Aqua Dice

Aqua Dice is a kinetic ocean going sculpture celebrating Chance and Luck on the High Seas.

Project visual Aqua Dice
Successful
61
Contributions
11/28/2012
End date
€5,378
Out of €5,000
108 %

The publications

<p> Voila!</p>
<p> Dear Contributors,</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Are you all hankering for your rewards or can you wait a little while to see what happens with the dice?</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Let me know.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Yours,</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Max</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Bonjour,</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Avez vous tres envie de recevoir vos recompenses maintenant &nbsp;ou pouvez vous attendre un peu pour voir l&#39;issu de cette aventure?</p> <p> Dites moi.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Cordialement,</p> <p> Max</p>
<p> Bonjour,</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Suivez le lien</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <a href="http://fr.phaidon.com/agenda/art/articles/2013/january/10/have-you-seen-these-massive-sea-dice/" target="_blank">http://fr.phaidon.com/agenda/art/articles/2013/january/10/have-you-seen-these-massive-sea-dice/</a></p>
<p> Hi</p> <p> It would be wonderful if you could leave some comments on the NY Times site beneath the article on Aqua Dice, if you have a moment.</p> <p> Thanks a million!</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <a href="http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/08/an-artists-game-of-chance-on-the-high-seas/" target="_blank">http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/08/an-artists-game-of-chance-on-the-high-seas/</a></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> I hope that you all liked the video and text.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Best,</p> <p> Max</p>
<p> Dear Supporters,</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Here is a very rewarding link for you to follow</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/pages/arts/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/pages/arts/index.html</a></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> BONJOUR,</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Voici un lien pour vous a suivre</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/pages/arts/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/pages/arts/index.html</a></p>
<p> <img alt="Master" src="https://kkbb-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/project_image/image/5980/Master.png" /></p> <p> MASTER</p> <p> <img alt="Commander" src="https://kkbb-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/project_image/image/5981/Commander.png" /></p> <p> COMMANDER</p>
<p> <img alt="Pc190281" src="https://kkbb-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/project_image/image/5783/PC190281.jpg" /></p>
<p> Hi Everybody</p> <p> Here are the latest positions of the dice. Today we only got one reading. I have no idea what has happened to the &quot;Commander&quot; die but &quot;Master&quot; is on a course of about 250&ordm; &nbsp;at 1.75 knots.</p> <p> I have alerted Notice to Mariners, AIS, and Noonsite as to the posotion of the dice so that they can alert sailors in the vicinity.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="rich-table" id="messagelist" style="border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); empty-cells: show; border-collapse: collapse; " width="950px;"> <tbody id="messagelist:tb"> <tr class="rich-table-row rich-table-firstrow "> <td class="rich-table-cell message-row-type-" id="messagelist:0:j_id251" style="border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(71, 71, 71); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; "> 12/17/2012 11:34:10 AM</td> <td class="rich-table-cell message-row-type-" id="messagelist:0:j_id253" style="border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(71, 71, 71); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; "> <a href="https://login.findmespot.com/spot-main-web/locations/history.html#" id="messagelist:0:uiTextEsnId" name="messagelist:0:uiTextEsnId" style="color: rgb(0, 136, 204); outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; text-decoration: none; ">aquadice</a></td> <td class="rich-table-cell message-row-type-" id="messagelist:0:j_id258" style="border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(71, 71, 71); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; "> <div id="messagelist:0:uiPnlMessageType"> <span class="underline" style="text-decoration: underline; ">Check-in/OK</span></div> </td> <td class="rich-table-cell message-row-type-" id="messagelist:0:j_id267" style="border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(71, 71, 71); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; "> <div id="messagelist:0:uiPnlToGroup"> <span id="messagelist:0:uiTxtMessageToProfile">maxmulhern (Check-in/OK)</span></div> </td> <td class="rich-table-cell message-row-type-" id="messagelist:0:j_id277" style="border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(71, 71, 71); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; "> <span id="messagelist:0:messageLatitude">26.40071</span></td> <td class="rich-table-cell message-row-type-" id="messagelist:0:j_id280" style="border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(71, 71, 71); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; "> <span id="messagelist:0:messageLongitude">-19.14224</span></td> <td class="rich-table-cell message-row-type-" id="messagelist:0:j_id283" style="border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(71, 71, 71); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; "> <div class="sensor-alert-type"> &nbsp;</div> </td> </tr> <tr class="rich-table-row "> <td class="rich-table-cell message-row-type-" id="messagelist:1:j_id249" style="border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(71, 71, 71); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; "> <input class="floatable" id="messagelist:1:checkMsgId" name="messagelist:1:checkMsgId" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; " type="checkbox" /></td> <td class="rich-table-cell message-row-type-" id="messagelist:1:j_id251" style="border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(71, 71, 71); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; "> 12/16/2012 11:48:45 AM</td> <td class="rich-table-cell message-row-type-" id="messagelist:1:j_id253" style="border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(71, 71, 71); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; "> <a href="https://login.findmespot.com/spot-main-web/locations/history.html#" id="messagelist:1:uiTextEsnId" name="messagelist:1:uiTextEsnId" style="color: rgb(0, 136, 204); outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; text-decoration: none; ">aquadice/fortune3</a></td> <td class="rich-table-cell message-row-type-" id="messagelist:1:j_id258" style="border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(71, 71, 71); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; "> <div id="messagelist:1:uiPnlMessageType"> <span class="underline" style="text-decoration: underline; ">Check-in/OK</span></div> </td> <td class="rich-table-cell message-row-type-" id="messagelist:1:j_id267" style="border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(71, 71, 71); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; "> <div id="messagelist:1:uiPnlToGroup"> <span id="messagelist:1:uiTxtMessageToProfile">maxmulhern (Check-in/OK)</span></div> </td> <td class="rich-table-cell message-row-type-" id="messagelist:1:j_id277" style="border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(71, 71, 71); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; "> <span id="messagelist:1:messageLatitude">26.68031</span></td> <td class="rich-table-cell message-row-type-" id="messagelist:1:j_id280" style="border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(71, 71, 71); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; "> <span id="messagelist:1:messageLongitude">-18.15610</span></td> <td class="rich-table-cell message-row-type-" id="messagelist:1:j_id283" style="border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(71, 71, 71); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; "> <div class="sensor-alert-type"> &nbsp;</div> </td> </tr> <tr class="rich-table-row "> <td class="rich-table-cell message-row-type-" id="messagelist:2:j_id249" style="border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(71, 71, 71); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; "> <input class="floatable" id="messagelist:2:checkMsgId" name="messagelist:2:checkMsgId" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; " type="checkbox" /></td> <td class="rich-table-cell message-row-type-" id="messagelist:2:j_id251" style="border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(71, 71, 71); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; "> 12/16/2012 11:34:09 AM</td> <td class="rich-table-cell message-row-type-" id="messagelist:2:j_id253" style="border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(71, 71, 71); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; "> <a href="https://login.findmespot.com/spot-main-web/locations/history.html#" id="messagelist:2:uiTextEsnId" name="messagelist:2:uiTextEsnId" style="color: rgb(0, 136, 204); outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; text-decoration: none; ">aquadice</a></td> <td class="rich-table-cell message-row-type-" id="messagelist:2:j_id258" style="border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(71, 71, 71); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; "> <div id="messagelist:2:uiPnlMessageType"> <span class="underline" style="text-decoration: underline; ">Check-in/OK</span></div> </td> <td class="rich-table-cell message-row-type-" id="messagelist:2:j_id267" style="border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(71, 71, 71); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; "> <div id="messagelist:2:uiPnlToGroup"> <span id="messagelist:2:uiTxtMessageToProfile">maxmulhern (Check-in/OK)</span></div> </td> <td class="rich-table-cell message-row-type-" id="messagelist:2:j_id277" style="border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(71, 71, 71); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; "> <span id="messagelist:2:messageLatitude">26.66249</span></td> <td class="rich-table-cell message-row-type-" id="messagelist:2:j_id280" style="border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(71, 71, 71); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; "> <span id="messagelist:2:messageLongitude">-18.19312</span></td> <td class="rich-table-cell message-row-type-" id="messagelist:2:j_id283" style="border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(71, 71, 71); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; "> <div class="sensor-alert-type"> &nbsp;</div> </td> </tr> <tr class="rich-table-row "> </tr> </tbody> </table> <br /> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> As I mentioned before you can follow all of this daily here:</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Aqua-Dice/178146505598148?ref=hl" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/pages/Aqua-Dice/178146505598148?ref=hl</a></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Thanks for following!</p> <p> Best,</p> <p> Max</p>
<p> <img alt="Pc120133" src="https://kkbb-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/project_image/image/5459/PC120133.jpg" /></p> <p> <img alt="Pc120134" src="https://kkbb-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/project_image/image/5460/PC120134.jpg" /></p> <p> <img alt="Pc120179" src="https://kkbb-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/project_image/image/5462/PC120179.jpg" /></p> <p> <img alt="Pc120187" src="https://kkbb-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/project_image/image/5463/PC120187.jpg" /></p>
<p> Hello Aqua Dice Fans!</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> So , what&#39;s new?</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Well, according to the wind charts this next wednesday is looking very good for a launch. I have my chase boat lined up, my wetsuit ready and &nbsp;my camera is charged. I copied out Rimbaud&#39;s The Drunken Ship in two parts on seperate sheets of paper. Each die will carry one half of the poem. Will these halves ever be joined?</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> I tried to copy out Mallarme&#39;s poem A Throw Of The Dice but I can&#39;t get an exact &nbsp;version of the order of the words. What is more the text is supposed to be on a double page and the layout is a part of the meaning so &nbsp;. . . Mallarme&#39;s words will stay at home. However we will launch with him in mind.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> The GPS seem to be working which is a relief. For a while there I &nbsp;was getting ready to put either some voodoo dolls, &nbsp;herbs or whale&#39;s entrails in the gyroscope. &nbsp;. . . I&#39;ll do that next time. I promise.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Tomorrow I will finish cooking my Aqua Dice souffl&eacute;s with their GPS surprises and then install them in the holds of the dice on Tuesday. What does that mean? It means that I am installing the GPS in the gyroscopes with the expanding foam. The foam holds the devices in the middle of their rings.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> My new favorite material wonder is expanding foam!</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p>
<p> SPOT Bombs: For those of you wondering why I didn&#39;t just buy some GPS units down here in Las Palmas here is your answer. These babies were modified by the brilliant Philippe Letenneur in Granville France. They will turn themselves on once a</p> <div class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; "> &nbsp;day and tell us where the dice are before they turn themselves off again and sleep for 24 hours.<br /> They successfully transmitted today and after another test tomorrow I will install them in their gyroscope with expanding foam.&nbsp;<br /> We hope to launch next week but I know better than to</div> <div class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; "> make plans ....</div> <div class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; "> <img alt="Pc060008" src="https://kkbb-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/project_image/image/4780/PC060008.jpg" />&nbsp;</div> <div class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; "> <img alt="Pc060009" src="https://kkbb-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/project_image/image/4781/PC060009.jpg" />&nbsp;</div> <div class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; "> &nbsp;</div>
<p> Dear Followers,</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> The weather is bad today but should be fair tomorrow. Nous lancons demain! Thanks for your patience!</p> <p> Je vous remercie de votre patience!</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <img alt="Img_2040" src="https://kkbb-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/project_image/image/4138/IMG_2040.jpg" /></p>
<p> Dear Supporters,</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> We are closing in on a launch date. It is looking like either this Thursday or Friday from either the jetty or the beach of a small fishing village.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> I guess that we are at the either / or stage!</p>
<p> For daily updates please follow this link</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> http://www.facebook.com/pages/Aqua-Dice/178146505598148?ref=hl</p>
<p> HI!</p> <p> We are down here in the Canaries, the iles of dogs, looking for a place to jump in the water and start the journey. The wind will decide and she is indicating a launch next week.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> WE unveil tomorrow . . .</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <img alt="Pb230062" src="https://kkbb-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/project_image/image/3678/PB230062.jpg" /></p>
<p> Dear Supporters,</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Let me thank you for your generous support. I couldn&#39;t have done this without you.&nbsp;<br /> As i write this I am in the Canaries preparing to choose the optimum place and time to launch Aqua Dice.</p> <p> I will keep you all fully up to date.</p> <p> As for the rewards please be patient . I will send them out to you sometime in January 2013. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Best,</p> <p> Max</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Chers Fans,</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Permettez moi du vous remercier pour votre soutien. Je n&#39;aurais pas pu reussir cette etape et donc le projet sans votre aide.</p> <p> En ce moment je suis aux Iles Canaries. J&#39;essaie de reperer le lieu ideale pour le lancement et je vous tiendrais au courant. Quant aux recompenses je m&#39;en occuperait en Janvier 2013.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Meilleurs Salutations,</p> <p> Max</p>
<p> <img alt="Img_2022" src="https://kkbb-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/project_image/image/2791/IMG_2022.jpg" /></p>