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Back from Flipside
May. 31st, 2007 09:57 pmI'm back from Flipside, the mini-burning-man-type-thing in Austin TX.
Thanks so much to James, Silona, and others for organizing the camp!
Flipside was interesting. My favorite moments were "Milf and Cookies" (a roving gaggle of milfs handing out milk and cookies), a glam rock opera, and an art performance in which a woman soaked kiln bricks in chemicals that would cause them to glow various colors when burned. She built a big structure and then lit it in a glorious multicolored flame.
The trouble with flipside, though, is that I've been spoiled by Burning Man. Flipside has about 1/20 as many people as BM, and this seems to translate into about 1/20 as many parties and events, and 1/50 as much art. So while you could spend all week wandering BM and not see everything, you could see everything at Flipside in one afternoon.
Burning Man is like the New York of alternative culture, whereas Flipside is like a small, charming town. I came in like a New Yorker, and needed to change my pace. Ultimately, I had a lot more fun at Flipside once I stopped thinking of it as a mini Burning Man, and instead thought of it as a camping trip with a bunch of cool people, with some cool art on the side.
Thanks so much to James, Silona, and others for organizing the camp!
Flipside was interesting. My favorite moments were "Milf and Cookies" (a roving gaggle of milfs handing out milk and cookies), a glam rock opera, and an art performance in which a woman soaked kiln bricks in chemicals that would cause them to glow various colors when burned. She built a big structure and then lit it in a glorious multicolored flame.
The trouble with flipside, though, is that I've been spoiled by Burning Man. Flipside has about 1/20 as many people as BM, and this seems to translate into about 1/20 as many parties and events, and 1/50 as much art. So while you could spend all week wandering BM and not see everything, you could see everything at Flipside in one afternoon.
Burning Man is like the New York of alternative culture, whereas Flipside is like a small, charming town. I came in like a New Yorker, and needed to change my pace. Ultimately, I had a lot more fun at Flipside once I stopped thinking of it as a mini Burning Man, and instead thought of it as a camping trip with a bunch of cool people, with some cool art on the side.
