Miss Rockaway Armada
The Miss Rockaway Armada was a collective of artists, performers, musicians, cooks, travelers, and organizers that built and navigated sculptural junk rafts down the Mississippi River staging performances during the summers of 2006-07. This voyage led to two more raft projects spearheaded by the artist Swoon: Swimming Cities of Switchback Sea (Hudson River, 2008) and the Swimming Cities of Serenissima (Venice, 2009).
Miss Rockaway Armada
The Miss Rockaway Armada was a collective of artists, performers, musicians, cooks, travelers, and organizers that built and navigated sculptural junk rafts down the Mississippi River staging performances during the summers of 2006-07. This voyage led to two more raft projects spearheaded by the artist Swoon: Swimming Cities of Switchback Sea (Hudson River, 2008) and the Swimming Cities of Serenissima (Venice, 2009).
Swimming Cities of Switchback Sea
The Swimming Cities of Switchback Sea was a project led by the artist Swoon in 2008. A group of artists, performers, musicians, cooks, travelers, and organizers built and navigated sculptural junk rafts, designed by Swoon, down the Hudson River from Troy, New York, to Long Island City, staging performances along the way.
Theater performance directed by Lisa D'Amour. Music by Dark Dark Dark.
more:
http://swimmingcities.org
photo: Tod Seelie
Swimming Cities of Serenissima
The Swimming Cities of Serenissima was a project led by the artist Swoon. A group of artists and performers navigated a fleet of sculptural rafts across the Adriatic Sea from Slovenia to Venice, Italy in 2009. After crossing the Adriatic the Swimming Cities 'crashed' the Venice Biennale, staging a series of performances around the island.
more:
http://swimmingcities.org
photo: Tod Seelie
Miss Rockaway / Swimming Cities