Red Riding Hood Productions

Fool-hardy bunch (before the departure), photo taken by Tod Seelie and originally uploaded by everyday_i_live.

Only the most incredible thing being created this summer!!

Some amazing people I know from NYC are about to enbark on an incredible journey down the Mississippi river. As I write this - they are in Minneapolis building and testing the raft/boat/pontoon that they will be floating down the river in. They are building six seperate pontoons from recycled materials and salvaged foam and combining them into one big raft/boat. They are also going to have a hauling tow-raft with a huge art instillation sound system and a bicycle powered ferris wheel!!!

Movie clip from crew member Todd Chandler: THE FIRST BOAT FLOATS!! (this is 1/3 of the whole thing :-)



This is from their website www.missrockaway.com (that you should really check out RIGHT NOW because what they are doing is so amazing and incredible I can't even come close to describing it):

This summer we are building rafts and floating down the Mississippi River. Here’s the plan: We meet in Minneapolis in late July with sections of our raft in tow. We piece together our pontoons and fill them with salvaged blocks of foam. We make it beautiful and tie on anything that floats, adding it to our junk armada, our anarchist county fair, our fools ark. Our precious cargo is everything we hold dear: pieces and parts of the culture we are already creating. Our zines and puppets, sewing projects and poster campaigns. Mutant bicycles and punk rock marching bands. Plus our thoughts and dreams and irrepressible energy. Together we float down the Mississippi river, as far as we can -- anchoring here and there to perform, give workshops, and create the big huge spectacle we wished would have stopped in our hometowns. And at each place we invite anyone to contribute performances or workshops of their own.

# posted by Red Riding Hood : 12:26 PM