Burning Man? (& fundraiser) - General Tiki

T Tiki-bot Member Joined: Jun 24, 2002 Posts: 1345	T Tiki-bot Posted posted on Wed, Aug 7, 2002 11:42 AM On 2002-08-07 07:17, thebaxdog wrote: What the heck is a BURNING MAN? Uh, where to start??? It's sort of a giant (25k people) week-long party and "art" event held every year in the Nevada high desert. Best thing to do is check out http://www.burningman.com for info. There's lots of photos, but note that people only take pics of these wacky types - there are plenty of "normal" people there, too. People build large scale, crazy art projects that are usually interactive in some way. A friend once called the event the "special olympics of art". While I don't think it's quite that, the "art" does vary hugely in quality and purpose. Mostly it's about having fun and the people there are interesting. And it's HOT! Like 110 in the mid-day sun. All the action pretty much takes place at night. A well- laid out city rises from the (intense) dust every year and the event has been very well organized recently. It's really impossible to describe the feeling of being on a prehistoric dry lake bed, in a man-made city a mile across, with lasers, fire, and crazy stuff to do, and lotsa strange folks. But I'm not here to sell it. If the idea appeals to you, then go. It's the only way to really see what it is, and even then you won't see it all. Oh, and they burn a huge 100-foot man at the end of it. Tiki-bot

On 2002-08-07 07:17, thebaxdog wrote:
What the heck is a BURNING MAN?

Uh, where to start??? It's sort of a giant (25k people) week-long party and "art" event held every year in the Nevada high desert. Best thing to do is check out http://www.burningman.com for info. There's lots of photos, but note that people only take pics of these wacky types - there are plenty of "normal" people there, too. People build large scale, crazy art projects that are usually interactive in some way. A friend once called the event the "special olympics of art". While I don't think it's quite that, the "art" does vary hugely in quality and purpose.

Mostly it's about having fun and the people there are interesting. And it's HOT! Like 110 in the mid-day sun. All the action pretty much takes place at night. A well- laid out city rises from the (intense) dust every year and the event has been very well organized recently.

It's really impossible to describe the feeling of being on a prehistoric dry lake bed, in a man-made city a mile across, with lasers, fire, and crazy stuff to do, and lotsa strange folks. But I'm not here to sell it. If the idea appeals to you, then go. It's the only way to really see what it is, and even then you won't see it all. Oh, and they burn a huge 100-foot man at the end of it.

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Post #5290 by Tiki-bot on Wed, Aug 7, 2002 11:42 AM