Title: BENEFIT SILENT AUCTION FOR SWIMMING CITIES OF SERENISSIMA
Location: Secret Project Robot 210 Kent Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11211 (at Metropolitan)
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EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
Press Inquiries contact A’yen Tran ayen@swimmingcities.org
Secret Project Robot - 210 Kent Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11211 (at Metropolitan)
March 14th - Benefit Silent Auction 7:30pm - 10pm, Dance Party 9pm - 3am
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New York (March 12, 2009) — Secret Project Robot will host a silent auction to benefit SWOON’s latest nautical art project Swimming Cities of Serenissima. The benefit will take place in Williamsburg, Brooklyn on March 14th. The bidding begins at 7:30pm and ends promptly at 10pm. Dancing and Djing by The Paw and Dirty Finger will follow the silent auction. This event was recently recommended by TimeOut NY (http://www.timeout.com/newyork/articles/own-this-city/72218/grand-street). Here is a selection of the participating artists:
- SWOON
- Blek Le Rat
- The London Police
- Faile
- David Ellis
- Maya Hayuk
- Monica Canilao
- Chris Stain
- D*Face
- Gaia
- Tony Bones
- Elbow-Toe
- Brad Downey
- Martha Cooper
- Imminent Disaster
- C. Damage
- Cyclops
- Michelle Handelman
- Santiago Mostyn
- Mike Houston & Martin Mazzora- Cannonball Press
- D-Dock & 5003 of Hobby Horse
- Matt Small
- Dennis McNett
The Swimming Cities of Serenissima is a fleet of three intricately hand-crafted vessels that will navigate the Adriatic Sea from the Karst region of Slovenia to Venice, Italy in May of 2009. Designed by the artist SWOON, the floating sculptures are descendants of the Swimming Cities of Switchback Sea (Hudson River, 2008) and the Miss Rockaway Armada (Mississippi River, 2006 and 2007). The Swimming Cities of Serenissima are built from salvaged materials, including modified Mercedes car motors with long-tail propellers. For Swimming Cities, SWOON will collaborate with 30 artists from the United States, including OBIE award-winning playwright Lisa D’Amour. As the Swimming Cities move toward Venice, the crew will collect and install keepsakes in an ark-like cabinet of wonders that will be on display on the boats when they arrive. Once in Venice, the boats and crew will offer intimate performances that incorporate music, shadow puppetry, and story. The project is produced with the assistance of Deitch Projects, Paper Monster and Black Rat Press.
Secret Project Robot is a not-for-profit space located in the forest of Monster Island and represents the Mighty Robot A/V squad, HappyFun art group and Sound Artists Robot Death Cult. It is a 2000 square foot performance, and installation centered experimental space founded upon the idea that art should be fun.
For information contact A’yen Tran ayen@swimmingcities.org. Secret Project Robot is located at 210 Kent Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11221 (at Metropolitan).
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