Ooh, I would love a series of these prints for my wall! How cool!?
“Two brothers, Shayne & Ant Vervoort, are launching a Kickstarter campaign on September 22 to promote an exciting new art project coming out of South Africa — Persona Art Project. The aim of this project is to tap into the massive reach that an international platform such as Kickstarter provides. South Africa has just scratched the surface in terms of crowd-funded projects. The Persona Art Project wants to be part of this community of creatives and utilize the process of crowd-funding to build support around grass-roots projects such as this, coming out of South Africa.”
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The irresistibly quirky drawings use the universal icon of the bathroom figure – an icon that broke communication boundaries by distilling hundreds of translations into one visual message – as a template. Ant then adds personal effects that conjure up characters you’ll recognise in an instant, by abstracting characters down to their essentials – those components that we love the most, that make them who they are. Think Ron Burgundy and his red velvet suit and killer mustache. Mandela with his salt & pepper hair and colorful shirts.
The first phase is a Kickstarter crowdfunding project which launches on September 22nd. The goal is to land the first crowd-funded art commission at Design Indaba.
“It’s not just about raising the money – it’s about developing a community that believes in the same things we do,” Shayne said. “It’s about developing a following behind the art movement.”
“We are all so different and unique as people, and yet across countries and cultures, we have similarities that tie us all together,” continues Ant. “That’s what Persona is about: being wonderfully similar, and beautifully different.”
How to get involved:
Follow Persona Project on Facebook, Instagram (@personaartproject) and Twitter to be the first to know when the Kickstarter campaign launches (22 September). There may be some cool early bird specials for people who start backing the campaign during the first few days of launch.
There will be some cool tiers to back on Kickstarter, ranging from 1EUR up until 99EUR and reward examples include a social media package of digital images of the personas, through to 5 printed persona prints and a pack of persona postcards shipped to backers, just in time for those holiday-season gifts.
WIN:
WIN one of the above prints of your choice by simply sharing this post on social media using one of my social share buttons below (FB, Twitter etc) and tell me where you shared it & tell me which print you’d choose?
Carolyn Augustus
September 7, 2015 at 07:38 (11 months ago)Liked and shared on Facebook and Twitter, I choose Nelson Mandela
Megan Hartwig
September 7, 2015 at 08:34 (11 months ago)Awesome giveaway…I would choose the Tom and Jerry Print! I have shared this giveaway on Twitter (@flutterbymegs). Fingers crossed.
margaret
September 7, 2015 at 09:15 (11 months ago)Shared on Facebook and Twitter. Love Pink Panther!
Natasha
September 7, 2015 at 09:16 (11 months ago)Great: Shared via email, facebook- Natasha Kock, twitter @LeothaK and Pinterest. Would love to win Tom and Jerry for my son. He finds the 2 of them quite hilarious 🙂
Beverly
September 7, 2015 at 09:17 (11 months ago)Shared on twitter. Love the funky prints. Would love love love the Beatles Abby Road print.
Belinda Woolley
September 7, 2015 at 11:15 (11 months ago)Hi there I shared it on Facebook, Twitter, Tumbler, Google+, Pinterest, Pocket. Would love the one of The Beatles ?
Janet
September 7, 2015 at 13:40 (11 months ago)Hello 🙂 I shared on FB and I love the print of Wonderwoman. These are toooo fabulous!!
rehana seedat
September 7, 2015 at 22:58 (11 months ago)I would choose the Tom and Jerry Print! I have shared this giveaway on Twitter @rehanaseedat and via facebook
Ruth T
September 8, 2015 at 09:50 (11 months ago)Shared on twitter @roxyruth
I’d love any if the Star Wars prints – fab!!
Xxx
Leigh-Anne Richards
September 8, 2015 at 17:26 (11 months ago)Love this concept! I shared it on Facebook. I must admit I was torn on choosing a favourite, R2D2 is just so cute! But I choose the Nelson Mandela one because its just so extra special.
jandi
September 9, 2015 at 09:44 (11 months ago)tweeted (@kikiJG) ! love the Pink Panther!
leila
September 9, 2015 at 13:59 (11 months ago)shared via facebook and I would choose the R2D2 one its cool!
Sharleen
September 9, 2015 at 22:46 (11 months ago)Liked and shared on Twitter. I choose the Beatles Abbey Road
speedbird059
September 16, 2015 at 08:25 (11 months ago)LIked on Facebook, shared on Twitter, Google + and Pinterest. The Beatles crossing Abbey Road is my choice!
jadeabbott
September 16, 2015 at 17:28 (11 months ago)shared on fb. i’d choose tom n jerry
Shameez Patel
September 22, 2015 at 15:24 (11 months ago)Shared on Twitter! I love them all, especially the Beatles and Calvin and Hobbs.
Theresa
September 22, 2015 at 20:50 (11 months ago)Shared on Twitter. Love love them all! Would choose Madam & Eve, and then maybe…. And… And!
Frances Sunshine Hopkins
September 26, 2015 at 22:04 (11 months ago)Sharing on twitter, Love the Beatles and Pulp Fiction