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Frank Rose

Santa Fe, NM

Watson is Frank Watson Rose IV. Currently living in Santa Fe, NM, he began making music of the electronic variety after discovering the monome in 2009. The sheer audacity of creating a device that dosent actually do anything was what impressed him so muc... view more

  1. on December 13
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    CHIMERA - Integrated Arts Education from Meow Wolf and CCA! by Vince Kadlubek

    CCA & Meow Wolf bring collaborative practice into the school system through hands-on, multi-disciplinary, project-based art education!!

    • 106% funded $3,205 pledged
    • 55 backers
    • Funded Dec 26, 2011
  2. on November 29
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    Communikey 2012 Festival & Documentary Film by Communikey

    Communikey is an interdisciplinary organization dedicated to social, cultural and ecological innovation through creativity.

    • 111% funded $13,360 pledged
    • 197 backers
    • Funded Jan 01, 2012
  3. on August 1, 2011
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    Progressive Arts Fair by After Hours Alliance

    On September 18, 35 artists have been invited to use an art-market style booth for any purpose that they envision.

    • 102% funded $3,078 pledged
    • 65 backers
    • Funded Aug 27, 2011
  4. on July 16, 2011
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    Renegade Lights Media's First Release by raja_the_resident_alien

    Help us put our first music release on commemorative vinyl to launch a media label which promotes ingenuity in digital music and art.

    • 145% funded $3,350 pledged
    • 55 backers
    • Funded Aug 29, 2011
  5. on June 2, 2011
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    Frank Rose
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    domekit.cc — domes for all by EFFALO

    open-source, parametric software tools and self-adjusting connector systems for making geodesic structures of human-scale proportion.

    • 107% funded $5,366 pledged
    • 80 backers
    • Funded Jul 01, 2011
  6. on May 6, 2011
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    Frank Rose
    Posted project update #5

    Gridfest begins tonight!

    Thanks again everyone for making this happen. People are arriving in Santa Fe and we begin at Corazon tonight. For those that cant make it in person, we will stream the event tonight as well as Saturday and hopefully Sunday here:

    http://www.ustream.tv/channel/monomes-on-the-loose

    Audio only tonight, and Video included tomorrow. We start at 9pm Mountain time!

    LOVE!!!

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  7. on April 30, 2011
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    Frank Rose
    Posted project update #4

    Less than a week out!

    Hey everyone. Just another THANK YOU!!!! We're going live on Friday and we couldnt have done it without you.

    Be sure to visit gridfestival.com for our schedule and if you're not going to be in town, we'll be streaming audio on Friday night and both audio and video Saturday night. We might be streaming audio from our super secret after party on Sunday, but this remains to be seen.

    Here's where you can catch the streams: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/monomes-on-the-loose

    Thanks again!

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  8. on April 11, 2011
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    Frank Rose
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    Crosstalk: An OSC API for Inter - Program Communication by TJ Usiyan

    Create, implement, and refine an API meant to streamline app discovery for applications implementing Open Sound Control.

    Funding Unsuccessful (05/07/2011)
  9. on March 29, 2011
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    Frank Rose
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    Zimbabwean Marimbas for the Texas School for the Blind! by Joel Laviolette

    Help the Texas School For The Blind complete their set of Zimbabwean Style Marimbas!

    • 107% funded $4,301 pledged
    • 58 backers
    • Funded May 27, 2011
  10. on March 28, 2011
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    AxleArt Haiku Roadsign Project by Axle Contemporary

    A portable roadside sign with a series of Haiku, curated by Poet Laureate, Joan Logghe. New poems each week, all summer, then a book.

    • 108% funded $2,161 pledged
    • 62 backers
    • Funded May 02, 2011