Off Center’s dear old friend Paul Schmelzer wrote a series of posts on his own blog, eyeteeth, about The Miss Rockaway Armada back in 2006. Paul hung out with the collective when the group of artists, performers, and adventurers were congregating in Minneapolis to begin their journey down the Mississippi river on homemade rafts. A traveling community, the artists perform, give workshops, and create spectacles along the journey.
In April, MASS MoCA opened an installation and interactive exhibition by the collective: Being Here Is Better Than Wishing We'd Stayed. There are bunches more images of the installation on the Armada’s blog, including the one below.
From the river: Miss Armada flickr pool
And here’s a clip of the ferris wheel in action (pictured at top, photo via Flickr user tchandler.)