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July 1, 2014
Boston Team Gets Super-prime Location For Their Burning Man Art/Science Project
Some Bostonians - or at least one Bostonian, Douglas Ruuska - have designed a minaret tower to be placed on the playa at Burning Man. What's really different about this minaret is up at the top it will have a real, genuine, live-time cosmic ray detector. All you have to do is climb one of the 5-story ladders to get to the top to enjoy the science and the view.
The project has been considered so exceptional, it has been selected to be the art project at the 6 o'clock keyhole.
The red dot is at the 6 o'clock keyhole position. Every year a large, monumental artwork gets positioned here. It's the first thing you see after exiting Center Camp via the main entrance. It's the piece of artwork that people will pose next to for photos so that the Man will be in the far background.
Being selected for this prime location has required the minaret-builders to beef up their structure to accommodate the expected heavier use, and for that they are trying to raise $10,000. As I write, they are only $823 shy of their goal. They offer a range of rewards for contributors, but they don't get really interesting until you get up to the $375 level. If you contribute $375 and if you have an early-arrival ticket, then you will be invited to a cheese and beverage reception atop the minaret at the time the gates are opened for the hoi polloi. I imagine they visualized this occurring at the socially appropriate hour of 6-ish, but the BLM has disrupted their plans so the cheese party will be happening at the ungodly early hour of 10-ish in the AM. It's like cheese for brunch.
If you contribute $5,000 you will get the actual spark chamber! I assume this will be after its use. They will also give you plans that will enable you to bring it to life as a genuine cosmic ray detector in your own home. Or you can just put it on your coffee table.
Filed under Art,Burning Man,Religion,Science | permalink | July 1, 2014 at 03:05 PM
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