my 7th trip to the desert proved inspiring and otherly-worldly as usual. this year i camped with the altitude lounge, a long-standing camp of friends i've known for years and new friends i'm anxious to see again. i used up my camera memory shooting video for an art project, so many of these are from friends.
view of the playa from larry's plane, with an incoming storm
the altitude lounge camping area and lounging platform
altitude lounge kitchen (train cargo container), waiting for the deep fryer to heat up
the lounge at dusk
leroy reciting poetry during breakfast
one of the art structures was 'wall street'
wall street meryl lynch bull
free pussy riot! burners were encouraged to tag walls treet
boise friends built this structure to represent idaho, each state could submit a piece of art
the structure, called 'opalessence' had 3 wooden boxes hanging inside, with ashes from 3 of our friends who died over the summer (a couple who died in a car accident, and a fire fighter)
opalessence burns, the man glows in the background
the building of osiris, the egyptian god of the afterlife
osiris burns
3 of our favorites in one shot- the man, opalessence, and our friend sam's giant squid
campmates heading home from a dance club- kate hurt her knee falling off of our tower scaffold
we work with the opulent temple sound camp, which draws large crowds with world-class djs
kim and justin get married at altitude lounge
campmates
spontaneous dance party gathers when an art car stops to play tunes
art cars cruise
kristi and i get ready to rally
at the neighbor's, enjoying their lounge
playing barbie doll foose
one of our camp art cars
another camp art car (ex-fire truck) next to our tower
brad, brian and kristi eating dine in my trailer
on the queen beast art car during a storm
chris, jessica and sam transporting sound gear
cari and kaden
the gang
jessica djs
bowling
thunderdome fights are a great spectator sport
jess on the carosel
the memorial at the temple, for our friends CJ and Zach
volunteer firemen monitor the burns
campmate dan, he writes music for movies in los angeles, and made his own musical backpack
opulent temple in full glory
the temple at dusk
the man burns
the temple
emily
a lounge area sculpture made of nothing but zip-ties
the man in a dust storm
watching sunset from the pier
last year we had the pier only, this year there was an entire 4-story sinking ship attached
our crew reporting for duty
sam mans the cannons
