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1 day ago
DS Institute
backed a project
Food Cycle: Building soil with pedal power! by CollardCityGrowers
Expand our garden and help launch our neighborhood-scale, pedal-powered composting project in North Central Troy.
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15% funded $1,561 pledged
- 45 backers
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on May 16
DS Institute
Posted project update #7Sauna on the Road: One Minute Video Update
Post CommentWe took the sauna on the road for the first time on May 4th. The destination was the insulation. Please watch the one minute update video. We also sent a good amount of the reward packages out with the rest coming shortly.
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on May 16
DS Institute
backed a project
Tableau by Nao Bustamante
Independent filmmaker, JT can't seem seem to garner professional support, he finds an unlikely ally to make his utopic Scifi come true.
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53% funded $4,818 pledged
- 64 backers
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on April 4
DS Institute
Posted project update #6MobileSauna In The Show & Rewards Update
Post CommentHello!
Our MobileSauna made it into The Other New York biennial opening this Fall! This is a big multi-venue group art exhibition organized by the Everson Museum in Syracuse, NY. Other participating venues include Art Rage, Lightwork, Red House, and others (press release). You might be happy to know that you will all be credited as donors in the show's catalog. We are completing the image for the catalog over the next week.
The reward packages are coming together. We originally had them going out to you in March, however we are still fulfilling the gift packs. They are coming out swimmingly! Above is a sneak peak at the hand-painted mugs getting ready for firing.
Our new stove is a wonder. We had to raise an additional grand and a half to get it, but thanks to you we had our successful Kickstarter to encourage the donor! Finally, our new stove arrived. We almost combusted when we saw the serial number. Its a great omen as far as heat goes. We will be in touch shortly to ascertain your mailing address.
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on February 29
DS Institute
backed a project
Luminous Intervention by Luminous Intervention
Bringing to light issues of social justice with powerful public video projections onto buildings, empty lots and abandoned zones.
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100% funded $5,505 pledged
- 125 backers
- Funded Mar 28, 2012
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on February 13
DS Institute
Posted project update #5Rewards will be in the mail soon!
Post CommentThanks to your help, we've purchased tamarack wood for the exterior of the sauna, which we have prepped and will put up this weekend. We are looking into using a combination of cedar and hemlock for the inside. We also ordered a wood fire sauna stove certified for mobile home use (HUD 1482)! Below are some production photos of the rewards we will be sending to you later this month!
Thank you! Thank you!
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on January 2Funded!
Mobile Sauna presented by the DS Institute by DS Institute
We are creating a mobile sauna which will provide an open and comfortable environment for warmth, rejuvenation and conversation.
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109% funded $4,379 pledged
- 84 backers
- Funded Jan 02, 2012
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on December 31
DS Institute
Posted project update #4Thanks to you we have surpassed our goal!!
Post CommentThank you for your generous support. We are honored and thrilled. We are looking forward to post holiday construction so that the sauna will be ready to hit the road soon!
There are 59 hours left of the mobile sauna Kickstarter campaign. Feel free to keep spreading the word. Any donations we receive beyond the $4000 goal will be used to start a transportation fund for vehicle rental and eventual purchase of a dedicated vehicle to tow the sauna.
We are looking forward to sharing the warmth!
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on December 21
DS Institute
Posted project update #3Construction Update and Interior Design!
Post CommentThank you for all of your generous support!!!!!!! We have 12 days and $1092 to go. Please help us keep spreading the word.
We awoke to a nice covering of snow on the ground this past Sunday. Today is dreary and rainy with snow in the forecast for the weekend. Luckily we just put a roof on the sauna! We built a frame and put up plywood. The walls have been covered with Tyvek and we put underlayment on the roof so that the sauna will stay dry during the holiday week and be ready for us to continue construction in the new year.
Check out the construction photos below and this 3D sketch of the mobile sauna to get a sense of the layout. Note the changing room in the front and benches which comfortably seat up to six people at a time. Of course, the actual sauna won’t be a block floating in space and the stove will have nice tiles around it for even heat distribution:)
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on December 16
DS Institute
backed a project
So To Speak by Emily Berçir Zimmerman
So To Speak, an exhibition devoted to the translation of images to words, at BRIC Rotunda Gallery in Brooklyn opening March 22, 2012!
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104% funded $2,608 pledged
- 51 backers
- Funded Feb 03, 2012
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DS Institute
Syracuse, NY
The DS Institute is a group creating contextual artwork that responds to their direct environment. The DS Institute consists of Fulbright sculptor Maximilian Bauer, steam expert ceramicist Zach Dunn, artist/social engineer Caitlin Foley, and interactive installation artist Misha Rabinovich.
