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The Octopussy! An octopus-cat mutant vehicle

The Octopussy- a radically illuminated octopus/cat hybrid creature perched atop a rock painted car!

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The Octopussy! An octopus-cat mutant vehicle

The Octopussy! An octopus-cat mutant vehicle

The Octopussy! An octopus-cat mutant vehicle

The Octopussy! An octopus-cat mutant vehicle

The Octopussy! An octopus-cat mutant vehicle

The Octopussy- a radically illuminated octopus/cat hybrid creature perched atop a rock painted car!

The Octopussy- a radically illuminated octopus/cat hybrid creature perched atop a rock painted car!

The Octopussy- a radically illuminated octopus/cat hybrid creature perched atop a rock painted car!

The Octopussy- a radically illuminated octopus/cat hybrid creature perched atop a rock painted car!

Kitty Coy
Kitty Coy
Kitty Coy
Kitty Coy
3 Campaigns |
Denver, United States
$875 USD by 27 backers
$865 USD by 26 backers on Apr 16, 2015
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The Octopussy is a medium size mutant vehicle that will explore the depths of space and time. A radically illuminated octopus/cat hybrid creature, the Octopussy, will perch atop a Geo Metro decorated to appear as a rock in the interstellar ocean.

Description: The Octopussy has ears and nose like a cat, eyes and tentacles like an octopus. The entire structure is covered in white projection grade spandex and internally illuminated by strips of multicolor LEDs connected to a sound reactive controller.  This gives the Octopussy the ability to change color and pattern on the fly, much like her octopus brethren.  Lighting up the night sky, she will bring joy and wonder to all who lay eyes upon her. In addition, the car is painted to appear as a rock in the ocean and has interior blue rope lighting and large plush seating (3-6 people, depending on how snuggly they want to get).  This underwater lounge comes complete with a treasure chest!  The Octopussy is the largest of her kind at approx. 11’ tall x 14’ wide x 17’ long!

Although she is a mutant vehicle, due to land restrictions, the Octopussy will be a stationary art piece for her debut at Apogaea in Bailey, CO on June 10, 2015.  But she will be fully mobile and tentacling about at Element 11 in Stargazer Ranch, UT on July 8, 2015.

Background:  This large-scale project has been underway since August 2014 and will take roughly $2450 to come to life. We have already made some great headway towards this goal by hosting a concert fundraiser in October 2014 where we raise $670. Since then, we have been busy building the base structure and are currently stalled due to lack of funding. We applied for two rounds of Apogaea art grants and despite our grant applications being rated highly with many positive comments, we did not receive funding. Although we are disheartened, we are not deterred!  Anything worth doing does not come easily and we have been presented with a great opportunity to think outside the box and be more creative with our resources. As part of this, we have been crowd sourcing to find materials that can be repurposed for our project. Thankfully we have a very supportive community that has already provided many opportunities that we did not know were available.

In addition to crowd sourcing for materials, we are planning to have another concert fundraiser mid-spring which will hopefully bring us closer to our goal. Fortunately, Kitty and the entire Octopussy team have plenty of experience fundraising for large theme camps. Kitty has played a leadership role in 6 different Apogaea/Burning Man theme camps that were 40-80 people.  The majority of these theme camps had large-scale art projects like the Octopussy.  Last year, one of the projects was the Crystal Gardens, which raised $2566 through Indiegogo!  https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/crystal-gard...)

The Crystal Garden project was a major inspiration for the Octopussy! It provided the general idea of using metal conduit structure wrapped in white spandex internally illuminated with light strips!  For the Crystal Gardens, Kitty assisted with multiple aspects of fundraising and was in charge of fulfilling handcrafted perks to 52 supporters!  In addition, she has 4 years of experience volunteer managing a Denver sound production company, which has provided many opportunities orchestrating concert fundraisers.  We already applied for the third Apogaea art grant round, but the maximum we could be awarded for this art grant is $600.  We also applied for an Element 11 art grant to fund transportation to bring the Octopussy to Element 11.  Even if we are awarded these art grants, we still need additional funds to make this project happen! 

How you can help:  The Octopussy team is working very hard to bring this project to life and pursuing all possible funding opportunities including: submitting Apogaea/Element 11 art grants, putting up a donation booth at the Apogaea art fair, and planning additional concert fundraisers.  However, even with all these sources combined, we will need additional funds beyond that to complete this project. This is where we need your help!  This Indiegogo campaign is the last piece needed to complete this fundraising puzzle.

With your support, the Octopussy could be swimming the interstellar ocean near you soon! 

Why you should support the Octopussy:  By supporting this Indiegogo fundraiser, you are bringing immense joy not only to the Octopussy team, but also to many people in the greater Colorado area!  Being big and beautifully bright, the Octopussy is eye candy for everyone in her vicinity.  The Octopussy is one of only a handful of art cars that resides in the Colorado burning community.  So a big, bright, beautiful art car is a wonderful art installation that will delight many burners year after year!  Once completed, the Octopussy team intends on bringing her out as much as possible to share this art with thousands of people!  To all the regional burning man events that they possibly can for the next few years!  In addition, we will also bring her to the First Friday Art Walk in Denver during the summer/fall and to Artocade, an art car parade in Trinidad, CO.  The impact of a large, colorful art piece such as this has the potential to go viral on the internet, delighting people all over the globe!

This project has been a long-term dream in the making.  The Geo Metro base of this art car was previously another art car, the Dubmarine, which was built in 2012 by Kitty and another member of the Octopussy team.  That project was so much fun to work on, so when this vehicle went up for sale, Kitty jumped at the opportunity to snatch it up!  Her deep passion for art, music, cats, and octopi is all coming to fruition at once!  And now, with your help, she has the opportunity to morph this into the project of her dreams!!!

Spread the word:  More important than anything else, you can support the Octopussy by telling everyone you know about this art project!  The more people we can reach, the easier it will be to make her come to life!  Please take a moment to share this page to all your friends, family, facebook, twitter, or preferred social media!  Be sure to use the Indiegogo share tools!  Thank you so much for your help!

Perks:  As a big thank you for your support, the Octopussy has some nifty thank you gifts!  She is very crafty, so these unique perks are handcrafted by the Octopussy herself!  As a beautiful creature, she is eager to send headshots to all her supporters!  These will come in the form of stickers and postcards.  For a daily reminder of her magnificence, the Octopussy will send you a tentacle refrigerator magnet!  For those who like to wear cool SWAG, she has tentacle earrings and laser cut pendants!  Art lovers are in luck because the Octopussy will custom make tentacle paintings in your favorite colors.  And for the diehard tentacle enthusiasts, there are tentacle dream catchers! 

Where your funds go:  All funds from this Indiegogo will be going towards the creation of the Octopussy and will not be going towards sound or transportation of the project to events.  Every penny raised will go towards this project, regardless if we reach our Indiegogo financial goal.  Our goal is to complete the Octopussy by Apogaea in June, but we will not stop until she is finished!  If for whatever reason she doesn’t make it to Apogaea, we’ll bring her to Element 11.  In the very unlikely situation that we are unable to bring the Octopussy to either of these events, we will keep working on her and debut this art piece in September 2015 at Artocade.  We are determined to bring the Octopussy to life and will continue fundraising and crowd-sourcing materials until the project is completed.   

We are searching everywhere for cheap/donated items and have ‘Needed Materials’ listed below.  We will keep this list updated here and on facebook (www.facebook.com/tentaclesforall).

Below is a breakdown of the materials needed and their subsequent cost:

Description

Cost

Wood (Plywood & 6ft 4x4)

$50.00

Metal Conduit (400ft)

$175.00

PVC & Fittings (100ft)

$100.00

Hardware (Nuts, Blots, Washers, Screws, Zip-Ties, etc....)

$200.00

Octopussy Lights (LED Strips and Sound Reactive Controller)

$400.00

Generator (2000W)

$575.00

Paint for Exterior Decoration

$125.00

Tools (Conduit Bender & Drill Bits)

$75.00

Interior Decoration (Cushions, Fabric, Rope Light)

$275.00

Geo Maintenance (Tires, Brakes, Shocks & Headlights)

$475.00

Total

$2,450.00


Octopussy Needed Materials List

·  Qty 4 - Large Cushions
·  Fish shaped pillows - fish/underwater themed fabric, batting/stuffing
·  Blue/green blanket for interior to cover cushions 
·  100 feet of 1.5” PVC

·  Qty 11 - 1.5" PVC T Fitting
·  Qty 6 - 2" PVC Y Fittings
·  Qty 2 - 1.5" 3 Way Elbow Fitting

·  Qty 2 - 1.5" PVC Cross Fitting

·  Qty 2 - 1.5" PVC 45 Degree Elbow Fitting

·  Qty 12 - L Brackets

·  Qty  100 - Jumbo 175lbs Zip-Ties

·  80' of 3/4” of Metal Conduit

·  Qty 2 - Brown duct tape

·  1 Yard - Black Canvas for Eyes

·  White spandex

·  Quilt Batting for Padding for the Tips of the Tentacles

·  Pool noodles for Padding for the Tips of the Tentacles

·  2 Gallons of Brown Exterior Acrylic Latex paint

·  1 Gallon Exterior Acrylic Latex Paint – Blue, Red, White, Green, Pink (for coral/sea life on car exterior)

·  25' Extension cord

·  6 plus surge protector

·  2000 watt generator (free/cheap/discounted)


If you’re in the Denver area and are interested in helping out, we are in need of:

-  General Car Maintenance
-  Metal Conduit Bending
-  Good/Advanced Sewers
-  Experience with large scale structures/Art Cars
-  Re-conditioning speakers
-  HVAC
-  People that are generally handy and would like to get involved


NITTY GRITTY DETAILS FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN PROJECT LOGISTICS: 

The Geo Metro will have two plywood boards in a cross pattern bolted to the roof that will provide a sturdy and flat surface to anchor the Octopussy. In the center of Octopussy board, attached to the plywood with metal L brackets, we will build a small wooden crate that will house Two JBL JRX100 active monitors and a 2000W generator. The monitors and generator will attach to the wooden crate using ratchet straps and bungees to prevent any movement. In addition, the car will be painted to appear as a rock in the ocean and will have interior blue rope lighting around all safe entry points into the car. All doors and the back hatch have been removed as well as all seats besides the driver seat. In order to provide comfortable seating for all occupants, large plush cushions will line the rear (formally the back seat and trunk) and the passenger seat will provide storage for an emergency kit (basic first aid kit, tarps, ratchet straps and bungees, a bullhorn, and a fire extinguisher), occupants bags, and will house a small mixer that will provide sound to the two monitors that are encapsulated in the head.

The Octopussy has ears and nose like a cat, eyes and tentacles like an octopus. The entire structure will be covered in white projection grade spandex and will be internally illuminated by strips of multicolor 5050 SMD LEDs giving the Octopussy ability to change color on the fly. In addition to being sound reactive, IR remotes will provide the ability to control the color and pattern of the lights in real time. We will attach lights to the structure of the Octopussy with zip-ties in order to illuminate the entirety of the interior. The tentacles of the Octopussy will be made of 3/4” metal conduit that will be bent to shape and will connect to metal conduit cubes that are bolted directly on all four corners to the plywood roof of the Geo. The tips of the tentacles will be padded with either pool noodles or quilt batting depending on the width of the tentacle. In addition, each tentacle will also be internally illuminated for safety and splendor. The head of the Octopussy will be made primarily of PVC and will have a wooden 4x4 in the center for support. The wooden 4x4 mounted in the center of roof with metal L brackets and braced on the sides by the two monitors. If needed, we will add bracing on the front and back of the 4x4 to provide more support. The base of the head attaches to a PVC collar, which will then attach to the metal conduit cubes with jumbo 175lbs zip-ties. The ears and nose of the head will be made from PVC and will attach to the main structure of the head to provide more stability. In order to give the illusion of an octopus eye, the eyes will be made of black fabric stitched to the white projection grade spandex cover with giant googly eye pupils.

Every hybrid creature needs a fuel source and the Octopussy is no different. In addition to being fueled by beautiful smiles and dancing feet, the lights and sound will be powered by a 2000W gas generator that is housed inside the Octopussy's head.  Since the Octopussy is entirely covered in spandex, proper ventilation of the head is a must and will be provided by a professional HVAC technician.
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NUTZ for TENTACLE MAGNETZ!

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Go nutz for tentacle magnetz! You know you need a little more tentacle in your life! For a donation of $20 you can have your very own tentacle fridge magnet! In addition you will receive a postcard, sticker and thank you from the Octopussy team!
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Octopussy Postcard!

$10 USD
As a beautifully illuminated creature, the Octopussy will light up the night sky! For a donation of $10 you will receive a postcard picture of the Octopussy in all her glory! As well as a thank you note from the Octopussy team.
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STICKERS!!

$15 USD
Everyone loves stickers! The Octopussy would LOVE to send you two beautiful stickers! In addition she will send you the postcard and a thank you from the Octopussy team!
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Tentacle Pendants for ALL!

$30 USD
Carry a little piece of the Octopussy everywhere you go! For a donation of $30 you will receive a tentacle pendant necklace to show off to your friends! In addition you will receive a postcard, stickers and thank you from the Octopussy team!
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TENTACLE-TASTIC!!!

$50 USD
Are you obsessed with tentacles? We've got a treat for you! For a donation of $50 you can be draped with tentacles! This package includes tentacle dangly earrings, a tentacle pendant necklace, and a tentacle magnet! In addition you will receive a postcard, stickers and thank you from the Octopussy team!
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For the Art Lover!

$75 USD
Who doesn't LOVE art?!? One of the great joys in life is owning incredible, custom made art pieces! For a contribution of $75 you can have a custom made 8' x 10' tentacle painting in your favorite colors! A beautiful daily reminder of your contribution towards helping make the octopussy come to life! In addition you will receive a magnet, tentacle pendant necklace, postcard, stickers and thank you from the Octopussy team!
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Tentacle Teddy

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Tentacle Catcher

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