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Project Name: The Eyeslicer
Asking For: $32,000 via Kickstarter
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Amount Raised Thus Far (At Time Of Post): $5,367
Days Remaining In Campaign (At Time Of Post): 28
Description: If you’re the kind of person who finds the state of online entertainment to be staid and just not weird enough, then I have the crowdfunding campaign for you. Head on over to Kickstarter, where Dan Schoenburn and Vanessa McDonnell are looking for financial backing in order to create a second season of their variety show/live act/weird internet thing, titled The Eyeslicer.
The Eyeslicer first arrived back in 2016 (it was funded on Kickstarter then, too) as a canvas on which it stars and creators could play out a series of strange scenes. It’s hard to say what exactly The Eyeslicer is about, but if you watch some of the show’s first season (which featured notable weird movie people like David Lowery and Amy Seimetz), it will speak for itself. Warning: it’s not for the faint of heart.
For season two, Schoenburn and co. are looking to put together a “weirder, darker, more ambitious” collection of ten episodes that will comment on where our modern society is headed. Fund this one at your own risk.
Creator Bio: McDonnell has produced several projects around the New York City area. Schoenbrun, meanwhile, used to work at Kickstarter, where he focused on outreach to the film community.
Best Perk: A contribution of $75 will get you a VHS copy of the Eyeslicer Halloween special. Yes, VHS. No, I don’t thing it’s available on Betamax.
Why You Should Fund It: We’ve had an eye on Schoenbrun since 2014, when we picked up another one of his projects, collective:unconscious, in this column. He has a knack for making weird, provocative and tends to get interesting people to work with him. The first season of The Eyeslicer, for example, received significant praise around the internet thanks to its bold approach to content creation. What else do Schoenbrun and McDonnell have in store? To find out, we’ll have to help make season two of their show a reality.
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