Bas Jan Ader

Bas Jan Ader was born in Winschoten, the Netherlands in 1942. He taught at various institutions after graduating from the Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles in 1965, including the University of California, Irvine. The 1975 work, part two in a performance piece titled "In Search of the Miraculous," is his most influential performance piece that continues to provoke debate; Ader attempted a singlehanded west-east crossing of the Atlantic Ocean. The boat was found wrecked but the artist's body has never been recovered.

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Bas Jan Ader: In Search of the Miraculous Edited by Marion van Wijk, Koos Dalstra. When Bas Jan Ader’s boat, Ocean Wave, was found unmanned and partially submerged 150 miles off the coast of Ireland by a Spanish fishing vessel in 1976, it was taken to
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Bas Jan Ader: In Search of the Miraculous Edited by Koos Dalstra, Marion van Wijk. Text by Koos Dalstra, Marion van Wijk. When Bas Jan Ader's boat, Ocean Wave, was found unmanned and partially submerged 150 miles off the coast of Ireland by a Spanish fishing vessel in 1976, it was taken to La
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Bas Jan Ader

Bas Jan Ader: In Search of the Miraculous

Discovery File 143/76

Edited by Marion van Wijk, Koos Dalstra.
Published by New Documents

When Bas Jan Ader’s boat, Ocean Wave, was found unmanned and partially submerged 150 miles off the coast of Ireland by a Spanish fishing vessel in 1976, it was taken to La Coruña for investigation. Days later, the boat was stolen and the cult of Ader, whose body was never recovered, and who was thought by many to have staged this incident, was truly cemented. In this volume, Marion van Wijk and Koos Dalstra, who spent 10 years investigating this unsolved mystery, reproduce the entire police report in facsimile. They also include many pages of eerie written documentation and transcriptions of interviews they conducted during their decade of intensive sleuthing. The report has 74 pages: it begins on April 27, 1976 and ends on February 1, 1977. It relates the history of the Ocean Wave from the discovery of the vessel to the closure of the case. This book is a reprint of the earlier edition from Veenman Publishers with additional research included.

Bas Jan Ader: In Search of the Miraculous

Discovery File 143/76

Edited by Koos Dalstra, Marion van Wijk. Text by Koos Dalstra, Marion van Wijk.
Published by Veenman Publishers

When Bas Jan Ader's boat, "Ocean Wave," was found unmanned and partially submerged 150 miles off the coast of Ireland by a Spanish fishing vessel in 1976, it was taken to La Coruña for investigation. Days later, the boat was stolen and the cult of Ader, whose body was never recovered, and who was thought by many to have staged this incident, was truly cemented. In this volume, Marion van Wijk and Koos Dalstra, who spent 10 years investigating this unsolved mystery, reproduce the entire police report in facsimile. They also include many pages of eerie written documentation and transcriptions of interviews they conducted during their decade of intensive sleuthing: "The report has 74 pages. It begins on April 27, 1976 and ends on February 1, 1977. It relates the history of the "Ocean Wave" from the moment Don Alferan speaks about his discovery to the authorities until nine months later, when the case is closed. The reason: the authorities cannot find the stolen boat that disappeared from San Diego harbor in Coruña between May 18 and June 7, 1976."