Burning Life 08 - Thank you!

Burning Life 08 - Ayiki's Mannequin Art

If it's at all possible - get down to Burning Life today - try to see some more of the amazing installations. I really wish that if it's going to be this big that they'd give us more time to explore and experience the work. If you only have time to see one more - or a few more - go visit Ayiki's Mannequin Art - then go see what else is in the neighbourhood. I'm really really glad I did. :)

Burning Life 08 - AM Radio

I'm afraid I've left it too late to make it to all 12 of the juried installations. I'll try to do more tonight - but at least I made it to AM Radio's.

Ahh to have 1/1000 of his talent!

Burning Life 2008 - Burning the Man

Sometimes you just get really lucky - I called up Burning Life on the map thinking I might go for a quick visit and saw all these green dots - but they weren't at the main stage. So I tp'ed in to take a look and heard Philip Linden shout hello to everyone. I figured I'd better stick around. :) Good thing too - they were Burning the Man!

Torley has done a great video (well duh) of Burning the Man.

Tomorrow they will be burning the temple - this is from the Burning Life website:

Temple Burn - Sunday October 5th at ???? (not sure yet)
The temple is located here: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Burning%20Life%20(Reality)/9/204/25 Surely bound to be an amazing event with copious amounts of hedonistic dancing and music. A must for letting down your hair and dropping you clothing. I bet you always wanted to show off that customer skin... so now is the time.I hope to see some of you over there for the final couple of days events.

You'll have to check on the website or with SL to get the final schedule.

Burning Life 08 - Nga Kaitaki Whenua

I found this installation as I wandered this morning - it deserves a look! From the notecard you receive Nga Kaitaki Whenua
is an experience based on selected myths, legends and customs of the Maori people, native to New Zealand. My photo's don't do it justice - really.... go visit!

Burning Life 08 - Theme?

This Clockwork Spider is neat - you need to go in person to appreciate all the moving parts. My question though is why are there so many spiders? Is this a theme this year (I mean in addition to the American Dream which is everywhere)?

Burning Life 08 - Boris the Spider

The three images in this post are all from Boris the Spider. My fear is that there is so much to see and so little time that all of the amazing work at Burning Life 08 will not be appreciated. And that's a huge pity.

Burning Life 08 - Various Regions

Not all regions at Burning Life are full of installations - so I wound up wandering a bit today. I found the one by Damanios Thetan - love his work and you know from a distance it's his. He has free drums for the nightly drumming circle - at first I thought the circle was at this location, but I saw other references to it - so I don't know where it is.

There are lots of interactive exhibits in this general area - one that was a little different is this Human Pool Table. You can ride and control a pool ball on the giant table.

Elsewhere there are examples of the political art on display - such as It was the Corps! This installation includes a movie and talks about the devastation caused by Katrina as a man made disaster.

Right next door is the Fortress of Solitude ! Built by the Justice League Unlimited - I'm going to check them out. :)

Burning Life 08 - Code Region

There is an awful lot to see at Burning Life - it'll take me more time than available to see it all. I didn't make to all of the installations on the Code sim but I can report on 5 of them. The first one is Camp Amok Time - and let me just say I'm grateful there are signs on these installations. I'd never figure out what they were otherwise. An interesting collection of items (and lots of freebie gifts) - you'd have to look for yourself to appreciate it.

You all know that I love Steampunk - so you know I appreciated the Conservatory of the Aether - a free necklace is available here.

Right next door was Uninspired - a scathing and/or political message is imprinted on each letter. This artist is not very optimistic!

I loved this guy - the Junkamaton.

The most interactive of the installations I saw this morning was The Illuminati Abduction. I had some trouble with the teleport - I think. I'm not sure I was supposed to wind up here.

I finally solved the problem by standing on the ground underneath the main area and flying straight up. I found this room which is fascinating - but you'd have to be braver than I am to test the various tables set up for medical experiments. :)

As always, lots of good stuff to see. The amount of talent, art, planning and building that went into the installations is inspiring.

Burning Life 08 - Dizzy Banjo

My RL avatar allowed me some time in SL this morning while she did morning chores - so I took the opportunity to go visit Dizzy Banjo's installation at Burning Life. I took a lot of pics but without the movement and the music I'm afraid they just can't convey the actual experience. Here are a few to give you just an inkling of what happens when you click on the ground level site and choose teleport.

Arriving approx. 300 m in the air you find yourself surrounded by pods - they look inviting, so sit in one. :)

There's a countdown and then you are instructed to turn on your music stream. And the ride begins!

You and your pod are set in motion for what will be a 1000 m journey - with full musical accompaniment (well it is Dizzy Banjo after all). The motion, shapes and colours are in harmony (pun intended).

When you reach the final destination there is a brief pause and then you and the pod descend once more. A wonderful experience. Well worth trying!

This is a thoughtful piece and it engenders thought. I'll allow you to undertake that part of the journey without my interference. :)