(Photos by Nym Park © 2007)
A Real Flamer!
A Tall Drink Of Water.
Bad Ride.
Beer Can Baseball. Caption: Slugging a homer!
Belgian Waffle 1 & 2. The official name of this art installation was Message from the Future – Uchronia. Designed and built by Belgian artist Jimmy Budenars and a large crew of volunteers, also from Belgium, the installation acquired the nickname "the Belgian waffle." At night, the Belgian waffle filled with disco music and dancers.
Belgian Waffle Ground Plan. Built from this simple ground plan, the Belgian waffle contained 200 cubic meters of wood and 1,000,000 nails! At the end of Burning Man 2006, the Belgian waffle was burned. (Spectacular photographs of the burning of the Belgian waffle can be found on the Burning Man website.) The unused wood from the Belgian waffle installation was donated to the Katrina Project.
Big Round Cubitron. By day, Mark Lottor's Big Round Cubitron resembled 6,048 ping-pong balls drying on 252 clotheslines attached to a central pole. By night, the Big Round Cubitron turned into a sort of three-dimensional groover screen.
A Burner Couple Takes Their Ease
Burner Goes Inverted.
Cheek To Cheek
Couch Potatoes.
Cpt. O'Hare Strikes A Nautical Pose. The NeverWas Haul by the NeverWas Crew (Shannon O'Hare, Kimric Smythe, Liam McNamara, Mathew Snyder, Peter Luku, Kathy Jucker, Meredith Scheff, Joe Phillips and Liz Simpson) is described by its builders as a "pre-turn of the century, steam powered, mobile Victorian house." When its own propulsion system failed, the NeverWas Haul was towed around the playa by a 1920 Case Traction Engine operated by Kinetic Steam Works.
Deep In The Eye Candy. A Burner gets a close look at the Big Round Cubitron in colorful action.
Devil's Brazier. Caption: Smell something burning?
Dragon Art Car. The art installation in the foreground is Star Circle (?).
Eyes On The Future. The Pavilion of the Future, design: Rod Garrett and Larry Harvey.
Face Of Hope – from The Game of Hope or Fear by Tony Speirs, an installation in The Pavilion of the Future.
Far Out! Groovers give their optic nerves a total workout while the Big Round Cubitron flashes though the colors of the rainbow at epilepsy-inducing speed (an effect difficult to capture using still photography).
Future Unconscious: Michael Stachowski.
Gestation Period - a close-up of Future Unconscious: Michael Stachowski.
Howdy, Pardner! – an art car resembling an Old West saloon complete with pretty cowgirl.
Mechanic's Nightmare – detailed view of Mondo Spider: Spider Team.
Messages Of Hope. Temple of Hope: Mark Grieve/Temple Crew. Visitors to the Temple of Hope left hundreds messages in memory of lost loved ones.
Mondo Spider. Mondo Spider by the Spider Team is "mobile art": a kinetic sculpture that walks like a spider.
Party Bussers At The Burninator. A party bus loaded with Burners look on while the Burninator (artist: Bill Codding) shoots off "poofers" sending up balls of flame.
Seeking The Spirit. Visiting the Temple Of Hope was a deeply moving experience. Some visitors wept openly. Others, like the women pictured here, spent moments in quiet contemplation.
Serpent Mother. Caption: Despite adverse weather conditions, the Serpent Mother was as menacing as ever! The Serpent Mother by The Flaming Lotus Girls (Michael Christian, Gary Stadler, DoLab, Kate Raudenbush, Luke Egan and Michael Matteo). Photographs of the Serpent Mother en flambé can be found on the Burning Man website.
Temple Obelisk. Temple Of Hope: Mark Grieve/Temple Crew.
Venus Eye Trap. Caption: Colorful Burner makes a new friend. The Venus Eye Trap by Luke Egan and Pete Hamilton.
We Are All God: one of the many messages left by visitors to the Temple Of Hope: Mark Grieve/Temple Crew.
