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Wednesday, September 04, 2024
Mayan Warrior Builds A Third Art Vehicle Debuting At Burning Man 2024
www.forbes.com: Mayan Warrior is a collaborative project bringing a fully functional “art” car to the Playa at Burning man. That vehicle is built with the sole function of providing a mobile performance stage upon which musicians of all type can play for all who attend.
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JFleck
said...
I know little about Burning Man but I love the collaboration that is required to achieve this vision every year. It takes a lot of technology to run a performance from an independent vehicle. Thousands of pounds of equipment and people on a moving platform can also be a massive safety concern if not built properly. In order to achieve the “portal to higher…states of consciousness” the car or truck would need to be reliable and able to adapt to each different artist that wants to perform on the art vehicle. It is quite an accomplishment to build a new vehicle every year that can meet those demands. Not only to build it but to also crew it and it being able to last the full 8 day length of the festival. With lasers, speakers, a stage, and more this experience will surely be a transcendental experience in the desert.
Burning Man is not an event that usually draws my attention, but this specific project is mind-blowing to me and extremely interesting. Putting a stage on a moving car is an idea that may seem simple at first, but the more you know about live performance and the more you think about it's requirements, the more you realize just how impressive it is that they were able to accomplish this feat. This article does still leave me curious though. I would like to know if there were any sacrifices that had to be made in terms of equipment or equipment quality in order to make this thing functional, as well as the final cost for all equipment and modifications. Making a stage on a car is not an inexpensive task. I would also really like to know how any bands feel playing on this one-of-a-kind stage. I do know, however, that if this vehicle is ever coming to Pittsburgh, I'm going to make a point to go see it.
2 comments:
I know little about Burning Man but I love the collaboration that is required to achieve this vision every year. It takes a lot of technology to run a performance from an independent vehicle. Thousands of pounds of equipment and people on a moving platform can also be a massive safety concern if not built properly. In order to achieve the “portal to higher…states of consciousness” the car or truck would need to be reliable and able to adapt to each different artist that wants to perform on the art vehicle. It is quite an accomplishment to build a new vehicle every year that can meet those demands. Not only to build it but to also crew it and it being able to last the full 8 day length of the festival. With lasers, speakers, a stage, and more this experience will surely be a transcendental experience in the desert.
Burning Man is not an event that usually draws my attention, but this specific project is mind-blowing to me and extremely interesting. Putting a stage on a moving car is an idea that may seem simple at first, but the more you know about live performance and the more you think about it's requirements, the more you realize just how impressive it is that they were able to accomplish this feat. This article does still leave me curious though. I would like to know if there were any sacrifices that had to be made in terms of equipment or equipment quality in order to make this thing functional, as well as the final cost for all equipment and modifications. Making a stage on a car is not an inexpensive task. I would also really like to know how any bands feel playing on this one-of-a-kind stage. I do know, however, that if this vehicle is ever coming to Pittsburgh, I'm going to make a point to go see it.
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