The building process of the ship, by experts, (MBO) students and volunteers, could be followed live by the public. Here, near forgotten knowledge and craft of shipbuilding and woodwork was passed on to a new generation.

A large-scale procession in which the ship is dragged through the streets of the old city center of Dordrecht will take place in September 2022. The event inscribes a new urban narrative, which will become permanently anchored in a series of sculptures that make the disintegration of the ship along its journey tangible.

The art project raises important questions about how people feel represented or not by the way history is presented.

Questions like: who owns the city, who is allowed to change something about it and how do we take the city into the future? The public debate around the project echoes and refines these questions in a process which bestows new cargo upon the ship. In this way, the ship is not only a symbol of the past, but also a vehicle for discussion about our future. 

Meanwhile the studio is open to the public on specific hours during the days. There are always various activities to join in. Attend a workshop, visit the exhibition space or help out in the knotting workshop where we knot girdles and ropes for the towing event.