Anti-Corporate Bad Taste Satire at Burning Man Written By: David Neubert 2007-08-30 18:47:13 Well, there is Internet connection here but it's slow. It seems to have gotten better over the week. My camp, Entheon Village, has been great and set up a repeater.
The Barbie Death Camp (and Wine Bar) Satires Mattel Inc's (MAT - $21.68) top selling doll of all time, Barbie, being cast into ovens. You can't tell by the photo but they are being driven to the "ovens" by GI Joe and Ken dolls. Because we, at The Panelist, love corporate satire of all kinds - even if it is in bad and insensitive taste, I have to approve of this project. I don't think that The Barbie Death Camp (the sponsor of the art project has the same name as the art), needed to use the word "Auschwitz" in the name because the irony was already clear.
Photo:herby_fr, Creative Commons, Flickr
I'm taking a week away from stock research, trading, credit meltdowns and blogging for The Panelist. I'm leaving the Default World and heading to the to a dry salt lake bed called Black Rock City.
I heard there might be Internet access. If there is, I'm going to try to report on how people spend money at Burning Man. Because far from the hippy-dippy laid back party everyone thinks it can be, I noticed people spending huge amounts of money at Burning Man. They spend it on art, on preparations, on vehicles, on sharing, on gifts, on music, on propane, on travel, on food and a whole range of equipment gear and supplies. Perhaps it should be called a Burning Money Man. As some artist figured out last year in this photo I took of the night of The Burn.
