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
Defenestration by Brian Goggin – video by Puzzling Evidence
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.
Space Cowgirls – video by Puzzling Evidence
The Space Cowgirls ( Kim Leary and Brynn Cortez) officiated at many Cacophony and Burning Man events during the mid-90’s, bringing a blast of fun and style to all the events they supported. In this video by Puzzling Evidence, you can see the fun backstage at a San Francisco New Year Eve bash.
Art Cars Videos by Puzzling Evidence
Harrod Blank, Philo Northrup, Emily Duffy, Tom Kennedy and many many other Art Car artists have been Cacophony Fellow Travelers over the years.
SRL Video Pier 70 “Doom” Show in San Francisco
Survival Research Labs, founded in 1978 by Mark Pauline, Eric Werner and Matt Heckert was the group that most directly and profoundly initiated the entire genre of modern machine art. Every battle-bot, junkyard war, exploding machine event and mechanical myth-busting sound bite owes this protean group and it’s grinning avatar Mark Pauline a tip O’ the hat. In the mid-90’s there was a lot of cross-over between SRL and Cacophony.
The SF Doom show: