Art Projects

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

Current Projects:

Central Platform

The central platform was a key component for many a year's Ephemerisle. Platform projects require enough money for build materials and storage. 20'x28' is a popular size.

Cube Ship

Cube Ship, Ephemerisle 2014. Photo by Judd Weiss.

Lemonade and Lasers

Lemonade and Lasers, Ephemerisle 2012.

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

Details at: http://bonniebarrilleaux.com/2013/01/21/lemonade-and-lasers/

Past Kickstarter

Artist: Bonnie Barrilleaux; Ephemerisle 2012

Jellypus

Jellypus, Ephemerisle 2012. Photo by Tanya.

A massive underwater octopus-like light show.

The Making Of Jellypuss: Featuring Michael Clive

Past Kickstarter

Artists: Michael Clive & Cyprien Noel; Ephemerisle 2012

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. There are lots of interesting interfaces you could get out of having one or more people control a ball in this manner. It would be a chance for people to hone their sea legs in a game of balance. The platform could be reconfigurable, with different surfaces added or removed to switch games.

Details at: http://nasu-dengaku.livejournal.com/297125.html and http://nasu-dengaku.livejournal.com/303792.html

Artist: Matt Bell; Ephemerisle 2010

The Relentless Artstead Boat Project

Facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Relentless-Artstead-Boat-Project/100198673362740

Kickstarter: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2115247821/the-relentless-artstead-boat-project

From their site:

Our mission is to create a mobile community resource on which to 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.

The Seasteading Institute has provided funding for the purchase of the boat and the rest is up to us! The boat has been lifted out of the water, repaired, and inspected. Once underway we have been utilizing recycled materials, including a converted Mercedes diesel car engine, to make the vision come to life. The next step is to move The Relentless from her current location in Bethel Island to the San Francisco Bay where she will continue to evolve through community input and ingenuity.

Collaborators include: Ben Burke, Anja Ulfeldt, Anton Bertaux, Chicken John Rinaldi, James (Skippy) Cross, and many many more to come.

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.

More information at http://nasu-dengaku.livejournal.com/tag/koosh

Artist: Matt Bell

Floating Swing

The floating swing was one of the interactive toys from Ephemerisle 2009.

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.

Details at http://nasu-dengaku.livejournal.com/232033.html

Here's Matt Bell's blog post on Ephemerisle 2009 with pictures of all the art projects that year: http://nasu-dengaku.livejournal.com/236560.html

Artist: Matt Bell; Ephemerisle 2009

Turtle Boat

Artist: Unknown; Ephemerisle 2009

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.

Details at http://nasu-dengaku.livejournal.com/232720.html

Artist: Matt Bell; Ephemerisle 2009.

Apocaisle

Apocaisle was an impressively large two-story pirate boat from Ephemerisle 2009.

Creators include Paul Bohm and many others.