Today, Serena Kuo came to film the anti-fascist culture club building islands in Flushtopia. She got some interviews, caught some island action, and got a tour of the amazing abandoned ice-rink. Thanks, Serena! We're hoping to project the piece onto an island movie screen as part of the Island Events.
Of course, while we were filming at the ice-rink, the major action of the day occured back at the islands, when a new barrel that Doug and Brian inserted under Volcano Island burst through the wood, shattering 2x4s, and forcing Brian to hold onto our still-flimsy volcano armature to keep from falling into the icy, ashy not-so-deeps of Meadow Lake.
You see, the boats we were told we could use to support island, not surprisingly marked "TRASH," "DO NOT RENT," and the like, are not the Sturdy Mastadons Of Denmark. (I hate to think what shooting the Dam would have been like in one of these Feeble Flushing Floaters.) So, there have been quite a few weekends spent making, reinforcing, sinking, rescuing, and reconfiguring these islands (most of which I missed, so I re-enter the picture as the naive and energetic youth, surrounded by wizened islanders who have learned all-too-well the pitfalls of play-it-vy-ear carpentry on the water (and on floats that don't float).
Brian was our Constant Hero of The Day, getting two separate pairs of sneakers wet in the name of Untouched Island Development. And we had some new visitors: Goose, Ethan, and Luke, who helped Eva and Elizabeth put together The Lump.
And Ethan got certified Asbestos Free.
I had to leave before the launch of The Lump, and the Rum to follow, so someone else will have to fill in the sunset details of the day, as my jetlag kicked in and I was out by 8:00!
More photos here.
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