MAY DAY
Hi backers!! We haven't forgotten about you - just been hard at work getting ready for May Day -- we hope to get our broadsheet off to the printer this weekend, and then another set of two posters shortly thereafter. The broadsheet will have 4 posters and then a collection of texts about strikes that we've been putting together on the backs of the posters. We've also got 50,000 stickers en route - they should arrive early next week - so if all goes according to plan we'll be shipping boxes of all this material to activists around the country in under a week!
We're starting to get everything set up for our kickstarter fullfillment - ordering shipping supplies, etc -- and we'll start to get those out in batches starting towards the end of the month.
The portfolio is also going well - we have about 14 images finished and in house, ready to be trimmed and colated. The others are either en route or still waiting for their printers to print them.... I'm actually going to print the final three prints with Kristine Virsis on April 20th, assisted by some of my Brooklyn college students who want to learn about the process.
So that's our status. Below are a few of the poster images we're considering for the broadsheet and the next round of posters. If you have strong opinions about which ones you like best, let us know!!
we'll try to keep the updates coming so you know where things are at -- sorry for the long silence!
jesse
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- First created · 5 backed
- Jesse Goldstein 847 friends
- Website: occuprint.org
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43 backers
We’ll send you a thank you postcard, hand-stamped with the occuprint seal.
Estimated delivery: Apr 2012Pledge $25 or more
34 backers
We’ll include some stickers from our friends at Justseeds in with the hand-stamped occuprint postcard and a copy of the Occuprint edition of the Occupied Wall Street Journal. International, please add 5$.
Estimated delivery: Apr 2012Pledge $40 or more
56 backers
We’ll send you the postcard, the paper, and a teeshirt, hand screenprinted by the OWS Screen Guild. (Our choice of image and color, your choice of size) International, please add 5$
Estimated delivery: Apr 2012Pledge $40 or more
34 backers
We’ll send the postcard, along with a copy of Alexandra Clotfelter’s “Beginning is Near” poster (mass edition). International, please add 10$
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We’ll send the postcard, the paper, and Alexandra's beginning is near poster (mass edition). International, please add 10$
Estimated delivery: Apr 2012Pledge $60 or more
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We'll send the postcard, the paper, and both of our mass edition May Day posters, one by Molly Crabapple and the other by Josh MacPhee (see images in the second project update). International, please add 10$
Estimated delivery: Apr 2012Pledge $70 or more
0 backers Limited (120 of 120 left)
We'll send you the postcard, the Occuprint issue of the OWSJ and a limited edition Josh MacPhee General Strike poster, printed on 100lb cover stock (edition of 180, size is 18" x 24") hand stamped, numbered and signed by Josh.International, please add 10$.
Estimated delivery: Apr 2012Pledge $75 or more
11 backers Limited (9 of 20 left)
We will send you two screen prints (our choice) from the portfolio. Each image will be 12" x 18", hand screenprinted on nice paper, and stamped with the occuprint stamp. We will also include a copy of the Occuprint edition of the Occupy Wall Street Journal. International, please add 10$
Estimated delivery: May 2012Pledge $80 or more
2 backers Limited (118 of 120 left)
We'll send you the postcard, the Occuprint issue of the OWSJ and a limited edition Molly Crabapple General Strike poster, printed on 100lb cover stock (edition of 180, size is 18" x 24") hand stamped and numbered and signed by Molly. International, please add 10$.
Estimated delivery: Apr 2012Pledge $80 or more
2 backers
We'll send the postcard, the paper, and all three of our mass edition posters we've printed so far: the Clotfelter, Crabapple and the MacPhee... International, please add 10$.
Estimated delivery: Apr 2012Pledge $100 or more
48 backers Limited (12 of 60 left)
We printed a limited edition of Alexandra's “Beginning is Near” poster on beautiful French Paper (100lb cover stock, acid free). There are only 168 of these, and they’ve already been going fast! International, please add 10$
Estimated delivery: Apr 2012Pledge $100 or more
11 backers
We will send you a copy of the Occuprint edition of the Occupy Wall Street Journal and one of each of the mass distribution items that we print in 2012. So this includes the “Beginning is Near” Poster(mass edition), and the other 3 or more large-run prints and tabloids that we make between now and Dec. 31. International, please add 10$
Estimated delivery: Dec 2012Pledge $150 or more
25 backers All gone!
Mini Collector – Limited edition “Beginning is Near” poster, the Occuprint edition of the Occupy Wall Street Journal, and two prints from the portfolio collection (our choice). International, please add 10$
Estimated delivery: May 2012Pledge $170 or more
2 backers Limited (18 of 20 left)
The Trifecta - We'll send you all three of the limited edition prints we've made so far - the Alexandra Clotfelter Beginning is Near, the Molly Crabapple General Strike, and the Josh MacPhee General Strike.
Estimated delivery: Apr 2012Pledge $200 or more
4 backers Limited (6 of 10 left)
Mini portfolio – We’ll send you the occuprint edition of the Occupy Wall Street Journal, and 5 prints from the portfolio (our choice).
Estimated delivery: May 2012Pledge $300 or more
2 backers Limited (8 of 10 left)
Friends and Family plan: 5 postcards, 5 copies of the Occuprint edition of the Occupy Wall Street Journal, 5 copies of the “Beginning is Near” poster (mass edition), and 5 prints from the portfolio (our choice).
Estimated delivery: May 2012Pledge $500 or more
0 backers Limited (5 of 5 left)
The archivist: 5 prints from the portfolio (our choice), the limited edition "Beginning is Near" print, limited edition Molly Crabapple Print, limited edition Josh MacPhee print, two copies of the Occuprint issue of the OWSJ, and two of everything we mass produce this year.
Estimated delivery: Jun 2012Pledge $860 or more
4 backers Limited (16 of 20 left)
You get a copy of the full portfolio - 30 prints, along with a hand printed sheet listing all the authors and a little booklet describing the project. All the materials will be assembled in a nice box printed with the occuprint seal. For those of you with a budget to collect art, this really is an amazing deal. Most of the portfolios will be housed in libraries and museums - maybe one day after the revolution you'll even donate yours to a museum and the little white tag under the display will say "donated by so and so"... you'll be immortalized.
Estimated delivery: Jun 2012Pledge $1,200 or more
1 backer Limited (4 of 5 left)
You get a copy of the portfolio (read the above award to see how great this is), along with a limited edition “Beginning is Near” print, and one of everything else we’ve got at year's end. It'll be like we're practically mailing the occupy movement to your house, minus the drumming.
Estimated delivery: Jun 2012Pledge $2,200 or more
0 backers Limited (3 of 3 left)
This is the institutional pre-sale price for the portfolio. (Now that they are half sold out, the price has risen). For this amount you get the portfolio, the limited edition “Beginning is Near poster,” your name included in the list of major sponsors in the portfolio itself, and a super-rare Dave Loewenstein print (edition of 20) “The Tip of the Iceberg” – a 7 color spray paint stencil, hand-numbered and signed by the artist.
Estimated delivery: Jun 2012
Comments
Creator Christian Hanson on April 13, 2012
"who's time? Our time" beautiful design. My favorite
Creator Robert Lugo on April 9, 2012
Votes for "Strike" spelled in red signs, the black and white "May 1st Everywhere" and "Outgrow the Status Quo", in that order of preference.
Creator Martha Pettit on April 7, 2012
I vote for either the "Outgrow the Status Quo" poster or the B&W poster that starts with "No Housework"
Creator Robert Meehan on April 6, 2012
I really like the "Outgrow the Status Quo" poster.
Creator Mayra Cimet on April 6, 2012
the toma las calles has a really nice aesthetic, im also leaning towards the whose time our time poster because of its colors.
Creator Paul Vanderwerf on April 5, 2012
Is the misspelling of "resistance" in the last panel of the multi-cat poster intentional? I find "Resistance is Fertile" to be a particularly fine slogan, and I'm surprised I haven't heard it before. (Google confirms it's been around the block a few times). Go with it (but you can lose the cat as far as I care)
Keep up the good work!