Fluffer - A Mobile Art Installation at Burning Man 2009

Mister Jellyfish Mister · Post by **Mister Jellyfish Mister** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 7:44 pm

Zsu Zsu, she is dead to me....

New for 2009 (headphones recommended):

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Project website: www.MutantVehicle.com/fluffer.htm

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 10:03 am

A fluffer is a hired member of the crew of a pornographic movie whose role on the set is to sexually arouse the male participants prior to the filming of scenes requiring erections.[1] Today, many adult film stars[who?] maintain that fluffers are a thing of the past, needed in the 1970s and 1980s when the crew, shooting on celluloid, needed much more time to prepare a shot. Erectile dysfunction drugs such as Viagra have also played a part in replacing fluffers.

A fluffer also has the duty of keeping adult film stars "cleaned up" in between takes or during photo shoot set-ups, so that the actors or models do not have to move from their positions. These duties are considered part of the makeup department. After setting up the desired angle, the director asks the actors to hold position and calls for the fluffer to "fluff" the actors for the shot.

Brittany Andrews has stated that fluffers are now utilized only in "gang bang" scenarios. In contrast, David Gordon uses fluffers in every film that he directs.[citation needed]

There have been two films entitled The Fluffer. The first,[2] a 2001 release, was about a bisexual man with a crush on a gay porn star that is heterosexual outside of his video career. The 2003 release[3] was a four-minute short comedy film.

robotland · Post by **robotland** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 11:24 am

...brought to you by the ultimate Fluffer Nutter! Jelly, you so kuh-rayzee!

Now I have to come up with its counterpart, that ever-so-essential element:

The Nemesis.

The Stuffer? The Buffer? The BLUFFER? (Oooh, I kinda LIKE that one...a "false Fluffer", perhaps offering some sort of uncalming, disorienting stimulus instead of the Hot And Fuzzy Hypnosis....)

*he scampers off to the studio*

Mister Jellyfish Mister · Post by **Mister Jellyfish Mister** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 11:42 am

Thanks, Dougly. I see you discovered my little double entendre. The DPW uses the term Fluffer for support crew individuals who deliver food, drink, messages, etc. to working crews in the field. If you look just a little closer at the project, there's a third element to the name-- a triple entendre, if you will (or won't).

Robotland: Yes! Like Bizarro Superman! Let me know what you come up with!

robotland · Post by **robotland** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 11:49 am

Mister Jellyfish Mister wrote:
Robotland: Yes! Like Bizarro Superman! Let me know what you come up with!

HAH! I KNEW you'd get it. EXACTLY like Bizarro Superman!! I have some great greasy old bear fur (an old blanket, rescued from a garage sale. Put yer red paint away, PETAphiles!) that'd make a good creature...A black cat that coughs up a Hypnotic Hairball?

...in Killbuck's picture, are those people with the hypnogoggles and fuzzy coats part of the Road Crew?

Mister Jellyfish Mister · Post by **Mister Jellyfish Mister** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 12:02 pm

Kewl! A wretched, unwashed Anti-Fluffer! The folks in Killbuck's picture were supposed to be victims...er... participants...

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 6:20 am

we have much to talk about.. Mankind Research Unlimited needs help in it's attempt at mass Hypnosis/Gnosis.

Hynosis/Gnosis/Noses will be handed out before the "Burn"....

everything is finally coming together....

all this time, all this work, we are at the Cusp of a New Day!

Mister Jellyfish Mister · Post by **Mister Jellyfish Mister** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 7:00 am

"That's the silliest woyd I ever hoyd". -Groucho Marx

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 4:34 pm

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 5:03 pm

mr. fun, they called him........

dragonfly Jafe · Post by **dragonfly Jafe** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 5:09 pm

http://what-sucks.blogspot.com/2007/06/ ... uffer.html

[quote]In part two of our continuing series on jobs that suck, today, we bring you â€œthe flufferâ€

Mister Jellyfish Mister · Post by **Mister Jellyfish Mister** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 9:34 pm

I feel like Patrick McGoohan in TV's The Prisoner. Make art all day but you still can't escape from The Bachelor Pad on Stereolab Island!

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Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 7:01 am

Mister Jellyfish Mister · Post by **Mister Jellyfish Mister** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 7:54 am

Indeed, Simon. So much opportunity for it to cross over into the creepy side-- and why not? If that's where the experience takes them. Just want to make sure that folks don't see it as a come-on for that... the old "I bet I could hypnotize you" line. Any suggestions on how I can indicate that right up front? I want it to be really apparent that there is no harsh or pervy, manipulative undercurrent, also that they don't soil my chair and blanket as it's just a dryer with no washing machine!

Teo del Fuego · Post by **Teo del Fuego** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 8:25 am

synchronicity: I just named my new cat "Fluffer" which produces spontaneous Bevis and Butthead guffaws from my friends whenever I call her.

Looking forward to any project Mister Jellyfish may bring to the Playa...maintaining the surreal content on the playa!
Zu zu is dead to us, long live Zu Zu!

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 9:58 am

define creepy.

Mister Jellyfish Mister · Post by **Mister Jellyfish Mister** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 8:50 pm

"Show us yer tits" creepy.

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 6:12 am

you're right, i hate it when my nipples are objectified.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1 ... =573833100

robotland · Post by **robotland** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 7:01 am

Mister Jellyfish Mister wrote: also that they don't soil my chair and blanket as it's just a dryer with no washing machine!

....eeeeewwwwwww....Heh.

...and you'll need Security to ward off the timeshare salesmen and Amway reps circling, waiting to pounce on the recently hypnotized "outpatients". Or I need to include them in "The Bluffer" entourage...

Major_Disaster · Post by **Major_Disaster** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 7:01 am

look like they need FLUFFED......

Mister Jellyfish Mister · Post by **Mister Jellyfish Mister** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 8:54 pm

robotland wrote:
Mister Jellyfish Mister wrote: also that they don't soil my chair and blanket as it's just a dryer with no washing machine!
....eeeeewwwwwww....Heh.

...and you'll need Security to ward off the timeshare salesmen and Amway reps circling, waiting to pounce on the recently hypnotized "outpatients". Or I need to include them in "The Bluffer" entourage...

I can see the Bluffer Cat, leaning against a lamp post half a block away so that when Fluffer participants are walking away, recounting their sans-harsh comfort experience, he calls to them out of the shadows:

Heh, Bub. Got a light? How'd ya like to get Bluffed for a change?
*absent mindedly flicks claw* Heh heh.

Hey, Robotland. Keep writing poems so people stop using useless glue guns and fully embrace the wonders of Goop adhesive. Fluffer hates hot glue in the dryer!

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Sat Feb 14, 2009 7:26 am

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**burn** · Post by **burn** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 7:52 am

Mister Jellyfish Mister · Post by **Mister Jellyfish Mister** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 9:05 am

You rocque, Risky. Better stay away from my tentacles, too!

Mister Jellyfish Mister · Post by **Mister Jellyfish Mister** » Sun May 03, 2009 2:33 pm

The Fluffer project is now well underway. Tune in to recent updates and milestones on the progress blog at www.MutantVehicle.com/fluffer_progress.htm

Concept image by Killbuck:

Toolmaker · Post by **Toolmaker** » Sun May 03, 2009 3:54 pm

Mister Jellyfish Mister wrote:The Fluffer project is now well underway. Tune in to recent updates and milestones on the progress blog at www.MutantVehicle.com/fluffer_progress.htm

Concept image by Killbuck:

Awesome work! As always your projects are a nice sight to see. I can still see those darn faces following me when I walk by in my dreams. Nice lil lab you have there.. can't wait till I have my own large space like that for projects. Now I'm still stuck working outside or borrowing spaces from employers or friends. How complex is that conversion to propane power? I must admit I have never gotten around to reading up on it although its always sounded like a nice option to have handy. I see you had to buy a kit for this.. are these very expensive?

zorro sings · Post by **zorro sings** » Sun May 03, 2009 4:22 pm

I can still see those darn faces following me when I walk by in my dreams.

Amongst the least celebrated of the many works of Hero Worker Jellyfish were The Pikes of Paranoia.Those faces you describe are still serving and entertaining The People.This vigilant toiler worked many hours to see that they became the central feature of our Mutant Vehicle,The State Mobile Observation Unit.

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Mister Jellyfish Mister · Post by **Mister Jellyfish Mister** » Sun May 03, 2009 6:03 pm

Thanks, Toolmaker and Zorro Sings. Today is a bit of a wash. I was planning on making stuff in the garage but after a ton of household chores I think I'll just smoke a cheap cigar and putter. Sometimes that's part of the process for me link bump-set-spike in volleyball.

Propane conversion kits are pretty easy to install for a gas dryer. they cost around 20-45 dollars and come with instructions. Best left to a qualified person if it's going to be inside a house, but what the hell-- Fluffer is an outdoor doggie!

Here's the link to the original Pikes of Paranoia project before they were retrofitted to become part of the fabulous SMOU: http://www.mutantvehicle.com/paranoia_pikes.htm

Mister Jellyfish Mister · Post by **Mister Jellyfish Mister** » Mon May 18, 2009 7:33 am

The Fluffer crew is now swinging away with great results. New updates and pics on the progress blog at www.MutantVehicle.com/fluffer_progress.htm . Here's a tasty bite:

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Tue May 19, 2009 10:22 am

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