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This was my tenth year in a row. In order to have a good location
for my Space Palette installation and get early arrival,
I applied as a (very small) theme camp
for the very first time. It was called "Multi Multi Touch Touch Camp", and we got placed at 2:50 and B, next to the 3:00 Plaza.
With Claudine, Dinko, and Guy, we set up the most luxurious camp
we've ever had. Space Palette was installed in a shade structure,
and it was running every night, all week.
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This was my ninth year in a row. I built LoopyCart - an 8' trailer
with a battery-powered projector and projection screen (visible from
both sides). I pulled the trailer behind my bike, stopping at various locations
(usually the large sound camps at 2 and 10 o'clock) to entertain folks with LoopyCam, often with Claudine Naganuma's dancing providing the visual input.
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This was my eighth year in a row. The last time I did a playa installation was in 2004, so I was overdue. About 6 months before the event I started working on Monolith 2.0, an 11-foot high monolith (as in Kubrick's 2001 Space Odyssey).
Special thanks go to Kent Sezen for structural engineering estimates, Dinko Matkovic for invaluable construction ideas and help, and Claudine Naganuma and Leah Chubb for installation help on the playa.
The monolith had a fairly complex interactive musical instrument on one side, and a simple blackboard on the other side.
The instrument controls were designed for two people to play - each person had an independent five-track looper with lots of control over the sounds and looping. Colored chalk was provided so people could draw things on the blackboard - not surprisingly, the entire monolith was quickly covered in drawings. Here it is in my backyard:
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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:
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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.
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Preparation |
These pictures show the construction of my interactive installation.
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During (in general) |
These pictures of things at the event were taken with a Pentax Optio S.
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During (the Lyre) |
These pictures focus on the Lyre and the people using it.
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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.
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Diary |
A day-by-day account of my experience.
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Pictures |
These are the pictures I took with a Minolta S404 camera.
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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
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