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the 3TON 20,000 ft. DASH

We aim to digitize 20,000 feet of 16MM film, to be pulled from our collection of over 1000 titles.

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the 3TON 20,000 ft. DASH

the 3TON 20,000 ft. DASH

the 3TON 20,000 ft. DASH

the 3TON 20,000 ft. DASH

the 3TON 20,000 ft. DASH

We aim to digitize 20,000 feet of 16MM film, to be pulled from our collection of over 1000 titles.

We aim to digitize 20,000 feet of 16MM film, to be pulled from our collection of over 1000 titles.

We aim to digitize 20,000 feet of 16MM film, to be pulled from our collection of over 1000 titles.

We aim to digitize 20,000 feet of 16MM film, to be pulled from our collection of over 1000 titles.

3TON cinema
3TON cinema
3TON cinema
3TON cinema
1 Campaign |
Oakland, United States
$474 USD 17 backers
8% of $5,678 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal
Choose your Perk

EDUCATIONAL EPHEMERA (1955)

$4 USD
Est. Shipping
September 2013
1 claimed

MIXTAPE by DJ MONTY CANTSIN

$6 USD
Est. Shipping
August 2013
4 claimed

NONFICTION BOOK PAIR #1

$12 USD
Est. Shipping
November 2013
0 out of 1 of claimed

'IMPLACABLE UNTHING' C.D.

$14 USD
Est. Shipping
October 2013
1 claimed

'CATEGORY: HEALTH' VHS

$16 USD
Est. Shipping
December 2013
0 out of 20 of claimed

NONFICTION BOOK PAIR #2

$18 USD
Est. Shipping
November 2013
0 out of 1 of claimed

'SAILA' DVD

$22 USD
Est. Shipping
October 2013
0 out of 3 of claimed

'DRAGONFOLD: 3TON VARIATIONS'

$23 USD
Est. Shipping
March 2013
1 claimed

NONFICTION BOOK PAIR #3

$24 USD
Est. Shipping
November 2013
0 out of 1 of claimed

SPECTACLE OF DISINTEGRATION

$28 USD
Est. Shipping
October 2013
0 out of 1 of claimed

'DRAGONFOLD' SCREENPRINT

$40 USD
Est. Shipping
November 2013
3 out of 16 of claimed

SELECTOR status

$99 USD
Est. Shipping
December 2013
0 out of 10 of claimed

SPONSOR status

$333 USD
Est. Shipping
January 2014
0 out of 6 of claimed

CV MAX TWEAKER by RALPH BARTON

$466 USD
Est. Shipping
January 2014
0 out of 1 of claimed
sold out

'CARTOON PROPAGANDA' VHS

$10 USD
Est. Shipping
September 2013
1 out of 1 of claimed
sold out

10 FREE PASSES TO ODDBALL

$80 USD
Est. Shipping
January 2014
1 out of 1 of claimed

 


We are a small group of 16MM fanatics bent on appreciating and sharing and re-purposing ephemeral, public domain, and "orphan" films from our unique archive. In this campaign we race the clock, in a mad pursuit of the funds necessary to digitize 20,000 feet (800,000 frames) of 16MM.

Once transferred to digital video, the material will be shared with the public via various online outlets such as Vimeo and Network Awesome. We aim to air works that have never before been posted on the internet! Much will also be grist for our GIF mill, to be shown in our brand new GIF gallery, 16GIF.INFO. The remainder of the footage will be reserved for special public exhibitions and for the projects of individual donors (like YOU?).

This is your chance to help us discover, update, and enjoy forgotten A/V obscurities from the Cold War era! As a contributor, aside from receiving fabulous PERKS** (while they last), you'll be giving new life to forgotten and marginalized cinema. Science, propaganda, cartoons, concert footage, TV news, abandoned student films--there's all of this and more in our stacks. It is waiting to be re-discovered, re-purposed, re-assessed, learned from, cut up, laughed at, or WHATEVER!

*** OUR BUDGET: In addition to the more than $4,000 we'll be paying to DIJIFI (in Brooklyn) for digitization, we're seeking additional funds to cover: Indiegogo and Paypal fees, postage for perks, transportation (of films and archivists), 3TON infrastructure (i.e. rent for continued storage of films on reels), and possibly additional labor and unforeseen expenses. (This campaign alone is a lot of work, to say nothing of the larger task of keeping 3TONcinema alive and well in the future.)

***OUR PURPOSE: To be clear, we're not white-gloved preservationists. Nothing against them, but we are a DIY no-budget operation founded by a former poet and a renowned concert pianist. We love small gauge film, ephemeral artifacts, and remix culture. We are an ongoing exhibition experiment; we are itinerant projectionists. And we love GIFs. Want to learn more about the particulars of our inventory? Check out this collection we put together for Network Awesome, which features titles that are in our collection. You can also scroll down past the perk pics to see some titles on our priority list. (Or contact us.) 

*** YOUR PERKS: We're mainly offering to give all internet-connected humans expanded access to some forgotten films! If that's not enough to float your boat, by all means grab hold of one the nifty items below in exchange for your contribution. If you don't see anything you like or you can't afford what you want, contact us.


$4 downloadable illustrated pamphlet (1955) on the birth of the paper industry


Cover art for Mix Tape by Monty Cantsin

$6.00 downloadable Plunderphonics mixtape by DJ Monty Cantsin

 

$9.99 classic VHS "cartoon propaganda" comp by A/G GEEKS

$10.00 classic VHS "cartoon propaganda" compilation by A/V GEEKS

 

$12.00 non-fiction book pairs, co-curated by 3TON V.I.P.

SWITCHGEAR (educational pamphlet)

$12.00 non-fiction book pair, co-curated by 3TON VIP

 

IMPLACABLE UNTHING experimental audio compilation on CD

$14.00 "implacable unthing" on compact disc

 

CATEGORY: HEALTH vhs tape by spcl ntrst

$16 "category: health" album on VHS by SPCL NTRST

 

MOTION PICTURES the development of an art (book)

CLASSIC SCI FILMS book 

$18.00 nonfiction book pair #2, courtesy of 3TON's VIP


$22 SAILA by julia ostertag on DVD


$23 'DRAGONFOLD: the 3TON VARIATIONS' on DVD


$24 nonfiction book pair #3, courtesy of 3TON's VIP 


$28 autographed 'spectacle of disintegration' book by MCKENZIE WARK


 DRAGONFOLD screenprint by kayrock

$40.00 limited edition "dragonfold" screenprint by KAYROCK


$80 free passes to ODDBALL films in san francisco


$466 CV max tweaker "noise swash" audio device by RALPH BARTON / 4MS


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NOTE: We won't be finalizing our "to be digitized" list til September. But (if you'd like to vote) here is a sneak preview of some titles in our collection that are likely candidates:

- CONTINENTAL DRIFT: PLATE TECTONICS

- EARLY MARRIAGE

- ORIGIN OF THE WEATHER

- DISC JOCKEY

- MYTHS OF SHOPLIFTING

- VOICES OF THE FUGITIVE

- MUSIC OF VERDI

- DISCOVERY OF RADIOACTIVITY

- KATMAI ASTRONAUT TRAINING TRIP

- GESCHLECHTLICHE FORTPFLANZUNG VON MICRASTERIAS PAPILLIFERA CONJUGATOPHYCEAE 

- AN ELEMENT OF DANGER: PLUTONIUM

- COPING WITH THE 20-HOUR WORK WEEK

- MOOSE BABY

- RADIO VIEW OF THE UNIVERSE

- TURNING A SPHERE INSIDE OUT

- DARWIN FINCHES

- AGE OF THE MOUNTAIN MAN



 

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