Category Archives: art

Bio Documentaires – Two Challenging Artist

01/20/2016artginger baker, nina simoneMichael Connor

I recently watched – back to back – What Happened Miss Simone? – a documentary about Nina Simone – and Beware of Mr. Baker? – a film about the rock drummer Ginger Baker for the 60s rock band Cream.
All i can say is. Holy shiz. Like – holy mother flipping shiz. I had heard she was mad as a hatter. But I had no idea. She once walked up to Martin Luther King and shouted I’m not non-violent. On stage, her personal demons fueled by the indignities of the times enhanced her performances to hypnotic and frightening levels.

Ginger Baker looks, plays, and acts like the spawn of Satan. Not someone to turn your back on.

But – wow – what incredible artists. Ginger Baker is really a jazz drummer. Would have been wild to seen them on stage together. What would that have been like?

Piledriver

07/27/2015art, musicMichael Connor

Here’s an awesome tune I’ve never heard. Great for late night driving, thinking, and hatching of schemes. I know noting about Dennis the Fox, but i love his haircut and serial killer glasses.

Set for 9th Ward Opera

02/03/2015artart, lower 9th ward, nola, robert tannenMichael Connor

Working with artist Robert Tannen, I built the set for the 9th Ward Improv Opera for the Creative Alliance of New Orleans. The set was a simple two-piece structure that the dancers puled into the middle of the stage – representing a shot gun shack – a common style of house in New Orleans.

Temple of Grace – Flickr group

12/18/2014artburning man, flickr, photos, templeMichael Connor

I’ve made an attempt to gather photos of all the Burning Man temples over the years – with better success that some. This past years is doing better than most.

Temple of Grace – Burning Man 2014 – Flickr Group

These are photos submitted by the public. The rights and resolution on each photo are whatever the user submitted.

The attempt here and has been to archive photos in high-resolution. If you have some photos of the temple or of its production, please, do a little photo editing, and submit the best ones.

Temple of Grace Campaign by Black Rock Arts Foundation.

06/27/2014artburning man, David Best, templeMichael Connor

This year David Best and the Temple Crew return to the playa to build the Temple of Grace. If you have a few extra bucks, please show some love by sending them some.

I’ve worked on Petaluma aka David Best crew on four different temples. They’ve set the standard for pulling off big art. The process is as important, if not more, than the results. We aren’t making blinky tall things to burn. We are giving birth to a healing being from another dimension. In the end, we throw our tools in the truck and get out the way. The community comes in and breathes life into it.

Circumstances being what they are, I may or not, be able to join this years crew. If you make it to the desert, bring something to the temple that you can share and let go of. A photo, toy, poem. There’s no better place to let that happen.