Equilibrium Institute

Where Balance is a Way of Life -Art, Education and Entertainment  

   1 Introduction/ Home |  2 Entertainment Services |  3 Visual Art Programs |  4 Community Investment  | 6 Tour Photos | 7 Past Art Tour Artists | 8 Interview with Rob | 11 Rob's 2009 music release | 20 Sponsoring or Being Sponsored | 21 Quarterly Summary 2020 | 9 21023 Summary of Activities

 

Rob Jackson is a multimedia artist. His collective based projects have united people from all walks.  His team’s products include songs, fine and commercial art, investigative press on social justice and environmental issues, workforce development and wellness. Together Ripstar has reached over one million people with sponsors like; Sony Soundforge, Amoeba Records, Magisto, Guinness, CharityFocus.org, Google, Eastwood Guitars, Coming Up Magazine, Music Venues and Art Galleries, Oasis CD Manufacturing, Zero Magazine, Colibri Family and more. 

 

 

Rob’s art, music, and literature is about documenting problems and offering solutions.  He claims statistics continue to show massive declines in habitat, wildlife, declines in education and other quality of life issues like equality, while disease, war, and other social threats are on the rise in many places in the world, which he suggests must be met with sustainable nonviolent solutions that are abundant.  Rob’s new indie rock music label, Noise, sells art and music to create more opportunities for artists working with him to make a difference.

 

Check out songs at https://ukbloke.bandcamp.com and

Sample academic writing at www.specialagenttraining.cfsites.org       

Pick up Shirts: https://www.teepublic.com/user/backline

For more information see www.ripstar.cfsites.org

 

About the Music Label:

https://bandsthatrock6.wixsite.com/ripstar

www.instagram.com/ripstarsf  (samples of visual art)

https://www.facebook.com/rob.a.jackson.7

https://bandsthatrock6.wixsite.com/plumatorium-art-gall (Art Gallery)

 
https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-jackson-9b198b9

Team 2021- present:

Compositional and performance support of Dan Medina (Spain); Jakub Muzyk, Mix/Master and Instrumentalist (Poland); Ɓukasz Wójcik, Vox and Guitar; Matthew Allen (AZ), Instrumentalist; John Cheetham, Poet/Executive co-Producer (England); Matthias Miller- Producer/ Instrumentalist (CA); Will Slides AKA Transit Bot, (CA), Producer/Instumentalist/Mix Master; Tom and Laurie Reese (PA), Composers/Instrumentalists; Ryan Scott Long, and Cade Burkhammer, Drums, (CA);  Eva Jackson, Vox; Tom Draper, and Chris Meeder, Guitarists;  Ash and Will Reiter  (CA); Producers; Jurgen Wendelen (Belgium) Instrumentalist/Singer,  Chrischelle Mendoza (Singer), Joe Bandy- Producer/Mix Master, Mark Pistel (CA) and Tom Fairbairn Engineer/Mix Master (Scotland) Fin Townley, Visual Artist, (UK); Nancy Guettier, Singer; Carver Cordes, Singer Songwriter. 

David Siegel, Instrumentalist/ Mixer; Jack Shaughnessy, Singer Songwriter; Gosia Oczko, Bass; Robert Houghton, Singer Songwriter/Producer; Bart Hawkins, Composer; Christopher McAllister, Drummer/Mix master; Monica Gutierrez, Artist and many more. Please see additional song credits at https://ukbloke.bandcamp.com

 

UPDATES FROM FOUNDERS DESK

2025 Summary of RipStar/ UkBloke/ Plumatorium Gallery, and New Earth activities.

·       New releases see https://ukbloke.bandcamp.com

·       Art donations to community exceeded $5K. Art sales and sponsorships over $2K.

We are happy to report over audiences have grown to over 300,340 thru video reels, audio listens and website visits combined.  This is a great start.  We have been reflecting on the emphasis on productions and community driven processes for art projects and been re-examining our marketing approaches. We find it imperative that our messages get even more succinct and effective at getting revolutionary community building actions sparked. To that end we taken the time to crunch the 3,000 pages of non-fiction and are putting out a short book of fiction which is set 500 years into the future titled New Earth. Later this work may become a feature film, even a children’s book is in the planning stages.   

We concluded that numbers are less important than the quality and impacts on individual lives touched in collective projects. Especially where our grassroots community contributions are concerned. Thus, in 2026 we will highlight some additional success stories so people can learn some of the behind the scenes personalities, decisions, and direct outcomes from our footprints.

We hope all you will become reviewers and readers as we roll out the new products.  It is an honor to serve you.

Fiscal books and credits for this years participants are available upon request.

 

With thanks,

Robert A. Jackson