Please read the discription then DONATE to this beautiful project via Kickstarter:http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1032171588/10000-harmonicas-10000-occupiers
November 5th will be a momentous day for the Occupy Movement and weneed to make sure that each individual participating is fully heard.
Our collective voice needs to become audible, it needs a presence.The word conspire comes from the latin root, to breathe with, it is in thecollective breath that the power of a people is felt. With this in mind, thereseems to be no better way to illustrate a unified people, then to give thebreath of each individual a voice. With basic harmonicas, we can give thismovement sound.
What we’re suggesting is to equip the entire movement with harmonicas.By breathing slowly through these harmonicas, the historic instrument ofthe underclass in America, the audible qualities of both the individual and
the whole will become a call used for marches, demonstrations, and sit-ins. As thousands of people step together and breathe together, the sound that we emit will be impossible to ignore or argue, because it lacks words that can be skewed or manipulated.
Hohner harmonica has agreed to donate all of their profits to the OccupyWall Street cause, making the cost of the harmonicas for us only the costof manufacturing and handling, 98 cents per harmonica plus shipping(around $200).
The minimum pledge level is $1 dollar, which covers the cost of the Harmonica and shipping exactly. With each dollar given one Occupier will be equipped with their instrument at Occupy Wall Street on November 5, 2011.
When you pay $1 and attend the march on November 5, we will deliver the harmonica to you in person. Consequently, if you choose to pledge more, more people will receive harmonicas.
The goal is to get 10,000 harmonicas in the hands of 10,000 occupiers. The funding goal is set at $1,000.00 only to try and pass the funding mark successfully.
Please help us make this happen. Whether that means being one ofthe thousands that will be there or insuring with your pledge that each occupier will have a harmonica to amplify their breath and presence.
Basic Harmonica Instruction for the 11 / 05 / 11 march:
1. Keep your breathing on the “low” end of the harmonica.
2. For rhythm, follow your inhale and exhale that is normal for you when you take deep breaths.
This video will demonstrate basic instruction. Remember that each person’s sound will vary depending on their unique pattern of breath.
This video will give you an idea of the collective sound, but will in no way illustrate the magnitude of what will occur on 11 / 05 / 11.
![Fredrick McSwainDie (Tobias Wong)13,138 DiceGallery R’Pure
Canadian artist and designer Tobias Wong died last year at the young age of 35, or more specifically, 13,138 days. In tribute, his friend Frederick McSwain created this immense portrait of Wong entitled Die using 13,138 dice as part of the BrokenOff BrokenOff exhibition at Gallery R’Pure in NYC in memoriam to the artist during NY Design Week. McSwain via Core77:
The idea of a die itself was appropriate—the randomness of life. It felt like [a medium] he would use. Because [Tobias] was a very street-level force, I thought it was appropriate [to install] the portrait on the floor. Its not something I wanted to suspend on the wall; I wanted it to be right there on the floor where you almost interact with it.
The idea of every decision you make and everything you’ve done in your life, defines who you are. All of those days symbolically makes up the image of Tobi.
The dice were first meticulously organized into individual sheets of 361 pieces and then laid to rest free on the floor without adhesive. The time lapse above shows the process in detail. A big thanks to Frederick for providing the photos of Miller Taylor for this post.](http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llyrdfG5et1qaqlino1_500.jpg)
![Fredrick McSwainDie (Tobias Wong)13,138 DiceGallery R’Pure
Canadian artist and designer Tobias Wong died last year at the young age of 35, or more specifically, 13,138 days. In tribute, his friend Frederick McSwain created this immense portrait of Wong entitled Die using 13,138 dice as part of the BrokenOff BrokenOff exhibition at Gallery R’Pure in NYC in memoriam to the artist during NY Design Week. McSwain via Core77:
The idea of a die itself was appropriate—the randomness of life. It felt like [a medium] he would use. Because [Tobias] was a very street-level force, I thought it was appropriate [to install] the portrait on the floor. Its not something I wanted to suspend on the wall; I wanted it to be right there on the floor where you almost interact with it.
The idea of every decision you make and everything you’ve done in your life, defines who you are. All of those days symbolically makes up the image of Tobi.
The dice were first meticulously organized into individual sheets of 361 pieces and then laid to rest free on the floor without adhesive. The time lapse above shows the process in detail. A big thanks to Frederick for providing the photos of Miller Taylor for this post.](http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llyrd1zHSU1qaqlino1_500.jpg)
