Tiptree Auction ideas

[brainwane]

I love the Vid Party and I am one of the people who runs the Tiptree Auction, and I'm wondering how I can usefully tie these loves together.

Context: The James Tiptree, Jr. Literary Award encourages the exploration & expansion of gender, and holds a fundraising auction at WisCon each year -- usually the same night as, but earlier than and only partially overlapping with, the Vid Party. I'm the auctioneer.

We're seeking donations of objects to be auctioned -- handcrafts, books, memorabilia, games, and art, especially with scifi/fantasy or feminist elements, are welcome. And I would personally love to get some donations this year of types I haven't yet seen, such as DVDs or CDs of feminist media.

But I have the seeds of a few other ideas:

• If any vidders would like to contribute art commissions, we could do what other fanvidding auctions do, e.g., the winning bidder gets to suggest what they like and you make a custom vid for them (you can specify constraints like fandoms, genres, length, deadline, etc.).
  
• If any of you own physical media you despise, I could potentially raise money by promising to destroy it, live, onstage. In 2016 the audience paid me something like USD$130 to take a hammer and smash a "Pilates for Weight Loss" DVD.
  
• There'll be little breaks during the auction to let people check out the silent auction table, go to the restroom, etc. If any of you can recommend funny vids about auctions, money, consumer culture, or capitalism, I'd like to see whether we could play one or two during one of those breaks.
  

Thanks!

Comments

[eruthros]

This is super cool!

Re 3, frayadjacent and condnsdmlk curated a vidshow about work at the most recent vidukon, some of which might be helpful! I'm finding it hard to think of vids about consumer culture, though.

Re art commissions, that's an interesting idea! Hmmmm.

[brainwane]

Thanks for the link to the vidshow! Looking at that playlist made me realize that I'd only want to show vids where I wouldn't worry about spoiling anyone in the audience -- so, something like "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want" might fit the bill...

I'm glad the art commission idea is more interesting and less taboo/awful/demanding-sounding! I wasn't sure how folks would take it. :)

[brainwane]

Thanks for the excitement and suggestion! I'm sorry that I flaked and did not get logistics together in time to make this happen for this year's con - maybe next year!

[thingswithwings]

This is a great idea! I think asking vidders to donate an auction vid makes a lot of sense. Especially if you're showing vids in the breaks so people are reminded of how great they are.

I can't think of any vids about auctions etc. . . . the closest I could come would be:

My vid Working for a Living (definitely about capitalism! because it's about stealing!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL1YN2qCf30

giandujakiss's vid Different Kind of Love Song, which is mostly about fannish love, but a lot of that fannish love is concentrated in objects - action figures, memorabilia, cosplay costumes, etc. Plus it's appropriate for the crowd. https://giandujakiss.dreamwidth.org/785401.html

elipie's Pokemon Go vid, 500 miles, which is about wanting and collecting things as part of a community??? https://elipie.dreamwidth.org/200760.html

There's a cute femslash multi vid by such_heights called Take Me Home, which is just about cute girls who want other cute girls to take them home, but since the song refrain is "take me home" it could almost work? https://such-heights.dreamwidth.org/276672.html

S'what I got!

[brainwane]

I am sorry that I did not get it together in time to make any of these ideas happen at this year's auction. Perhaps next year! Thank you for the recommendations.

[futuransky]

I am so excited about all these ideas!!

I think we could maybe expand from vids about auctions to generally WisCon-y vids that are big Vid Party favorites but that folk who generally don't Vid Party won't know. Like Space Girl and Starships. :)

[brainwane]

You're so right! I'm sorry I did not make this happen for this year. Maybe next year?

[cyborganize]

a) ahahahaha destroying terrible things for money is the greatest auction idea I have ever heard!!

b) 9 to 5 by eruthros!

(whoops I might have posted this anonymously also)

[brainwane]

I appreciate the kind words! I'm sorry that I flaked and didn't make this happen for this year's auction, and will keep your rec in mind for next year!