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Floating art, including art boats, is an essential part of the Ephemerisle experience.


Current Projects for 2022

Art projects for the upcoming year can be found on the Art Projects page. Also check out the Fundraisers.

The list there is never comprehensive, but it should give an idea of some of what's showing up.

Past projects:

2021

2020

2019

Arts And Entertainment District

A magical art park of sculpture, chill space, interactive art, and public space environments.

The Arts and Entertainment District will be an inter-island effort and include varied music, interactive art and games, talks and workshops, climbable things, chill spaces, art boats and interisland ferries, live music, and more. There will be daytime activities, nighttime magic, interisland cruises, and play.

Join us: artphemerisle@gmail.com

[Gofundme funding]

Organized by: Stellar Grey

APOTHEOSIS

MUSIC . LIBATIONS . CURSES . PROPHECY

Join us for a live performance of APOTHEOSIS, a theater event debuting on Siren Island this Ephemerisle.

For more information: [Rising Tithe Subscription[1]]

Artist: Siren Island Crew

Siren Island

Siren Island is modeled off the greek mythology of the Seirēn, it makes relevant the powerful untamed feminine that bestows healing powers and offers the wisdom of nature. Through archaeological and ethnographic research on the history and use of olive oil, our treatments revolve around oil bathing, giving the island its phrase ET OLEVM AD INFLVVNT, meaning “The Oil Will Flow.” We repair what has been stripped from our skin and teach what has been forgotten from our language. We commune with the earth and bathe in the harvest. They had nectar and ambrosia, but we have olive oil, and The Oil Will Flow.

[Rising Tithe Subscription[2]]

Artist: Serena JV Elston

Swimming Tree


Swimming Tree Proposal Sketch, Ephemerisle 2019. Photo by Emma Ainge.

A living tree installation.

The Swimming Tree will grow from a floating platform that sits at the center of the Arts District and acts as a swimming dock. During the day, swimmers will relax on cushions under the tree’s shade. At night, lights will peak from the canopy and create a quiet and magical place.

[Gofundme funding]

Artist: Emma Ainge


The Pontunery


The Pontunery Shade Platform at Ephemerisle 2018


For the third year, The Pontunery Shade Platform returns to Ephemerisle to host live music jams, performances, and workshops on our beautiful floating porch.

The Pontunery first arrived at Ephemerisle as a pontoon boat in 2016, hence the name. We rented a pontoon boat and transformed it into a live music jam space with comfortable seating and shade. In 2017 we created a 12x16 hand-built floating porch for waterside music playing and lounging in the shade. We have hosted karaoke, workshops and talks, a dance party, and much music-playing.

Maintenance and support fund ($600/yr maintenance and upgrades): Paypal to Pontunery@gmail.com


Artist: Stellar Grey


Have You No Shame?


Photo from Have You No Shame 2018

Have You No Shame? An Interactive Social Hygiene Teaching Game

Have You No Shame are a set of "Adopt-a-Shame" cards featuring festival and boating mishaps and social faux pas. Adopt someone else's abandoned Shame and pose for a proud photo as a new Shameparent. Look for the person who actually did the bad thing. Also, don't ever do that thing again.

Have You No Shame may attempt to be a photo booth for 2019. There will at least be a cool sign, by Dawn Ho.

Join us: tenminutedate@gmail.com

Artists: Sharon Kubo and Stellar Grey


The Entanglement


Entanglement Barge, Ephemerisle 2018. Photo by Woody.

The Entanglement: pontoons below, beats above. Creating a space for creative expression through dance and music.

[Gofundme funding]

Artist: Woody


Siren Island

Siren Island is modeled off the greek mythology of the Seirēn, it makes relevant the powerful untamed feminine that bestows healing powers and offers the wisdom of nature. Through archaeological and ethnographic research on the history and use of olive oil, our treatments revolve around oil bathing, giving the island its phrase ET OLEVM AD INFLVVNT, meaning “The Oil Will Flow.” We repair what has been stripped from our skin and teach what has been forgotten from our language. We commune with the earth and bathe in the harvest. They had nectar and ambrosia, but we have olive oil, and The Oil Will Flow.

[Gofundme funding]

Artist: Serena JV Elston

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

CubeShip

The Hot Tub Boat/Hot Lagoon/Lagoon of Terror

A giant floating structure supporting multiple layers of hammocks.

Artist: Matt Bell

Hot Tub

A sunken hot tub, using a sheet of neoprene to separate the hot water from the cold.

Artist: Jane Huang

Meditation Platform

A quiet space in which to recharge without any social pressures.

Artist: Laura Salcido

Titan Platform Painting

The best decorated place to dance!

Artist: Jen Zariat, Adam Katz

Twister Platform

Floating twister board.

Artist: Adam Katz


(Details on 2014 Art Projects)

2013

"Blanket Fort" under construction

Blanket Fort Island

Barrel float island constructed mostly from found materials.

Artists: LAbikecult

Hyper Cube ??

A floating jungle gym structure with PVC pipes and pool noodles.

Artist: ???

LoveCraft Flowers

Paper flowers and ceiling decorations aboard the LoveCraft

Artist: Belle Black

Platform 9 3/4

A floatilla of pool rafts anchored to a spot part way between the islands. It served as both a remote get-away and a rest stop for swimmers between the islands.

Artists: Tyson Macdonald and Darryl Hunt, Ephemerisle 2013, 2014

Rooftop Zomes

Rooftop Zome, curated by Candice Achenbach. Made by Rob ?

Artist: Candice Achenbach, Ephemerisle 2013, 2014

So Long and Thanks For All the Fish ??

Animated lighting of a dolphin rising up to a small flying saucer.

Artists: David and Candy Smith

Turtle

Rooftop Turtle and cuddle room.

Artists: Joanna Bresee, et. al.


(Details on 2013 Art Projects)

2012

"Jellypus"

The Bearded Lady

Be the Bearded Lady.

Artist: Gerry Deckert

Cuddle Gallery

This 24'x28' platform and dome was the coziest place at Ephemerisle - a place to admire art, exchange ideas and dream!

Artists: Kristy Hilands, Candice Achenbach, Christopher Rasch

Lemonade and Lasers

A floating lemonade stand with lasers, and maybe underwater lights too!

Artist: Bonnie Barrilleaux

Jellyfish

A tent with LED lighting and tentacles hanging from the ceiling.

Artists: Joanna, Ping, & Helen

Jellypus

A massive underwater octopus-like light show.

Artists: Michael Clive & Cyprien Noel; Ephemerisle 2012, 2014


(Details on 2012 Art Projects)

2011

"Game Platform"

Cuddle Tent

A colorful and semi-private place to snuggle up.

Artist: Matt Bell, Kate _?

Pyramid / Reed Forest

Pyramid: A floating pyramid structure made of PVC tubing and pool noodles.

Artist: Joseph Kisenwether

Reed Forest: A floating array of vertical pool noodles mounted on a submerged wooden structure. An experiment which didn't turn out all that well.

Artist: Matt Bell

Tilting Game Platform

This 8'x 8' platform is designed to hold up to 2 people and allow them to tilt the platform and thus roll a ball by moving around.

Artist: Matt Bell and Kate _?

Water Slide

A semi-floating water slide for quick boat evacuation.

Artist: Erin Rapacki; Ephemerisle 2011, 2012


(Details on 2011 Art Projects)

2010

"Dandelion"

The Relentless Artstead Boat Project

... explore the possibilities of art, performance, and seasteading while bringing boating into the world of art and art into the world of boating. Crew members from the project "Swimming Cities of Serenissima" by the artist Swoon have teamed up with an all star crew of Bay Area artists to salvage a 1945 hand crafted houseboat. We plan to convert the boat into a mobile artstead in the ad-hoc style of San Francisco's unique D.I.Y. arts community.

Dandelion (aka, the world's largest koosh ball)

Made from close to 300 pool noodles, the Dandelion was the Epic Pool Toy of Not-Ephemerisle 2010.

Artist: Matt Bell


(Details on 2010 Art Projects)

2009

"Apocaisle"

Achievement Lounge

People who reached the end of the path to the Achievement Lounge got free beer. Then they had to try to get back.

Artist: Matt Bell

Apocaisle

Apocaisle was an impressively large two-story pirate boat.

Creators include Paul Bohm and many others.

Flowers

Floating flowers with nighttime lights.

Artist: Anja Ulfeldt

Floating Swing

The floating swing was one of the interactive toys.

Artist: Dav Yaginuma

Ripple Theater

The Ripple Theater used the ripples in the water as an analog ray-tracer to create trippy visual effects from a projector's image. People dancing on platforms nearby created ripples in time with the music, which then created synced visuals on the screen.

Artist: Matt Bell

Turtle Boat

Artist: Unknown


(Details on 2009 Art Projects)