, is 1/3 of this performative exploration of the internet

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    La MaMa Presents "Wake Up, You're Dead!" Come get B.A.D. with us... by Brooklyn Art Department (BAD)

    YOU bring Wake Up, You're Dead! to life...WE get you the hottest ticket in town! Nightmare: NYC's most horrifying Haunted House--FREE!

    Successful!
    • 140% funded
    • $3,014 pledged
    • Funded
      Oct 18, 2010

    A innovative Halloween adventure by 3rd Ward Alum Aaron Haskell