By Wesley Regenbogen
Real
life Burning Man Event
In real
life the “Burning Man” festival takes place in Black Rock Desert
in Nevada, U.S.A. It is a
art and music festival, although participants can choose what to get
out of the event. This real
life event takes place every year, last time from August 25 th, till September 1st
2014. The
“Wicker Man” is burned down at the end of the
event.
Burn2
Second Life Event
In Second
Life, we have our own version of the festival, called the “Burn2” event. It took
place from October 18 th, 2014 and October 28 th, 2014. The Playa,
the main place of the Burn2, was built up with many places to visit,
too many to list here, though. When you
arrive for the first time at Burn2, you need to ring the bell, to be part
of the so-called “Burners,” the Second Life residents that are
participating in the Burn2 event.
Burners
hold to the Ten Principles, more information can be found at this
page :
At Burn2, you can
wander around and visit many places. There is a
statue, the “Burning Man,” which is in the center of the main
plaza. It stays
put there the whole time of the event. The same
as in the real life event, “The Man” is burned down as
well. I was
there when they burned down the Burning Man. You can view the
pictures here :
The burning is a slow process, but it was beautiful to see it.
It’s quite an experience to see the virtual statue getting burned down ( virtually, of course ).
It must have taken much time to develop the scripts and textures to provide us with such a amazing effect taking place.
In my
personal opinion, this is a cool event, it was my first time
experiencing it and I must admit, I will be there next year as well. If you
haven’t experienced the Burn2 event, you are too late for this
year’s. But you can count down to the one next year
if you like.
There is a
group in Second Life called the “Burning Man 2.0”, which provides
you with more information about the festival and also let’s you know
when an event is taking place. Besides Burn2, the Burners have a few smaller events at other times during the year.
When the
event is over they have a “Leave no trace” practice, which is
one of the Ten Principles. The exhibits are left up for a few days for anyone coming late to see. Then everything is taken down, aside from the desert landscape. Not a prim that isn't part of a rock or catus is left behind.
The great
thing about this event is that there's a lot to do. You can go to a disco, or just wander around where you want, looking at the exhibits and pondering the meaning of the art.
Having fun
is the main principle that you need to keep in mind !
See you
all next year at the Burn2 event.
Wesley
Regenbogen
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