ArtFunding Greater.Earth
Art is an effective and optimistic way to influence the the future of humanity and collaboration is the only way to make it happen.
ArtFunding is a form of crowdfunding which means that people can purchase artworks to support a particular art project. It is also a way for people to identify with a project and to become personally involved. As “art” is one of the most expensive commodities in today's society, art interventions such as those under development in Greater.Earth will be primarily funded through the sale of art. This avoids the over commercialization of the typical sponsoring approach to such manifestations. However, we do welcome direct partnership arrangements in the development of the projects. Please see the Collaboration page for more details.
Cosmic Dancer Digital Fine Art Prints
Greater Earth Digital Fine Art Prints
Art funded projects have a long history. A good example of multi-million dollar artist funded projects have been those undertaken by Christo and Jean-Claude - i.e. the Wrapped Reichstag (1971-1995) which cost $15,000,000 to realize was financed solely through the sale of artworks made and managed by the artists.
In today’s art market, artworks costing much more are regularly sold in art galleries, art fairs and in art auctions. Perhaps some art collector will wish to purchase the Space Peace Star or the Space Option Star before or while they are in orbit.
I have used this ArtFunding approach to funds my projects various for more than 40 years, even before the Internet and the social media was prevalent and before the known first use of online “crowdfunding” in 1997.
In the mid 1980’s, during the development of the early O.U.R.S. projects, public painting events were organized at international space and art events, where the public was invited to paint on large walls of Mylar. The painted Mylar material was then cut into small squares and sold as “pieces of the ring”. To finance the spaceflight of the Cosmic Dancer to the Mir space station which cost approximately $100,000, I created 99 versions of the Cosmic Dancer sculpture, which were made available to space enthusiasts and to art collectors. Each Cosmic Dancer was the same exact size and material (square aluminum tubing) as the flight sculpture and was painted in my pointillistic painting technique. Each sculpture was finished in a different color scheme making each of the 99 versions a unique and original artwork. These sculptures were offered to the public through art galleries and through advertisements in the print media. A few of the original Cosmic Dancer Sculptures and Cosmic Dancer Digital Fine Art Prints are still available on this website.
The following art items are also currently available.
Greater Earth Digital Fine Art Prints
Cosmic Dancer Digital Fine Art Prints
G.E.A.U. - Greater Earth Accounting Unit
A Personal Singularity Fine Art Print
Project Drawings & Collages
New items will be added as they become available.
The Greater.Earth art intervention invites the involvement and support of individuals, organizations and businesses.
If you would like to add your comments to the website (details to follow) and participate in our e-mail discussions you purchase one of ther artworks mentioned above or subscribe to Greater.Earth on a monthly basis.
You may pay CHF 1.00 – CHF 5.00 or CHF 10.00 per month for one year.
