Art Karma

Help with DIY doc! Spread art! Get experience!

Hey kitties. So, we showed a rough edit of our little film, D.I.Y. OR DIE: HOW TO SURVIVE AS AN INDEPENDENT ARTIST (http://www.diyordie.org/ ), at Lost Film at Sundance, and I keep getting e-mails and calls like “Hey….I didn’t see your film, but my friend did and we want to show it at our university/theater/bar etc.). Cool….people seem to want to help this thing, and it’s not even done yet. (Will be done probably early march).

This is cool, but I need help. I think it’s a very worthwhile project….showcasing a bunch of known artists and unknown artists in equal light…based on what they say rather than who they are. Here’s what we need:

Mini-DV tapes. Any length. Used is ok. They cost five bucks each in bulk, and I have to send them to TV stations and festivals.
Beta tapes. Any length. Used is ok. They cost five bucks each in bulk, and I have to send them to TV stations and festivals.
Money. I am spending about 50 bucks every other day on DV tapes, VHS tapes, mailers, postage, etc. Peter, Lil Mike and I spent over a grand each out of pocket to go to Utah, and Pete got his camera stolen. So far on this project, we have received 3100 in donations (from 4 donors) and it has cost about 5000 bucks, not counting the Utah expenses and losses. So I am down about 1900 dollars personally, and burning through my savings to do the act of getting it out in the world.

Donations of cash and equipment are tax-deductible. If you can spare some cash, send it to Intersection for the Arts

446 Valencia Street

San Francisco, CA 94103

and mark memo on check "DIY Documentary". Also, if you do this, please e-mail me and let me know, as Intersection employees are overworked….the last donation sat there for a month and we needed it for Utah and didn’t get it until later.

If anyone has a DV camera or two they can donate (even one-chip, but three chip would be grand). Also we need a DV deck, and a large Mac hard drive for Miles to archive the project, and a large PC hard drive for my computer.
We need interns. I posted yesterday and got two, but it has been my experience that they don’t always work out. I have had a guy come over, I spent three hours teaching him to do something, and he only worked for three hours. Net outcome: nothing. So, I end up “doing it myself”. But this thing is starting to take off and I am overwhelmed. I need people that want to help, for credit in the film and a letter of recommendation, and it doesn’t take a lot of time, and you don’t have to live in LA (but if you do, even better. I could use help going to Post Office, 99 cent store, etc.

I’ve decided to take a vow of poverty for art. This doesn’t mean living wretchedly, it means having priorities. Even if I ever get rich, I am gonna spend it all on art supplies and promoting my and other people’s art, and still live simply.

We need contacts at local cable access shows around the country. If there is a hip show in your area, get the contact info, contact them and tell them about the film, and send the e-mail and phone number of the contact person to me. I will send them the trailer, and later the film.

We need local theaters, bars and universities to show it in. Talk it up and see what you can find please and send me the info.

Love and art, md.

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