Posted on 09/14/2016 8:05:46 AM PDT by BenLurkin
She was told by the captain of the Hanjin Geneva that its South Korean owners had gone bankrupt, so the ship was barred from international ports.
The 25-year-old is taking part in an artist in residency programme, which was meant to be "23 Days at Sea".
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The 23 days she was meant to spend at sea as part of the residency programme, run by Access Gallery in Vancouver, are now up.
The programme, which started last year, sends artists across the Pacific Ocean each year between Vancouver and Shanghai and is meant to spark their creativity. Its inaugural trip saw more than 800 responses for four vacancies.
Rebecca was one of four artists selected this year.
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She is currently an MA student at the Royal College of Art in London, specialising in absurdist film-making.
Her proposal for the trip was to explore how comedy arises in the tension between a mechanical system imposed into nature.
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"I want to be informed of a definite plan for how the passengers are going to be able to disembark. I can work with a plan," Rebecca said.
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"Every day I hope will bring news that we will get into a port," says Rebecca. "(But) nothing has changed."
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Leave her at sea.
I’m sure she is getting plenty of absurdity being stuck on a cargo container ship.
Seriesly. Perfect assignment.
25 years old and the only woman on board a ship full of stranded men with little to do every day.
I wonder what the baby will look like?
Given where many ships are flagged, swarthy?
From the article; “Her proposal for the trip was to explore how comedy arises in the tension between a mechanical system imposed into nature.
“The situation is completely ironic,” she said. “It is bizarre how much it suits my interests.” Ask and you shall receive. She made a proposal and she got it.
If a person had a lot of spare time on their hands, travelling via cargo ship would be interesting.
Lots of time to think, read and write. As long as the food was decent and none of the ship’s crew decide to fall in “love” with you, it could be interesting.
Of course, it would be just my luck to do something like this and end up on one of those ships that sinks at sea with all hands aboard.
My sentiments exactly.
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