Protest the pavilion with art?

Dork · Post by **Dork** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 12:40 pm

All the threads about the pavilion and Business 2.0 article got me thinking - what if we created a bunch of wooden "picketers" to surround the man?

http://tribes.tribe.net/project_jericho ... d01e9eb30e

Make a bunch of mini mans, modified with mickey mouse or dollar sign heads, or carrying picket signs. Install them around the man.

Any thoughts on the idea? I could definitely crank out a few, but it seems like more would be needed to really have a real impact.

Lame? Cool? Potentially cool but too late or not enough pissed off people to get others to build their own?

joel the ornery · Post by **joel the ornery** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 12:50 pm

boycott the pavilion.

it takes less energy, and therefore is greener

Dork · Post by **Dork** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 12:52 pm

joel the ornery wrote:boycott the pavilion.

it takes less energy, and therefore is greener

So does staying home, which I'm not willing to do.

joel the ornery · Post by **joel the ornery** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 12:56 pm

okie dokie.

mojo · Post by **mojo** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 1:04 pm

Dork - you have an excellent idea - do you realize you are creating a wooden "picket fence"?

MikeVDS · Post by **MikeVDS** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 1:13 pm

do you realize you are creating a wooden "picket fence"?

I love it. Great idea. If you got a good start on this project and posted pictures, I bet more people would be willing to pitch in and make a few.

unjonharley · Post by **unjonharley** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 1:49 pm

Will this mean my ric-shaw with mini man pulling it, will be viewed as an activist??

Dork · Post by **Dork** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 2:06 pm

unjonharley wrote:Will this mean my ric-shaw with mini man pulling it, will be viewed as an activist??

Only if the project is tremendously successful, or if you put a picket sign on it and leave it outside the pavillion. I'd love it if you decided to do that, btw.

BigCock · Post by **BigCock** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 3:23 pm

I don't see why green gets all the corporate funding and PR glam. Heck, brown has been around a lot longer and has done its time. And what about yellow, the color of the sun, eh? Did the other colors even have a shot at this thing? I think not! This was an inside deal from the beginning.

Fat SAM · Post by **Fat SAM** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 4:20 pm

I think it's a brilliant idea...

EricMagic · Post by **EricMagic** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 6:13 am

Art Around it may bring too much good attention to the Tech Pavillion.

How about lots of large large Fire Balls around it? It is Burning Man after all.

Hey maybe a whole new activity that fits in with other items:

1. Burning of the Large Stick Man.
2. Temple Burn

3. White Hot Burning to Evaporation all of the Sell Out Type Structures like.....

Have a NICE DAY!

gladeye · Post by **gladeye** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 11:29 pm

I think a few megaphones with fresh batteries could make a world of difference in disrupting the pavillion. Especially if the megaphones are modified with robot or alien voices and lots of feedback.

Fat SAM · Post by **Fat SAM** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 11:46 pm

I'm using airhorns and bullhorns. And drums and everything else that makes noise.