The Lone Twin Boat Project (2012)
Building a beautiful 30ft boat from wooden artefacts donated by the public and sailing it around the coast of the UK, as part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad. Fair enough.
Getting it to berth in Milton Keynes, possibly one of the statistically furthest points from the sea and commissioning a unique series of accompanying songs and music by Adrian McNally and The Unthanks. That’s IF!
This is the second of three images from this project in the exhibition. This abstract shows the boat in situ in Queen’s Court in the middle of Centre:MK - visible from the adjoining boulevards the bright woodwork drew shoppers and visitors to the viewing platforms to learn more about its origin and journey and to get up close and personal.
Image #1 - craning Collective Spirit into the Centre:MK shopping centre (link)
Image #2 - this one
Image #3 - what it meant to people (link)
What these images don’t show and what I was able to capture with full access to inside the boat, rather than the public viewing platforms, was how the inside was just as fantastic, creative and whimsical as the outside, if not as lacquered to a high sheen for sea-going use.