Burning Man 2017
Renewing the WOWs, again!
After a two year break, we’re heading back to That Thing In The Desert. 11th time for me – 5th for Tammy Remington, my partner in life and art (AnomalyWorksNYC).
2017 was a year of two life-changing events (one emotional/spiritual, one physical) – both of which which will play a big part in my return to the playa. The latter was a serious leg injury (careful getting off that bus!) which although now far along on the road to recovery will still seriously impact my mobility around Black Rock City. Not easy for a both-ends-burning man! The former event I wrote about HERE. I have contributed artwork to the Center Camp Café Kiosk from 2010 to 2014. You can see the works in the “galleries” at aleXanderhirka@nyc.com
For the last three years Tammy collaborated with related short stories, printed in small booklets to share. We’re doing it together again this year.
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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.
479 photos / a few, as they say, NSFW
“2017 theme: Radical Rituals.
The Anomalous Duo response: Question Rituals.
A serious leg injury in April had cast doubts on this planned journey. Healing is on the way, learning to walk again in progress. Onward!”
“2017 theme: Radical Rituals.
The Anomalous Duo response: Question Rituals.
A serious leg injury in April had cast doubts on this planned journey. Healing is on the way, learning to walk again in progress. Onward!”
From The Anomalous Duo @ Burning Man 2017. Posted by AleXander Hirka on 9/11/2017 (481 items)
- The tickets arrive. Onward with perseverance and hope!
- Tammy & AleXander hydration packs – unused since 2014 – get washed out. Note pla…
- Hydration packs – clean and ready.
- Hydtration packs – bling’d.
- Eleventh time. Martha – who created the patch for me many years ago – sews on the ne…
- Eleventh time. Martha sews on the next stroke.
- Tammy’s 5th Burning Man adventure.
- Tammy’s hand-blig’d sun cap for the desert.
- AleXander decorating a coat.
- "Blind Leading The Blind (Question Rituals)" ( after Breugel ) Fragment of…
- "Blind Leading The Blind (Question Rituals)" ( after Breugel ) Visiting a …
- At SkinkInk Printing in Brooklyn, color-proofing a small version of the art that will…
- Twin copy of the Center Camp Cafe art; unrolled and taking a rest in Harlem.
- Preparing letters to burn at the Temple at Burning Man – written during my time with …
- Preparing letters to burn at the Temple at Burning Man – written during my time with …
- Preparing letters to burn at the Temple at Burning Man – written during my time with …
- Preparing letters to burn at the Temple at Burning Man – written during my time with …
- Preparing letters to burn at the Temple at Burning Man – written during my time with …
- For the Temple.
- Well, if you have to wear compression socks at Burning Man . . . (Dali Dolly approve…
- Starting From Scratch means new plates and bowls for desert dining.
- The all important lip balms – in favorite pineapple flavor.
- Zip-tie attached carabiners – on cups to attach to hydration packs – for Black Rock C…
- Painting the P-Jugg (for nocturnal in-tent use to avoid walks to porta-potties).
- Cutting the P-Jugg (for nocturnal in-tent use to avoid walks to porta-potties).
- Paining the P-Juggs (for nocturnal in-tent use to avoid walks to porta-potties).
- Finished P-Juggs (for nocturnal in-tent use to avoid walks to porta-potties).
- I am not an employee of the Unites States Beer Service at Burning Man – but they sent…
- Question shopping rituals.
- 19 days before the trip, sorting some things. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0q90oy…
- There are some people who go to the Bahamas, some to the Catskills – and some who lea…
- Our friend Margot’s garage in Sacramento, with items we’ve shipped there – tent, slee…
- Postcard (front) sent to select friends from Black Rock City Post Office.
- Postcard (back) sent to select friends from Black Rock City Post Office.
- NYC skyline in distance from JFK airport.
- Three Mile Island?!
- Los Angeles stop-over.
- Our luggage arrives at Sacramento Airport. Art installation created in 1998 by sculp…
- Driving through the Donner Pass area, near Truckee, California. https://en.wikipedia…
- Driving through the Donner Pass area, near Truckee, California. https://en.wikipedia…
- California road, heading towards Reno, Nevada.
- Driving through the Donner Pass area, near Truckee, California. https://en.wikipedia…
- Driving through the Donner Pass area, near Truckee, California. https://en.wikipedia…
- Stay classy, Reno.
- Sunset over Reno.
- Shopping at Walmart for camping supplies.
- The ONLY time we shop at Walmart.
- Do we need one of these?
- Do we need one of these?
- The Sands Regency hotel in Reno, Nevada – our place to stay before and after TTITD.
- View from our room at The Sands Regency hotel in Reno, Nevada.
- Mel’s Diner at The Sands Regency hotel in Reno, Nevada.
- Will blood pour out when the elevator doors open?
- Something you never read in elevators just about any other place in the world.
- A meditative moment – the camera channeling Vermeer.
- Food shopping for the week at Trader Joe’s in Reno.
- Food shopping for the week at Trader Joe’s in Reno.
- Whole Foods gets into the act.
- Last look at "clean".
- Loading up for the journey to the desert.
- Street art, Reno.
- Reno LOVES Burning Man.
- Ready to head into the desert.
- Bike and honey sales along the way.
- The road.
- Gerlach – last town before Black Rock City, Burning Man. Center of the Known Univers…
- There sure is a lot of sky out there!
- Driving through the Donner Pass area, near Truckee, California. https://en.wikipedia…
- About three hours to get in. Piece of cake.
- Dali Dolly arrives for her 10th Burning Man adventure.
- Our homestead and steeds for the next 10 days.
- Opted for buying a used futon instead of the years on air mattresses. Last glimpse …
- Learned what a virga is: an observable streak or shaft of precipitation falling from …
- Sunrise over the playa.
- Sunrise.
- Sunrise over the playa.
- After riding a trike for the first time out there, Tammy is never going back to a bik…
- Vanity’s tool.
- Events sign at our camp, PolyParadise.
- Logo distortion and a light beacon at nearby camp.
- Preparing to hang up art at Center Camp Cafe.
- Center Camp.
- Center Camp.
- Center Camp.
- Artists gather to get their allotted space at Center Camp Cafe.
- “Blind Leading The Blind (Question Rituals)” – after Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1525…
- “Blind Leading The Blind (Question Rituals)” – after Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1525…
- Art at Center Camp Cafe.
- “Blind Leading The Blind (Question Rituals)” – after Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1525…
- Yeah, it was a hot year all right.
- Like anyone listened….
- A camp providing psychological support for any overwhelming experiences.
- Traffic on The Esplanade.
- On line at Arctica Camp to get ice.
- On line at Arctica Camp to get ice.
- On line at Arctica Camp to get ice.
- Koan practice Burning Man style…
- Ye Ol’ Homestead.
- Tammy’s steed at night.
- The Man.
- The Pink Flamingo. Climb right up!
- You’d think there would have been a line! A very long line.
- Self Serve High Five.
- "Cigarette Butt" – bronze cast – Center Camp Cafe.
- Endless fun watching the wide variety of reactions to the art.
- Anti M’s Home For Wayward Art. Take something, leave something. https://playaevents…
- Anti M’s Home For Wayward Art. Take something, leave something. https://playaevents….
- Midnight Poutine Camp https://www.facebook.com/midnightpoutinebrc/
- Ursa Major made entirely of U.S. and Canadian pennies
- Ursa Major made entirely of U.S. and Canadian pennies
- Ursa Major made entirely of U.S. and Canadian pennies
- In Case A Uke
- At The Temple – where people leave artifacts, signs, letters, and other remembrances …
- At The Temple – where people leave artifacts, signs, letters, and other remembrances …
- At The Temple – where people leave artifacts, signs, letters, and other remembrances …
- At The Temple – where people leave artifacts, signs, letters, and other remembrances …
- The Temple – where people leave artifacts, signs, letters, and other remembrances – o…
- At The Temple – where people leave artifacts, signs, letters, and other remembrances …
- Temple dome.
- At The Temple – where people leave artifacts, signs, letters, and other remembrances …
- At The Temple – where people leave artifacts, signs, letters, and other remembrances …
- At The Temple – where people leave artifacts, signs, letters, and other remembrances …
- At The Temple – where people leave artifacts, signs, letters, and other remembrances …
- At The Temple – where people leave artifacts, signs, letters, and other remembrances …
- Temple dome.
- At The Temple – where people leave artifacts, signs, letters, and other remembrances …
- At The Temple – where people leave artifacts, signs, letters, and other remembrances …
- At The Temple – where people leave artifacts, signs, letters, and other remembrances …
- The Temple.
- Dust shows up when the camera takes a photo with the flash.
- Not so clean anymore…
- The mountains catching the last light of day in the distance.
- Sunset.
- Our neighbors’ residence.
- The contribution of nearby brush fires to the sunset.
- Center Camp as sun sets.
- Dolly Dali lives for the night life!
- Center Camp bench.
- There are just so many ways you can get badly hurt out there.
- We got lasers.
- Covered in pages from various "scriptures".
- Pages from various "scriptures".
- PolyParadise at night.
- Tooling around the neighborhood.
- Hope they’re friendly.
- Time for some vinegar and wipes and lotion before putting on boots.
- We made our contribution….
- Takes me back to Vermont.
- Mutant vehicles.
- Tammy nearly broke her leg getting on that contraption and watched some young thing h…
- Center Camp.
- Nice ink.
- A 747 club at Black Rock City.
- A 747 club at Black Rock City.
- That magic time of day as it cools down a bit and the night beckons.
- Black Rock City traffic.
- Unnecessarily Low Bar
- And nobody thinks this is at all strange. Here.
- Dive Bar
- Center Camp Cafe art.
- View from Center Camp (note the guy on the cell phone)
- Center Camp Cafe art.
- Center Camp Cafe art.
- Center Camp kids at play
- Center Camp kids at play
- Early morning before the heat sets in.
- How that coffee wound up on the mask is a mystery, but maybe someone didn’t want to q…
- "Bloom" the jelly fish – and The Man in the background. https://journal.bu…
- Parking garage on a car.
- Cookie monsters.
- Alas – didn’t get any good photos of the most amazing "Tree of Ténéré" http…
- Alas – didn’t get any good photos of the most amazing "Tree of Ténéré" http…
- Hydrate, dude!
- Love the cigarette!
- Just one more thing we missed this year…..no Vietnamese iced coffee.
- A dazzling and darkly funny art critique of one of humanity’s most barbaric Radical R…
- One of humanity’s more barbaric Radical Rituals.
- Just as any encroaching homesickness might occur….
- The Temple at night.
- Finally they start burning stuff!!
- We missed watching her walk around, but it’s all over YouTube, so you won’t miss it.
- Don’t panic; it’s just a giant Barbie doll suspended above the legendary Barbie Death…
- Hanging Barbie.
- Always a fave!
- So wrong. (So wonderful)
- A real doll!
- The doll’s doll!
- Clearly some questioning didn’t go on at a crucial juncture in time……
- Bacon has attained the status of fetish at TTITD. See? Pancakes too.
- It’s a good thing to strive for, but with nearly FOUR THOUSAND bicycles left behind t…
- Love that signage!
- Some art is artier than other art, clearly (beautiful work!).
- Lots of "business"….
- Less "business"…
- The Duo really loves this artist’s work.
- Wait! Is that NYC in the distance??? (nicely done Kostume Kult)
- The Big Dusty Apple!
- You got something’ to say or you just going ta keep moving?
- Do we still call it man-spreading???
- Hang on.
- The French Quarter…
- All the comforts of home!
- If this isn’t art, it’s a real mess!
- Two men enter, ONE MAN LEAVES!
- Nice folks, those Death Guilders, but don’t try to get too chummy.
- Art?
- Where else, I ask you?
- Caption contest. And GO!
- Tasty!
- Our wonderful transportation!
- Don’t ask.
- How the 1% do Burning Man (not to be confused by how the 0.1% do it).
- Waiting for the Man to burn on a delightfully mild night in Black Rock City.
- Good advice that seldom shows up on street corners anywhere else in the world. Oddly …
- Meals at PolyParadise are communal affairs and delicious!
- The kitchen, ably overseen by the inimitable Shadow and Knotch. Superb job, you two!
- Menu schedule at PolyParadise.
- Comfort and style in Black Rock City!
- The homestead and veranda.
- Found next to Blind Leading the Blind in Center Camp: what appears to be a tiny Polar…
- Goggles and shade!
- Stylin’!
- What to do with the crashed airplane that you can’t keep in your mother’s garage anym…
- Plug it in!
- Shade and art, perfect combination.
- Far out beyond the Temple.
- For those long bubble baths that just make the Burn special.
- Music out by the trash fence! (Nope, not Daft Punk)
- How did this not make the front page of the Times? That lefty rag!!
- Temple of Gravity…..no arguing with that concept!
- Your guess is as good as anyone’s.
- Inspired!
- A good citizen returning a stolen mannequin and receiving gratitude and a hug. It was…
- Only here…
- At the Gate upon arrival: Fuck you. Because Science.
- Sunday morning where the Man was burned.
- Some art cars are more, shall we say, "sincere" than others.
- Again, nowhere else!
- Disco Goat!
- Afternoon coma!
- After the art came down.
- Yes, another stunning sunset.
- Temple burn on Sunday night.
- The Duo is thoroughly dusted inside and out.
- Quietly radical ritual at camp as Scotto and Ginny mark the passing of good friends o…
- ToMmy by the fire.
- Mild nights meant lots of moon gazing.
- The great exodus begins and the city is thinning out.
- Last sunrise.
- (And yes, someone was sleeping in that four poster bed.
- Loading out.
- Sun dogs on the last day.
- The truck going back to Phoenix.
- (He is, too!)
- The road out.
- Back out to the blacktop.
- Very similar to Iceland……except for the temperature. It NEVER gets much above 70 …
- Grand Sierra Resort: where the best dressed Burners bring out the finest costumes tha…
- The height of luxury with Reno’s industrial park in the distance (including our Publi…
- We know where you were!
- The longest corridor in Reno and our room is at the very end. (Grand Sierra Resort, b…
- The view from our bunker of a room at GSR.
- Some people’s idea of a good time. Go figure.
- Angel of the Casino!
- G and Dillon found us at GSR.
- The people with whom we could not have done this crazy thing! A hundred thousand than…
- Everything fit in the tiniest storage unit in Reno. Imagine that!
- The Duo and their gear.
- Reno’s self-storage biz LOVES TTITD!
- Playa art in its new home: Reno.
- (The jelly donuts were not all that) But getting the laundry done was good.
- Glad we didn’t have to clean that!
- The view from our room at Sands Regency.
- Pigeon art.
- Walking towards the Truckee river in Reno, our last night in town.
- Eno’s BEST!
- After Burning Man, bring on the hot air balloon festival and the big international bo…
- What to say?
- The cleaning just beginning.
- What???
- You’d think it would be a recession proof way to go in Reno, but nope!
- This, however, is never a sure thing. (Not that most won’t give it their best shot!)
- The Emerald City.
- From our table at Joe’s in Sacramento.
- Like something out of a movie! Old Sacramento w/ full moon.
- @ Evangeline’s boutique, Old Sacramento.
- @ Evangeline’s boutique, Old Sacramento.
- A last treat from the fabulous Miz Bunny!
- Dazed and dusty and ready to be home!
- Seattle….good bye!
- Montana.
- East coast!
- HOME (we can see our street just north of Central Park).
- Shoes will need somecleaning.
- Viewer comments from the booklet: Incredibly beautiful and so well thought-out. Lov…
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