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Jessica Oreck

Jessica Oreck works as an animal keeper and docent at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. When not at the museum, Jessica spends her time inventing new ways to create a sense of wonder in the world. Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo is ... view more

  1. on February 2
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    The Hundred Story House by Julia Marchesi

    A miniature lending library and public art installation intended for Brooklyn's Cobble Hill park.

    • 31% funded $4,137 pledged
    • 65 backers
    • 21
      days left
  2. on December 5
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    ODDIO1 Cord-Free Shuffle Headphones by Jeremy Saxton & Jacob Hall

    ODDIO1 combines the iPod Shuffle with a great sounding pair of headphones to create the world’s coolest, simplest, cord-free experience

    Funding Unsuccessful (01/26/2012)
  3. on November 18
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    DELTA BOYS by Andrew Berends

    DELTA BOYS tells the untold stories of the militancy in the oil-rich Niger Delta region of Nigeria.

    • 108% funded $16,202 pledged
    • 184 backers
    • Funded Dec 17, 2011
  4. on October 20
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    Baba Yaga: The Wild Witch of the East in Russian Fairy Tales by Martin Skoro

    A book project which will offer a collection of nearly 30 folktales, newly translated, extensive introduction, commentary and illust.

    Funding Unsuccessful (11/13/2011)
  5. on August 19
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    RIDE [short film] from the Archaeology of the Recent Future by Polina Malikin

    Summer in a small Midwestern town. An orphaned teenage girl approaches adulthood while her younger cousin considers adolescence.

    • 152% funded $3,820 pledged
    • 74 backers
    • Funded Sep 16, 2011
  6. on July 22, 2011
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    Vegucated Documentary by Marisa Miller Wolfson

    A documentary film that follows three people who, for six weeks, adopt a vegan diet and a whole new way of thinking about food.

    • 201% funded $40,356 pledged
    • 522 backers
    • Funded Aug 18, 2011
  7. on July 22, 2011
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    Imagined Family Heirlooms: An Archive of Inherited Fictions by Keliy Anderson-Staley

    Keliy Anderson-Staley combines new tintype portraits with found antique photos, letters and cloth to question how we create identities.

    • 146% funded $8,521 pledged
    • 110 backers
    • Funded Jul 28, 2011
  8. on February 11, 2011
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    Mathematician's Dice by Matt Chisholm

    Rather than the boring numbers 1 to 6, these dice have the six most important numbers in mathematics on them — i, 0, 1, φ, e and π!

    • 891% funded $19,620 pledged
    • 1,228 backers
    • Funded Feb 23, 2011
  9. on August 26, 2010
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    Portable Landscape by Joianne Bittle

    "Preserving Mass Extinction: A Portable Landscape" is an artwork installation in a cargo trailer about the Permian Basin of Southwest Texas.

    • 107% funded $3,775 pledged
    • 49 backers
    • Funded Sep 10, 2010
  10. on May 9, 2010
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    Jessica Oreck
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    Ruchiki by Matt Paley

    A 15 year old Canadian girl. A Japanese popstar. The most sadistic reality TV show in history. Ruchiki. A film by Matt Paley & Peter Warren.

    Funding Unsuccessful (06/04/2010)