First the image caught my eye (an Ohio River Flatboat), but then the story, with shades of Starling, Riley and Dirt For Nauru, got my heart. Future art adventure… perhaps the answer to my Beo to Buda query! Their journey was as audacious as it was innovative. First, they traveled 100 miles overland to meet [...]
epifanes bootlak
. boat companies make the best wierd old logos ever.
sibylle hofter
Sibylle Hofter is totally wabi-sabi, with concrete boats and a dry puddle, a wood pile held up by wood. I find myself back somewhere between the Balkans and Turkey.
matt torti’s waterpod shots
Some great shots of the USS Debris – from the build your own boat out of trash and set sail workshop on the final days of the waterpod – taken by Matt Torti.
top secret raft – $20
Top Secret Raft – $20. New York City Location. Contact me for a map to its secret location. Must go by this Sunday!
jerry-rigging 101
Photos from the Jerry-rigging 101 / build a boat from trash and set sail in Queens workshop with Christopher Robbins and Douglas Paulson on the Waterpod here and here.
queens naval battle
“THOSE ABOUT TO DIE SALUTE YOU†from the latin “Moritori te selutantâ€, attributed to prisoners addressing Emperor Claudius prior to the naumachia to which they had been fated. –52 AD HISTORY In times of economic difficulty, Roman emperors would host violent spectator sports to placate the masses. The bloodiest and most decadent of these was [...]
builder of boats and dreams
photo New York Times Ensconced as I am in a lust for Urban Water and all that getting to it entails, this New York Times obituary about Mike Davis, 68, Builder of Boats and Dreams caught my heart: “They worked in the lobby of the old McGraw-Hill building on West 42nd Street, then loaded their [...]
remember seatle
Christopher Robbins and John Baca (2008). Not sure if it should be called New American Trojans Our Attack on the Idea of Retro as Future (or even Contemporary, Pshaw)or Untitled (Remember Seatle).
tugboat crosses atlantic
Army Reserve tugboat crosses the Atlantic: “Before the Knox could set sail on this historic 10,000-nautical mile mission, a top-notch crew had to be assembled…”