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A wonderful video about swoon's project "Swimming Cities of Switchback Sea."

At SMAC we have a sweet spot for Swoon’s fantastic projects. We spoke to her in the summer about an installation at a HoneySpace and most recently about the project at the Deitch Projects.

Seven handmade boats glided ...moreinto the waters of the East River, as part of Swimming Cities of Switchback Sea. The show, produced by New-York artist Swoon, debuted this fall at Deitch Studios in Long Island City.

“We had seven, but one died so we had to leave it,” Swoon shouted to the crowd celebrating the September opening of Swimming Cities of Switchback Sea. As a marching band played and the sun went down over Manhattan, a steamer and five other old-fashioned boats were being docked following a three-week journey down the Hudson River and around the tip of Manhattan. Wearing a girly white ruffled dress, smiling Swoon greeted the crowd and showered them with sunflowers.