Figment Project 2015! The Stockpile of Mudballs #4. We came, we saw, we threw them in.
Pledge to help make 1000 mudballs. 1. Host a garden party: We will advise you. Approx a 4 hour party with 10-20 people and kids. Have a ball. Then deliver them to Smiling Hogshead Ranch and we will invite you to a throwing event.
2. Come to one of our 2x a month Mud Ball Workshops at Smiling Hogshead Ranch in LIC or elsewhere… we will be elsewhere. In Aug we will be kayaking down the Hudson River. . Contact us > CLICK more.

June 11th, 2015 | Tags: beneficial microorganims, bioremediation, citizen science, EM-1 Mud balls, Figment Project New York City, kids, Masters of Succession, Permaculture, watershed, waterways | Category: 1. MoS Participatory, 3. Figment Project, 4. Everything, Bioremediation (Opps- can't be a category bc it is all posts) | Comments Off on Figment 15: Thanks for throwing mud balls!

Again, again every first Sunday in June we throw the mud balls in to the harbor!  Shig and kids made them at the MudBall Ball 2 weeks before Figment NYC at the MudBall Ball. Where: Castle Williams East Side Governors Island, New York, New York 10004 When: 1-5 What: Throwing the dry fermented mudballs. Last […]

June 4th, 2015 | Category: 1. MoS Participatory, 3. Figment Project, New York City | Comments Off on JUNE 07 Figment NYC! Picnic w The Stockpile of Beneficial Mud Balls & Piazza

SPRING SCHEDULE Series of MudBall Meet & Eats. Break bread with us & take part in growing the village. & Ephemeral Piazza that hosts the MudBall Ball. Working on energy, ephemeral village making, art, self-care, & bioremediation. • Share Shortlink:  http://wp.me/p2bm5T-3ge

April 18th, 2015 | Category: 1. MoS Participatory, 2. The Mud Ball Ball, 3. Figment Project, 4. Festival of Ideas!, Ephemeral Piazzas, New York City, Workshops | Comments (1)

Click MORE to see VIDEO. A short video of the collective’s casual Mud Village Piazza happenings at Figment NYC by Matthew Belen.

July 10th, 2014 | Category: 1. MoS Participatory, 2. MoS TOWN, 3. Figment Project, 4. Everything, New York City | Comments Off on Video of Mud Village at Figment 2014

* MOS at FIGMENT PROJECT 2014 * MoS Collective participants joined together again at Figment to make a Mud Village at Governors Island for Figment Project 2014. Share link: http://moscollective.net/WP/archives/10241 short link: http://wp.me/p2bm5T-2Fb     NEXT: Click TO SEE PHOTOS from the 2014 Spring MudBall Ball and read about Mud Village concept : http://moscollective.net/WP/archives/10300 Join […]

June 27th, 2014 | Category: 1. MoS Participatory, 3. Figment Project, 4. Everything | Comments Off on The Stockpile of Beneficial Mud Balls At Figment NYC!

June 2013 photos of The MoS Stockpile of Beneficial Mud balls 2013 3rd presence at The NYC Figment Festival! The Peace Parade with Nadette Stasa’s Peace Museum came by to toss some in! Many of the Masters of Succession were there to toss a mud ball! Thanks to MoS townies Shig Masukawa, Kappo Kappino, Stephanie […]

November 8th, 2013 | Tags: 3. Figment Project, beneficial mudballs, bioremediation, EMRO, experiential education, New York City, participatory | Category: 1. MoS Participatory, 3. Figment Project, 4. Everything, New York City | Comments Off on We love Figment! 2013 photos

This year the stockpile of mud balls will be located at the same spot — water east side of Castle Williams on Governors Island. The balls of Effective Microorganisms will arrive by cargo bike in the Peace Parade co-hosted by Times-up and The Peace Museum. The mud balls are a diverse mixing of microbes that live in […]

June 3rd, 2013 | Category: 1. MoS Participatory, 3. Figment Project, 4. Everything, New York City | Comments Off on 6/9 Figment NY: 3rd yr for The Stockpile of Beneficial Mud Balls

FIGMENT NYC 2012: The Stockpile of Beneficial Mud Balls! Thank you Keat, Shig, Michael, Naoko, TIm and all the others that helped out at the MoS Stockpile Saturday at FIGMENT Project! Video: https://www.youtube.com/user/MoSCollective?feature=watch Click for IOBY Campaign for the Gowanus Canal: Tax Deduction and swag and more fund events >>> SUPPORT ACCELERATED WATER CLEANING with microbes that eat […]

June 13th, 2012 | Tags: beneficial, bioremediation, clean water, EMRO Japan, environment, environmentalism, Figment, Michael Van Patten, microbes, MoS Collective, Mud Balls, pollution, Shig Matsukawa | Category: 1. MoS Participatory, 3. Figment Project, 4. Everything, New York City | Comments Off on Video: Figment Stockpile of Beneficial Mud Balls

Come put to Governors Island for Figment Project!! Participatory arts festival! Sat and Sunday! June 9 and 10. The stockpile of Beneficial Mud Balls will be set up and ready for throwing. Thursday we deliver the, now hard crusty fermented, mud balls to the island. The MoS archy will be there to answer questions and […]

June 4th, 2012 | Tags: bioremediation, Figment installation, Mud Balls | Category: 1. MoS Participatory, 3. Figment Project, 4. Everything, New York City | Comments Off on 6/9 Sat Figment NY Stockpile throw!

Figment 2012, June 9 & 10!   Figment Project 2012 SATURDAY 6/9 (SUN if there are any left) ON THE FIGMENT MAP  C9 :  that is along the waterfront before Castle William as your are coming off the ferry. http://newyork.figmentproject.org/figment-nyc-2012/figment-nyc-2012-artists-projects/ scroll to the S’s.   At Figment: The second official throw event in the USA! (That is […]

April 10th, 2012 | Tags: 3. Figment Project, Beneficial Microbes, bioremediation, Governors' Island, microbes, Mud Balls, Permaculture, Succession, sustainability | Category: 1. MoS Participatory, 3. Figment Project, 4. Everything, New York City | Comments Off on June 9: FIGMENT: Stockpile of Beneficial Mud Balls!

Here is the blue shell in action eating balls.  I put a seedling pot in the hole as a temporary fix which worked great until it was removed by a curious George. Photo of before on next page. After Revitalization: What a relief. Much better for us.

August 4th, 2011 | Tags: Commons, Figment Minigolf refresh | Category: 1. MoS Participatory, 3. Figment Project, 4. Everything, New York City | Comments (1)

Google Maps and Earth refreshed the mini-golf area. The street view is still old though. There is Phyllis the snail!  (The yellow square with the upside down snail shape) Google updated “Figment” Terrace. Go by and try the course!  The top hole is broken so I put a pot in it to catch the ball– […]

July 29th, 2011 | Tags: Mini golf Figment MoS Collective Composting permaculture | Category: 1. MoS Participatory, 3. Figment Project, 4. Everything, New York City | Comments Off on Google Earth Updated Figment Mini Golf!

Video Clip Succession is fun throwing Mud Balls + they clean water. Succession is fun throwing Mud Balls + they clean water + they attract sonnets. Succession is fun throwing Mud Balls + they clean water + which attract sonnets + doing “Thunder Bees” + “Sonneting”. NEXT MISSION: Succession is; Mud Balls + the Thunder […]

June 19th, 2011 | Tags: Gowanus, microbes, Mud Balls | Category: 1. MoS Participatory, 3. Figment Project, 4. Everything, New York City | Comments Off on MȯS conducts 1st US Mud Ball Launch: Shakespeare visits!

Keep it free for everyone! http://newyork.figmentproject.org/get-involved/donate/ Mention it is for MoS Collective Food Spiral Mini Golf. “The Micro Bug Food Spiral” is in need of repairs due to all the fun on the course and gazziollions of fans. Unprecedented numbers are ravaging the mini-golf this year. The same children from the Willie Wonka were obviously playing […]

June 14th, 2011 | Tags: damages to micro bug food sprial, Donations, Figment, Free, Mini golf | Category: 1. MoS Participatory, 3. Figment Project, 4. Everything, New York City | Comments Off on Donate: Figment Mini Golf!

The Little League passed by and took some pitches. Watch You Tube Clip. They were playing on Governors Island during Figment Week-end. Impressive form.. we should do an entire workshop with the Little league and clean up the Gowanus. Alas:: it was time for them to play for real when coach walked by and said, […]

June 14th, 2011 | Tags: microbes, Mud Balls | Category: 1. MoS Participatory, 3. Figment Project, 4. Everything, New York City | Comments Off on Little League Pitches Beneficial Mud Balls w MȯS

More photos later – thanks everyone for coming out on a rainy day! Rain schmain. The little league walked by and pitched! The Shakespeare Anywhere ‘s came by for pitching while spewing sonnets. We created the thunderbee (like the thunderbirds airforce performers turned into be pollinators cleaning the waterways) formation launch sequence. The sonnets joined […]

June 12th, 2011 | Tags: Figment, interactive installation, microbes, Mud Balls, water bioremediation | Category: 1. MoS Participatory, 3. Figment Project, 4. Everything, New York City | Comments Off on Beneficial Mud Balls Blast

All ready.. have everything except time to sleep.  Time to thank a silent supporter who makes visions happen. Italo Morelli, the Executive Producer for all things MoS. Thank you Italo for helping with Figment and New Museum! He even did a beautiful job sewing the hem arond the banner. Then provided an amazing feast and […]

June 11th, 2011 | Tags: building, Carpentry, design, Design ecology, EM-1 Mud balls, Figment Mini golf, Italo Morelli, producing, Strategies, whole systems plannng | Category: 1. MoS Participatory, 3. Figment Project, 4. Everything, New York City | Comments Off on Thank you Italo! (Wee hours before Figment Sat.)

Super Bazooka Mud Ball Droppers made last night by John Eberenz. With little time to make a propelling bazooka he opted for a simple dropper … to be upgraded for the next event. Italo made a mobilization capability.  

June 9th, 2011 | Tags: EM Mud Balls, Figment, Mud Balls | Category: 1. MoS Participatory, 3. Figment Project, 4. Everything, New York City | Comments Off on Mud Ball Set-Up: Bazooka Droppers

  Participatory Art Installation “Stockpiles of Beneficial Mud balls” Propel Sat: 6/11 from 10:30-12pm Figment Festival 2011 NYC!  Figment is a participatory arts festival; non-commercial, spreading to other cities quickly.) THis will be the first mud balls for cleaning water event in US. We have hundreds of balls ready to toss. Where:  On Governors Island […]

June 6th, 2011 | Tags: 3. Figment Project, beneficial bacteria, EM Mud ball, Governors' Island, Panang, water bioremediation | Category: 1. MoS Participatory, 3. Figment Project, 4. Everything, New York City | Comments Off on US 1st EM-1 Mud balls to Clean Water! Figment 6/11

MoS Food Spiral Snail is the white square on the Left. (we were not there Sat. This is Friday, Sat Sun Construction and The following Friday opening week end. (it doesn’t include the 4 mid week work days. FIGMENT GO time from Chris Jay on Vimeo.

June 6th, 2011 | Tags: Figment Festival, install week end, Mini golf, MoS Collective, time lapse | Category: 1. MoS Participatory, 3. Figment Project, 4. Everything, New York City | Comments Off on Amazing FIGMENT Terrace Time Lapse – Construction & Opening Weekend!

TIME AGAIN for the fun and frivolous participatory arts project FIGMENT On Governors Island June 10-12! “What are you bringing?” Come Rove with Food Spirals Usurping! JOIN The Masters of Succession Leave a Better Trace cargo trike Food Spiral Usurpers. Lead by MoS Collective! June 11, Sat 10-6! on the Isle of Gov Meet 10:30 – […]

June 6th, 2011 | Tags: compost, Figment, leave No Trace, Mini gold, Mud ballls, Soil building, Usurpers | Category: 1. MoS Participatory, 3. Figment Project, 4. Everything, New York City | Comments Off on Figment Sat 6/11 Roving Food Spiral Usurpers

There were 35,000 people on the island the first week end. Estimating at least 10,000 played the minigolf. That was a lot of wear and tear. So we are enduring the toxic resin to bulletproof as much as possible.  Our first 2 patches were with fiberglass and that worked well so we will aim to […]

June 4th, 2011 | Tags: Figment Project 2011, irrigation, Italo, Mini golf | Category: 1. MoS Participatory, 3. Figment Project, 4. Everything, New York City | Comments Off on Mini Golf for the Masses! (35 thou 1st w-end!)

Figment Mini Golf has opened! The the MoS Collective’s Composting Micro Bug Food Spiral! Mini Golf will be in progress changing and refining.  Come play! We will be visiting the island and making additions and adjustments. The shell trail is not smoothed out yet. So like the Google logo the course will change everyday. I was […]

May 28th, 2011 | Tags: arts, Composting, food growing, Governors' Island, installation, Mini golf, water harvesting, whole systems thinking | Category: 1. MoS Participatory, 3. Figment Project, 4. Everything, New York City | Comments Off on Figment Mini Golf Opening !

Calling For PARY PANTS People! Figment:  JUNE 10-12. 1.  Roving Gang of MICRO BUG FOOD SPIRAL People AKA: ROVING COMPOST APPREHENDERS 2. MICRO BUG FOOD SPIRAL Mini Golf 3. Mud Ball Stockpiles ————————————————————————-     1. CALLING Food Spiralers: Gang of Roving Compost Collectors Usurping Compostables from People Want something fun to do at Figment this year?     […]

April 18th, 2011 | Tags: 4. Everything, Beneficial Microbes, Culture & Art, figment project NYC 2011, fun, New York City, participatory, Performance, Permaculture, project help and collaborators | Category: 1. MoS Participatory, 3. Figment Project, 4. Everything, New York City | Comments Off on CALLING for FIGMENT PARTY-PANTS PEOPLE & Mud Ball Propelling

The Compost Microbe Bug Food Spiral Mini Golf Hole http://www.indiegogo.com/FIGMENT-2011-Minigolf-Course Donations For MINI GOLF! Please donate! Each mini golf hole budget is $1000 in materials. They all have to be on raised platforms ($500). I suggested a $5 donation. #7 The Composting Micro Bug Food Spiral by Dee Dee Maucher of The MoS Collective http://newyork.figmentproject.org/long-term-exhibitions/2011figment-minigolf/ The multitudinous […]

April 17th, 2011 | Tags: 3. Figment Project, 4. Everything, Ag & Ecology, compost, Culture & Art, Dee Dee Maucher, fun, govenor's island, Mini golf, MoS Collective, New York City, NYC, participatory, Permaculture | Category: 1. MoS Participatory, 3. Figment Project, 4. Everything, New York City | Comments Off on MȯS’s Figment Mini Golf Hole: Course Donations

We have designed a golf hole for the Figment Govenors Island Mini Golf for 2011. The theme is Bugs and Features. We were invited to make a composting mini-golf to go along with our roaming gang of master composters at the Figment Festival this year. MoS’s Micro Bug Food Spiral Mini Golf hole: Volunteer artisans, […]

March 24th, 2011 | Tags: 4. Everything, Ag & Ecology, Beneficial Microbes, Compost experiential, Culture & Art, Figment Project 2011, fun, Governors' Island, Mini golf, New York City, participatory, Permaculture | Category: 1. MoS Participatory, 3. Figment Project, 4. Everything, New York City | Comments Off on Figment Mini Golf 2011 Accepted!

We need your help! Our goal is to stockpile 2000 water cleaning mud balls by June 10, 2011. If you want to host a mud ball party let us know! Picture above is from an event people did in Penang in 2009. http://www.emrojapan.com/examples/global-cases/asia-and-oceania/malaysia.html To make mud balls : here is the formula on the EMRO web […]

February 9th, 2011 | Tags: 1. MoS Participatory, 3. Figment Project, 4. Everything, Beneficial Microbes, Figment, fun, JImmy's No. 43, Mud Balls, New York City, Permaculture | Category: 1. MoS Participatory, 3. Figment Project, 4. Everything, New York City | Comments Off on 2000 Mud Balls by June!

MoS Figment Project Soil is a vital element that unites us – without it, none of us could live. We are seeking dancers, artists, and improvisers of every culture to represent this life-giving force by expressing themselves in or around the soil (5 yr old soft healthy leaf compost). Modern dance, contact, butoh, tango, tarantella and all […]

January 30th, 2011 | Tags: 3. Figment Project, 4. Everything, Ag & Ecology, Culture & Art, Economy, fun, New York City, participatory, Performance, Permaculture | Category: 1. MoS Participatory, 3. Figment Project, 4. Everything, New York City | Comments Off on Call for Soil Dancing at Figment

SEND US YOUR SOIL: We are collecting soil samples from around the world in jars to compare with composted soil.  A variety is the aim. Sandy, clay, dry powdery, muddy etc. Whatever you can find with a note from where you harvested it. Farm soil samples wanted: GMO, mono crop farm soil samples wanted. We will […]

January 30th, 2011 | Tags: 3. Figment Project, 4. Everything, Ag & Ecology, Culture & Art, Economy, New Jersey, New York City, participatory, Permaculture | Category: 1. MoS Participatory, 3. Figment Project, 4. Everything, New York City | Comments Off on Send us your Soil