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FERGUSON KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED TO DETAIL COMMUNITY RESIDENTS IN PHOTOGRAPHY BOOK AND SOUNDTRACK.
Artist Voyager Zero to launch "Ferguson Battery," post book to bring unemployed residents together for new ideas and job creation.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/628083660/faces-of-ferguson
New York, NY October 25, 2014: Native Missourian/Faces of Ferguson artist Voyager Zero (Nick Smith) recalls his first feelings of anger when seeing the protests following the tragic shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. “I was angered by the negativity of the situation and what may have led to it,” says Smith, “but I became inspired by the possibilities of the positive and negative energy clashing in the streets of Ferguson.” Using only an iPhone, the artist began producing ambient and transient sounds or “songs” to channel the images the televisions were showing and the radios were describing.
“Ferguson, Missouri is a battery – positive and negative energy are flowing.” “While tragic events have caused these energies, it is someone’s duty to help channel the emotion into positive outcomes.” - Voyager Zero Author/Producer “Faces of Ferguson.”
Smith launched a project called “Faces of Ferguson” which will use images and sounds over the next three months to capture a turning point in the nation’s history and progression. Smith’s Kickstarter goal of $21,000 is not as large as the final goal, which will use profits from Faces of Ferguson sales and downloads to fund “The Ferguson Battery,” an incubator for unemployed Ferguson residents. The artist says, “if we can capture this moment of unrest or uncertainty with music and photos – we will never forget it, and we will use it to make Ferguson, the people of Ferguson, and other communities that look up to Ferguson better places to live, work and prosper.” “No one can be happy about the outcome of events a couple of months ago, but happiness can come, someday, by creating avenues through turmoil into productiveness”.