reallybigroadtrip

A$27,046
of $25,000 targetyrs ago
Successful on 12th Jul 2012 at 2:00AM.

In July 2012 we raised over $27,000 toward buying a bus that I'll drive around Australia making & sharing digital arts. 

In November 2012 we found the bus and started modifications. 

bus

In January and February 2013 we will start hitting the road on a few test trips... and then things get real.

If you missed out on the campaign while it was live, fret not. We still need your help and we still have some fun ways to keep you warm & fuzzy while you do it. 

Welcome to reallybigroadtrip's pozible shopfront!

Feel free to browse, have a chat with the sales girl (that's me), and tell your mates about the bargains on offer. They'll make pretty unique Christmas presents, that's for sure :)

Merry Busmas! 

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WE DID IT! 

WE BOUGHT AUSTRALIA A GEEK ARTS BUS!

Best day of my LIFE! Seriously, you people are unbelievable! I'm stunned, humbled, awed. I am shaking... This is INCREDIBLE!

THANK YOU!! YOU made this happen, this is OUR BUS! 

Amanda Palmer is RIGHT: this is THE FUTURE!   

THANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOU..... 

Keep pledging, there's still, what, 20-odd hours to go. Every extra dollar goes in to making the bus better - more tech, more Nomads, more fuel, more EVERYTHING ;P 

I LOVE EVERY LAST ONE OF YOU!!!

Thank you for joining me on this journey - literally. This means so much to me personally, but it means a LOT to creative digital culture too. I promise I'll do everything I can to make this work!

xxx 



reallybigroadtrip is an experiment in living & breathing creative digital culture. 

The plan is to get a bus and drive it around Australia, making and sharing geek arts with everyone that I meet.

reallybigroadtrip celebrates everything I love about creative digital culture. It’s playfully up for any challenge; based on generous exchanges between passionate inventive minds; connects people across vast geographic spaces; can be personalised on demand to the needs of the current participants; & explores ideas we often don’t yet understand.

Digital arts is a misunderstood and largely unrecognised practice. It is suffering increasingly under budget cuts from conservative governments around the world, and despite having been around a while is still considered 'niche and emerging'. My aim is to dispel the myth that it is a niche practice by showing how much of it there is in your own local community.

I’m a big fan of collaboration, crowdsourcing my life & exploring digital culture by using digital culture. Through my blog, facebook page and twitter account I will capture not just ‘what’ I do, but ‘where’, ‘why’, ‘how’ & ‘who’ I’m doing it with. With the assistance of my truly awesome geek possee, and your crowdsourced suggestions I will seek out opportunities to exchange artwork, stories, knowledge & networks. 

This is a mobile digital arts space that will travel to you, wherever you are, and will take other makers along for the ride. My national & international ‘Nomads in Residence’ will tell me where they want to go, who they want to meet & what they want to achieve while they're with me. I will help to facilitate those relationships & of course share everything that subsequently takes place.

Since this space is still considered niche & emerging, this process needs some quantitative analysis. As I travel I will be asking people to complete one of three surveys for makers, audiences or policy developers, mapping how Australia is engaged with creative digital culture. I will also argue why the National Broadband Network is not just a conduit for more sport & porn from overseas. Done well, the NBN has the opportunity to change how Australians make & share (not just receive) anything, anywhere. I want to help make that possibility a reality.

What you're supporting here is an eco-friendly digital media lab, a space for making, showcasing & exhibiting the work of digital artists across the country and beyond. Your support for this campaign will go towards purchasing a bus, and doing some basic modifications so that it can run on vegetable oil & make a decent living/working space, designed by Geoff Cobham. 

All this depends entirely on YOU. Of course I need your money, but that's not where this project ends.

I need to know from you:
  • * where should I go
  • * who should I meet
  • * what questions you have
  • * where can i park for free, safely
  • * what (creative, geeky) challenges you have for me
  • * if you have a reward idea that isn't mentioned here!

Contact 
I'm generally always online, so feel free to contact me here, via my blog, facebook page and twitter account, sign up to my newsletter, or email me at headgeek-AT-technoevangelist.net if you have questions, challenges, or you just fancy a natter about geek arts stuff!

More info
Why I want to do this project: http://www.reallybigroadtrip.com/2012/05/why/

Oh & don't forget to check the 'Updates' tab (top right, under the video above) for the various videos I've been making over the campaign.... like this one from when we topped $5,000! /big cheesy grin/


A hug!

4 chosen

Est. delivery is Dec 25

Since it's day 10 of #12daysofbusmas, here's an extra reward!<br /> $5 gets your name/url on the blog, but this $10 reward gets your linked LOGO on a special bannerboard (I'll need something to replace the Pozible widget anyway, right?!).<br /> The size of your logos will depend on the number of pledges here! I'm not adding a limit so if 1200+ of you go for this I'll just make a huge bannerpage (or something...).<br />Want two logos? Fine, just choose this reward but pledge $20 (and so on).

17 chosen

Est. delivery is Sep 12

A hug, your name & url on the blog, plus a postcard sent from one of my destinations in the first year, with a personal message from me.

70 chosen

Est. delivery is Jul 13

A hug, your name & url on the blog, plus a postcard sent from one of my destinations in the first year, with a personal message from me AND one of my Nomads in Residence.

15 chosen

Est. delivery is Jul 13

I will retweet all your geek-arts tweets for a week.

17 chosen

Est. delivery is Dec 25

#12daysofbusmas special reward #8: 3D printed cookie cutter in the shape of the #rbrtOZ bus... plus homemade cookies!<br /> <br /> see http://www.reallybigroadtrip.com/2012/07/8days for full details.

3 chosen / 5 available

Est. delivery is Oct 12

#12daysofbusmas special reward #7: your name/logo on (and personal copy of) an e-brochure on eco-responsibility in the #rbrtOZ bus.<br /> <br /> see http://www.reallybigroadtrip.com/2012/07/7days for full details.

1 chosen / 7 available

Est. delivery is Oct 12

Your signature inside the bus. It'll be like you've branded me!

40 chosen / 60 available

Est. delivery is Dec 25

#12daysofbusmas special reward #5: Use the #rbrtOZ bus as a location for your film/photography shoot.<br /> <br /> see http://www.reallybigroadtrip.com/2012/07/5days for full details.

1 chosen / 4 available

Est. delivery is Jul 13

#12daysofbusmas special reward #4: Learn and trial 3D printing for yourself, using your own design. <br /> <br /> see http://www.reallybigroadtrip.com/2012/07/4days for full details.<br /> <br /> Please add an additional $10 for international postage.

2 chosen / 2 available

Est. delivery is Jul 13

When I'm in your town / vicinity, you and a guest will come for dinner on the bus.

10 chosen / 15 available

Est. delivery is Dec 25

Five hour-long one-to-one mentoring sessions, delivered by Skype or face-to-face (as appropriate).<br /> <br /> UPDATE: I've been asked if you can split these up, hold them as a group or share the bundle with others: YES!

1 chosen / 99 available

Est. delivery is Jul 13

Send me to an Australian location of your choosing. Want to know how your home town is doing on the geek-arts-charts? Then tell me where to go and I'll report back! (NB this is a commitment to go whenever makes sense for the journey, since I'm trying to keep carbon footprint down).

2 chosen

Est. delivery is Dec 25

#12daysofbusmas special reward #2: I will handhold you through your own creative digital crowdfunding campaign.<br /> <br /> see http://www.reallybigroadtrip.com/2012/07/2days for full details.

0 chosen / 2 available

Est. delivery is Jul 13

#12daysofbusmas special reward #3: Sponsor a Nomad in Residence. Choose from a list of fabulous people to support, and have face to face or online chats during their stay. You'll be like their busbuddy!<br /> <br /> see http://www.reallybigroadtrip.com/2012/07/3days for full details.

0 chosen / 3 available

Est. delivery is Jul 13

An analysed summary of all research data gathered about a single geek arts question you ask, for one year.

0 chosen

Est. delivery is Dec 25

Become the #rbrtOZ Guardian Angel and help us make sure the project gets over the line! <br /> <br /> Love and Unicorns will follow you everywhere you go for a whole year!

0 chosen / 1 available

Est. delivery is Jul 13

I still have a few of the limited edition anthologies from year one of the-phone-book.com collection. They have hand-made covers and are small enough to fit next to your phone in your back pocket. They came in sets of four, but I only have a few random ones now. They mean a lot to me but so do you. You're pledging here for one of those anthologies (not a set).

15 chosen / 0 available

Est. delivery is Dec 25

When I left the UK I brought with me a few 10" red and 12" black vinyl records from the-phone-book.com days. These have whole recordings of a few stories on one side and scratch DJ beats & breaks on the other. They're pretty cool. I have 10 red and 10 black, so 20 total. You're pledging here for BLACK 12".

10 chosen / 0 available

Est. delivery is Dec 25

When I left the UK I brought with me a few 10" red and 12" black vinyl records from the-phone-book.com days. These have whole recordings of a few stories on one side and scratch DJ beats & breaks on the other. They're pretty cool. I have 10 red and 10 black, so 20 total. You're pledging here for excessively sexy RED 10".

10 chosen / 0 available

Est. delivery is Dec 25

#12daysofbusmas special reward #11: hand made fingerless mittens 'with a difference'.<br /> <br /> I'm learning (the pic shows early days on a scarf i've made) so if i can work out how to knit the logo on them then they will have that, otherwise you can choose your own colour.<br /> <br /> see http://reallybigroadtrip.com/2012/07/11days for full details.<br /> (please add $10 for international postage & packaging)<br /> <br /> UPDATE: I've been asked if I could make a scarf/beanie instead of mittens. Yes, I can :)

11 chosen / 0 available

Est. delivery is Sep 12

#12daysofbusmas special reward #10: a unique blog post/social media promotion about you, your work, your community, or something else you deem worthy within the next year.<br /> see http://www.reallybigroadtrip.com/2012/07/10days for full details.

10 chosen / 0 available

Est. delivery is Jul 13

#12daysofbusmas special reward #9: High Tea for you and up to three of your mates. If you're not in Australia, a remote version is available.<br /> <br /> see http://www.reallybigroadtrip.com/2012/07/9days for full details.<br /> <br />

9 chosen / 0 available

Est. delivery is Jul 13

#12daysofbusmas special reward #6: a hand-knitted stuffed version of the rbrtOZ bus logo - plus learn to make your own.<br /> <br /> see http://www.reallybigroadtrip.com/2012/07/6days for full details.

6 chosen / 0 available

Est. delivery is Oct 12

EXCLUSIVE: in honour of my 1st ever Keynote!<br /> Wanna be a Nomad in Residence?<br /> 1 or 2 people are invited to share my Geoff Cobham-designed bus+breakfast over 3 nights ($200pn) during Regional Arts Australia's conference, Kumuwuki, Oct 18-21.<br /> Actual nights tbc - 1st come, 1st served.<br /> http://kumuwuki.org.au<br /> http://reallybigroadtrip.com/2012/05/nomads-in-residence<br /> NB: Offer only valid if target reached by July 12th. Accom might be scarce; you might want a backup plan.

3 chosen / 0 available

Est. delivery is Oct 12