Killin' It 019: Swimming Cities Art Auction

I may be out of town this weekend but my work will be here on display and up for auction to benefit the Swimming Cities collective. (Sorry for the super dark text below.  I can't seem to change it.)

	Friday March 5, 2010 at 7p.m.
	Walker Stage
	56 Walker St.
	New York, NY

7:00 – 11:00 p.m. - art auction
11:00 - 1:00 a.m. - after (dance) party
$10 door, open bar
weareswimmingcities.org

***EVENT***

The SWIMMING CITIES art collective is holding our first art auction fundraiser for our upcoming sculptural boat and performance project on the Ganges River, in India, 2010. The event will include the unveiling of the first finished boat prototype, an 18'x8' hand-crafted stainless steel catamaran, powered by a motorcycle driven paddle wheel.

***MUSIC***

DJ Small Change
Matt Shadetek
2melo

***AUCTION***

The auction will include 100 + works from internationally renowned artists, all members or friends of Swimming Cities including: Swoon, Thomas Beale, ImminentDisaster, Ben Mortimer, Ero, Tod Seeley, Ben Wolfe, Pork, Tony Bones, Jeff Stark, Isaac Aden, Ariel Campos, Gregg Henderson, Leslie Stem, Lopi, Katelan V. Foisy, Iris Stvn Lason, Spy, Sarah Aller, Matt Curtis, Petric Seeley, Zev David Deans, Elizabeth Bentley, Hannah Mishin, Orien McNeill, Ksenjiya, Angie Kang, Ben Devoe, Czack Tucker, Heather Jones, Noah Sparks, Porter Fox, Tim Treason, Ayen Tran, Dan Sabau, Virginia Reath, Clair Huntington, and Kara Blosom.


***SWIMMING CITIES***

.... is a diverse group of artists, builders, and performers who come together each year and embark on a challenging large-scale project. Originally united through the international artist Swoon, the group traces its roots to the DIY raft project on the Mississippi River, the "Miss Rockaway Armada." Taking a new waterway each year our projects create a vivid community of artists floating into towns to present an interactive environment which encompasses art, sculpture, music and performance. The uncommon talents of our members interact in an organic design process in a unique form of living art. Our previous projects include THE SWIMMING CITIES OF SWITCHBACK SEA on the Hudson River for Deitch Projects and THE SWIMMING CITIES OF SERENISSIMA across the Adriatic Sea for the Venice Biennale.

***OCEAN OF BLOOD***

For Swimming Cities upcoming project, we will construct a fleet of small sculptural river craft at the foothills of the Himalayas, in a cultural exchange with local South Asian artists and artisans. The hand-crafted boats will traverse the Ganges River from Kanpur to the holy city of Varanasi stopping at towns and villages along the way to meet locals and commission crafted embellishments for the boats in the local styles. Upon arrival in Varanasi the boats will merge together into a great floating island stage. In collaboration with local artists and musicians we will produce a performance inspired by our adventure and the immense cultural history of the Ganges.