NYCkayaker PS1 event -Miss Rockaway Armada

[john mcgarvey]

Not sure if anybody on the list was involved in this project, but it  
sure seems like fun!

  when	 30.09.2006 | 03.00 h  at PS1

"P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center is proud to present a slide show and  
discussion of the Miss Rockaway Armada, an artist-organized journey  
down the Mississippi River on a flotilla of hand-fabricated rafts.

Initiated by Greater New York 2005 artist SWOON, the Armada is a  
group of approximately 25 performers and artists from all over the  
country, including members of the Toyshop Collective, Visual  
Resistance, The Amateurs, The Floating Neutrinos, The Infernal Noise  
Brigade, The Madagascar Institute, and The Rude Mechanical Orchestra.  
In July, the group converged in Minneapolis to construct rafts and  
have since been journeying down the Mississippi, stopping in towns  
along the way to host musical performances, vaudeville variety- 
theater, and workshops focusing on arts and environmental issues.

For their presentation at P.S.1, Armada members will share photo- 
documentation and explain the project's influences and goals; the  
details of construction, engineering, and day to day life on the  
boat; and the unexpected encounters along the way. Armada members  
participating in the discussion include filmmaker and musician Todd  
Chandler; arts organizer and media activist A'yen Tran; Visual  
Resistance member and stencil artist Knife Knife; and Nonsense NYC  
editor Jeff Stark.

This event is free with museum admission."

http://www.ps1.org/ps1_site/component/option,com_eventlist/Itemid,106/ 
func,details/did,1/

Pictures of the raft and more info-

http://www.missrockaway.org/

happy paddlin',
John McGarvey
917-572-0206
http://meatspacegallery.com/
http://licboathouse.org/
http://metropolisinmotion.org/




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