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Kim Boekbinder

Brooklyn, NY

Kim Boekbinder is "The Impossible Girl." From The Rockwood Music Hall in New York City, to the Sydney Opera House in Australia, Kim has traveled around the world stealing hearts and winning over international audiences. Her amazing d... view more

  1. MaKey MaKey: An Invention Kit for Everyone by Jay Silver

    Ever played Mario on Play-Doh or Piano on Bananas? Alligator clip the Internet to your world and start inventing the future.

    • 962% funded $240,640 pledged
    • 5,227 backers
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    SLINGSHOT : Stabilizes smartphone video . . . and more! by Charles Waugh

    The SlingShot smartphone video stabilizer by WOXOM fits ALL smartphones (iPhone, etc.) It steadies your phone & might shoot a pebble.

    • 350% funded $70,074 pledged
    • 2,739 backers
    • Funded May 20, 2012
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    Shell Game: An Art Show About the Financial Meltdown by Molly Crabapple

    For Shell Game, I'll create 9 giant paintings about the world financial meltdown, then have a gallery show in a faux gambling parlor

    • 215% funded $64,799 pledged
    • 701 backers
    • Funded Mar 27, 2012
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    P. Craig Russell's Guide to Graphic Storytelling by Wayne Alan Harold

    An educational web series that teaches the art of graphic storytelling, also known as “Comics.”

    • 325% funded $9,767 pledged
    • 228 backers
    • Funded Feb 19, 2012
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    CASH Music Platform by CASH Music

    We're building a totally free platform of tools for artists and labels to sell, share, and promote music directly to their fans.

    • 205% funded $61,609 pledged
    • 1,366 backers
    • Funded Mar 09, 2012
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    28 Seeds by Liars & Believers & Broken Toys

    A collaboration between experimental theater company Liars & Believers, and SteamCRUNK phenom Walter Sickert & the ARmy of BRoken TOys

    • 115% funded $13,867 pledged
    • 293 backers
    • Funded Mar 01, 2012
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    The Mongrel Jews Inherit The Earth! by The Mongrel Jews

    After two years and three homemade EPs, the raddest street folk band in Seattle are ready to make a professional record. You can help!

    • 104% funded $3,481 pledged
    • 93 backers
    • Funded Mar 04, 2012
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    Bring NIGHT SWEATS to life! by EMP Collective

    Join B'more/DC artists in January on a mixed-media, on-your-feet theatrical voyage through an acid-laced dreamscape...

    • 105% funded $2,132 pledged
    • 52 backers
    • Funded Jan 20, 2012
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    The Reverend Screaming Fingers Big Band in SF & NYC! by lucio menegon

    Bring the Reverend's 'Music for Driving and Film' show, performed by a killer band and set to live projections, to SF and NYC!

    • 100% funded $3,014 pledged
    • 81 backers
    • Funded Sep 18, 2011
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    SOLIPSIST - an experimental fantasy film by Andrew Huang

    SOLIPSIST is a three part psychedelic fantasy short film about otherworldly beings whose minds and bodies converge into one entity.

    • 111% funded $8,950 pledged
    • 112 backers
    • Funded Aug 22, 2011
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    A Bottle of WHISKEY and a Handful of BEES -Sxip Shirey by Sxip Shirey

    NEW ALBUM -Janky beats, beautiful songs, impossible sounds from Brooklyn, Berlin, Babylon and Beyond .

    • 105% funded $21,005 pledged
    • 531 backers
    • Funded Aug 01, 2011
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    Surplus 1980 album funds for release on CD/LP. by Moe! Staiano

    Trying to raise funds to release a full-length album on LP and CD by my post-punk studio project, Surplus 1980.

    • 100% funded $3,210 pledged
    • 75 backers
    • Funded Jul 04, 2011
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    The Second Annual Kickstarter Film Festival by Kickstarter & Rooftop Films

    Join Kickstarter and Rooftop Films on July 9, 2011, for the 2nd Annual Kickstarter Film Festival!

    • 111% funded $3,336 pledged
    • 217 backers
    • Funded Jul 06, 2011
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    Recipes for the Dead: Issue 2 - An Indie Comic Book by Vera by Vera

    Read issue 1 for $1! Recipes for the Dead: Apricot Asylum is an indie steampunk comic filled with full-color art and delicious cookies.

    • 471% funded $9,429 pledged
    • 543 backers
    • Funded Aug 27, 2011
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    Molly Crabapple's Week in Hell by Molly Crabapple

    For Molly Crabapple's Week in Hell, I'm locking myself in a room for five days and covering the walls in art

    • 573% funded $25,805 pledged
    • 745 backers
    • Funded Jun 20, 2011
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    Paper craft warrior mouse! pre-cut and mailed to you. by Tyler Tinsley

    Love papercraft but think cutting paper is too hard? Well order some pre-cut paper craft, You don't even need glue!

    • 343% funded $1,202 pledged
    • 99 backers
    • Funded Jul 03, 2011
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    Eliza Rickman makes her first full-length record! by Eliza Rickman

    It’s time to finish creating my first full-length record, and I need my fans to help make it happen!

    • 207% funded $12,460 pledged
    • 205 backers
    • Funded Jul 01, 2011
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    Be a Part of "Mason Jar Music Presents" by Octelephant PR

    "Mason Jar Music Presents" is a video concert series that pairs talented artists with orchestral arrangements and resonant NYC spaces.

    • 116% funded $12,815 pledged
    • 121 backers
    • Funded Jul 16, 2011
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    Dr. Sketchy's Austin: Reverse Mermaid Costume Sculpture by Amelia Elodie Raley

    Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School in Austin is hosting a special costumed life drawing session for NYC founder, Molly Crabapple.

    • 147% funded $515 pledged
    • 20 backers
    • Funded Feb 18, 2011
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    "A Different Woman:" Banned Memoir, Groundbreaking Theatre! by Veronica Russell

    BANNED in 3 countries, DESTROYED by authorities,& SHOCKING to great literary minds of its day...the1925 memoir of a Texas schoolteacher

    • 100% funded $15,055 pledged
    • 137 backers
    • Funded Jan 15, 2011
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    Kayla Oberlin Plays and Paints Ukuleles! by Kayla

    Brooklyn-based artist/musician Kayla Oberlin integrates indie music and visual art through the novelty of the ukulele.

    • 108% funded $5,409 pledged
    • 173 backers
    • Funded Dec 12, 2010
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    Adam Levy records an all-acoustic CD 'The Heart Collector'—from start to shrink-wrap. by Adam Levy

    I am a songwriter/guitarist in NYC. I most often play with my fantastic band, but decided to record this latest batch of songs acoustically. Shhh....

    • 106% funded $20,810 pledged
    • 174 backers
    • Funded Aug 30, 2010
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    Crætive Cöllaböratiön // Artist Residency in Iceland! (and Video Art for You) by BriAnna Olson

    Director & visual artist BriAnna Olson was invited to live, create & collaborate in an Icelandic village (of 150 people) for one week this June 2010.

    • 107% funded $1,872 pledged
    • 44 backers
    • Funded May 26, 2010
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    Running of the Bells: Improvised Cello-led recording with Tenor, Conn-O-Sax & Drums by Helen Gillet

    Always room for Cello! ..and here it is with tenor sax, conn-o-sax & drums played by 3 improvisers of the ever growing, creative city of New Orleans.

    • 108% funded $2,179 pledged
    • 36 backers
    • Funded Apr 30, 2010
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    The Museum Proper: a public puppet performance by bustedpuppet

    Spectacle Puppetry: a 12-foot tall monster will confront the net of a naturalist in the midst of the crowd of San Jose's summer arts festival.

    • 181% funded $2,356 pledged
    • 59 backers
    • Funded Mar 01, 2010