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The Raygun Gothic Rocketship is the new art piece by Sean Orlando, Nathaniel Taylor, David Shulman, which is the same crew that gave life to the Steampunk Treehouse.
The Raygun Gothic Rocketship is an immersive rocket base environment consisting of a tall metal rocket connected via walkway to a taller gantry with a well-defined lighted perimeter. Participants can interactively explore the rocket’s three interior chambers accessible through the bottom of the rocket and the top of the rocket via the gantry. Aesthetically the project will be done in a rococo retro-futurist vernacular between yesterday’s tomorrow and the future that never was, a critical kitsch somewhere between The Moons of Mongo & Manga Nouveau.
Art, however, does not exactly grow on trees. That means it’s time for The Galatic Gala, a Big Ol’ Party/Fundraiser to help bring the rocketship out to Burning Man 2009 to launch at Black Rock City. The event takes place Friday, June 5th at the elegant Bently Reserve, featuring performances by Bad Unkl Sista, Zoe Keating, Fou Fou Ha!, Mark Growden Trio, Tara Quinn, and the Copper Lantern Fire Theater.
Costumes are encouraged, as they should be. Advance tickets are now on sale.
Of course, the only thing better than aiding and abetting art like this is to actually make it. Luckily, the Raygun Gothic Rocketship folks are searching for people to chip in (i’m looking your way NASA). You can sign up on Facebook or Twitter if interested.
Here Are A Few Related Posts You Might Enjoy:
- The Raygun Gothic Rocketship
- Burning Man 2009 Photos by Neil Girling
- Livestream of Burning Man 2009
- MoCCA Art Festival 2009, A Fundraiser For The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art in NYC
- Laughing Squid’s Super Secret Robot Party, A Fundraiser for RoboGames 2009
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pics of the work in progress?
You can find some great pics on Flickr, from our resident excellent photographer Nick Winterhalter. http://www.flickr.com/photos/winterhalter/sets/72157617635796148/
You can also find some pics and musings on the project by our very own Mad Scientist Dr. Alan Rorie, here:
http://www.almostscientific.com/blog/
See you on June 5th!
David
Hey, not in the Bay Area, but a total fan. Where can I pitch in?
Contact us through the website. We make an effort to get people involved, but we also are extremely busy preparing rocket fuel mixtures and testing scientific discoveries of past missions so be patient.
Send me an email with some details of your skills/talents. We would be happy to make an attempt to fit you into our crew via telecommute.
-Nathaniel