Over the past few months my good friends and collaborators in KSW have been restoring a beautiful, steam-powered paddle boat that they are going to piolt down the Hudson river in NY as part of the Swimming Cities of Switchback Sea project:.
Swimming cities of Switchback Sea is a flotilla of seven intricately hand crafted vessels that will navigate the stretch of the Hudson River between Troy and the New York harbor this August 15th – September 7th. Imagined as a hybrid between boats and bits of land mass broken off and headed out to sea, the Switchback vessels will make stops in towns along the river bringing performances and music. Over the course of three weeks they will make their way toward their home port – an invented landscape tucked into a niche along the East River in Long Island City, Queens.
KSW has been working really hard on the boat and I’m really excited to hear about their adventures on the River.
You can keep up with their activities on the new KSW blog.
I know I’ve got allot of readers in NY and I think you should all try and check out one of the preformances:
Troy
August 15, 8pm Downtown Riverfront Park
Click here for a map
Albany
August 16, 8pm in the Riverfront Park of Corning Preserve
Click here for a map
Saugerties
August 20, 8pm at the Saugerties Lighthouse
Click here for a map
www.saugertieslighthouse.com
Kingston
August 21, 8pm at the Hudson River Maritime Museum
Click here for a map
Hudson River Maritime Museum Website
Croton-on-Hudson
August 27, 8pm at Senasqua Park
Click here for a map
Long Island City, NYC
Reception (No performance)
September 7, 2008, 6-9pm at Deitch Studios
4-40 44th Drive, Long Island City
Click here for a map
www.deitch.com
