Sunday, May 29, 2011

Swimming Cities presents BORDERTOWN

SWIMMING CITIES PRESENTS
B O R D E R T O W N
a party so big we had to divide it in half
FRIDAY JUNE 3RD



DJs
JORO BORO (ex-Bulgarian Bar/Tsunami Bass Experience)
TINSELTOWN (Flux Factory/ImageNode)
GUAPO FEO (Rubulad)
2MELO (Cumba Mela)

FRIDAY JUNE 3RD
9PM-LATE 9-10PM OPEN BAR.
$10 before 11pm or with costume; $15 otherwise.
Bordertown takes place in a converted trolley repair station scheduled to be demolished this summer.

1428 FULTON ST
(at Tompkins Ave)
BED-STUY BROOKLYN
Subway A, C to Kingston-Throop Aves.
www.weareswimmingcities.org

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All proceeds go to Swimming Cities Ganges River project in India, fall of 2011

Choose your allegiance between the two fabulous party nations of VULGARIA & TAKISTAN. After an impassioned disagreement over whether a Pomeranian's nose is mauve or puce, a great wall has been erected between them, patrolled by the world's sexiest border guards.
Celebrate the absurd & arbitrary nature of borders, bureaucracy, and class inequality with us in this epic event that is designed to inspire the joys of insurrection, freedom, & integration.

The grungy Eastern Block gypsy state of VULGARIA invites you to celebrate the most debaucherous of holidays, National Vulgaria Day, the filthiest drunken day of the year. Festivities ruled by the corrupt dictator DAVO , featuring The People's National Thieves Market ,Tattoos, Rickshaw rides, Raunchy Street Food, Bike Jousting, Catherine the Terrible's Cossack Guard, Fortune Telling at the Altar of Saraghina, visuals by VJ FuzzyBastard, and Surprises!

The opulent monarchy of TAKISTAN invites you on the day of the great royal wedding to enjoy decadent attractions, featuring His Majesty's Royal Casino, Princess Cupcake's Naughty Boudoir, The Grand Inquisitor's quiz show, Dr. Adventure's Royal Guard, The Royal Passport Scavenger Hunt, the Royal Ultra-Tacky Runway Show, Live acts by Laura McMillian of the Egyptian Shumba and by Sugar in the Gas Tank, S&M Royal Wedding Visuals by The Housewives' Guide to Anatomy, Dirty Uncle Pony Rides and More Surprises!
Dress in your Princess Best for a chance to wed the dashing Prince of Takistan!

Patriotic Libations include: Vulgaria's national cocktail "The Three-Legged Mule" and Her Majesty's royal imbibement "Groundskeeper's Embrace at the Summer Palace" and yes, back by popular demand "Morning After Pill Jello Shots!"

COSTUME SUGGESTIONS

VULGARIA
SARAGHINA 8 ½
COSSACKS
STROMBOLI
ANAMATRONIC FORTUNE TELLING GYPSY BOOTH
DRUG FRONT BOARDWALK FORTUNE TELLER
BORDELLO MADAM
COCKTAIL THIEVING MONKEY
GHOST OF RASPUTIN
MUSTACHE CONTEST
INTERNATIONAL ARMS DEALER PLAYBOY


TAKISTAN
THIRD WORLD DICTATORS (THE DEVIL WEARS TAUPE)
GADAFFI SEXY BODYGUARDS
CARABINIERI
JERSEYSHORE VICTORIAN
IVANA TRUMP AND LIBERACE’S PROM NIGHT IN MONACO
SIGFRIED AND ROY
MICRONATION ROYALTY
GROOMED POODLE “STANDARD” WITH SHOWPAPERS
MUSTACHE CONTEST
”WHAT IS THAT, VELVET?”
PRINCESS! PRINCESS! PRINCESS!




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we always need help! if you'd like to volunteer, e-mail: theoceanofblood(at)gmail(dot)com

Monday, May 16, 2011

Come Party With US!



Friday, May 27, 10pm-LATE
97 Wycoff Ave., Bushwick, Brooklyn
Dekalb Ave (L), Myrtle/Wycoff (M)
$5 cover

It's a VERY SPECIAL Memorial Day Weekend Party!

Swimming Cities joins up with two dance floor SUPER POWERS!

Dirty Finger (Black Label Bicycle Club, BK)
http://www.facebook.com/DjDirtyfinger
&
Rusty Lazer (New Orleans Bounce)
&
Lady Business (New Orleans)

STRAIGHT UP DANCE PARTY MAYHEM.

... and, because we love you, there will be a Bike Burlesque act with Heather Loop and her foxy, delicious troop!

$5 Cover.
No Costumes necessary.
Cheap Beer.
Summer drinks.
Lots of Boobs.
Lots of Booty.
Yacht Shachts. The Sophisticated Slide. And some classic boat drinks specials are being brewed - plus actual homebrew (what!!) - start inviting all yer friends people!! It's going down next Friday Night!




and save the date for BORDERTOWN JUNE 3RD

Check out the facebook event

Friday, May 13, 2011


Our hero, Reid Stowe, passing under the Manhattan Bridge today. Last year, Reid broke the record for consecutive days at sea without resupply - 1,152 days - and his partner, Soanya, broke the record for longest sea voyage for a woman. They and their three-year-old son, Darshen, just got booted from their docking space in Queens and are looking for a home! If you have ANY leads for where they might find a space in or around Manhattan, please email them at reidstowe@1000days.net.


Tuesday, May 10, 2011


Animal Farm Ruled!! (Clear your calendar for our next party, June 3, details TBA.)

More Animal Farm PARTY PICS here:



Wednesday, April 27, 2011

ANIMAL FARM: The Seven Commandments of Animalism BBQ & Dance Party



Time Out's number one party in NYC!!







Swimming Cities Presents:

A N I M A L F A R M

The Seven Commandments of Animalism BBQ & Dance Party

Friday May 6, 5pm-4a.m.

370 Ten Eyck, between Waterbury and Morgan, Brooklyn

Come early for a real, live afternoon pig roast, robotic petting zoo, swimming pool, lawn chair balloon flights, wife-beater wet T-shirt contest, live bluegrass with "Crooks and Perverts," Frito pie, $3 beers and honey-lemon-pepper-ginger vodka shots. The late show starts at 10pm with a Half Hour of Power® open bar from 10-10:30pm. Stay all night for a dance party with DJ Dirtyfinger.

$5 before 10 or with a costume, $10 after.

COSTUME SUGGESTIONS: Old Major, Bolshevik Old MacDonald, Greased Pig, Colonel Sanders, Miss Piggy, Mr. ED on Raging Coke Bender, Stalin, Trotsky, Or Lenin in Kremlin Casual, Marx-Engels Hybrid, KGB, Templeton


Sunday, April 24, 2011

The Boats Are on the Ganges!!!!









Mike O'Toole unpacked the container today in Fatehgarh, India, near the shores of the Ganges River! This closes one chapter and a very long build/fundraise/ship process...many more chapters to come as Mike scouts the trip on his Royal Enfield and reports back. Way to go Mike and Swimming Cities!!


Thursday, April 14, 2011

Hey everybody, come out this weekend and support some members of our collective and many other great artists in this amazing show at the GOWANUS BALLROOM . Lots of great bands DJs and performances friday and sat nights.

SEE YOU THERE

Wednesday, April 13, 2011




Friday & Saturday April 15-16, 7pm-12am

55 9th Street, Brooklyn


Art + Architecture 2011, a diverse and multidisciplinary exhibition of emerging artists, is comprised of works that examine, question, or outright challenge everyday interpersonal and contextual relationships.

Through the integration of a variety of media including painting, sculpture, video, performance and works on paper, the installation weaves a wide ranging fabric of form and style, which envelops the immense Gowanus Ballroom and transforms the space into a thoroughly interactive experience. This affords both artist and audience a chance to dismantle and construct anew one’s perceived environment. By alternately reinforcing and undermining the suppositions defining social and physical arrangements, the exhibition implores participants to reexamine the boundaries delineating self.

Art + Architecture is being presented in collaboration with Mister ArtSee.

Featuring: Adriana Atema, Aimee Bonamie, Amy Consolo, Ben Wolf, Ben Mortimer, Brian Whiteley, Christina Kelly, Domestic Construction, Douglas Draper, Emma Stern, Felix Morelo, Georgie Flores, Gerri Davis, Heidi Tullman, Jay McDonald, Jason Gandy, Kristin Künc, Lopi LaRoe, Manonce Celestine, Matt Allison, Matthew Silver aka Heartpocalypse, Matt Stolle, Matthew William Robinson, Nathan Maxwell Cann, Nicholas Chatfield-Taylor, Patricia Watwood, Rob Zeller, The Objectionists, Serra Victoria Bothwell Fels, Shannon Gillen & Guests, Tod Seelie, Ursula Viglietta, Vanessa Cronan, and a still growing list others. Please check our featured artists page to learn more about our artists.

There will be live music, performances and a cash bar Friday and Saturday nights.

Performers Include: Shannon Gillen & Guests, Yula & The Extended Family, Apocalypse Five and Dime, Joe Keady and The Royal Garden Jass Band, Crooks and Perverts, Melody Allegra Berger, Morgan O’Kane, Sweet Soubrette, Abby Hertz aka Lady C, and others. A performance schedule can be found below, and will be continuously updated.

SCHEDULE Fridays: 6pm – 12am Performances begin at 8pm Saturdays: 11am – 1am Performances begin at 8pm Sundays: 11am-6pm Video work will be screened throughout the dayADMISSION Friday, April 8: $5 before 8pm – $10 after 8pm Saturday, April 9: Suggested donation before 8pm – $10 after 8pm Friday, April 15: Suggested donation before 8pm – $10 after 8pm Saturday, April 16: Suggested donation before 8pm – $10 after 8pm Sunday, April 10 and 17: Suggested donation only Viewings by appointment during the week, please contactgowanusballroom@gmail.com

Monday, April 4, 2011

The Boats Arrived in India!!




Our boats traveled in a 40-foot container across the Atlantic, through the Suez Canal, past Somali pirates and arrived in India today, at the Nhava Sheva port in Mumbai. They will now hitch a train to New Delhi, where Mike O'Toole will receive them, along with our Indian logistics liaison. Welcome to India Swimming Cities, and bon voyage Mike!

Friday, March 18, 2011

hair of the dog party canceled

sorry folks, hair of the dog is canceled tonight!

the venue pulled out on us at the last minute and we tried very hard to find an alternate space close by but couldn't come up with anything. so so so very sorry we can't party with you tonight :(

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

HAIR OF THE DOG

HAIR OF THE DOG

FRIDAY MARCH 18TH

285 Kent Ave. (right next to Glasslands)

Come sweat out all that green beer and Jameson on the dance floor. We’ve got three of Brooklyns finest thump-makers keeping it bumping all night. Topless Grilled Cheese Sandwiches by Koreapatra and FourLokohantas!! Open bar from 10-11!!! Beer+Shot $5 all night!!!

Music provided by:

DJ DIRTYFINGER (BlackLabel)

DJ Barney Iller (Rubulad)

Haruka Salt (BANANAS!)

7 bucks at the door.

All the proceeds will go to the Swimming Cities India Project.

For more info about the project check out our website: www.weareswimmingcities.org

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Swimming Cities Online Auction & Closing Party


Swimmming Cities presents our Annual Silent Art Auction
at Gallery 151




Closing Reception: February 26, 7pm-1am

featuring Music by
Composer, performer, storyteller SXIP SHIREY
with trumpet & bhangra drum player SONNY SINGH from North Indian dhol 'n' brass band Red Baraat at 8pm
and DJ Joro-Boro from Mehanata 9pm-1am

AUCTION CLOSES AT 11pm (Saturday, Feb. 26)


Online Auction link:
www.32auctions.com/view_auction?id=swimmingcities&pwd=india

You can follow pieces and also bid online.
Online auction goes until 7pm Saturday.

The gallery is open 12pm-8pm every day

with additional special programming:

Wednesday 2/23: Double Screening
live screenprinting during the day and film screenings after dark

Thursday 2/24: Yokoloco Bed-In
by two-woman performance art group Chunklundt
with surprise guest stars

Friday 2/25: The Green Death
a play by Forrest Gillespie 9pm-11pm


***************************************************************

www.weareswimmingcities.org
theoceanofblood@gmail.com
orien mcneill (646) 221-7782

***Check out the Brooklyn Pirates afterparty DANCE REVIVAL (21+)***
at 319 Scholes St. in Bushwick (b/w Bogart & Waterbury, Montrose L stop)
f. dj's Fake Money, Feliz Cumbé, Reagonomics, Cobra James, Tinseltown, & Cosa Nostra
**********$10 with password: ocean of blood**********

Monday, February 14, 2011




GREAT ART GREAT MUSIC GOOD TIMES
ONLINE AUCTION INFO TO COME STAND BY
EXITING SUPRISE SHINANIGANS ALL WEEK AT THE GALLERY
WITH ORIEN AND ANGIE AND YOKO ONO AND YOKO ONO

Saturday, February 12, 2011

Swimming Cities Annual Art Auction

Hello World!



Our boats are on the ocean en route to India. A huge thanks to everyone who helped us close that shipping container door. Now only 45 days until we see them again, in Farrukhabad!

In the mean time, please come out and support us at our annual silent art auction at Gallery 151, featuring 100 selected works. We will post a full list of artists and schedule of activities in the coming week, but save the dates February 19th and 26th for our opening and closing parties. An online auction will also be available for those of you outside of NYC.

350 Bowery St. Feb 19 & 26. 7pm-1am. Open Bar. Suggested Donation $10.
Sponsored by Original Sin Ciders & Brooklyn Brewery.
February 26 Performance by Sxip Shirey.

Artists include: Swoon, Tom Beale, Duke Riley, ImminentDisaster, Ben Mortimer, Tod Seelie, Ben Wolfe, Andrew Poneros, DickChicken, Conrad Carlson, Monica Canilou, Tony Bones, Malcolm McNeill, Charley Pratt, Jeff Stark, Isaac Aden, Doyle S Huge, Leslie Stem, Lopi Laroe, Katelan Foisey, Iris Stvn Lasn, Catherine Yaeger, Pat Seeley, Zev David Deans, Noah Sparks, Elizabeth Bentley, Nick Normal, Orien McNeill, Ksenjiya, Angie Kang, Ben Devoe, Czak Tucker, Alex Dyke, Virginia Reath, Dan Sabau, David Dowling, Ian Page, Jesse Roadkill Wilson, Tianna Kennedy, Kara Blossoms, Jess DaSilva, Mona Brody, Mayra Cimet Dattoli, Jackie Guido, Giacomo Fortunato, Tom Porter, Kristin Reger, Bucky Cox, and more.

Join our Mailing List for updates. Thanks!


Tuesday, February 8, 2011




Swimming Cities Mardi Gras Party!
Thursday, March 3rd
1pm - 5pm
@ Miss Martha's!
1117 Clouet Street, Bywater, New Orleans

Your favorite raft-y friends are in town for Mardi Gras! Come hang with us @ Miss Martha's for some Carnival celebration in a beautiful Bywater backyard and help us fundraise for our Spring 2011 Expedition down the Ganges River in India!

Food/Music/Art & Raffle Prizes!
Cheap Beer & Brunchy Drinks

Suggested Donation $5

Featuring Music By:
Members of Apocalypse Five & Dime (BK)
Marshall LaCount from Dark, Dark, Dark (MPLS / NOLA)
Unicorn Field (ATL)
Christ Lord (ATL)

Friday, February 4, 2011

Big THANKS to Serett!



As we pack up our boats to head to India, a BIG THANKS to our Brooklyn grandaddy, Serett Metal Works. Founded in 1997 by Josh Young, Serett is simply the finest metal shop in New York. From their 12,000sf home base in Gowanus, Brooklyn, the Serett crew watched patiently as we learned to weld - slowly - dragged giant boats across the parking lot, explored the Gowanus Canal and generally got in the way. Thanks to everyone who stayed up late to let us in, figure everything out, fix our mistakes and have a blast in the process. For more on Serett, check out www.serett.com. THANK YOU!

Sunday, January 30, 2011




BEST PARTY EVER

Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/oceanofblood/sets/72157625943413350/with/5403626798/

Friday, January 28, 2011

tomorrow! Hobo's Paradise



Swimming Cities and the Chicken Hut present
BIG ROCK CANDY MOUNTAIN A Hobo's Paradise!
on January 29 at 169 Spencer St. (at Willoughby)
with live performances by THE WOES, Morgan O'Kane, Apocalypse Five & Dime, and Jackson Lynch, as well as lots of live banjo in the backroom boxcar lounge stage.

Come live the easy life off the fat of our good land with Swimming Cities at the Chicken Hut as we ramble all night with raucous, foot-stompin, soul-shaking, life-affirming, live tunes at the BIG ROCK CANDY MOUNTAIN, A Hobo's Paradise. Featuring a live free-to-enter banjo pick-off with hobo-rection-o-meter, a whiskey fountain (free until 10pm), cigarette trees, the biggest pot of slumgullion you ever did see, a first class box car lounge, lemonade springs, hobo awards, dumpster jumping for fabulous prizes and a late-night dirty dance floor with DJ Dirtyfinger. also featuring DJ Tinseltown
$10 at the door, 9pm-late

if you want to enter the banjo contest, e-mail theoceanofblood@gmail.com for details--free entry with banjo and two drink tickets to warm you up before you enter the boxcar stage. bottla whiskey prize!

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Poppa Neutrino's Memorial




A magical night on the Gowanus canal, making and burning a junk raft in memory of Poppa Neutrino. All the best to all the wanderers and waterpeople out there...

More photos at: todseelie.com/poppaneutrinomemorial

NY Times Obit here: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/28/us/28neutrino.html?src=twrhp

Alec Wilkinson on Neutrino here: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2011/01/postscript-poppa-neutrino.html

Monday, January 24, 2011

Poppa Neutrino 1933-2011

Our condolences go out to the Neutrino family at the passing of Poppa. And a big HOORAH! for the great raftman's life. Fair winds and following seas, Poppa.

"Inspired by a documentary he saw when he was twelve years old, in which Australian aborigines periodically burnt their homes and walked away naked, free to start a new life, he teaches triadic thinking and empowerment to people trapped by the concept of job and rent. Thus Poppa Neutrino builds his own homes out of discarded materials on free space (public waterways) and supports himself as a street musician."

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

HOBO'S PARADISE!




Swimming Cities and the Chicken Hut present
BIG ROCK CANDY MOUNTAIN A Hobo's Paradise!
on January 29 at 169 Spencer St. (at Willoughby)

with live performances by THE WOES, Morgan O'Kane, Apocalypse Five & Dime, and Jackson Lynch, as well as lots of live banjo!

Come live the easy life off the fat of our good land with Swimming Cities at the Chicken Hut as we ramble all night with raucous, foot-stompin, soul-shaking, life-affirming, live tunes at the BIG ROCK CANDY MOUNTAIN, A Hobo's Paradise. Featuring a live free-to-enter banjo pick-off with hobo-rection-o-meter, a whiskey fountain (free until 10pm), cigarette trees, the biggest pot of slumgullion you ever did see, a first class box car lounge, lemonade springs, hobo awards, dumpster jumping for fabulous prizes and a late-night dirty dance floor with DJ Dirtyfinger.
$10 at the door, 9pm-late
WE ARE NOW TAKING OUR BOATS OUT OF THE WATER AND BREAKING THEM DOWN FOR SHIPPING. WE WILL SHIP AT THE END OF JAN IN A FORTY FOOT CONTAINER BOUND FOR THE PORT OF MUMBAI AND THEN OVERLAND TO FARRUKAHBAD. WE WILL BE HAVING A LARGE PARTY ON THE 29TH TO CELEBRATE AT THE CHICKEN HUT IN BROOKLYN "A HOBO'S PARADISE" JOIN OUR MAILING LIST FOR AN INVITE BY EMAILING US AT theoceanofblood@gmail.com

Thursday, December 2, 2010

OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY


DJS
DIRTY FINGER (BLACKLABEL)
BARNEY ILLER (RUBULAD)
JAMES STACHE
TINSELTOWN

At the 12,000 sf Gowanus Ballroom (www.gowanusballroom.com)
Friday, December 17, 9pm-late.

250 foot Cubicle Maze, BYOBoss shooting gallery, Secret Santa glory hole, video solitaire tournament, water cooler cocktail bar, team building drinking games, kiss the intern booth, Xerox your butt Christmas cards, office porn peep show, office appliance abuse therapy, business suit bonfire, The Madagascar Institute's 360 degree swing ride, and homemade snow cannons!

Open bar 9-10pm; free shots 3-3:30 a.m.
55 Ninth St, Gowanus, Brooklyn. Smith-9th stop on the G or F.
21+

$10 at the door before 11pm $20 after.
$15 with the following: advance RSVP to theoceanofblood@gmail.com, costume, secret santa gift, groups of 5+ from the same office with business cards, benefits card + resume

Bring YOUR office party to OUR OFFICE PARTY
www.weareswimmingcities.org

photos from the great indoors


Thanks everyone for a great party! Here's a link to a flickr set. Please send any photos you want to share to theoceanofblood@gmail.com





Tuesday, November 23, 2010

THE GREAT INDOORS at GOWANUS BALLROOM


FRIDAY, 11/26, Gowanus Ballroom, 69 9th Street, Brooklyn. F or G to Smith/9th St.

It\'s wilder than the outdoors. Work off your Thanksgiving love handles with Swimming Cities in a 12,000-square-foot indoor adventureland!
Zip lines, hot dog skeet shooting, heated pool, non-conventional exercise machines, croquet, ping pong, dirty uncle pony rides, stationary bike smoothie stand, maple bacon infused liquor
9pm-10pm open bar. 3-3:30am free shots.
DJs Uproot Andy, Dirtyfinger, Smallchange and Burdel Dali.
$15 cover, $10 with costume or Thanksgiving leftovers, $5 before 11pm.
Dress: \"hunting casual.\"

- chances to win fabulous prizes including private tattoo consultations & art by markmarkmarkmark
- costume suggestions include: feral child, gym teachers, silk robes with bandoleros, anything spandex, weekend lumberjacks, TR, ghillie suits, urban sewer crocodile hunter, wild game, civil war reenactment, girls gone noodling (google search that one)
- if you missed our radial launch, come see our boats on the gowanus canal at the event!

Sunday, November 7, 2010

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

THE BLESSING OF THE FLEET


Hello friends,
We are having a small event this weekend at the end of 2nd st. on the Gowanus testing out the finished radial.
love,
Swimming Cities

Monday, November 1, 2010

CHARIOTS OF FIRE

chariots of fire from Sara Kinney on Vimeo.



Check out the final cut of the Maker Faire chariot races video by Sara Kinney & Marin Tockman! Speed, Danger, & Sabotage!

Thursday, October 21, 2010

WE MADE OUR KICKSTARTER GOAL!!!

A huge huge thanks to everybody who helped us reach our Kickstarter goal! We successfully closed today at $6,000!

Swimming Cities of the Ocean of Blood gives you: The Asses' Revenge at Boutique Studios



Dance to DJ Dirtyfinger and friends or come take a swing at Meghan Keys' revenge pinata with you in the donkey mask taking it all out on a captured hipster pinata wacker! then take a break to stargaze on the roof and enjoy roaming cocktail service.

9pm-4am, Saturday, October 23
$5 cover, $2 PBRs

21 and over. no leaving...until the Ass is Avenged!!!
1089 Broadway, corner of Dodworth
(Above the old Bodega space.)
JMZ to Myrtle, L to Morgan

In other great news, the Death Pong fundraiser raised enough to buy our bottom paint...

Isn't it beautiful? We only get to keep one set, though.

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

DEATH PONG AND MORE



Thanks To the Death Pongers!

For all of you who could make it to our Last Outdoor Ping Pong Death Match BBQ of the Summer this past weekend - that was an awesome BBQ! Thanks! Serious ping pong magic happened the other night, videos to come. We raised $550 on Sunday, all of which will buy us six very important cans of bottom paint for the boat hulls! Those three boats stacked in the shop are just waiting for the order to come in.


[It's a layer cake of boats!]

And HUGE thanks to everybody who donated and supported our KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN!
We're in the final hours and with 101 backers, we are only $435 away from our goal! Thanks to all 101! Please help us make the last hours count and push past our goal! It's all or nothing so our last hours are crucial.

For new and old friends, check out the Make zine blog post by Nick Normal, On the Gowanus We are Swimming Cities:
"New York City is a city of islands (save the Bronx, which is attached to the mainland), and as such, we are >surrounded by water and can only access the boroughs via bridges and tunnels. But for a city of islands, the waterways are not interacted with on a usual basis. Subways that magically appear inside the boundary of each borough are the primary form of transport, and even visits to area beaches are very specific and localized. A large portion of the water surrounding the city — in its rivers and docks — ebbs and flows without awareness.
Swimming Cities seeks to change all of that, both in the Gowanus and on the Ganges, with their art-experiential boats and projects."


In celebration (or bail-out) of our Kickstarter campaign, we are preparing a dance party next Saturday, Oct 23 (1089 Broadway, corner of Dodworth, $5 cover, $2 PBRs). And Pinatas by Llaves Design! Come! And better, yet, if you donate at the $50 level on our Kickstarter, you can get entry for two + two drinks each to this event, PLUS a double bonus entry + PBR each. Yea!

Contact us at our new Google Voice number (917) 740-0863, or send us an e-mail to theoceanofblood@gmail.com. You can also e-mail us to join our mailing list and receive our events newsletters. Thanks!