Ed Holmes, in addition to 3 decades of St. Stupid Parades and over 20 years as writer/director/actor in San Francisco’s world renowned Mime Troupe, Ed, due to his physical appearance and devious inclination doubled as the 46th Vice President of the US of A on numerous occasions.
VP Dick Cheney at Obama Ceremony San Francisco 1/20/2009
An ode to the Bridge
Dr. Hal & John Law at the Golden Gate Bridge 3-5-09
Sharing a vision and kicking off concurrent with Defenestration, artist Kate (Warrior Girl)McGlynns ambitious Spacewalk event informed countless events to come and the street philosophy necessary to create such ephemeral and affecting celebrations.
Warrior Girl’s Spacewalk September 25th 1997
Doug’s epic 23 episode video of Burning Man 1996 (the Helco Year)
This was the pivotal year in Burning Man’s history. This was the year BM left the cocoon of Cacophony and for better or worse became something else entirely.
Burning Man 1996
Artist Brian Goggin’s whimsical and epic street event/massive public art unveiling was, perhaps the defining moment of underground subversive art/pranking as it became more visible to the culture at large. Heavily informed by Cacophony, and genuinely embodying the best of the Burning Man “ethos,” Defenestration was a melding of public art, street performance, underground pranking, street art, circus culture and other vibrant proletarian art forms.
