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5/6     Syzygryd Salon at Grey Area Foundation For the Arts Friday, May 14:
        http://www.syzygryd.com/2010/syzygryd-salon-at-gaffta-on-fri-may-14th
        Come learn more about the Syzygryd project, and play with the hardware
        and software we'll be demoing.  Also, we're doing a kickstarter to
        help fund our flame effects:
        http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fire/syzygryd
        -dans
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www.syzygryd.com/2010/syzygryd-salon-at-gaffta-on-fri-may-14th -> www.syzygryd.com/2010/syzygryd-salon-at-gaffta-on-fri-may-14th/
software and hardware, make your own music on one of the Syzygryd touchpanels, and see the current art show at GAFFTA. Musicians Would you like to submit an Ableton Live set to Syzygryd? Come to this event to learn more about how to build a set and submission guidelines.
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www.kickstarter.com/projects/fire/syzygryd
Icon_email_32 Email Share via email From (Email Address) To (Email Address) Message "Your friend has recommended that you check out "Syzygryd", a Kickstarter project by Syzygryd Project. Syzygryd is a soaring metal sculpture measuring 60 ft in diameter and 13 feet high, spiraling out to three touchscreen-operated controllers that anyone can use to dynamically compose music. The interface is intuitive and visual, allowing anyone from a 5 year old to a 105 year old to become a musician. The sculpture itself consists of three curving metal "arms" which spiral towards the center of the space into a tornado of increasingly larger and larger aluminum cubes. The cubes are lit from within by 15 kilowatts of LEDs, and the lights are sequenced to the music as it is created. We have almost ten years of experience building safe and beautiful fire art, and we are excited to add sequenced flame effects to Syzygryd. The fire will rise up from the top of the center of the sculpture, culminating in a 10 to 20 ft tall fire tornado. The funding from this kickstarter will pay for propane fuel (LPG) hose, fittings, fuel regulators, solenoid valves, hot surface ignitors, custom CNC'ed stainless steel parts for the fire tornado, a water tank to keep our propane tanks warm and pressurized, and some of the propane required to run this project for six nights at Burning Man this August. Ed Hunsinger Syzygryd is an honorarium project for Burning Man 2010, and we have been partially funded by the Burning Man Organization. We are very grateful for the funding we have already received, but our grant does not cover the entire project - we need your help to raise the remainder of the project budget and bring Syzygryd to fiery, musical life! Project location: Oakland, CA 24 Backers $2,946 pledged of $8,224 goal 55 days to go This project will only be funded if at least $8,224 is pledged by Jul 1, 10:30pm EDT. Backer 1 BACKER Pledge $5 or more Syzygryd sticker and "it was on fire when i got here" sticker. Backer 6 BACKERs Pledge $20 or more Custom Syzygryd laser-etched transparent colored acrylic hangtag, plus stickers. Backer 5 BACKERs Pledge $40 or more Syzygryd embroidered patch, plus your choice of a hangtag or stickers. Backer 3 BACKERs Pledge $75 or more Stylin' mens' or womens' Syzygryd tshirt, plus your choice of a hangtag or stickers. Backer 0 BACKERs Pledge $75 or more LIMITED REWARD 36 of 36 remaining Custom CNC-cut vinyl laptop covering. Your choice of three different Syzygryd themed designs to cover your laptop in cubey spiral style. Backer 0 BACKERs Pledge $125 or more Whole shebang Syzygryd brandamathon package! Tshirt or laptop covering, plus a patch, hangtag and stickers. Backer 2 BACKERs Pledge $1,500 or more LIMITED REWARD 4 of 4 remaining Handmade handheld theatrical propane flame effects device (or what, in common parlance, is referred to as a "flamethrower") to be delivered by mid-August, 2010. Backer 0 BACKERs Pledge $10,000 or more LIMITED REWARD 1 of 1 remaining Interpretive Arson will set up and run Dance Dance Immolation or 2pir for one weekend night at your birthday party, bar mitzvah, wedding, or other private event within 100 miles of Oakland, CA. Subject to contracting, permitting, fire department coordination, and availability.