Ken Jordan, co-founder of evolver and www.realitysandwich.com, waxes cybernetic in this video from PostModernTimes.
Category: burning man
August 6, 2009
July 5, 2009
Dance Dance Immolation!
I saw their set-up at Burning Man 2005 and thought the people trying to keep-up with the dance steps in those bulky suits was adorable. (Watching them get blasted with giant flames when they made mistakes is also entertaining, to say the least.)
April 11, 2009
Every hooper has to start somewhere
The dreams and aspirations of a hoop-artist start at a very young age:
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Of course, after a little practice and a lot of passion, a timeless artform manifests itself:
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various hoopy activity at Burning Man:
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February 1, 2009
3D LED Cube
This is a smaller version of the large-scale installation at Burning Man (one of my favorite on The Playa).
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October 25, 2008
The Federation of Earth (EDMC documentary)
A impressive looking documentary about global psychedelic electronic dance music culture is gearing up for screenings. Featuring Goa Gil, Erik Davis, Daniel Pinchbeck, Robin Sylvan, Susan Brunswick, The Wicked Crew, DJ Random, The Oracle, MoonTribe, Tribal Harmonix.
Watch the trailer HERE.
Synopsis:
The Federation of Earth is an ethhnographic documentary film that investigates the spiritual and metaphysical dimensions of electronic dance music culture. The film describes the relationship between music and consciousness, the metaphysics of mythology, and a spiritual experience found by so many on the dance floor. Through this investigation, (|||) creates an epic visual ethnography of the culture that has emerged from a technology of the imagination. The film also reveals how all of this information coincides with our planet’s alignment with the center of the galaxy on December 21, 2012, investigating why the culture is preparing for a massive synchronized party on that date.
August 9, 2008
Burning Man DreamRise Lecture/Workshop series.
Have a gander at the profound and incredibly diverse lecture topics being sponsered by MAPS/Entheon Village Pantheogenesis Temple this year. Totally made my mouth water.
July 29, 2008
Bike wheel LED effect
These would look spiffy at Burning Man. The LED’s make different programmed patterns as the wheels spin.
Website here: monkeylectric
Review here: boingboing
July 8, 2008
Paul Addis gets prison for burning the Burning Man
RENO, Nev. (AP) — A San Francisco performance artist was sentenced Friday to as many as four years in prison and ordered to pay restitution for the early torching last summer of the signature effigy of the counterculture Burning Man festival.
Continue: Associated Press
April 5, 2008
McCain to campaign at Burning Man
excerpt:
McCain’s transportation team is working with his AV crew to retrofit the Senator’s “Straight Talk Express” bus to accommodate the largest state-of-the-art speaker stacks ever seen at Burning Man, and will be parking the bus on the 2:00 radial street with other sound camps. “We’re putting in a set of Technics SL-1200 turntables on the roof, and recruiting the hottest international Republican DJ’s to work the wheels of steel,” said Dosenberner. “The Senator looks forward to personally making grilled cheese sandwiches for revelers ‘rolling in’ from surrounding raves each night, and maybe taking a turn on the decks himself … you should expect some slammin’ big band favorites, should that happen.”
FULL ARTICLE: BurningMan.com
This was an April Fool’s Day joke but I was trying to spread the idea of having Ron Paul show up at Burning man last year and I still think it would be wild for him to show in 2008. Especially because of his large anarchist & libertarian following and of course because he wants to pardon every non-violent drug-offender in the US and particularly because of the theme this year: the American Dream.
