ARTIVISM AT SEA

What happens when a rogue’s gallery of artists, activists, and makers transform a rusted sailing ship into a floating cultural platform, to bring a live show to the most remote coastal communities of the world? After years touring by sea, the artists Nova Ruth & Grey Filastine will step ashore to share a true story that is stranger than fiction

Artivism at Sea is an intimate, thought-provoking, live performance combining narration, live music and cinematic documentary footage. You’ll find out what happens behind the fences of seedy ports from Morocco to Mexico, be hosted by soldiers on a barren rock, and witness the bizarre legacy of nuclear testing in the pacific. You’ll also hear the challenges of touring a floating arts production in the world’s least charted waters, visit everywhere from mega-cities and stilt villages, and be hosted by sufi schools, punk collectives, and tribes of sea nomads.

Everything you can imagine about the wildness of the sea will be confirmed… and then some.

Duration: 60 minutes: follow by optional Q & A

Suggested venue: Works best in seated music venues, cinemas, gallery and community spaces

Languages: narration is possible in English, Spanish, or Indonesian, with supertitles possible for other languages