Early in 2007 we explored how best to communicate the reality of climate change in a way that would get people engaged and on board. From this evolved the Junk Boat. The boat encapsulates many of the ideas we want to express and is made from scrap yard junk and domestic recycling, excluding the main frame which is of Douglas Fir from a sustainable source in central Wales.
We have taken the boat to Glastonbury festival, the Big Green Gathering and Shambala. We have enabled workshops, talks, music, story telling and a full theatrical pirate opera, journeying through time and space following the trail of rebels, revolutionaries and resisters.
It is a space for everyone. The boat encourages imaginative play from both children and adults – a temporary autonomous zone for people to be present and creative and to really see each other. She is self sufficient too, all lights, sound and music powered by solar photovoltaics and a small wind turbine. The green roof provides biodiversity and we collect rain water for watering the plants…
I think your work is fabulous and that you will like our project. GRABART.
We are a new not-for -profit group launching an online scrapstore for art,sculpture and community groups,schools.
We have no resource list yet, but are inviting artists to join now, for free, creating a membership to stimulate businesses to donate scrap.
http://www.grabart.biz/
(soon to become http://www.grabart.org)
we are also looking for 2 more volunteer steering committee members and welcome suggestions from members and others involved with scrapstore and waste-for art..
You can also support the project by going to facebook and searching GRABART and liking our page.
reagrds, Jo, Graham and Heather