Future Ben

So I am going to Burning Man this year. Part of me thinks it is the wrong thing to do, but that part of me is a wus who needs to shut the hell up. I am going with the most futurey camp out there, Imagenode! I have always had respect for these guys. Great music, awesome technology, and the right mix of art and geek.

Getting the camp ready has been a task. Lots of fundraising parties, lots of carrying things and soldering, soldering and more soldering. Making the sign required the soldering of almost 1500 LEDs and 4500 resistors for voltage regulation.

I have always been more of a biology person, but I have yet to find an easily applicable and robust use if biology in art. While the design and planning of a large scale LED project requires in depth knowledge and experience the actual fabrication techniques can be picked up with a little practice. I have already learned lot from TwinA and Spec, and I pick up more all the time. Inspired, I will try to put together a light sculpture of my own next week. Something a bit smaller scale I think.

Thanks to pink tentacle for posting this Apocalyptic view of Tokyo. Is this what we have to look forward too? Maybe. Does this mean we should bomb Iran, North Korea and Syria. Mmmm I’m not so sure. The first world certainly doesn’t lead by example and sometimes I think the only reason why this hasn’t happened yet is that the apocalypse would be bad for buisness.