Ant Float Dream Boat

Ant Float Dream Boat | “Ants Together, Ants Forever”
BMCM+AC {re}Happening 13 | Lake Eden | Black Mountain, NC  
5/3/2025


Swannatopia presents: "Ant Float Dream Boat" inspired by ants and how collectively and cooperatively they work together to create a phenomenon called the “ant raft”, allowing them to remain afloat for weeks, caring for each other,  until dry land is reached and their community can rebuild. 

From a pool noodle to explorations in innertubes (“inner tutus”) ,we will create an antigravitational miniature/giant ant float on Lake Eden with wind enhanced visuals.  An illuminated ant ballet will be performed on the water as a sunset surprise, accompanied by an orchestra,  projections, synchronized movements and more that will guide the participant-observers on the shore to dream as ANTS TOGETHER, ANTS FOREVER. 

Ant Float Dream Boat takes inspiration from Black Mountain College's Build program, ant nest architecture, surface tension, "million dollar mermaid",  “the cheerio effect”, store brand cereal, geodesic domes, mermaid shows, marionettes, hot tubs shaped like champagne flutes, spinnakers, migration, the anti-architectural “inflatables” of art collective Ant Farm, tractor square dancing, actual ants, and community response to the hurricane.