February 2006
Beginner
224 pages
7h 28m
English
Report from the world of backyard technology


Photography by Arwen O’Reilly
Artist David Best is known for his gigantic temple installations at Burning Man in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert; his latest was 115 feet tall, a quarter mile long, and visited by thousands. The temples — largely made out of scrap and the plywood cutouts left over from a local toy factory — are intended to be places of solace for people of all faiths. They’re also a blank slate for everyone who comes to experience them. Visitors are encouraged ...