A replica 17th-century ship will go up in flames Friday on Boston’s City Hall Plaza. “These phragmites that you have on this part of the structure, the woven ones come all the way from Mexico,” musician Adela Goldbard said.Goldbard has been working on the project for two years and spent the last two months building the 24.5-foot colonial Galleon out of reeds at her studio in Mexico. “So it’s about creating this effigy, usually made with reeds and other natural resources, that represent evil,” Goldbard said. The work that was commissioned by the Boston Public Art Triennial is one of 20 pieces of contemporary art located across the city. “Our work is about opening minds, conversations and spaces, and I think when we’re around fire it’s a very sort of primal experience where we start to think a little bit deeper,” said Kate Gilbert, executive director of the Boston Public Art Triennial. The boat burning is just one aspect of Friday’s three-part production that will include beat, fireworks and an opportunity for spectators to take in the power of a pyrotechnic performance. “And we want people to think about what has happened over the last 300 years,” Gilbert said. “This spectacle is really something that permeates the audience and stays with you, so that hopefully leads to critical thinking,” Goldbard said.The performance begins at 7:45 p.m. and is free to attend.
A replica 17th-century ship will go up in flames Friday on Boston’s City Hall Plaza.
“These phragmites that you have on this part of the structure, the woven ones come all the way from Mexico,” musician Adela Goldbard said.
Goldbard has been working on the project for two years and spent the last two months building the 24.5-foot colonial Galleon out of reeds at her studio in Mexico.
“So it’s about creating this effigy, usually made with reeds and other natural resources, that represent evil,” Goldbard said.
The work that was commissioned by the Boston Public Art Triennial is one of 20 pieces of contemporary art located across the city.
“Our work is about opening minds, conversations and spaces, and I think when we’re around fire it’s a very sort of primal experience where we start to think a little bit deeper,” said Kate Gilbert, executive director of the Boston Public Art Triennial.
The boat burning is just one aspect of Friday’s three-part production that will include beat, fireworks and an opportunity for spectators to take in the power of a pyrotechnic performance.
“And we want people to think about what has happened over the last 300 years,” Gilbert said.
“This spectacle is really something that permeates the audience and stays with you, so that hopefully leads to critical thinking,” Goldbard said.
The performance begins at 7:45 p.m. and is free to attend.
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