Burning Man is my canvas, my workbench, and my inspiration. It gives me the opportunity and reason, to explore new ideas and try new things. It exposes me to creative people who infect me with enthusiasm for their art and ideas.
Don’t do a project where you don’t think you’ll learn something on the way.
~ Jim Coudal, Keynote Speech, SXSW 2006
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I always have a project for Burning Man. Usually a few of them. I also have a backlog of projects; ideas that are waiting for the right convergence of inspiration, tools, motivation, and free time. There are lots of new things I want to experiment with and try.
I recommend that you have some kind of project for Burning Man. Make a theme camp, costume, give-away gift, art car, blinky light, t-shirt design, or even multi-story conduit dome shade shelter. It will help you be more engaged and give you a chance to exercise your creative “muscles”.
Over the years I’ve been spotty at documenting my projects. But some of them are listed following the jump.
- Art/Tech Projects
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- Reprogramming the tower beacon
- Another floorcloth
- A rotating helix light artwork (Photo by Mr. Peterman)
- Robotic beggar sculpture (Photo by Mr. Peterman)
- Solar light paper-sided lantern
- 2002 - Angler Fish
- 2002 Kidsville solar-powered flashing LED beacon
- First Burning Man shade shelter plans (1997), First Burning Man camp (1997)
- Mix CD (travel music) Projects
- Loop Until Zero, Space Case - Aphelion, Space Case - Perihelion
- Travel projects
- Fandango Pass, Driving down Fandango Pass, Fandango Pass/Lassen-Applegate trail history
- Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge, The view from Hart Mountain Road, Hot Springs Campground
- Video projects
- On The Playa - 2004, 52 Second Burn
- Web projects
- Blinky Red Things website (snapshot from 2004), This blog (Sparkzy.com)