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PLEASE NOTE: We have two launch locations, the Boathouse at 165 2nd St. / off Bond St. and the Bunker at the end of 19th St. off of 3rd Ave. The starting place for each activity is listed with the event listing. In general, guided tours leave from 19th St. Walk-Up paddling may be at either location, depending on the current status of the work in the canal. It takes about 35 minutes to walk between the locations and about 10 minutes to drive. PLEASE CHECK the location to ensure you are not late to a timed tour. Trips can not be joined once the group leaves the dock.

[ Rain 30 min. Prior to start time may cancel event and dates +30 days in the future are subject to change ]

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MUCKING THINGS UP: NATE DORR & WILL VAN DORP

April 8 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

MUCKING THINGS UP: NATE DORR & WILL VAN DORP
an intertidal talk with the Gowanus Dredgers 

April 8, 2025 7 pm
Gowanus Dredgers Boathouse
165 2nd Street, Brooklyn

Free

 

Join the Gowanus Dredgers for a talk in our Mucking Things Up series! This is a series of informal talks focused more on storytelling than slideshows. Our speakers this month are NATE DORR & WILL VAN DORP.

 

Nate Dorr is a filmmaker and photographer whose work examines the complicated landscapes of the late Anthropocene. Based in Brooklyn, lapsed neuroscientist, habitual wanderer of transitory pseudo-urban spaces. Recent projects explore the chemical legacies of our conflicted waterways. By filming in Superfund estuaries and canals on 16mm, then washing the footage in those waters, contaminants are picked up by sensitive emulsion to bring hidden histories to light. The results can be striking and eerily illuminating. This technique was developed for the forthcoming film Chemical Meadows about the New Jersey Meadowlands, but waters closer to home, like the mid-cleanup Gowanus Canal, provide opportunity for further experimentation.

Will Van Dorp is an expert on vessels in New York Harbor. He runs the Tugster blog, whose goal is to help landfolk see his home waters — the port of New York — from the water perspective. The “sixth boro” is Will’s invented term for the waters in and around the port.

Support from Citizens Committee for New York City.

Details

Date:
April 8
Time:
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Series:

Venue

Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club Boathouse
165 2nd St
Brooklyn, NY 11231 United States
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