Swoon needs your help funding her new floating installation Swimming Cities of Serinissima -- a series of connected rafts that will sail the Adriatic Sea from Slovenia towards Venice in time for the Venice Biennale.

Her recent projects include designing, building, and organizing fleets of rafts, such as the Miss Rockaway Armada and most recently the Swimming Cities of Switchback Sea, a large-scale installation at Deitch Projects in New York. Built with materials salvaged from demolished buildings in the New York, and powered by bio-fuel converted motors, Swoon’s boats are monuments to the dense urban ecologies that grow spontaneously from the needs of a culture responding to the constraints of its geography and the pressures of its time.

The relevance of Swimming Cities of Serinissima at this time cannot be overstressed. It is an endeavor of hope amidst widespread anxiety, over-consumptive ways of life, and potential economic collapse. This work is an over-the-top, boldly staged means of stating that it is not too late for us to create a new way, and new hope, with the elements and tools that are already at our disposal.

To raise money needed to make this project happen, Swoon has been selling her work at numerous fundraisers and events with support from Deitch Projects, Black Rat Press, Build It Green amongst others, but the project still needs further funds.

To help make this project a reality and to own a piece by this iconic artist, various pieces are available for sale.

Serenissima (top image below)
Edition of 250, signed and numbered
Designed by Swoon specifically for this project
2 layer silkscreen, approx 20"x20"
Price: $150 ($160 w/ international shipping)

Switchback Sisters (bottom image below)
Edition of 106, signed and numbered
7 layer silkscreen print on tea stained archival paper, approx 32x11"
Taken from 27 foot high paper and wood sculpture which formed the center piece of the Swimming Cities of Switchbaak Sea installation, and will be a part of the new Serenissima raft
Price: $700

Not only are you supporting an awesome project, but you get a piece of the artist's work to boot. For more information on supporting Swoon, click here. Make sure to check out the Facebook page for the upcoming project and read all about her on Wikipedia.