E M P T Y | V E S S E L | P R O J E C T | N E W S
Thanks to everyone who made our INTRODUCTION TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD last SATURDAY such a success! We had an open house, an afternoon concert, a talk about our project, a screening of some wonderful films and a fabulous dance party. And then on SUNDAY we replaced a rotting wall with new plywood. What a great weekend! Scroll down for future events, etc.
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 14.
UPCOMING
Work for Winter
WHERE IS THE BOAT
Find us!
HISTORY
Miss Gowanus
SHIP’S LOG
...wow!
IN THE MEDIA
Time Out New York, October 18
Metro New York, October 24
WISHLIST
We need your old things! Clean out that storage space!
Proposals
Donations
FUNDRAISING
Calling all Location Scouts!!!
Fancy Dinner, November 7
HEROES
A galaxy!
U P C O M I N G
MONDAY, OCTOBER 24
Work Day
Fix port door, finish small projects, start framing walls for insulation.
3-8 p.m.
***at the boat
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25
Work Day
Frame walls (Rain or shine). Seal, sand and fibreglass new wall sections (Weather permitting).
2-9 p.m.
***at the boat
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27
Work Day
Put in insulation (generously donated by Johns Manville).
2-8pm
***at the boat
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28
FREE Rock Show! Pre-Bike Kill Blast!
x DORIC (MINNEAPOLIS)
xx GUNS FIRE MAYHEM (last show ever...)
xxx IMAGINARY PEOPLE
xxxx LAKE
doors 8 p.m.
cheap bar by the EMPTY VESSEL PROJECT crew
***at Fort Seriously
http://www.fortseriously.org/
97 Montrose Avenue, #1
Bklyn NY
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29
Black Label Bicycle Club brings you:::Bike KIll 3
noon - dark
***sandford&willoughby
http://www.blacklabelnyc.com
bed-stuy BKLYN
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7
Fancy Dinner
**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
At the inaugural ceremony for Flushing Tunnel and Sewer System in 1911, a young woman was crowned Miss Gowanus. Wearing a white dress and tossing red carnation petals from a barge, she ushered in a parade of celebratory barges gathered to mark the clean-up of the Canal.
S H I P ’ S L O G
Lots of progress this week:
The walkway is done, complete with a ramp for loading in heavy equipment. The last too-rotten to keep wood has been removed and replaced. A makeshift toilet is on-board. Lots of small improvements and on-going projects. We will be getting our insulation this week. Stay tuned for projectwarmandcozy.
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.
I N T H E M E D I A
The Empty Vessel Project was featured in the Around Town section of Time Out New York on October 18, 2005. We would love some extra copies of the magazine for our archive. Please contact
pz@emptyvesselprojectREMOVEANTISPAMMEASURE.org if you have one you could donate.
Metro (one of the free papers) wrote about the EVP on October 24, 2005. The story is on page 2.
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. Johns Manville (www.specjm.com) has donated 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. We sold all but two this weekend. Come down on Thursday with shirts to donate or your own clothes to print on to.
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
Leah Beeferman for her lovely maps; Brent Arnould and the Dave Carter Quartet; Estee Pierce for delicious borscht and scrumptious films; Alison Prete for Lavender Lake; Stephan and Dan for quick work on the walkway; Jason Enghert for fantastic fliers; Rosie Weinberg for throwing such a rockin birthday party; and everyone who came with ideas and inspiration to our Introduction to the Neighborhood.
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, Bez, Brian, Alex Lucas
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