Barter Boat
Cost
Where
Gridley Chapel Lawn
37 Furnace Bank Road
Wassaic, NY 12592
When
Saturday, July 19
12–5 PM
Who
Barter Boat is an interactive installation where you (yes, you!) can barter objects with the artists. These objects then enter our rotating inventory, which will travel to our next stop. In defiance of the USA’s single-use consumer culture, we love to learn about how real people find emotional, artistic, or personal value in objects. Barter Boat started in Minneapolis, and since then, it has sailed to more than ten states across the USA. Barter Boat functions very much like a carnival game, except it costs no money and everyone gets a prize for participating. Bring an interesting object that has meaning to you (and that you don’t mind carrying around for the rest of the day). Then, we will barter with you for something we got from someone else at a previous Barter Boat stop!
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About the Artists
Desireé Moore, Robin Schwartzman, and Anna Abhau Elliott are artists working in a kaleidoscope of disciplines. The three of them met at an artist residency in 2015, in which Desireé wrote a screenplay, Anna started an improv troupe, and Robin designed a custom mini-golf course. In 2016, they officially collaborated for the first time, presenting COLD WARM UP, an interactive puzzle performance on a frozen lake in Minnesota. Out of this, eventually, came Barter Boat. The artists all live in different states (Missouri, Minnesota, and North Carolina) where they work as artists and educators in higher education.
Event Details
Barter Boat
Cost
Where
Gridley Chapel Lawn
37 Furnace Bank Road
Wassaic, NY 12592
When
Saturday, July 19
12–5 PM
Who
Barter Boat is an interactive installation where you (yes, you!) can barter objects with the artists. These objects then enter our rotating inventory, which will travel to our next stop. In defiance of the USA’s single-use consumer culture, we love to learn about how real people find emotional, artistic, or personal value in objects. Barter Boat started in Minneapolis, and since then, it has sailed to more than ten states across the USA. Barter Boat functions very much like a carnival game, except it costs no money and everyone gets a prize for participating. Bring an interesting object that has meaning to you (and that you don’t mind carrying around for the rest of the day). Then, we will barter with you for something we got from someone else at a previous Barter Boat stop!
About the Artists
Desireé Moore, Robin Schwartzman, and Anna Abhau Elliott are artists working in a kaleidoscope of disciplines. The three of them met at an artist residency in 2015, in which Desireé wrote a screenplay, Anna started an improv troupe, and Robin designed a custom mini-golf course. In 2016, they officially collaborated for the first time, presenting COLD WARM UP, an interactive puzzle performance on a frozen lake in Minnesota. Out of this, eventually, came Barter Boat. The artists all live in different states (Missouri, Minnesota, and North Carolina) where they work as artists and educators in higher education.
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