3/14/2009-Secret Project Robot: Art Experiment 4 SWOON!

Secret Project Robot: Art Experiment
In corroboration with SWOoN & Friends and Live WIth Animals
Present:

 BENEFIT DANCE PARTY AND SILENT AUCTION FOR 
SWIMMING CITIES OF SERENISSIMA:

Saturday March 14th Silent Auction 7:30-10 Dance Party 9pm-3am  This weekend an opportunity to have an awesome time, perhaps get an amazing deal on some usually expensive art, be a contributor to a project traveling to Venice and help artists in a struggling economy! SWOON Raffle! Enter to win a piece with a $6000 market value! Djing by The Paw and Dirty Finger Special Music performance by Petit Mal We Hope to see you, and as always appreciate your presence and participation!

The bidding begins at 7:30pm and ends promptly at 10pm. Here is a selection of some of the participating artists: SWOON Maya Hayuk Monica Canilao Tony Bones Michelle Handelman Santiago Mostyn D-Dock of Hobby Horse Imminent Disaster Ryan Doyle of the Black Label Bicycle Club The London Police David Ellis C. Damage...and MORE! The Swimming Cities of Serenissima is a fleet of three intricately hand-crafted vessels that will navigate the Adriatic Sea from the Karst region of Slovenia to Venice, Italy in May of 2009.  Designed by the artist SWOON, the floating sculptures are descendants of the Swimming Cities of Switchback Sea (Hudson River, 2008) and the Miss Rockaway Armada (Mississippi River, 2006 and 2007). The Swimming Cities of Serenissima are built from salvaged materials, including modified Mercedes car motors with long-tail propellers.  For Swimming Cities, SWOON will collaborate with 30 artists from the United States. As the Swimming Cities move toward Venice, the crew will collect and install keepsakes in an ark-like cabinet of wonders that will be on display on the boats when they arrive.  Once in Venice, the boats and crew will offer intimate performances that incorporate music, shadow puppetry, and story.  The project is produced with the assistance of Deitch Projects, Paper Monster and Black Rat Press.