Comments on: Protect our playa culture: Art Vikings Want YOU!

By: go2Paul

go2Paul — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:36:22 +0000

I like the Viking idea and it’s a logical extension of pre-existing Playa performance art. have any f your camps been raided by the French Maid Brigade? Annually they descend on our camp wearing maid uniforms and “dust” – mostly moving the stationary dust of horizontal surfacs into an airbourne state.

The $10K per person seems like a lot until you look at the costs involved – RV rental at $5K ($2500 er person), 20KW generator and fuel for a week of 24/7 operaion = $4000 ($400 a person), shade structure, art car, daily water / sewage, food, tickets for the staff, gifting / swag, etc. etc, etc …..,

Merpus and I spend $10,000 each year (we’re on our 10th) and we own our RV, shade, generators, etc. (RV maintenence, new stuff for next year included). The las time we were part of a major theme camp our camp dues were $1200 that supports the gift of a major music camp). We also spend 3 solid days just before each trip getting loaded and another 3 days after de-dusting, recycling, and repacking PLUS the set up and tear down days on-playa (we are always early entry and Wednesday departure). That is a week each for 2 people that has to be valued. And, OK we do mount have a VERY comfortable camp that is a big part of our gift to the Playa.

I support these entrapraneurs who are bringing strangers to our city for what I hope will be a life changing experience, showing them what a magical place we and our 50,000 friends can create. Hopefully they go home with a spark in their heart and make that default world a slightly better place.

Go2paul

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By: Shenanigans

Shenanigans — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:39:25 +0000

I see now that the Warbringer was laying his foundations early!

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By: how to make a man want you

how to make a man want you — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 10:52:22 +0000

great post, keep on posting for update.

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By: Nathan

Nathan — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 22:55:11 +0000

I love this idea. One of the greatest things about burning man is that it inherently crumbles the walls you’ve unnecessarily built around yourself and helps the real you come out uninhibited to enjoy the playa. If people decide to come only to build walls it really only ends up taking away from their experience. A Viking raid would get them into the connected feeling of burning man and melt away those walls and bridges that have artificially been built up.

Honestly I think that in every day life the haves and the have nots are too seperated, with gated communities etc. That shouldnt be the case at BM. It’s fine to bring what you want and have what you have, but in terms of community all should be open to the possibility of meeting others and being part of a larger whole.

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By: Gearbox

Gearbox — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 01:01:18 +0000

I can wait to form my own local chapter of Art Vikings. This sounds awesome.

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By: tendency

tendency — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 08:16:09 +0000

I have always desired to run amok raid and rampage style…

Thank you burning man, making dreams a reality! :p

Between the on-playa raids at Undercity and this I may yet live the dream.

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By: 24/7

24/7 — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 22:33:25 +0000

Yeah, there have been rumblings of doing more than that to these ‘packaged tours’. Not to the people mind you (many of these guys might come back next year and build something amazing), just to the paid-infrastructure. Sure hope they have insurance on those generators.

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By: jewels

jewels — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 08:17:56 +0000

brilliant idea!! reminds me of the policia chupacabra!!! remember those days? they took away that facade of BM being a place of pure love and bliss. they gave it a shade of darkness, polarizing all the blinding white light. i liked this, creating some sort of chaos to aid in our need to practice our reactions and responses in times of dark love. and yes, it was with love they did this, in a strange way, these are the ones that teach us. our antagonists are our instructors. they give us lessons and show us the world upside down. perhaps these big wallet people are begging to be taught a lesson, they just don;t know it yet. this is the beauty of BM, at least for a moment, people will consider another perspective. enjoy it this year lovely people, cannot make it due to financial reasons, wish one of these 95 k guys could fit me in on their deal. then i could be the trojan horse woman waiting for my vikings to come rage against the machine!!!

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By: Andromeda

Andromeda — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 18:01:32 +0000

I’ve been thinking about this post over the last month or so and the more i consider it, the better of an idea i think it is. in fact, i will be volunteering at the airport this year. should i be keeping an eye out? ;)

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By: Piney

Piney — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 15:44:16 +0000

This is fantastic, And it just might make this 95,K group Really Understand Random Acts of Art!!! We have a travel trailer…a old biddy that was sitting in someones back yard for 6 yrs rotting, cleaned out the vermon and turned it into a comfy spot, weather proof, not really. But for less then what most peeps pay to rent one for 5 days…we’ve had it for 3 yrs and still havent hit that dollar amount.We run a awesome busy Booby bar and go out for 17 days to provide a drink for every person on the playa…you need a funky place to die! But were so busy working with other burners on their projects prior to the event,Fire conclave gigs, Stitchers n bitchers of Reno, and all our own prep(BTW no fundraisers built the booby bars or ever support her).
Hopefully these richy’s might use some of their money(cause they aint got no time) to throw at some of next yr’s art fundraisings…a good can come out of a bad!

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