Wednesday, October 23, 2013

74/ Citizens 2


(The 2012 part of the blog starts almost at the bottom of this page)


Welcome to Burning Man.





Great recycling.





These guys from Camp Homepage didn't spend thousands of $ there but with imagination and fun they knew how to entertain their neighbors.






Nice Party at the Rob Bell's Zonotopia and Quasicrystalline Conjunction.





These guys from The Bacon Rescue Camp are just AWESOME, kuddos.
By the way it was the first time they set up this tensegrity structure, not bad at all.





To get the ambiance of BRC, a slow start then it's pretty good sample of what's going on.




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Somehow,  it was very tense to watch this ceremonial on Thursday morning at the Temple.





Houston, you will never believe where I crashed.






At first, I thought it was the Muezzin calling out the Adhan, but no it was camp Rejuvenation gifting vitamins and coconut water.





Gratuitous shot.





Pam and Ann, the very unshaved hostesses of the Airport.







76/ Miscellaneous 1




Sparkle Ponies at the Airport with full room service.





I just love these old school moments of silliness on Monday afternoon when everyone is packing up and sharing all the leftovers.





I had to show my junk to get some pancakes and beacon, sweet.





The Hippocampus art car serving breakfast on the Playa with fake French accent, hilarious.





At first,  I thought it was Daft Punk rehearsing for their mythical concert at the trash fence deep playa.








77/ Miscellaneous 2




Center Camp Café




Some A-list stars sat on this red couch.





Christina, the Queen of BRC





Got Enough Water?





That is impressing.







78/ Miscellaneous 3




Every year I have to take a picture of these cherry pickers.





They can be useful.






Cruising past the Temple.





Cauldrons in action





The Cemetery.







79/ Miscellaneous 4 Grey/Black Water Issues




The Toilet Brush/ Fabulous Bathroom Beacon by Starpony arts/Beacon Arts






These are the Showers for the 1%






Pretty impressive custom built Shower stalls






Slick PVC Evapotron.






Camp Astral Headwash were you could be pampered.







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Home is where the mailbox is.





That was the bike of the year, every other burner had one.






Yellow bikes installation.





Ever wanted to meet a real burner?





Logo on a container.







81/ Camp Déjà View




On the left, my neighbor, Frank W., with his own and unique 4-poles tensegrity structure.





2 Tarps, 1 camouflage net, 23 aluminum poles, 46 rebars. 6 hours to set up alone, a ritual year after year. It looks fragile but even in the worst storms I barely had major worries.
For the last 3/4 years, I don't put anymore the stretch fabrics on the 3 open sides, I realized that people don't look too much inside camps. Being this way, my camp is almost transparent, fluid, nothing is on the ground except the counterweight mid tarp. I don't come to BRC to be inside walls, I want to have a panoramic view of my surroundings, be part of it. At night nobody sees me sleeping on my cot and I wake up at the break of dawn.





Every camp builder is waiting for this moment, when the wind puts the structure to the test, even better when it's the last day, you just want to have maximum pressure, encore, encore. Exhilarating, tense and liberating at the same time. Going to Black Rock City you have to experience this situation.





Self-portrait in action
Kilt by Utilikilt of course
Same bike for the last 17 years, first year I was on foot, still remember the long commute between the city and Techno city.










See you next year.






Saturday, September 7, 2013


Soon


Thursday, September 27, 2012

–––––––––––– Black Rock City 2012 –––––––––––




For the weeklong Burning Man festival, a temporary city is built in the Black Rock Desert in northwestern Nevada where every year more than     50 000 participants endure extremely harsh living conditions to create an artistic community unique in the world.


They settle on a clearly defined layout  organically improved over             two decades of  adaptation to the growth of its population and ever increasing regulations that govern a private event held on public land.

The Leave No Trace, Self-reliance and Decommodification principles condition the nature of this habitat and demand a new approach to urban planning and the viability of temporary dwellings.

To survive in style (or not) a scorching sun, destructive gusts of wind
and the omnipresent dust, Burners, forward-looking citizens, come up with solo and communal camps, the fruition of year-long preparations along with sheer improvisation, to create an ephemeral architecture that will vanish leaving deep memories and no trace.

I recorded these images after countless hours bicycling around                   Black Rock City to keep traces of this profound urban experiment.

These photos are the gift I received from this thriving, yet physically ephemeral community.

                                                                    
                                                                             Enjoy, sit back and welcome home again!
                                                                                                               Philippe Glade 2012


Camp or installation misnamed? contact me: brc(at)philippeglade.com (plz:no flame, all smile)

This is a SFW blog.

This blog is a Ginormous labor of love that I want to keep commercial-free by adhering to the Decommodification principle.
If you share the same view and still read real paper books, you can support my book illustrating hundreds of solutions built during 15 years in the desert from 1996 to 2010:

- 81 copies left: when it's gone, it's gone -
At the 69 mark there will be a $10 price increase for collector item :-)


Black Rock City, NV the ephemeral architecture of Burning Man




BROWSE IT


Super special thanks to Heather Gallagher (camera girl), Michael Vav, Harley K Dubois, Terril Neely.

Blog dedicated to Rod Garrett, the city designer/planner who for 16 years created and improved the original grid of the city. 
Previously: 2011  2010  2009  2008  2007 to 1996



2012 Table of contents
5 pages/51 posts  at the bottom of each column click older posts to access the next one

1 Cityscapes/Golden Rebars/Originals
2 Camps/Hexayurts/Camo/Tensegrity/Mini Houses
3 Domes/Monkey Huts/Fabric/Canopies/Teepees/
   Participants/Showers/Wood Frame/RV's
4 Tents/Parachutes/Ring/Mutant Cars/Art Installations
5 The Temple/Me and many photographers links

Click images to enlarge


Soundscapes for BRC and this blog: Eno KLF Tron Underworld Vangelis






All Photos/Texts©Philippe Glade 2012


What friendly blogs say about This is Black Rock City:

Weburbanist
Bettery magazine
Irregularshelter



1/Cityscapes



 GeoEye Satellite Image



The 2012 BRC Map


53 000 participants







One week








The Playa







Black Rock City 2012


Zonotopia and the two trees by Rob Bell and crew with the Man and Old Razorback Mountain.





2/Cityscapes-2



Extreme solutions







Pacific coexistence







The wind is pounding, the dust saturates the air, this doesn't stop the DJ of camp Caledonia to spin his grooves.
Built by Spincycle, this is a temporary homage to the Tjibaou Cultural Centre in Nouméa, New Caledonia by Renzo Piano.







Afternoon delight







Black Rock City has the highest ratio of bicycles per capita, and also Mutant Vehicules.





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