Seattle Dorkbots Focus on Burning Man Art Tonight

Hand of Man photo by Jeanine Anderson

Seattle's Dorkbot group ("people doing strange things with electricity") is hosting a free gathering tonight on Dorkish Art at Burning Man 2008.

Shelly Farnam of Seattle Dorkbot says, "Tonight's events start with a general overview and report on some of the Dork art seen at Burning Man; then a local artist, Tanjent, will talk about his project Applecore; and we'll screen video interviews of burning man artists, including the creators of Tantalus and The Hand of Man."

What: September 2008 Dorkbot: Reporting on dorkish art at Burning Man 2008
When: Wenesday, Sept 10th, 7:00 - 10:00pm (7:30 start time for slides and movie shorts)
Where: 911 Media, 402 9th Ave N.

Superheroes at Burning Man

Splat! Kapow! And...meow!

I went to a Superheroes and Housewives happy hour party one evening. These Aussies were not part of the hosting camp but they were definitely the best dressed! Fun trio and super-duper nice. I'm not sure if they were traveling with these costumes and just happened to find the appropriate party to wear them to, or if they knew about the theme ahead of time. Both are equally plausible.

I went as a housewife since the Homeslice costume exchange rack was out of Wonder Woman outfits but had plenty of cute aprons to choose from.

Wash-e-ter-i-a

Washing out the dust
Originally uploaded by JeanineAnderson

A cameraphone picture of how I spent the afternoon after leaving the playa. I'm still dusty, just not as much. Another round of dusting to come once I get back up to Seattle.

Since this laundry day I've been checking out Lassen, Mt. Shasta, and Crater Lake. Will be home in time to make the first Thursday art gallery openings and then to shoot the Ratatat show on Friday at the Showbox. Yay!

Tons of pictures of this amazing grand adventure to sort through and post in the next week. For now...wow. Just wow.

Burning Man 07 dust storm from 4000 feet

4000 Feet Above Black Rock City
Originally uploaded by DangerRanger

What an incredible picture of a mad crazy playa dust storm.

"Massive dust storm overtakes Black Rock City during 2007. One of the occasional hazards at Burning Man. Photo taken by Jeff Johnstone flying an ultra-lite above the city."
I was curious about what the dust storm looked like from above and now I know. After this storm (and the second one too!), the playa dust covered everything inside my tent. I had left my glasses sitting on top of a bin (not inside, oops) inside my tent. The lens ended up wth tiny scratches all over the surface. Drat. Yet - - small price to pay for an amazing experience.

Picture Do-Over: Kolios

This is my most viewed picture on Flickr. It was taken during the second of two wild-ass dust storms that came in the same day at Burning Man 2007.

If I could take this shot again, I'd shift the camera so the artwork is in the lower right quadrant instead of the middle. I'd adjust it for a slice less foreground and a catch a few more people to the left. I wouldn't change the the angle of it, though. I've seen several other pictures of this piece which were taken face-on and they didn't have the same impact.