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Projects by Perry Chen (5)

New FPS Test 9/21

by Perry Chen

test

  100% funded

$5 pledged

1 backer

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Perry FPS test

by Perry Chen

f

  100% funded

$10 pledged

2 backers

no time left

Video chat at 35,000 Feet

by Perry Chen

Video chat w/ me while I ride on a Virgin America flight!

  158% funded

$19 pledged

6 backers

successful

Grace Jones Does Not Give A F$#% T-Shirt (limited Edition)

by Perry Chen

About two years ago I realized a profound truth: "Grace Jones Does Not Give A Fuck". Could there be anything more true?! I'm not...

  63% funded

$625 pledged

30 backers

no time left

Welcome To Kickstarter !

by Perry Chen

Hello and welcome to Kickstarter! Kickstarter is a user-gen funding and audience engagement platform that can be used in a variety...

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$0 pledged

0 backers

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Perry Chen is Backing (57)

CHESS MOVIE - The Story of I.S. 318 - The Best Jr. High Chess Team in the Country

by Rescued Media

Chess Movie is an in-the-works feature documentary that goes inside the best junior high chess team in the nation, I.S. 318 from Brooklyn, New York.

  136% funded

$5,446 pledged

56 backers

75 days to go

JENS PULVER | DRIVEN a feature documentary about a legendary fighter's last march

by Gregory Bayne

DRIVEN probes the incredible personal story of legendary UFC fighter, Jens Pulver, as he journeys back into the cage for what may be his final bout.

  109% funded

$27,210.45 pledged

401 backers

successful

Coming & Crying: real stories about sex from the other side of the bed

by Melissa Gira Grant and Meaghan O'Connell

A book of stories & photos about sex as it really is: messy, awkward, hilarious, painful, true.

  320% funded

$9,590.98 pledged

304 backers

20 days to go

Tigerbuttah: A Hand-Painted All Ages Story Inspired by Golden Books

by Becky Dreistadt

We're printing a 24-page Golden Book! The book is about Tigerbuttah, a little tiger who doesn't know much about the world. It is 100% hand-painted!

  176% funded

$8,786.93 pledged

259 backers

successful

The Monster Book

by Christopher Howell

The Monster Book is a compilation of 26 linoleum block prints: a monster for every letter of the alphabet—each with it's own unique short story.

  70% funded

$700 pledged

19 backers

50 days to go

Mass Produce the Bison Oleander Time Machine

by Bison Oleander

The Bison Oleander Time Machine has arrived! The prototype is built and now with your help, we can put the Time Machine on shelves nationwide!

  4% funded

$1,026 pledged

5 backers

no time left

The Work Office (TWO)

by Katarina Jerinic and Naomi Miller

The Work Office (TWO) is a multidisciplinary art project disguised as an employment agency. We're raising money to hire artists and reopen the office.

  167% funded

$1,956.50 pledged

44 backers

successful

Send a Postcard, Get a Postcard

by Gaily

A Community Art Project That Aims To Make The World A Much Smaller Place.

  3040% funded

$456 pledged

181 backers

successful

West Coast Turnaround

by shelby davis

Crystal and I are building a life-size semi tractor trailor out of sheet rock. It will look like it was parked in a 4th floor artist loft.

  120% funded

$299 pledged

14 backers

successful

(SECRET MEMBERSHIPS CONTINUED) THE UNDERGROUND LIBRARY

by The Underground Librarians

the Underground Library is a book-making and distributing community project circulating non-established words, art, films and music, mysteriously.

  107% funded

$3,198 pledged

77 backers

successful

Giant Crowd Painting

by Emily Grenader

Be portrayed in a large painting of a crowd made up of the painting's supporters.

  156% funded

$3,116 pledged

36 backers

successful

reality bites: a mail-order snackfood company.

by Cassie Marketos

my name is cassie and i make snacks.

  226% funded

$1,128 pledged

56 backers

successful

Jamie Tanner Makes A New Graphic Novel, You Get Original Art (and More)

by Jamie Tanner

Do you like comics/ graphic novels? Want to follow along as one is made & know you helped make it happen? Want to get original art & other cool stuff?

  151% funded

$7,544.13 pledged

126 backers

successful

Live Wrong and Prosper...the Book!

by Kali

I'd like to self-publish a book of hilarious questions that ask how far you would go for an easy – or perhaps not so easy -- million dollars.

  104% funded

$1,243 pledged

62 backers

successful

Preserve Green Space & Save the Sloan Street Community Garden

by Julia Deak

These funds will save the land of a well-established community garden from imminent destruction. Save some green space and a fresh, local food source!

  104% funded

$2,611 pledged

67 backers

successful

Grand and Lorimer-Photos of Brooklyn's Art and Music Scene 1997-2005.

by Emily Wilson

An eight-year photographic history of Williamsburg, Brooklyn's vastly influential creative community during its defining years of 1997-2005.

  102% funded

$3,052 pledged

63 backers

successful

Feltron vs Kickstarter

by Charles Adler

An exploration into statistical displays on Kickstarter.com. For this endeavor we're pulling in Nicholas Felton, famed information graphic designer.

  107% funded

$3,222 pledged

131 backers

successful

PONG 3.0 - The Lower East Side Ping Pong Club

by Grand Opening

PONG returns to the Lower East Side. Help us bring the table to life at a new location!

  100% funded

$3,505.12 pledged

28 backers

successful

A Dictionary Story - Art book

by w_sam

Playing with language, poetry and type this illustrated story is about a dictionary that brings her words to life.

  121% funded

$8,485 pledged

162 backers

successful

NO LONGER EMPTY: Public Art in Alternative Places

by NO LONGER EMPTY

NO LONGER EMPTY (NLE) transforms vacant spaces into public art exhibitions w/ accompanying programs to make a silver lining to this economic downturn

  1% funded

$108 pledged

7 backers

canceled

Let's Find My Dogwalker & Write a Book

by lauran

My dogwalker has been missing for weeks. What happened? With the help of Private Investigator Jerry Palace, I hope to track her down & write a book.

  51% funded

$916 pledged

26 backers

no time left

MakerBeam: An Open Source Building Kit

by MakerBeam

Is it the Erector Set of the Internet Age? Or is it the bones and gristle of an open source revolution? Mini-T, by MakerBeam, is both.

  179% funded

$17,922.42 pledged

131 backers

successful

One Revolution--The first unassisted paraplegic to summit Mt Kilimanjaro

by Christopher Waddell

One man. One mountain. Chris Waddell attempts to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro without the use of his legs.

  27% funded

$13,348 pledged

164 backers

no time left

Video Game Set in Iran During the Post-Election Riots

by Borut

A game that takes a look at what it was like in Tehran during the post-election riots of this past June.

  20% funded

$2,925.11 pledged

52 backers

no time left

LET'S SAIL AROUND THE WORLD !!

by emily richmond

I've got the boat, and I've got the plan. Help me get S/V BOBBIE ready to go around the world!

  102% funded

$8,141.80 pledged

142 backers

successful

Please Allow Me To Terminate Your Shirt

by Steve Macfarlane

"Shirt Terminators" : a buddy comedy with its mind in the gutter, its heart in 1994 and its eyes on the next party.

  167% funded

$1,000.01 pledged

20 backers

successful

Tiny fabric houses want to take over the world!

by Amy Wilson

I've designed these houses that store small things like paperclips, transforming your cluttered desk into an art installation - a tiny little village!

  276% funded

$691 pledged

29 backers

successful

Reddit JetBlue Travel Challenge

by JedK

Fundraising to send a lucky unemployed redditor on a one month trip meeting redditors.

  286% funded

$1,943 pledged

53 backers

successful

The Square Project

by Tara St James

I am a NY-based eco fashion designer trying to start a new brand and show at Fashion Week in September. I am on my own in scary the fashion world!

  137% funded

$6,862 pledged

54 backers

successful

I Got Next | A Documentary on the Fighting Game Scene

by Ian Cofino

I Got Next is a documentary on the fighting game scene that follows the lives of 4 players and the East/West rivalry with Street Fighter 4's release

  118% funded

$4,142 pledged

96 backers

successful

LOVELAND: CROWD CREATE A CITY ON A MILLION INCHES IN DETROIT!!

by Jerry Paffendorf

The basic idea: One million square inches in Detroit, Michigan that you can own and create on for $1 an inch. Call Jerry at 908-343-1981 to discuss.

  158% funded

$1,582.12 pledged

67 backers

successful

LaPorte, Indiana. Our feature doc film needs your love!

by Joe Beshenkovsky and Jason Bitner

From 18,000 portraits discovered in a Midwestern diner, we share the vivid stories which create this tight-knit community...

  162% funded

$12,152.99 pledged

149 backers

successful

Political Ad Series (3 ads total)

by Jamie Wong

A series of three political ads that address important political and current affairs issues that effect the nation. They will also be funny.

  19% funded

$286 pledged

12 backers

no time left

Empower Women in Rwanda through Social Enterprise

by Ben Stone

Contribute to an innovative social enterprise empowering women and orphans in Rwanda through export markets, long-term skills, and job experience.

  108% funded

$650 pledged

24 backers

successful

Givabit: Introducing Phonelanthropy

by Justin Kazmark and Jake Stolarski

Givabit will help people discover worthy causes and easily donate small amounts to them by making the iPhone an exciting new fundraising platform.

  104% funded

$3,230 pledged

73 backers

successful

Frank Magazine Erotica Issue Party, NYC

by Irina Lazar

We are throwing a party to celebrate the release of the Frank 151 Erotica issue, hosted by Mos Def & Francesco Clemente.

  100% funded

$600.88 pledged

11 backers

successful

No Scroll Email (Custom Timesaving Email Application)

by Evan Roth

No scroll email is a custom email application that only accepts email messages which can be read without having to use a scroll bar.

  2% funded

$110 pledged

4 backers

no time left

Kind of Bloop: An 8-Bit Tribute to Miles Davis

by Andy Baio

What would the pioneers of jazz sound like on a Nintendo Entertainment System? Coltrane on a C-64? Mingus on Amiga? For years...

  432% funded

$8,647.79 pledged

411 backers

successful

Reading Odyssey: Going Non-Profit!

by Phil Terry

Reading Odyssey - raising funds to turn this informal organization into an official not-for-profit

  8% funded

$250 pledged

6 backers

no time left

Wedding Chapel

by Grand Opening

Wedding Chapel will marry loving couples at the Grand Opening storefront in Manhattan's Lower East Side -- It's Vegas, the New York way!

  103% funded

$3,094 pledged

49 backers

successful

We Scream: Voices From The Ice Cream Underground

by Chris Schlarb

We Scream is a documentary short film about ice cream truck drivers and paleteros in Los Angeles, California.

  120% funded

$2,399.50 pledged

55 backers

successful

Tattoo Documentary

by Ashley Hillis

Join us on our journey from the Bowery to 5th Avenue with celebrity tattoo artist Friday Jones!

  102% funded

$6,127 pledged

74 backers

successful

Help me write my second novel.

by Brendan Mackie

Do your part to help out starving artists and help me write my second novel! I have just finished writing my first novel, and...

  113% funded

$563 pledged

18 backers

successful

Help Polyvinyl Save 10,000 Records From Destruction

by Matt Lunsford

Polyvinyl needs your help! Some of our distributor’s warehouses are being downsized or consolidated and we either need to destroy over 10,000...

  1563% funded

$15,625.50 pledged

382 backers

successful

Allison Weiss makes a full-length record!

by Allison Weiss

Hello internet! My name is Allison Weiss and I'm recording a new EP this summer. It'll be eight songs long and packed with all kinds of awesome...

  386% funded

$7,711.16 pledged

195 backers

successful

Jay Bennett's "Whatever Happened I Apologize" on vinyl

by Casey Meehan

In November 2008, Jay Bennett (ex-Wilco, Titanic Love Affair), released his new album "Whatever Happened I Apologize", for free...

  28% funded

$1,124 pledged

44 backers

no time left

Late Night Tunes

by Rob Deeming

Back in the day there was an awesome CD series called Back to Mine. The series asked some of the best DJs and music acts of the...

  102% funded

$510 pledged

36 backers

successful

Decorative Nihilism Art Catalog

by Kevin Fey

My most recent painting show, Decorative Nihilism, just closed in New York City. Now that the show is down I want to share my work...

  160% funded

$160 pledged

9 backers

successful

Farmlands an Indie Game Project

by Greg

My name is Greg Chudecke and I am a Indie (Independent) Game Developer. This is my story: I have always dreamed of starting my own game company...

  9% funded

$850 pledged

19 backers

canceled

365 Postcards

by Emily Grenader

Postcards are fun to make, fun to send, and fun to receive. I want to send a postcard every day for one year starting June 1st...

  172% funded

$626 pledged

53 backers

successful

Produce My Play

by Haden Polseno-Hensley

I recently wrote a play for my local children's theater, the Floyd Young Actors Co-op. It is about a boy band that tries emulating...

  115% funded

$575 pledged

21 backers

successful

Electronola - An electronic gumbo of New Orleans music

by Earl Scioneaux

UPDATE: Shannon Powell, Walter Payton, Lucien Barbarin, and John Boutte have all agreed to be a part of this record. I'm really...

  103% funded

$4,100.60 pledged

112 backers

successful

Smogr Alert Field Recording

by Randy Plemel

Help me interview people for my design-focused podcast! This year, due the economic troubles (Great Recession?) I was downsized...

  6% funded

$41 pledged

3 backers

no time left

Crossword Puzzles!

by Eric Berlin

I create crosswords and other puzzles. These have appeared, among other places, in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Games Magazine...

  151% funded

$2,265 pledged

159 backers

successful

drawing for dollars

by darkpony

I like drawing pictures. and then i color them too. so i thought i would suggest something for me to draw and then if someone wants...

  175% funded

$35 pledged

3 backers

successful

New York Makes a Book!!

by We Make a Book

Let's make the world's first crowd-funded book! New York Makes a Book will be entirely composed of submissions from 100 participants. 100...

  111% funded

$3,329 pledged

108 backers

successful

Offline Wikipedia iPhone app

by Dan Phiffer

This is a project to create a free iPhone app for browsing Wikipedia offline. The code will be open source and I'll launch it with...

  146% funded

$145 pledged

24 backers

successful

Recent Posts by Perry Chen

1. Perry Chen commented on Another preview page! from Tigerbuttah: A Hand-Painted All Ages Story Inspired by Golden Books:

   Cool stuff. i'd love to hear more about the process. how did you go about finding the printers? selecting the stock? etc.

2. Perry Chen commented on Earthquake Relief for Haiti from Send a Postcard, Get a Postcard:

   that's great!

3. Perry Chen commented on Thanks for all your support! from Video Game Set in Iran During the Post-Election Riots:

   glad to hear you're still going fwd! good luck

4. Perry Chen commented on The Fishes are Photographing Every Sizzler in the United States of America!:

   man, i hope you guys still find a way to do this!

5. Perry Chen commented on Grand and Lorimer-Photos of Brooklyn's Art and Music Scene 1997-2005.:

   Sounds like a great project. I was on hope street from 99-01... seems like a million years ago.

6. Perry Chen commented on What to say ? from A Dictionary Story - Art book:

   Awesome and congratulations! Such a worthy project with great rewards! Looking fwd to my signed copy..

7. Perry Chen commented on New York Gets Its Books from New York Makes a Book!!:

   sweet!

8. Perry Chen commented on Video chat at 35,000 Feet:

   and thanks to all for supporting my crazy little project!!

9. Perry Chen commented on Video chat at 35,000 Feet:

   hey reba, happy to talk to your son, but still gonna let 2 other people grab a chat if they want. amy you too. ill post back when i finalize flight time.

10. Perry Chen commented on Reddit JetBlue Travel Challenge:

    the traveler could document everything so there can be a full statistical report, like Feltron: http://feltron.com/index.php?/content/2007_annual_report/P1/

11. Perry Chen commented on Reddit JetBlue Travel Challenge:

    Jeremy, non-US people can pledge; but there's an Amazon Payments issue with Mechanical Turk holders from outside the US. If this is you, you can create a new Amazon Payments account during check-out.

12. Perry Chen commented on I Got Next | A Documentary on the Fighting Game Scene:

    Love the footage, a bit hard to hear though. You guys try any filtering tools to bring out the voices? Anyway, glad to help support and look forward to your success!

13. Perry Chen commented on LaPorte, Indiana. Our feature doc film needs your love!:

    brilliant brilliance

14. Perry Chen commented on The Final Countdown! WE DID IT from Allison Weiss makes a full-length record!:

    please post about the training and approach you're going to take to prep for this momentous feat. rock

15. Perry Chen commented on Late Night Tunes:

    what's the latest?

16. Perry Chen commented on Video Ep. 5 - Shannon Powell session: Boogie Woogie D&B from Electronola - An electronic gumbo of New Orleans music:

    too funny! that is old-school.

17. Perry Chen commented on Video Ep. 5 - Shannon Powell session: Boogie Woogie D&B from Electronola - An electronic gumbo of New Orleans music:

    Who's that singing?

18. Perry Chen commented on Looking for your thoughts... from Givabit: Introducing Phonelanthropy:

    I like A as well. Let's not let political parties hijack our animals! B + D have readability issues. C looks like a video game logo.

19. Perry Chen commented on Video update - Episode 3 from Electronola - An electronic gumbo of New Orleans music:

    do me and everyone else (including yourself) a huge favor and get a HD cam! A flip, or another $200 one is cool. I want the document of this process to be as good as it can be forever. Dont thin...

20. Perry Chen commented on Video - Episode 2 from Electronola - An electronic gumbo of New Orleans music:

    too cool.

21. Perry Chen commented on Choose Your Own Adventure - A Robot Painting Series:

    Hey Ryan, maybe a new project with all you've learned from this experience? Twas an awesome project!

22. Perry Chen commented on BFF:

    man o man i wish i could've submitted a photo for this. good luck!

23. Perry Chen commented on Video - Episode 1 from Electronola - An electronic gumbo of New Orleans music:

    A-W-E-S-O-M-E !

24. Perry Chen commented on Edging closer from Late Night Tunes:

    i loves me some goldie

25. Perry Chen commented on Givabit: Introducing Phonelanthropy:

    Hey, would love to see some screens and learn more about the app.

26. Perry Chen commented on Electronola - An electronic gumbo of New Orleans music:

    yo, i got my moms to back. everyone get your moms!

27. Perry Chen commented on Help Polyvinyl Save 10,000 Records From Destruction:

    Nick - duh! :) perhpas you were not asking about check-out but shipping. nothing to see here....

28. Perry Chen commented on Help Polyvinyl Save 10,000 Records From Destruction:

    Nick - You can pledge in the UK. Use Amazon Payments, you should be able to join as you check-out.

29. Perry Chen commented on Phone call with The One who hit the mark from Allison Weiss makes a full-length record!:

    rad + rad

30. Perry Chen commented on Allison Weiss makes a full-length record!:

    Good luck!