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Funding Canceled
Funding for this project was canceled by the project creator on January 19, 2010.
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An article of clothing on the sculpture + the infamy of your name on the website.
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A groovy Clothing the Line button and a Windmill Factory sticker. Plus article of clothing on the sculpture and the infamy of your name on the website.
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A Brazilian Love song sung to whomever you choose via cell phone or Skype from The Windmill Factory! Plus clothing on sculpture & name on website. CTL button and WF sticker.
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A Clothing the Line T-shirt and your name on the website as a special donor. Plus clothing on sculpture, CTL button, and WF sticker.
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A 8 X 10 professional photographic print of the project signed by the artist + an invitation to the opening night. Plus clothing on sculpture, special donor on website, CTL button, and WF sticker.
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A personalized song written and performed for you by Windmill Factory resident singer songwriter Michael Mathis. Plus clothing on sculpture, name on website as special donor, CTL button, T-shirt, and WF sticker, and a 8 X 10 signed print of the project, and an invitation to the opening night.
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A two night stay on our daybed at The Windmill Factory Loft, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York. Fun guaranteed for you or your in town guest! Plus clothing on sculpture, name on website as special donor, CTL button, T-shirt, and WF sticker, and a 8 X 10 signed print of the project, and an invitation to the opening night.
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2 Tickets and hang out with the cast of Fuerzabruta including optional cameo in the show (www.fuerzabrutanyc.com.) Plus one of a kind handmade TINAP (scarf/hat) designed by The Windmill Factory that everyone will be wearing next season. Plus clothing on sculpture, name on website as special donor, CTL button, T-shirt, and WF sticker, and a 8 X 10 signed print of the project, and an invitation to the opening night.
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Have your birthday at The Windmill Factory Loft! Plus clothing on sculpture, name on website as special donor, CTL button, T-shirt, and WF sticker, and a 8 X 10 signed print of the project, and an invitation to the opening night, 2 Tickets and hang out with the cast of Fuerzabruta including optional cameo in the show (www.fuerzabrutanyc.com.) Plus one of a kind handmade TINAP (scarf/hat) designed by The Windmill Factory that everyone will be wearing next season.
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A private performance of The Windmill Factory CTL creation. Plus clothing on sculpture, name on website as special donor, CTL button, T-shirt, and WF sticker, and a 8 X 10 signed print of the project, and an invitation to the opening night, 2 Tickets to Fuerzabruta Experience (www.fuerzabrutanyc.com), and, a TINAP (scarf/hat).
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A place to stay in the heart of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for the 2016 Summer Olympics with Windmill Factory Producer Ana Luiza Constantino’s family. If you chose this amount, we guarantee our eternal gratitude. We will actually love you. For now... clothing on sculpture, name on website as special donor, CTL button, T-shirt, and WF sticker, and a 8 X 10 signed print of the project, and an invitation to the opening night, 2 Tickets to Fuerzabruta Experience (www.fuerzabrutanyc.com), and, a TINAP (scarf/hat).
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Connected as Jon Morris (1904 friends)
The Windmill Factory is a collective of artists, designers, architects, performers, producers with over 30 years experience and a client list that includes Microsoft, Apple, 2008 Olympics, Cirque Du Soleil, Carnegie Hall, Radio City, The Oscars, Broadway, Fuerzabruta, Madonna, David Letterman, De La Guarda, Pilobolus, The Metropolitan Opera joining in social entrepreneurship in 2009 to create an art factory.
After creating and performing with some of the largest theatre companies in the world (Cirque du Soleil, Fuerzabruta, Theatre de la Jeune Lune) artist Jon Morris wanted to move beyond theatre walls to touch a wider and diverse demographic--The Windmill Factory. An art factory dedicated to presenting work within public space that questions how we view our community, landscape, and existence.
Awards/Fellowships include; Artist Residency at Robert Wilson’s Watermill Center, Creation Residency at La MaMa ETC, Tennessee Williams Fellow(The University of the South), NCAA Post Graduate Scholar, 1999 Watson Fellowship “Athletics to Acting in Movement Theatre”(London, Paris, Sydney, India, Bali, Italy).
Greg, thank you so much for your question!
Clothing the Line is not meant to give money or clothes to homeless people. I agree with you. For that it would be much easier just raise it and give it to them. These things will be part of the project. But not the biggest goal.
1 - We want to open a space for discussion about the homeless critical situation in NYC. Unfortunately these days, the traditional communication campaigns are not being as much effective as they should. We, from the Windmill Factory will use this art project as a tool to let our partners, the homeless organizations, express their thoughts and needs. It is not a welfare project. We want to spark long term policy changes while giving more space to people meet some homeless organizations that make amazing work in this city.
2 - Other important factor is that we hope through the art be able to touch people emotions. Certainly this will turn much more effective the process of transmitting the messages that need to be told. The performances and the installation (which will give a visual dimension of the problem) will let people have a closer interpretation about what is to be a homeless.
3 - Besides that, other thing that makes the project more interesting then just giving money, is that we will have some of the people that are living on shelter working with us. This is just a temporary project, but if we can empower some of this people, and remind them that they are able to fight for changing their realities, we will be very very happy. If this project changes the destiny of at least one person, all our effort to make it happen will be more then worthy.
This is a non profit project. We will donate all the profits to the homeless organizations. Kickstarter is the first part of our fundraising strategy and it is important to make the first phases happen. Other things will come, and in few months the homeless organizations will be able to ask for donations throughout the project. The money raised will go direct to them.
Greg, was I clear enough (sorry for my english!)? Do you agree that Clothing the Line will make a smart use of the money, and be the ignition for the attraction of not only more money, but attention to the homeless cause?
Let me know if you have more questions!
Ana
-greg
I am curious where does the $1 for clothes go?
It seemed that the obvious choice would have been to give the clothes to those in need.
how exactly is this helping homeless?