Burning Man 2003 / archimedes
Tom Davis
9/3/03
www.geometer.org
tomrdavis@earthlink.net
archimedes

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"Give me a place to stand and I will move the earth." -- Archimedes

I think this is one of the best art projects on the playa this year with respect to "bang for the buck". Not terribly complicated, but a fantastic idea, and it made maximal use of the idea: lift the earth, rotate the earth, crawl inside the earth (and be lifted while you're inside). Also, at night, there was a sun...