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I went to Burning Man for the seventh time in 2008, with Claudine Naganuma joining me in the 5th wheel for the entire week, and Craig Latta joining us on Thursday. On Wednesday, I performed music+visuals at the Entheon Camp, and on Thursday and Friday nights, Claudine and I did video looping stuff at our own camp, for the entertainment of our neighbors and passers-by (who were also included in the live looped video). This year I had a much sturdier shade structure, which provided the support for two screens, so I had two projectors going.

  • Pictures (Tim)
  • These are the pictures I took.


     
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    I went to Burning Man for the sixth time in 2007, staying with Math Camp (which included the Group W and Fast Furniture camps). Claudine Naganuma and Craig Latta shared the 5th wheel with me this time. I performed (playing drums) at Center Camp with Craig and Tim Walters, and did two video performances (graphics and camera manipulation) at the Abstininthe bar accompanying Claudine's dancing. I gave a "Math Makes Music" talk as part of the Math Camp speaker series.

  • Pictures (Tim)
  • These are the pictures I took.
  • Videos (Tim)
  • These are the videos I took.


     
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    I went to Burning Man for the fifth time in 2006, staying with the Group W theme camp. Three friends shared the 5th wheel with me - Herb Heinz, Mark Briggs, and Claudine Naganuma. I performed three times as part of the dud group with Herb, Mark, and Tim Walters. The first two occasions were at our camp and at the Lost Penguin Cafe - I did interactive graphics using a dancing and white-clothed Claudine as canvas. The third performance was on the main Center Camp stage, where I played (believe it or not) drums.

  • Pictures (Tim)
  • These are the pictures I took.


     
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    I went to Burning Man for the fourth time in 2005. I didn't do an art installation, and I had just gotten back from a 2-week cross country vacation, so I only went for a few days - got there thursday and left sunday. Cathy came along for her second time, and Steve Klinkner came along for his first time.

  • Pictures (Tim)
  • These are the pictures I took.
  • Videos (Tim)
  • These are the videos I took.
  • Pictures (Cathy)
  • These are the pictures Cathy took.
  • Pictures (Steve)
  • These are the pictures Steve took.


     
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    I went to Burning Man for the third time in 2004. My friend Rick Ehrhart joined me - we both turned 50 this year, and this was his birthday gift to himself.  

  • Radio Free Quasar
  • A description of my installation.
  • Diary
  • A day-by-day account of my experience.
  • Pictures (Tim)
  • These are the pictures I took.
  • Pictures (Rick)
  • These are the pictures Rick took.

    To give out as a gift, Rick and I put together a little CD containing a few minutes of the audio from Radio Free Quasar. We used those cute little business-card-sized CDs. Below are MP3s of the tracks on this CD:

  • Intro
  • Quasar 3C273
  • Midtro
  • Markarian 421
  • Outro
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    I went to Burning Man for the second time in 2003. I built a large interactive installation, and my wife Cathy joined me to share the experience and help build and maintain the installation.

  • Preparation
  • These pictures show the construction of my interactive installation.
  • During (in general)
  • These pictures of things at the event were taken with a Pentax Optio S.
  • During (the Lyre)
  • These pictures focus on the Lyre and the people using it.
    My installation was called 'Dancing Under the Stars of Lyra'. Below you can find a 7-minute video of people dancing on the pads in front of the big Lyre, generating their own music and controlling the individually-lit strings of the Lyre. Depending on the speed of your connection and patience, select one of these links to view the video:


     
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    I went to Burning Man for the first time in 2002. See the Burning Man web site for lots of information about Burning Man.

  • Diary
  • A day-by-day account of my experience.
  • Pictures
  • These are the pictures I took with a Minolta S404 camera.
  • Video
  • A 40-second video of people dancing on my dance pads and making music. Thanks to David Van Brink for the excellent camera work. If you have a fast connection, you can try the higher-quality 8-meg version.