The Spinning Wheel: a son remixes a father's radical archive
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A collab between Baba Israel, Leo Kay, and Yako 440 to remix, exhibit, and dialogue with steve ben israel's archive of art and activism
Backers: 228
Average Pledge Per Backer: $99
Funded: $22,602 of $20,000
Dates: Jun 20th -> Jul 30th (40 days)
Project By: Baba Israel
Backers: 228
Average Pledge Per Backer: $99
Funded: $22,602 of $20,000
Dates: Jun 20th -> Jul 30th (40 days)
Project By: Baba Israel
$22,602
current pledge level
Last Updated: July 30 @ 17:01 -0400 GMT
113%
of goal
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Latest News
We made it! Thank you to our friends and family across the world 
July 24th - via: kickstarter.com
Warm it up by steve ben israel Above is a postcard that my pops used to print and give out to folks in his travels around New York city. It captures the spirit of this project and we want to warmly and deeply thank everyone who has supported The... (Read More)
Soul Inscribed and The Spinning Wheel: We are approaching 16K
July 6th - via: kickstarter.com
Soul Inscribed and the Spinning Wheel We shared excerpts from the Spinning Wheel along with a musical performance from our band Soul Inscribed at a free show in Queensbridge Park. We opened with a clip of steve ben israel from 1968 and shared poems... (Read More)
Approaching 13K
July 6th - via: kickstarter.com
"A toast - to the future, may it come back." -steve ben israel. THANKS for helping us get to this point! Please keep sharing the campaign to help us reach our goal of 20K well ahead of schedule so we can unveil our plans for stretch goals. (Read More)
Surpassed $6,000!
July 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks to all the supporters- can you all help us spread the word by sharing on social media and emailing the link to folks who come to mind? Let's build on this great momentum. (Read More)
Twitter feedback from the Nov 2015 beta tour of The Spinning Wheel in the UK
June 29th - via: kickstarter.com
In November 2015 we did a test tour of the show starting at Theatre in the Mill in Bradford, UK and ending at the MAC in Birmingham, UK. Here is some feedback we got on twitter. We are so excited to be raising funds to bring the show back home to... (Read More)
Meet Eric Drooker, a contributing artist to the exhibition and the live performance
June 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Eric Drooker is a visual voice of cultural resistance and protest and was a close friend of steve ben's. We are thrilled that we will be exhibiting large scale prints of his work as well as integrating his animation into the multimedia production of... (Read More)
Thank you and a sharing of the Spinning Wheel in NYC
June 21st - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks to our first supporters for helping us build momentum! We also wanted to let folks in the NYC area that we will be sharing excerpts of The Spinning Wheel at Summerstage in Queens on July 17th 7pm. Its a free show. Here is the info. ... (Read More)
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