I needed a Quest. A Rite of Passage. This was the perfect fit.
Traveling alone, from Vermont, through California to Nevada – Black Rock City – in the desert – Burning Man!
Here are some thoughts I wrote down before and after going.
And for years after it would draw me towards it burning center.
Burning Man 2005 – Album 1 of 2
From Burning Man 2005 – The Virgin Journey – Album 1 of 2. Posted by AleXander Hirka on 1/18/2011 (200 items)
- Prepared some art for a button, prepared some clothes beyond my usual, and I was read…
- Stuff I needed or thought I needed. The shoe polishes were a delightful joke once I …
- Ready to go to the aitrport.
- I had never flown alone before.
- Flying over Vermont.
- San Francisco.
- Farmlands in California.
- Rented van. This was the first time I had ever done this – or driven any distance by…
- Donner Lake.
- Sierra Nevada.
- My room at the Fitzgerald Casino Hotel.
- Spectacular view from my hotel room.
- Packing food for the week.
- Provisions from Trader Joe’s.
- Provisions from Trader Joe’s.
- Cheap Walmart bike for the trip.
- Reno, Nevada.
- First glimpses of art heading towards Black Rock City.
- Nevada landscapes.
- Roadside stop.
- No turning back.
- Pyramid Lake in the distance. Sun setting.
- I arrived at night. Did not set up tent. Explored art and life by bike, then slept in…
- Now to unpack.
- Set up tent. Bike decorated. Ready . . .
- Heading out to explore.
- Reflection in sculpture.
- Sculpture and mirror. Proof – I am really here!
- The roadways of a still empty city.
- Light-posts.
- Enormous Mouse Trap game.
- The Clock.
- First look at The Man.
- Art in Labyrinth underneath The Man.
- Art in Labyrinth underneath The Man.
- Art in Labyrinth underneath The Man.
- Art in Labyrinth underneath The Man.
- Art in Labyrinth underneath The Man.
- Art in Labyrinth underneath The Man.
- Art in Labyrinth underneath The Man.
- Art in Labyrinth underneath The Man.
- Art in Labyrinth underneath The Man.
- Self portrait, with exploration companion, Diana.
- Labyrinth from above.
- Labyrinth from above.
- Labyrinth from above.
- Sound-touch wall in Labyrinth.
- Streamer curtain.
- Art in Labyrinth underneath The Man.
- Looking down from The Man.
- Looking up at The Man.
- Looking from The Man towards the Temple being built.
- Temple construction.
- Temple construction.
- Mutant vehicle.
- Casa de Slut Monkey.
- Smoke rings – dark and thick, hovering, dispersing slowly.
- Mutant vehicles at night.
- SOUPS gONe Camp.
- Talk to God booth. And here he sometimes answers.
- Teeter Totter of Death.
- The city fills up.
- Trickle Down Theory. Art I saw on road, arrived.
- Amazing sculpture.
- Mutant Cupcake.
- Twirl and Spin.
- Mutant Fish Bike.
- Pillow Fight Club.
- Construction of The Machine.
- Playa dust sculptures.
- Relationship installation.
- I remember the gentle pass of your lips on my skin. You, the catalyst of my desire.
- I remember the soft whispers of erotica in my ear. You, setting my passions aflame.
- I remember my body arching up to meet yours. You, breathless and consumed.
- I remember the tears burning down my face. You touching my cheek and saying goodbye.
- Free Air.
- Resting Cups.
- Bike with attached airplane.
- Playa crust.
- Shadowplay.
- Windmills.
- Messages on windmills.
- Messages on windmills.
- Messages on windmills.
- CD tree.
- Car-B-Que.
- Hide the commercial logos.
- Skywriting The Man.
- Changing my perspectives.
- The Van with Two Backs.
- Artists installing his work.
- Water truck brings down some of the dust on The Esplanade, the central street facing …
- Buddha sound system.
- Dali Dolly on my bike – what was to be the first of many years’ trips on my bike hand…
- Reflections inside a cube.
- Comfy bike rides by The Man.
- Man-power driven Beast.
- Water truck weaves down streets, bringing down some of the dust.
- Double gladiator bike.
- Cross with saw wheel.
- Barbie Death Camp & Wine Bistro.
- Barbie Death Camp & Wine Bistro.
- Barbie Death Camp & Wine Bistro.
- Barbie Death Camp & Wine Bistro.
- Barbie Death Camp & Wine Bistro.
- Barbie Death Camp & Wine Bistro.
- Dusty bike rests by tent at night.
- How’s that for a vertical climb?
- The perimeter fence. The end of the city.
- Spinning plastic bottle installation.
- Giant chess game.
- Beyond Black Rock City.
- Looking back at the city from the fence.
- Giant croquet game.
- Horses. Horses. Metal frames and tire tread skin.
- Horses. Horses. Metal frames and tire tread skin.
- Framed.
- And in the middle of the desert – a stand offering cold refreshing coffee drinks.
- Temple.
- Flames shoot out of their necks- it is a long distance multi-Weenie Roaster.
- Flames shoot out of their necks- it is a long distance multi-Weenie Roaster.
- Flames shoot out of their necks- it is a long distance multi-Weenie Roaster.
- Flames shoot out of their necks- it is a long distance multi-Weenie Roaster.
- The city at night.
- The Man at night.
- Propane powered flame pendulum.
- Propane powered flame pendulum.
- Propane powered flame pendulum.
- Propane powered flame pendulum.
- Spikes with fire. Low flame.
- Spikes with fire. High lame.
- Gathering inside the fire.
- Fire dance space.
- The Cubatron. A dazzling display as every ball can change color and it is all compute…
- Heading home at dawn.
- The Cubatron.
- Shaving in the van.
- Mirror Bodyframe.
- Mirror Bodyframe w/ aleXander.
- Mirror Bodyframe w/ new friend Liz.
- Filled with sugar.
- Travel bag and dust.
- Anti-war installation.
- The Machine.
- Sound making object, with striking tools provided.
- Liz playing the Sound Object.
- Dicky Box http://tinyurl.com/4men23s
- Dicky Box http://tinyurl.com/4men23s
- Camp Arctica – where you can buy ice – the only thing purchasable with money at Burni…
- The Esplanade, midday.
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