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The audience’s ability to influence artistic projects through their use of Web 2.0 tools have brought crowdsourcing forward as a legitimate and now common place method for artistic creation....
Social Media Week in Berlin (19-23 September 2011) will bring together jovoto, a creative crowdsourcing platform for collaborative idea generation together with Start Next, a crowdfunding platform for artists, designers and inventors to undertake a unique experiment to merge the power of creative crowdsourcing with the power of crowdfunding. Together jovoto and Start Next will kick-off a cross-platform initiative to crowdfund and then produce, works of art. The concept is; three weeks of proposals to identify artists, four weeks funding followed by two weeks of art.
They believe that everyone is an artist and that everyone has the ability to create art. jovoto and Start Next will help fund artists and then enable the distribution their work over the Internet so that they can reach the broadest possible audience. The development and implementation of creative ideas through the Internet is increasingly becoming a collaborative act. Creative crowdsourcing can involve the broadcast of a creative endeavor inviting creatives to provide individual works. Alternatively, art can be formed as a result of the collective participation of many artists. Artists like Aaron Koblin have demonstrated how it’s possible to create unique work by tapping into large communities of artists, often involving thousands of individuals. Crowdsourcing both provides the opportunity for new talent to be found and new forms of art to be created.
AngelShares was conceived as a way to put the fun back into fundraising. Their mission is to put a smile on the face of every donor, to surprise and delight them, and create a new band of...
Fractured Atlas, an arts non-profit that offers fiscal sponsorship to its members, is helping artists crowdfund their projects by partnering up with crowdfunding platforms IndieGoGo and RocketHub. By offering tax deductions for the donations, the non-profit aims to entice larger contributions in tough economic times.
New crowdfunding platforms are springing up like weeds — our database alone lists a whopping 344 crowdfunding platforms, a significant increase from the same time last year. Last night, we shined the spotlight on Fondomat, a newly launched Czech crowdfunding website — the first in the country, in fact.
Today we examine a more established platform: Kapipal, founded by IT consultant and Italian professor Alberto Falossi in 2009. A general crowdfunding platform for creative projects, charitable causes, events — anything, really — Kapipal allows for both public and private crowdfunding. We spoke with Falossi to learn more.
We feature a conversation with Lucas McNelly – a crowdfunding campaign consultant. As a filmmaker himself, McNelly helps directors, producers and actors raise the money they need to turn their film ideas into reality. We find out how he got into crowdfunding coaching, get a behind-the-scenes look at the campaign he is currently helping to run, and ask for some advice on how to convert fans into donors.
Founded in 2010, the industry website, Crowdsourcing.org, is a neutral organization dedicated solely to crowdsourcing and crowdfunding. As one of the most influential and credible authorities in the crowdsourcing space, Crowdsourcing.org is recognized worldwide for its intellectual capital, crowdsourcing and crowdfunding practice expertise and unbiased thought leadership.
