burn2 : burning man

BURN2 : Burning Man 2010

burn2 : burning man, originally uploaded by rafeejewell.

Logged into the BURN2 with my alt so that I could just manuever and teleport into the massive event. (You should have been to the real Burning Man as dust was the enemy there!)

I got there an hour early and the place was already packed and lag-o-licious. Fireworks in the sky and all kinds of beautiful particles were exploding everywhere on the four sims.

I knew I had to upload the pre-burn pictures now before I went crashola. It was inevitable as I had several windows open on my desktop trying to take pictures, blogging, uploading and blah blah blah!

I came to experience the whole thing again. Last year was incredible and I didn't want to miss this one. I'll try to load up the burn pictures as soon as I can, but I have a feeling the lag will get pretty bad once it starts!

Wish me luck!
Peace out!
rafee


Thanks Debbie for the Machinima info to share with our group!
[01:30] Debbie Trilling: Machinima. Best in 720p HD: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WI87bIopgjM


Here it is embedded: BURN2 - The Man 2010







UPDATE:::: next burn coming up!
Schedule: Oct 24, 4am
The Temple - Oct 24, noon and 8pm - Oct 25, 4am
Skin Burn - Oct 30, 12:45pm

All photos by raftwet jewell for rafee jewell flickr for this blog.
Machinima by Debbie Trilling for Burning Man.

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BURN2 : raftwet, xavier at nish mip art installation

BURN2 : Burning Man 2010


BURN2 : raftwet, xavier at nish mip art installation, originally uploaded by rafeejewell.




I took so many pictures of BURN2 the last few days. I thought I should at least post a few. So many great things to see and experience on the dry playa, that it would take forever to go through all of it.







Lag was a bit much on the opening day, but I expected that. I used an alt to navigate around; one that had hardly anything in inventory. It really helped to have no scripted huds or attachments, too.




My favorite artists and their works are here. I am gaga over Nish Mip (she recently won UWA's 3D Design Challenge) and her cyber robot club/lounge "Robot Summer City." I could have hung out there all day.

Next favorite was Gracie Kendal. I have a few of her pieces from 2007 when I first ran across her work at a now defunct art gallery on the grid. Her Burning Man "painting" of swirls and textures had me walking and flying through it. There is a story told... an important one.





The cartoony, Mario-build was fabulous. Legos stacked and pieced together creating a huge monumental build. You could see it from across the sims! So sweet and charming and it brought a big smile to my face.




I did spend one entire afternoon with the Stilt Bitches Flying Circus. The freebies were so great. Stilts, costumes and fire juggling were given away. Everyone was dancing. I couldn't tear myself away.










I have only gone to a couple of parties as I have been super busy lately with other grid matters. I hit Barbs Kurka's "Barb's Psytrance Tent" a few times as I seem to know most of the dj's over there.





Live music was awesome. So many talented musicians are playing at the Center Tent. Make sure you go at least a few times to catch the different genres of music there.





It will be impossible to see everything. But, the weekend is almost here, so I hope to check out more!












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