Thread: Burning man
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Old 12-15-2008, 12:38 AM   #17
islandman
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The artist David Best who was responsible for the Burning man sculptures of the past number of years, took a break in 2008 and was in Ireland for the Electric Picnic festival, where he built the Temple of Truth. It was almost a shame to see it burn when you saw the amount of work the team put into it.

Burning Man Temple

The 55-foot wooden Temple of Truth by acclaimed American artist David Best resembled a cross between the Eiffel Tower and a Buddhist temple. [22] The construction was carried out on site and took four months to prepare. At the end of the weekend it was set on fire by the family of a young male who took his own life.

It was lit on the last night of the festival and true to form it started lashing rain.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3090/...dfa94e.jpg?v=0
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