Kickstarter

I am building a 58-panel (80" x 56" to 80" x 7") painting space to create a four-room, psychologically charged painting-in-the-round. The installation is the largest undertaking I have ever attempted and I very much hope we can all experience the completed project, through the help of your generous support. Completing the space is projected to cost $12,000, though the more funding the space receives, the grander the finish will become. The painting is primarily oil on canvas and is meant to explore our human understanding of perspective, depth, space, and architecture. The series houses an interactive seating area, inviting the composition beyond the bounds of the canvas and allowing the dialogue of the installation and viewer to change according to the human element present, creating an environment unique to each visitor.

The film "Hope in a Box" presents in-process shots of the main dining room/ living area. In building this space, I very much hope to gain perspective on not only my own sense of self as an artist, but on where and how we blur the lines in observation, experimentation, mimesis and representation-- to create, in essence, a corner of my own empire, encapsulated.

COST:

Since I can remember I have always sought to poke the proverbial hornet's nest, which of course has gotten me more than my fair share of stings. This was, however, my most logical means of figuring out what was inside and attempting to deconstruct the logic behind the beasts within. As an adult I have continued this scientific delving and ended up building a nest of my own. While I am asking for $10,000, the painting space is projected to ACTUALLY COST $12,000 (eeeek!), though the more backing I receive the more I will be able to explore the exterior. My art is experiential in nature, and I ultimately seek to present a fully sensorial interaction for the viewers. Alas, this project is financially prohibitive for a poor graduate student, thus I am asking you all to help me support my dream of building a castle of my own.

WHY $12,000???!!!??!

I am here to let you know I have very realistic and fixed parameters for the completion of this project with, of course, the support of people like you. I am so excited to see the finished space and to share this with all of you!

BREAK-DOWN:

Wooden stretchers- $4,000

Canvas- $1,200

Installation Floor/ Walls- $400

Staples, Hardware, Gesso, Misc- $1,000

Lighting and Infrastructure- $600

Paint, Thinner, Oil, Brushes- $3,800

External Frames- $1,000

TOTAL: $12,000

"Cornelia!! Why can't you just do SIMPLE things that are within your realistic time and money budget??!"

Yes, yes, yes, I have heard this before and am not naive to placing realistic parameters on the largess of my ambitions. I just often get excited about the concept and then say, "Well if this is going to happen, go BIG or go HOME!" This is my ingrained perfectionism and stubborn-headedness, I am sure. I am letting everyone know I AM setting realistic goals for completion, they are just a bit out of my grad-student-in-art-school budget. I am asking you to help me realize and complete this dream by giving what you can.

STRUCTURE:

Here is a projected floor plan for the completed space.

GIFTS FOR YOU:

Please read my incentives for donations in the right hand column!! 

Patronage starts at $1 and goes to $1000, which includes a small print, greeting cards, a "making of" book tracking the growth of the project, replication of a panel of your choice, and a meet & greet with me during a private viewing before the general public. 

I always love a dollar, but note: Beginning at $10 you will receive goodies!! The incentives are cumulative and become exponentially more awesome! As I am building my dream because of support from you, I want to send a part of me to live with you as a thank you from the bottom of my heart. Know that each item is sent with love. 

DOMESTIC FRIENDS:

Domestic shipping IS included for US patrons.

INTERNATIONAL FRIENDS:

Please let me know where you live - I will have to calculate shipping to make sure that what I send you will make it there without difficulties in the post.

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!

I thank everyone for reading, sponsoring, and passing this along! If you are wanting to support my dream, please do so EARLY! If the project is not FULLY funded it will die. :(( This would be beyond sad. Spread the love to everyone you think will appreciate it. You are the wonder that is helping make my dreams come true. I will not forget your support!!

"Every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving."

--Albert Einstein

"If you would not be forgotten
As soon as you are dead and rotten,
Either write things worthy reading,
Or do things worth the writing."

--Benjamin Franklin

“Find out who you are and do it on purpose.” 
― Dolly Parton