Burning Man 2019
Renewing the WOWs — with AWE — yet again!
Back to That Thing In The Desert.
13th time for me – 7th for Tammy Remington, my partner in life and art (AnomalyWorksNYC).
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(See our “Press Button For Quick Service : A Life/Art Performance Piece” in Reno, Nevada in 2013 – documented HERE.)
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“(Joseph) Campbell’s first requirement was that mythology must inspire awe in the universe. Modern America was built on biblical desert mythologies, even if most Americans would want to do anything but live in such an environment today. Standing in the middle of the Playa — the art-driven center of the camp — at 2 a.m., whipping yourself around to find a perfect circumference of lights, mutant vehicles and sound systems the size of midtown Manhattan clubs is, to say the least, awe-inspiring.” >>> The entire article, The Mythology of Burning Man, by Derek Beres, HERE.
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“The Anomalous Duo do it again.
Lucky #13 for AleXander, Lucky #7 for Tammy.”
From Burning Man 2019. Posted by AleXander Hirka on 2/19/2019 (413 items)
- Thirteen times? Really? The man could have bought himself a Jaguar XE for all that mo…
- Turned out to be the year Tammy received her playa name: Seven.
- Official Anomalous Duo UriNation Pee Jugs Ⓡ ™ How to make, Part 1. Cut out the spou…
- How to make, Part 2. Closeup of how to cut out spout. Official Anomalous Duo UriNati…
- How to make, Part 2. To make sure when you empty most of it pours out. Official Anoma…
- Larger version of the Official Anomalous Duo UriNation Pee Jugs Ⓡ ™ 2019 Edition.
- Official Anomalous Duo UriNation Pee Jugs Ⓡ ™ 2019 Edition.
- Official Anomalous Duo UriNation Pee Jugs Ⓡ ™ 2019 Edition.
- We don’t need no stinkin’ badges . . . but eventually dusty ones we got.
- Packing goggles. Pre-dusted.
- Dali Dolly in flight.
- The badlands.
- Got our truck.
- Truck bottom plastic-covered to keep out some of the playa-dust.
- Our stuff in storage in Sacramento.
- Loaded up. Still have to get our bikes.
- Truck loaded. Ready to leave Sacramento towards Reno.
- Truck loaded. Ready to leave Sacramento towards Reno.
- So there is this thing – people cut the gas feeder lines at night and syphon gasoline…
- So there is this thing – people cut the gas feeder lines at night and syphon gasoline…
- Tammy in the window.
- Burning Man art in Reno.
- Burning Man art now in Reno. Don’t get dusty! Just VIEW the experience and then slam …
- Some people’s idea of a good time. Go figure.
- THIS person’s idea of a good time!
- AleXander with the guy from U-Haul checking out the repair job on the cut fuel line. …
- Freshening up the colors.
- That was one expensive oversight: yes, we forgot the tickets to the event and bless o…
- What all the stylish ladies in Reno are wearing this year.
- The art of Reno……..is everywhere!
- More Reno art!
- The Duo shops!
- And shops!
- That’s about everything – except food and water – for nine days in the desert.
- Everything for nine days in the desert – including food and water.
- Everything for nine days in the desert – including food and water.
- Pyramid Lake in panorama.
- Pyramid Lake always appears like a mirage on the ride out to TTITD.
- The road goes on forever……….
- First signs of dust. What’s going ON over there anyway?
- And we arrive to flamingos! Many, many flamingos.
- First BRC sunset of 2019.
- Yes, yes it was a bit dusty this year.
- Magnificent!
- Those boots are never going to come clean!
- And we did!
- Tammy and Ma Baas, relaxing outside the estate.
- Another banner year!
- We may have forgotten the tickets but we didn’t forget Dali!
- AleXander’s art in Center Camp early Sunday.
- The Man and his Art!
- The helpmate who managed to lose the borrowed staple gun.
- Yes; that’s art.
- Before the madness descends on Center Camp when all is calm.
- Other people’s art at Center Camp.
- Porto philosophy.
- Happy neighbors.
- You, too, can be a Big Deal at Burning Man!
- See?
- AleXander’s brain child and design; nifty, no?
- We saw people working on this very fancy mutant vehicle all week long and never once …
- The Firehouse goes up and the portos get dusty.
- Family fun in the desert!
- Because the Flintstones cars never get old at TTITD.
- Comfort and Joy!
- Instagram shoe emergency!
- Words fail.
- AleXander ready to go out into the night!
- Lots of palm trees out there this year!
- Puzzled?
- How Comfort and Joy does it UP!
- AleXander’s black light hair!
- Our home in Black Rock City.
- Because there’s always trash!
- Some desert tribe’s god?
- Creativity EVERYWHERE!
- Something for everyone!
- The signs point to a positive outcome.
- The classic, the immortal, El Pulpo Mecanico has returned!
- A long time fave!
- Because some camps just all have to have matching bikes, right?
- The suburbs.
- Another boring concierge camp. Yawn.
- The suburbanites have fresh produce delivered. Of course.
- Suburban concierge camps keeping out the riffraff.
- Robot Heart in the full daylight!
- Do they have chauffeured limos to take them out to the oh-so clean potties? And who c…
- Air conditioned?
- CatHenge.
- The Man ahead.
- Don’t forget to pay for your hug with two compliments!
- Crotchet bombing on the playa!
- Kostume Kult’s New York skyline in the back ground adds a nice touch to the surreal m…
- Clearly Art.
- AleXander contemplating a turn as an Instagram model.
- No, Tammy didn’t keep the hat.
- There he is: The Man.
- Another dusty sunset.
- Wonderful light just before sunset by The Man.
- Another magnificent sunset!
- The Temple at night.
- Messages at The Temple.
- Inside the Temple at night
- Editors everywhere!
- The art is everywhere.
- Whatever it was, it was still under construction Sunday night.
- Elephant!
- Elephant changing colors!!
- Fire spinners.
- He put the booklet back and was roundly dismissed as a loser by The Duo.
- Really. You ARE!
- That moon!
- Always impressive what some people come up with for art cars.
- Take that baby on the rush hour freeway, hmm?
- Someone is ready for Tutu Tuesday!
- Many deep philosophical conversations fill the days at Burning Man.
- Playa panorama!
- Sunrise at CatHenge.
- Argue with THAT!
- All the comforts…
- Daily laundry drying in the sun.
- Finishing second reading of The Overstory by Richard Powers at the camp.
- Our contribution to the breakfast meal for the camp on Tuesday. All those childhood c…
- Straight up Fruit Loops.
- Center Camp Art
- Center Camp Art
- Center Camp Art
- Hot dogs on the wharf, you bet!
- These fun ways to be creative fill the city but peter out once you get to the suburbs…
- Fiesta!
- Hedgehogs get big in the desert!
- What would Andy think?
- Our friend John’s home out in walk-on camping.
- Our friend John’s home out in walk-on camping.
- That happens a lot out here.
- Bacon-flavored cotton candy?!!
- Bacon-flavored cotton candy?!!
- Bacon flavored cotton candy, shade and good conversation. The important things in lif…
- Mutant vehicle ready to roll.
- A lovely new touch at Poly Paradise this year.
- What we do with wood.
- Nice kitty!
- Stunningly wrought elephant on the playa.
- A fire tornado!
- Yes, those people are walking into a giant head.
- The closet.
- Captive balloons.
- A Fine Folly. About:https://journal.burningman.org/2019/08/black-rock-city/building-b…
- A Fine Folly. About:https://journal.burningman.org/2019/08/black-rock-city/building-b…
- A Fine Folly. About:https://journal.burningman.org/2019/08/black-rock-city/building-b…
- A Fine Folly. About:https://journal.burningman.org/2019/08/black-rock-city/building-b…
- Nothing fazes that cow. Nothing.
- A Fine Folly. About:https://journal.burningman.org/2019/08/black-rock-city/building-b…
- Just another of the million ways to hurt yourself at TTITD.
- We expect to see that in Reno next year.
- Nice kitty!!!
- Who will blink first?
- Ok, yes, another magnificent sky.
- Kostume Kult’s New York City skyline.
- Mutant vehicle ready to roll.
- A real crowd pleaser when it began running and flapping its enormous wings.
- Center Camp Art.
- "ARTransformUS" https://alexanderhirka.nyc/artransformus/
- "ARTransformUS" https://alexanderhirka.nyc/artransformus/
- Because anything can be a disco ball!
- And from Canada . . .
- And from Canada . . .
- Magnificent. Again.
- Now there’s a gift!
- Poetry and breakfast.
- That kept the crows away!
- Center Camp. People using the art displays, which were lowered this year, as furnitur…
- Center Camp.
- Center Camp.
- Center Camp.
- Center Camp.
- Seniors on vacation.
- Note the fire extinguisher. Fun will be had once the sun goes down.
- Arctica Camp. Ice!
- Arctica Camp. Ice!
- In case there are any fires.
- Chillin’ in the truck shade.
- The daily filling of the shower bags.
- Shower bags in the sun – for a warm shower later.
- Fashion on the Playa.
- Comfort & Joy camp.
- Guard bunny.
- Sunset.
- Mutant vehicle ready to roll.
- Put that butt out!
- Root Society outdid itself this year; wow!
- Clothes horse, of course.
- The fire breathing ceiling at one of the sound camps.
- Welcome home!
- Transportation.
- Because RV users don’t have to use port-a-potties.
- PolyParadise shade structure.
- John Buchanan, Natomas Bike Shop, Sacramento.
- Sharing thoughts at the Temple.
- Sharing thoughts at the Temple.
- Sharing thoughts at the Temple.
- Sharing thoughts at the Temple.
- Sharing thoughts at the Temple.
- Sharing thoughts at the Temple.
- Sharing thoughts at the Temple.
- A Fine Folly. https://journal.burningman.org/2019/08/black-rock-city/building-brc/a-f…
- A Fine Folly. https://journal.burningman.org/2019/08/black-rock-city/building-brc/a-f…
- Mutant vehicle ready to roll.
- And, yes, those suspended boulders moved. Climb at your own risk.
- Another way to get hurt.
- What to do with all those unwanted pianos? Build playa art!
- John riding away after an afternoon of art appreciation.
- Dusty.
- Garbed for the event.
- Alas, poor………Gavin?
- "ARTansformUS" ay Center Camp. https://alexanderhirka.nyc/artransformus/
- In motion to applause.
- Port-a-potty words.
- Never know what’s out there in the dark!
- Mutant vehicle ready to roll.
- Ma Baas’ crazy and unsettling clown car.
- Pancake breakfast.
- Official Festival Reflective Gooogly-Eye Hat ™©
- Official Festival Reflective Gooogly-Eye Hat ™© worn by Uncle Bob.
- Tent floor getting a bit dusty.
- Burn Night fashion statement.
- Burn night fashion statement.
- That moon!
- Fireworkd before Man burn.
- The Man explodes and burns.
- Selfie with Dali Dolly.
- The dust really adds something to this photo.
- Potty art.
- Nearby camp packing up.
- Really yummy salt water taffy.
- Mutant vehicle ready to roll.
- Walking in a line de-MOOPing* to Leave No Trace after the event. (*Matter Out Of Plac…
- Packing up into a small container.
- Keeping up appearances.
- The week’s comfy accommodations.
- Pulpo Mechanico https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMfzFIERJIg
- Ready for an evening out.
- Amazing clouds at sunset.
- Sunset, heading for the Temple burn.
- The majestic sky at sunset, heading for the Temple burn.
- The magnificent sky at sunset, heading for the Temple burn.
- The gorgeous sky at sunset, heading for the Temple burn.
- Adults and kids awaiting the Temple burn.
- The Temple burning.
- The Temple burning.
- The Temple burning.
- Sunrise on last day on the playa.
- Time to pack it all up and head home.
- Time to pack it all up and head home.
- Emptying the tent. Note bent pole on right side – will it live another year?
- Dali Dolly looks on at Exodus.
- Exodus. About 3 hours. Then another 1.5 to Gerlach.
- Exodus. The paved road almost in sight.
- On the road again – towards Reno.
- Don’t look back or you will turn into a pillar of dust.
- Passing Pyramid Lake again.
- Back at the Sands Regency. Back to Default World Bernie promotion!
- Laundering and packing up the clothes to put in storage.
- All wrapped up and put away.
- Dust imprints from the mat outside our tent by the storage unit. The rug probably had…
- Time to clean out the ruck.
- Aa tree in Sacramento.
- Sacramento.
- Indulgence at Vic’s Ice Cream in Sacramento. http://vicsicecream.com
- Dali Dolly, with a fresh layer of dust, prepares for the trip home.
- Sacramento.
- What these two seniors have experienced in the last dozen days!
- Developments.
- Somewhere over the USofA.
- Approaching New York City.
- Those boots can tell a story or two.
- Dali Dolly back at home on her elevated perch.
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