Art Projects
Floating art, including art boats, is an essential part of the Ephemerisle experience.
Contents
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.
Past projects:
Lemonade and Lasers
A floating lemonade stand with lasers, and maybe underwater lights too!
Details at: http://bonniebarrilleaux.com/2013/01/21/lemonade-and-lasers/
Artist: Bonnie Barrilleaux; Ephemerisle 2012
Jellypus
A massive underwater octopus-like light show.
The Making Of Jellypuss: Featuring Michael Clive
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.
