E M P T Y | V E S S E L | P R O J E C T | N E W S | 10 . 18 . 05
If you have never visited, come check us out on Saturday. Scroll down to UPCOMING for our INTRODUCTION TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22.
The Empty Vessel Project is an action, art and sustainability experiment. In the summer of 2005, we salvaged a WWII rescue boat, brought it to Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal and are using it as a space for harnessing and focusing the potential of post-industrial urban environments. The Empty Vessel Project is not-for-profit, volunteer-run organization that encourages participation on all levels. We host work parties, movie nights, seminars, concerts, dinners, and workshops. The Empty Vessel is available to realize your dreams and schemes.
This newsletter is your guide. It appears in your in box at the beginning of each week, listing events and tracking changes. Can it be better? Contact
pz@emptyvesselprojectREMOVEANTISPAMMEASURE.org with suggestions.
This is issue number 13.
UPCOMING
Getting stuff done all week long.
Introduction to the Neighborhood.
Films!
Birthday party!
WHERE IS THE BOAT
Find us!
HISTORY
The future is bright!
SHIP’S LOG
More accomplishments, big and small.
WISHLIST
We need your old things! Clean out that storage space!
Proposals
Donations
FUNDRAISING
Calling all Location Scouts!!!
Fancy Dinner, November 7
Buy an awesome shirt this weekend!
HEROES
You are making all our dreams come true.
U P C O M I N G
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18
Work Day
Fibreglass and epoxy to apply. Access ramp to finish. Windows to install.
2-9 p.m.
***at the boat
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20
Work Day
Bridge door to finish. Toilet to complete. Skylight hatch to strip and refinish.
1-8 p.m.
***at the boat
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21
Work Day
Tshirts to print (Bring your own,we’ll print it!). Walls to prepare for insulation. Boiler to install?
1-8 p.m.
***at the boat
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22
Introduction to the Neighbourhood
During Gowanus Open Studios (
http://www.gowanusartists.com) and the Gowanus Oktoberfest (
http://www.waterfrontmuseum.org/dredgers/oktoberfest.html), we would like to introduce ourselves and invite visitors to explore both the boat and the surrounding area.
12 - 6 pm, Free
EV will be open for coffee, strong drinks, warm soup and conversation. If you have been down to work on the boat, come for a cup of free borscht and to meet the rest of our crew.
The artist Leah Beefernan will be distributing her hand-drawn historical/fantastical maps of the Gowanus area. We invite you to use the maps as a guide to historical landmarks still standing and long gone, buildings that have been restored and reused, and a fantastical future, inspired by what is and what used to be. Visitors will be invited to come back to EV to record their discoveries and become part of the EV Gowanus Histories Archive.
Music, 2-4pm, Free
Brent Arnold (solo cello)
The Daniel Carter Quartet (Patrick Holmes, clarinet; Tianna Kennedy, cello; Ryan Sawyer, percussion)
Talk, 4pm, Free
Hopes, Dreams and Schemes:::The crew of the Empty Vessel will give a talk presenting our vision for the boat and the history of our young endeavor.
Artifacts from the vessel's history will be on display.
Also SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22
FILMS ON THE CANAL, 8pm, $4-10, sliding scale
Lavender Lake (Alison Prete - 2000)
Hobo's Home (Noe Kidder – 2005)
Saltwater (Casimir Nozkowski )
For more information on films, check out
http://www.emptyvesselproject.org.
Films will be followed by Amiel and Rosie's 25th Birthday party. Happy birthday, Rosie and Amiel! Stop by and have a drink with the lovely ladies.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23
Work Day
Put in insulation? Members of the public are invited to stop by and get a tour of the boat and watch the renovation unfold. We will be finishing everything we started during the week.
12-6 p.m.
***at the boat
**November**
Silent Films with Live Soundtracks (Gretta Cohn)
Field Trip::Tugboat Graveyard
W H E R E I S T H E B O A T ?
If you are interested in seeing the vessel and/or trying out the hammock, just come down to the Carroll Street bridge over the canal during a Work Day and yell. It's just 4 blocks from the Carroll stop on the F train. For directions by train: www.hopstop.com. The bridge is close to the intersection of Bond and Carroll.
To take a look at a bird’s eye view of the boat’s location, check out the maps.google.com satellite image at
http://tinyurl.com/7eu5q.
Our own entrance from Carroll Street has now been installed. Our new address is 401 Carroll Street. Brooklyn NY 11231.
H I S T O R Y
This week we are looking to the future. It’s bright and crisp and full of blue skies. Imagine all the bright fall days that the Gowanus has seen in ist history before today. Swoon at the moon.
For a little EVP idealism/hitory, check out a radio piece on us by
DailySonic? at
http://tinyurl.com/atclm.
S H I P ’ S L O G
It’s on! We are preparing for the arrival of insulation and a boiler. The light on the canal is glorious. All that blue-sky dancing paid off.
The windows are nearly finished. The starboard-side sliding door is back in action . We will be installing the two remaining panels this week.A walkway will be completed by the weekend.
IMMINENT, PENDING, AND CONTINUING PROJECTS:
For updates on ongoing projects, check out our TWiki at
http://log.emptyvesselproject.org. Advice is always appreciated. Don’t be shy. Please post.
W I S H L I S T
MATERIALS: We are creating a practice of re-use and salvage. We would like to give your old materials new life. Specifically, we are looking for:
**10 gallon plastic buckets with lids
**safety goggles
**toaster oven
**vegetable steamer
**mailbox
**wet/dry vac
**hot plate
**camping stove
**plywood (3/4 inch)
**50,000 –100,000 BTU oil-burning boiler (small)
**water tanks
**a Franklin stove
**tools (a good circular saw would come in particularly useful at the moment)
**bilge or sump pumps
**a lead on used french fry oil (anyone work in a restaurant with a deep fryer?)
**solar panels
**12V batteries
**a transformer 120V to 12/24V
**another small boat (canoe, kayak, motor)
**life rings
**marine paint
**tie lines
**small fans
**beautiful material in bulk to face the interior of the cabin walls (Does anyone have a good supply of free wooden wine boxes?)
We will haul away any material contributions. Please forward widely. Contact
tk@emptyvesselprojectREMOVEANTISPAMMEASURE.org to donate.
WINTERTIME PROPOSALS: We are accepting proposals for projects this fall and winter. We are particularly interested in hosting projects in and around the boat that relate to sustainable architectures (social and physical), sea shanties, mysteries, and abandoned artifacts. The boat is also available for your workshops, talks, birthday parties, fashion shows, fish watching picnics, or anything else that could fit on or around our bit of salvaged history. Contact
pz@emptyvesselprojectREMOVEANTISPAMMEASURE.org with your fantastic schemes.
MATERIAL DONATIONS: We are partnering with companies that have ecologically friendly materials and getting material contributions to the Empty Vessel Project in exchange for advertising. Currently we are working with Johns Manville (www.specjm.com) for formaldehyde-free insulation. Do you know a company that might be interested in showcasing their products on EV? Contact
pz@emptyvesselprojectREMOVEANTISPAMMEASURE.org.
F U N D R A I S I N G
We are looking for sources of official money that will fund the Empty Vessel Project as either (a) an arts project (b) an environmental project or (c) a social experiment and decentralized environment for skill shares. We need money for both infrastructure and specific projects. Are you a grant writer? In development? Know someone that is? We need to raise $10-20,000 to get through the winter. Contact
pz@emptyvesselprojectREMOVEANTISPAMMEASURE.org.
Upcoming fundraiser: FANCY DINNER, Monday, November 7. We are looking for a nice space, cooks, and donations of food from your store or restaurant. Contact
tk@emptyvesselprojectREMOVEANTISPAMMEASURE.org about our FANCY DINNER.
Do you know anyone who works LOCATIONS for a film or photo shoots? EV is a great location and available for rentals. Do you know how we can get on a database to share/rent our wonderful resourse? Contact
pz@emptyvesselprojectREMOVEANTISPAMMEASURE.org.
Do you have blank T-shirts or ink you can donate? Alex Lucas,
http://www.cantabpublishing.com/, has designed a beautiful shirt that we will print and have available on October 22, 2005. Photos will be up on the website next week. If you want to sell them in your store, contact
tk@emptyvesselprojectREMOVEANTISPAMMEASURE.org about the EV clothing line.
We are also looking for individual donors to keep this project afloat. If you have any suggestions, or are interested in contributing, please contact
mm@emptyvesselprojectREMOVEANTISPAMMEASURE.org.
H E R O E S
Bez (Thanks for the espresso maker!), Brian (awesome door work!), Alex Lucas (beautiful T-shirts!
http://www.cantabpublishing.com/).
A history of heroes:
Danny, GDM, Captain Jim, Fictional Company, Ed, Michael, Madagascar Institute, Cindy Vanden Bosch, Dirty Fingers, Porkchop, northguineahills, Front Room Gallery, DJ Olive, Steven, Ed and Brooke, Paris 1968, Corey and the Free Store, Christian, Mike Topper, Alisa Blanter, Jesse Green, Leo Raphaely, Peter Field, Jeff Stark, Stephen, Lee Azzarello, Nathan,
ToddP?, Dan and Elizabeth, Trevor, Brian Spinks, Andy Baker, Shellshag (Jen and Shell), Urban Stitch (Alessandro and William), Paul Ford
You are receiving this newsletter because you are involved in the Empty Vessel Project, or have at least feigned interest. To subscribe, or to be removed from this list, visit www.emptyvesselproject.org and click on the link to the mailing list. Please forward to anyone we may have missed.
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PaulaZ - 24 Oct 2005
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