(via Trilo On Tickets) now is the time to show love, share love, and give support!
we are no different than any other political body, interest group, etc. if we rage immediately against the forces that are sincerely trying.
we are a part of this system, we are needed. it’s so very important to return the love at a time of need. we have received so much for so long.
what do you say?
)’( for life!
Fun part about temple build: Watching the whole thing grow out of the desert. Ohh, and slowly absorbing how really massive the thing actually was. You are looking at the Second story of the central tower. Through the window, the man base.
Yes, I ran away from my job, to get my camera out of my yurt. I don’t regret it at all. I lurve Burning Man!
This is the place where I discovered peace. This is the place where I rediscovered love. This is the place where I was reminded that not only am I human, but I am fucking amazing.
THIS.
During the tear down of The Pier we were ready to watch it disappear into nothing. But we were approached to bring it back the next year, and after a series of fortunate events I really couldn’t say no.
I have been fairly vocal about my opinions of bringing art back to Burning Man. And I felt like I was going to be eating crow for awhile if we brought The Pier back unchanged. Yes, The Pier was loved,… but how could we make a statement about returning art while still retaining what people loved about The Pier.
I kept thinking about breaking The Pier, maybe a snarky attack on our own art project. Don’t get me wrong, it was an absolute honor to be asked to bring it back. We were beaming from ear to ear. But there was some serious pressure there. At Burning Man 2011 it was original and unique, at Burning Man 2012 well it will be old hat.
Then it came to us: Lets ram a ship into The Pier! Lets ram La Contessa into The Pier!!! (Well we didn’t exactly say that, but it is so much more romantic that way)
La Contessa was a ship I never saw. It was before my time at Burning Man. However, its legend was not lost on me. La Contessa was, by all accounts, the alpha and omega of art cars. It was detailed to its core, it was dangerous, and magical. It moved fast, broke the rules and wowed all that saw it. And then it was burnt to the ground,…
We had it, we were going to ram a Galleon into the middle of The Pier. It would destroy 100ft in the center of The Pier, leaving a field of wreckage in its wake along with the shattered hull of a great ship half sunken in the playa.
Imagine, its Sunday night, Burning Man 2012. You come through the gate, the excitement overwhelms you. When you hit the Esplinade, a vaguely familiar site. The Pier? Wait? Why is it still here?
A memory takes over, the feeling of sitting at the end dangling your feet watching a whale fly by, hoping your pabst would catch a wandering Grizzle Bellied DPW. You run to The Pier, the lights swaying side to side. But wait, what is that in the middle?
Holy Shit? The nose of a massive galleon juts out from the playa. What happened. The Pier,… its,… destroyed! Wait no, someone placed some gangplanks over the ship reaching the other half of The Pier.
You’ll just walk over the makeshift bridge to the end of The Pier,… but there is a light coming out of the massive hole in the side of the ship. Are those people visible in through the portholes? Do you relive your memories from the past year, or explore a 60ft wreck,…
So, here is the quick rundown. The Beginning and the End of The Pier are unchanged. The middle is demolished. Replaced by a 9 room 3 story dive-able ship wreck. To get to the end of The Pier, you can climb up the wreck, walk the make shift gang plank, climb some rubble or make your way up the slightly more climbable end.
The ship is a piece of art separate in itself. A relic of an unknown time, recovered, resold, crashed, stolen and repaired again and again. Inside, it tells the story of its existence, its crew and its death. A dead hermit sits in the back of the brig. The tight crew rooms offer a glimpse into another’s life. The captains chamber is perfect, save the remnants of the captain lording over the map of Black Rock City trying to figure out how he made such a catastrophic mistake,…
There is more, but that, well is our little secret :)
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photo by croshane.
burning man 2011.
rites of passage.
black rock city.nv.
my favorite picture from this year.
