Comments on: The History of the Burning Man Sculpture http://laughingsquid.com/the-history-of-the-burning-man-sculpture/ an online resource for art, culture and technology Sat, 24 Jul 2010 17:49:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Mike Bolger http://laughingsquid.com/the-history-of-the-burning-man-sculpture/comment-page-1/#comment-635938 Mike Bolger Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:11:29 +0000 http://laughingsquid.com/?p=27359#comment-635938 Yeah, but it’s not 1986 anymore. It’s kind of unrealistic from a liability standpoint to think that any yahoo just walking out of the playa with his own wood and own ideas on how to build the man would be a good idea at a massive festival that has a ticket price of hundreds of dollars. But that’s also not stopping anyone from doing their own 1986 project. Put these flash mobs to good use. Go twitter that everyone should grab their tools, some wood or furniture parts, and meet down by Ocean Beach tonight. See how many people show up ready to Burn. Yeah, but it’s not 1986 anymore. It’s kind of unrealistic from a liability standpoint to think that any yahoo just walking out of the playa with his own wood and own ideas on how to build the man would be a good idea at a massive festival that has a ticket price of hundreds of dollars.

But that’s also not stopping anyone from doing their own 1986 project. Put these flash mobs to good use. Go twitter that everyone should grab their tools, some wood or furniture parts, and meet down by Ocean Beach tonight. See how many people show up ready to Burn.

]]> By: Olivier Bonin http://laughingsquid.com/the-history-of-the-burning-man-sculpture/comment-page-1/#comment-635430 Olivier Bonin Thu, 18 Jun 2009 04:16:47 +0000 http://laughingsquid.com/?p=27359#comment-635430 Actually forgot to link the <a href="http://financials.burningman.com" rel="nofollow">$300,000</a> figure so you can verify that. And still that number doesn't take into account the real cost of the Man, with heavy equipment, and other costs? Actually forgot to link the $300,000 figure so you can verify that.

And still that number doesn’t take into account the real cost of the Man, with heavy equipment, and other costs?

]]> By: Olivier Bonin http://laughingsquid.com/the-history-of-the-burning-man-sculpture/comment-page-1/#comment-635426 Olivier Bonin Thu, 18 Jun 2009 04:14:28 +0000 http://laughingsquid.com/?p=27359#comment-635426 Love it. Too bad he forgot to mention that it went from costing nothing... like on that picture: http://dustandillusions.com/wp-content/themes/modularity-lite/images/slideshow/image5.jpg to costing $300,000 in 2007. It'd be great to have people build the Man from their own wood, and take the whole week until Saturday/Sunday, whenever something is ready, and have people pull it up again... I think it'd be a real community builder, as opposed to the cold aspect of raising it with the crane: http://dustandillusions.com/wp-content/themes/modularity-lite/images/slideshow/image18.jpg Love it. Too bad he forgot to mention that it went from costing nothing… like on that picture:
http://dustandillusions.com/wp-content/themes/modularity-lite/images/slideshow/image5.jpg

to costing $300,000 in 2007.

It’d be great to have people build the Man from their own wood, and take the whole week until Saturday/Sunday, whenever something is ready, and have people pull it up again… I think it’d be a real community builder, as opposed to the cold aspect of raising it with the crane:
http://dustandillusions.com/wp-content/themes/modularity-lite/images/slideshow/image18.jpg

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