E M P T Y | V E S S E L | P R O J E C T | N E W S # 51 | AUGUST . 15 . 06
Check out our new webface! Evie's website has been re-designed and will be improved even more over the coming weeks. Check us out, spread the word, and visit often:
http://emptyvesselproject.org
Scroll out down for updates and more ways you can help in our time of berthing crisis.
Journeys begun, songs sung, bright suns set - all upcoming.
U P C O M I N G
SATURDAY, AUGUST 19, 1pm ::: A concert in bright sun and crisp shadow; they will arrive by boat.
Castanets (Asthmatic Kitty)
Jana Hunter
Peter & The Wolf
This montly crew is touring the eastern seaboard on a sailboat captained by WFMU's own OCDJ. We welcome them aboard to launch their three-week extravaganza! You can read more about their exploits, musical and nautical, at
http://www.asthmatickitty.com/news.php?newsID=74 .
Hear some here:
Peter & The Wolf:
http://www.whiskeyandapples.com/artists.htm
1pm, $5 donation for the voyagers, no one turned away
SUNDAY, AUGUST 20, 2-7pm ::: Work Day
Have you noticed what nice arms everyone gets by this time of summer? Such nice tans and bulging muscles... Come work on yours and stare at ours. And help get the boat ready for the impending chilly season.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 8pm ::: Oil Slick Skies and a Concert with
Extra Life
Matt Baldwin
Moth
Zeke Healy
9pm, free, cash bar
* please note that Metropolis has been postponed. a new date will be announced next week.
RUSSIAN CLASSES WILL RESUME THE FIRST WEEK IN OCTOBER.
email
pz@emptyvesselprojectREMOVEANTISPAMMEASURE.org for more info.
Our calendar is at
http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=info%40emptyvesselproject.org
or
http://log.emptyvesselproject.org/view/Main/GoogleCalendar
W H E R E I S T H E B O A T N O W ?
Access to the Empty Vessel is from the west side of 1st Street, one block south of the Carroll Street Bridge over the Gowanus Canal.
We have berthed EV at the disused end of First Street since January 2006. Since our arrival, the street is safer and cleaner. We have created an access point for the pubic to use the water and a lovely perch to watch the sunset on the relics of gowanus history. Unfortunately, our berthing spot, is in peril. Berthing at the end an unused street is restricted by the City Commissioner and the Dockmaster, and employee of the Department of Small Business Services. They have been very generous to EV and appreciative of the positive impact we have had on First Street. Any day, they may ask us to move.
We have two options - convince them to let us stay or find an equally inviting new perch on the Gowanus edge. Can you help us do either? Your letters have been lovely and we have not been forced to move yet. Keep 'em coming!
You send an email to
dcotto@sbs.nycREMOVEANTISPAMMEASURE.gov, Dockmaster Dennis Cotto, expressing your aproval of EV's berthing and asking him to forward your message on to anyone who has the power to let us stay. Please cc
pz@emptyvesselprojectREMOVEANTISPAMMEASURE.org on your message.
Or you can send tips about a new home for EV to
as@emptyvesselprojectREMOVEANTISPAMMEASURE.org.
For directions by train:
http://www.hopstop.com. We are 3 blocks from the Carroll Street Stop on the F and G trains or the Union stop on the R train.
W I S H L I S T
A free and safe new home.
We hope you can help us find the right person to talk to. There is a place on the Gowanus Canal, a mythical space called Public Place. Public Place is a 6.5-acre city-owned brownfield site situated along the west side of the Canal and bounded by Smith, 5th, and Hoyt Streets. It is bound for redevelopment in service of the community. Check out
http://publicplace.org for some fabulous research into the space and the community by students from New York University's Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service.
We think EV would be a happy boat if we could perch her at the watery edge of this Public Place. Our home at 1st Street, picturesque and convenient as it is, is surely temporary. We would love to align ourselves with the powers deciding the future of Public Place and become part of that future.
This is an appeal. Can you help us find the right person to talk to? Email
as@emptyvesselprojectREMOVEANTISPAMMEASURE.org with your connections or ideas.
H I S T O R Y
A lovely footnote to last week's history of Governor's Island. The article below was published in the New York Daily News on November 2, 2004, just days before the 2004 "election." We would like to belatedly extend our congratulations to David Nash for his absurd bravery/brave absurdity.
Man tries to seize Governors Island
by Ralph R. Ortega
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
David Nash is taken to ambulance at downtown's Pier 11 yesterday after attempting to "seize Governors Island for the Blue Tulip Party." An emotionally disturbed man in a wet suit attempted to "seize" Governors Island yesterday by hoisting a pirate flag - sparking a massive response by cops and the Coast Guard.
"Put your weapons down, and go in peace," David Nash, 41, of Amherst, Va., told a half-dozen harbor patrol cops who nabbed him.
His face covered with black makeup, Nash claimed to have swam to the island, even though he was dry when cops found him. There was no oxygen tank or mask with his wet suit.
Nash told the Daily News he was "trying to seize Governors Island for the Blue Tulip Party."
"It's a political organization I started," Nash added, mumbling about "Indians" and "reparations" as his motives for trespassing.
The unemployed man was brought back to Pier 11 near Wall St. at 9 a.m. and taken by ambulance to Bellevue Hospital for psychiatric evaluation.
His move to commandeer Governors Island was first noticed when workers saw the pirate flag hoisted at 6:40 a.m. on the flagpole in the center of the island, cops said. A skull at theflag's center had a painted bullet hole between a set of red eyes. A police spokesman said it wasn't clear how long Nash had been on the island, or where he had landed.
Nash's mother, Pat, in Amherst, told The News that her son was an aspiring artist who suffered from psychological problems and took medication.
He was in New York to visit some museums, said his mom, who had not heard from him for a week and a half.
She said her son's antics may have been timed to Election Day. Nash had proclaimed himself a presidential candidate in 2000, and was the only known member of his Blue Tulip Party.
"Something for me to worry about - again," said the mother after learning about her son's stunt.
H E R O E S
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, Leah Beeferman, Brent Arnould, The Daniel Carter Quartet, Estee Pierce, Alison Prete, Jason Enghert, Rosie Weinberg, Johns Manville, Black Label Bike Club, New York Harbor School, Eric Forman, Gregory Zaslavsky, Leslie Stem, Andres Colapinto, Anney Fresh, Justin Green,
BuildItGreen?, Mojo Fine Art Moving, Dave Sharps, David & Sharon Lefkowitz Hannah Marcus, Ruban, Cameron Hull, Bill Wasik, Alyssa Abeta & Zeb Stewart of Union Pool, Dylan Gauthier, Arnie at the Puppet Len
ding Library, Josh Wienstien, Dept. of Transportation Bridge operators, The Doctor, Erica Freas, Chris Leo, Susanna Conaway & because designs, Iris Lasn, Miss Rockaway Armada, Imaginary People, Watersports, Dedrabbit
W H A T I S T H I S ?
The Empty Vessel Project is an action, art, and sustainability experiment. We salvaged EV, a WWII rescue boat, to create a space for re-imagining the post-industrial urban environment. We are a non-profit, volunteer-run organization and encourage participation on all levels.
EV is moored on Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal. The boat is our first project. We invite you to come join us on board to work and play.
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 each week, listing events and tracking changes. Can it be better? Contact
svm@emptyvesselprojectREMOVEANTISPAMMEASURE.org with suggestions.
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