The Dreams That Stuff Is Made Of
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$10 displayed raised · 4 fund applications (3 funded) · 2 seasons · best rank #58 in Season 6
Two night workers, in hi-vis bibs, with a tentacled machine, battle an evil force that’s…
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About
A dark comedy where two Dream Harvesters discover their megacorp employer turns dreams into novelty trash. With a tentacled dream machine, they fight to stop it and free humanity’s dreams. It blends AI, image, video, 2D, splats, and immersive tools
Impact
We depict the madness of human overconsumption. Through a story of capitalism and overproduction devouring the world. A world numbed by hollow products and digital detritus. Told with jokes, tentacles and hi-vis bibs.
Progress
The concept has been in development as a short film, performed as staged reading with professional actors, selected for Immersive Fiction’s Comedy in XR Lab and pitched to the BFI.
Team
My writing has appeared in fringe venues across the UK and Latitude Festival. I was short-listed for The Royal Court and featured on BBC Radio. My collaborator has showcased XR work at Venice, Raindance & New Images. He’s worked in AI for 5 years.
Funding
| Sales | Venus | S+V | Match | S+V+M | Venus extras | Prize | V2+M+P | V2/S | (V2+M)/S | (V2+M+P)/S | Raised | Available | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 6 | $571 | $1,000 | $1,571 | $3,339 | $4,910 | $0 | $30 | $4,369 | 1.8x | 7.6x | 7.7x | $2 | — |
| Season 7 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $10 | $10 | — | — | — | $10 | — |
| Total | $571 | $1,000 | $1,571 | $3,339 | $4,910 | $0 | $40 | $4,379 | — | — | — | $12 | — |
Fund applications
| Season | Fund | Status | Applied |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 6 | AI Filmmaking Fund for Generative Storytellers | funded | 2026-01-22 |
| Season 6 | Film Fund for Independent Voices | submitted | 2026-01-22 |
| Season 6 | Expanding Horizons Fund | funded | 2026-01-22 |
| Season 6 | Pressman Film Fund for New Frontiers | funded | 2026-01-22 |
Season totals as displayed on the platform's public accounting — not a statement of amounts paid out. V2 = Venus sales + Venus extras. The original page also broke each season down by fund drive and showed an Available (unclaimed) balance; that level of detail survives only on the preserved snapshots.
Leaderboard page (offline): https://artizen.fyi/projects/the-dreams-that-stuff-is-made-of
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Top siblings
Projects that applied to the same funds.
| Project | Shared funds | Raised | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | TUNER Tuner is a documentary-based XR experience where you have a custom alien encounter shaped… | AI Filmmaking Fund for Generative Storytellers, Expanding Horizons Fund, Film Fund for Independent Voices +1 | $87,139 |
| 2. | Mango Magic Movement A cinematic movement for a more harmonious, healed and magical world. | AI Filmmaking Fund for Generative Storytellers, Expanding Horizons Fund, Film Fund for Independent Voices +1 | $28,679 |
| 3. | FREERIDERS Cinematic journey into the global movement of women riders breaking down borders to recla… | AI Filmmaking Fund for Generative Storytellers, Expanding Horizons Fund, Film Fund for Independent Voices +1 | $12,909 |
| 4. | Labour Union of Higherdimensional Shapeshifters Collaborative transmedia experience (interactive movie) inviting Artizen community to rea… | AI Filmmaking Fund for Generative Storytellers, Expanding Horizons Fund, Film Fund for Independent Voices +1 | $360 |
| 5. | ENTERTAINMENT EVOLVED You Will Believe a Man Can Become Content | AI Filmmaking Fund for Generative Storytellers, Expanding Horizons Fund, Film Fund for Independent Voices +1 | $30 |
| 6. | Tune In Show Imagine Sex and the City... if Carrie suddenly discovered she was psychic. A comedy ficti… | AI Filmmaking Fund for Generative Storytellers, Expanding Horizons Fund, Pressman Film Fund for New Frontiers | $269,534 |
| 7. | FutureZoo What if the most powerful force in conservation isn’t protection, but connection? | AI Filmmaking Fund for Generative Storytellers, Expanding Horizons Fund, Pressman Film Fund for New Frontiers | $215,046 |
| 8. | A New Musical Traumedy: BEHIND THE MASK A man awakens to the generational trauma in his family, only to discover a startling trut… | AI Filmmaking Fund for Generative Storytellers, Expanding Horizons Fund, Pressman Film Fund for New Frontiers | $19,558 |
Other funds of top siblings
Cyberdelic Fund for Expanding Consciousness WildSeed Creators Fund MultiMax Fund for Immersive Interaction Emergent Creativity Fund for Conscious Collaboration Emergence Fund for Evolutionary & Spiritual Philanthropy Fund of Infinite Yes Freedom of Art Fund XR Film Fund for Immersive Storytelling