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8/12/2008:  This may be my final post before we haul our drama queen to the Black Rock Desert next week.  Here’s a link to a story that ran on the cover of the “Living” section of our local Sunday paper in Reno:

http://news.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008808100303

Here’s a link to the slideshow of photos they did:
http://news.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080806/SPECIAL03/80806038

You must click on the “play” button to start it.

The crew has been working overtime, with almost every evening and Sunday being work days in what we affectionately call "tag-n-bag" week.  Jessica, Maria A_delle, and Cindy joined in with important finishing touches.  Pictured below are the mysterious Maciej and Dustin with the "ZZ Top" that will crown the 34 foot Spiteful Tower.

Killbuck finished his lovely hand paintings on the the heart-shaped trailer, we're stripping and wiring the 60+ strand "snake" which is salvaged elevator cable from a local casino, and I managed to fry a laptop computer so that smoke came out of the usb ports.  That was "Murphy Day" and I hope he does not stop by again while we are on the playa!

       

7/28/2008: Grin, Jeff, Fancy Pants, and Spazstick pitched in as the summer heat intensified on my driveway.  Finishing touches including paint on trailer frame, trim, awning and a great new filtration box to keep the projector relatively dust free.  Afterward, Grin and I went for a visit with Hagey and a well deserved splash in his glorious pool.

 

7/27/2008: Zsu Zsu was born on "Playa Friday".  Only one month of shopping days left!  Don't forget that she expects platitudes and "geefts" all through the month.  Click here to listen to her birthday song performed by Franny Corsick. 

     

Lots of amazing progress on the heart trailer paint by both Killbuck and Sage.  The latter, a recent recruit, will be making a new pet for Zsu Zsu, with disastrous results!

The kiosk has all the LED's now installed and wired and is ready for mounting to Grin and Jeff's generator cover and mount.

7/16/2008:  Nice to finally have a "detail day" at the warehouse.  Spazstick was a soldering fiend and we now have more of the LED arrays ready to indicate Zsu Zsu's "moods" on her Spiteful Tower.  Maciej and Sabra spun a web of el wire around the "ZZ Top", and Grin and Fancy Pants started on the DJ booth that will be needed for the Zsu Zsu Burn event.

I received the lovely package from Planet Steve-- his custom surround for the Call Box.  It looks like a giant lovely aluminum candy box for robots that eat chocolate covered nuts and bolts!  Here are some shots with the call box nestled in it.  What a great presentation and important eye-level experience for participants complete with speaker port and perfume satchel cove!

 

7/12/2008:  Two coats of pink and Zsu Zsu's heart trailer is now fully prepped for Killbuck to come in and wield his artistic talent on a fine canvas indeed.  We're using a clay-based paint that will release significantly less toxic fumes than traditional paints when we burn it to the ground.  The stuff is pricey, but has excellent coverage and we only used 1 1/2 gallons for both coats, even my youngest daughter got to slop a brush around with her friend from the neighborhood.

       

The Pawn is very far along with the custom software programming. He's creating lots of directories that we can just slip audio and video files into to it's easy to make necessary changes.  Munz found a good source on voltage regulators so we'll run the Spiteful Tower LED's on only 6 volts.  The audio sounds great through the new marine speakers, and we're panning the recordings left and right so the audio will cue people with where to look when there's something going on with the piece.

6/29/2008: My brother and I used to love a movie about dirt bikes called "On Any Sunday".  I think he liked the motorcycles and I just liked the title.  It speaks to any worthwhile endeavor with friends including Burning Man art projects.  Blackberry drove up from Sacramento to solder some of the LED arrays he donated parts for.  Killbuck's designs for the filigree in the gussets came out well with Bernie and Chris making the tedious jigsaw cuts into plywood as thick as prime rib.  Latrina Bidet (Sabra) sanded with hands and power tools to make the finished product whimsically lovely!  This means the framing of Zsu Zsu's Spiteful tower was completed in only five working days!  Good on ya', Zsu Zsu Cru!

      

 

 

6/22/2008: Today was the first day we moved most of the framing crew over to my garage, "Slabwërks", to frame Zsu Zsu's heart-shaped trailer-- and what a day it was!  Spazstick, Grin, Sabra, Dave, Bernie and Fancy Pants all muscled it up and now we have a vessel in which to start moving the different components into (and get them the hell off my workbench!).  Zsu Zsu was choking on the sawdust so I can only imagine how she will deal with playa dust!

         

In other news, Munz and I built "The big 16 incher" pneumatic cylinder into Grin's slide-out mechanism.  We hooked it up and laughed our asses off when she started darting around.  Munz even got in an argument with her.

6/8/2008:  When does it get bad?  I feel like we've just had more good than we deserve!  Ah yes, there's always the amplified Murphy's law factor on the playa.  Like my friend, Big Cock (The Rooster) says: "Anything mechanical against the playa... playa wins!"

Great to have Bernie and Killbuck join us today and flesh out the details.  Killbuck's filigree design for the gussets will be nice, but the thick plywood was snapping router bits so we're back to the jig saw.  Macheek and Dustin built a trellis so lovely I don't want to burn it, just sneak it home to my backyard!  Fancy Pants and SpazStick did lots of notching and adjusting and when they were finished the tolerances were so tight between the two lower sections that we all stood on the observation deck, rocked around, and heard nary a creek!  Tight, boys.  Very tight!

       

Meanwhile, Grin and Jeff were across town welding the frame for Zsu Zsu's second mechanical suitor "Philippe".  How'd it go, metal men?  In Kalamazoo, MI, Planet Steve is busy making the artistic surround for the call box.  I think we have a national workshop going on here!  I'll say it again, I am fully in awe of the talent and love our esteemed Cru is pouring into this project.  I stand in your grace, sweet humans!

Feelth, Zsu Zsu's pet ferret by Killbuck drawn over breakfast at the International House of Pipsqueeks.

6/1/2008: We are actually ahead of schedule!  Can you believe we framed it in just three work days?  So beefy at the base, the legs stand up on their own. Under the patient hands of the elite Zsu Zsu Cru, her Spiteful Tower is becoming more masculine at the bottom, feminine at the top. I don't know how that plays in to recent accusations of compensating for something beneath my kilt. What do you think?

Macheek, SpazStick, Grin, Fancy Pants, Munz and Jeff were all on hand as together we re-designed the girders to support more inward pressure-- so eight 2x4's and some plywood are all that keeps the base from folding like a house of cards.  Well, there is also the observation platform deck that went in nicely with a few cuts and alterations.  It will be nice for chilling, and a fireman's pole is looking like a possibility if it does not block the upward internal view too much.

Bernie joins us next week for finish carpentry.  Killbuck lent us a great idea on how to artistically mount Zsu Zsu's heart on top... stay tuned!

5/27/2008: Memorial Day was also groovy.  Every Burning Man project has its span of tedious labor and we are now well mired in it.  Jason and Gene were especially hard at it-- clipping, wiring, and soldering over 100 LED arrays, a generous "geeft" from Shuttlecraft Galileo Pilot.  Munz worked out the confusing voltage diagrams, then jumped into the solder pot with Dustin who had just returned from the Playa retreat.  When he was asked why he was leaving a day early, his replied "Zsu Zsu calls".  He and I had fun with the wall router cutting the plexiglass for the interactive "kiosk" that will indicate Zsu Zsu's emotions along with the Spiteful Tower but with explanations of the levels of her mood meter.

Jeff had some good insights on keeping things simple, and that's just the reminder I need at this phase in the game.

Last night we recorded three of the most challenging video vignettes yet, and A_Delle nailed them all!  She is becoming a bonified actress, and her commitment to her work and the Zsu Zsu character are inspiring to Chris and I.  Sometimes we laugh so hard we almost fall over-- and I'm not the only one knocking stuff over-- or am I?  Some of what people view through Zsu Zsu's window as they interact through her Call Box may be entertaining, disturbing, and thought-provoking all at the same time!  Rock on, movie star 'Delle!

5/25/2008: For a day that was more technically challenging, the exalted "Cru" sure made a lot of remarkable progress today.  Magic would say something like "I need 17 inch 4 by 4's cut to a 19 degree angle and yes, the length is the short end.  How many?  24."  Chris taught us what a compound angle is for and as a result we made perfect cuts on the base and The Pawn said he went up one IQ point.  While Jeff was cutting diligently, the safety shield broke into flying pieces.  I'm glad nobody was killed by the GOD DAMNED SAFETY SHIELD!  Oh the irony.

Zsu Zsu Cru clockwise from bottom right: Jeff, The Pawn, Magic, Dave, Jellyfish, SpazStick. Middle two tower sections joined.  Photo by Munz.

         

         

It was so exciting to raise and join sections two and three.  There is something the French architects who designed the original Eiffel Tower may have know: There's something about the X-shaped cross pieces that trick the eye into softening the lines of the outside dimensions so even the angle changes that appear abrupt on the plans seem more curvaceous and sensual in real life.  Ah the French.  Haugh-HAUGH!  Dave said he is "more excited every time he comes here" and that made me feel great, as did the surprise visit from Grin and his wife Gail!  Finally, (spoken in the voice of Dr. Smith in the original Lost In Space TV series) Oh Munz.  Oh dear boy.  You simply must get some rest.  Yhoooou ninny!  Thanks again for the facility and forklift.  I used to be in love with el wire.  Now it's pneumatic robotic control.  Thanks man.

Planet Steve is up and building on the artistic surround of the Call Box.  Good luck way out there in Kalamazoo, Robotland!  One Eye Dick sent us a great tank and apparatus for Zsu Zsu's spitting function.  Thanks to you my Terminal City friend!

5/11/2008: Jumpin' Zsu Zsu on a pogo stick, what a magnificent construction day.  Superstar framers Chris and David joined the crew today and together we built the top half of the Spiteful Tower and it looks... well, you be the judge.  Click here for a mini-movie with Munz raising the top section on the forklift.


I am so proud to be friends with such talented peeps!  Clockwise from left: Magic, Chris, Dustin, David, Latrina Bidet and Munz (Jeff not pictured. Get well soon, Grin!).

It's good to see how well Killbuck's heart shape looks now that it's attached the trailer:

5/5/2008: Another productive Sunday.  Kernul Killbuck and LaTrina Bidet were over to draw and cut the first heart-shaped half of Zsu Zsu's trailer.  Heir Kerul's lines were very soft and inviting and the way it rests on the trailer frame looks perfectly balanced and natural-- "Spoon moi".  We came upon the idea of lining the rim with a stiffened lace.  The window looks too big so that's something else she can complain about.


Latrina Bidet approximates Zsu Zsu's door position

 


The mysterious actress who portrays Zsu Zsu in the video vignettes through her window


Killbuck feels the Harbor Freight tool quality in his mighty grasp.

Afterward, I met Munz, Magic, Dustin, High Road, and Latrina at the wood shop where we tested our blades and layed some of the lumber on the ground for a mock up.  Here's a picture of the crew showing the foremen where he can stick his Spiteful Tower:

Zsu Zsu's Geeft by my oldest daughter (I almost missed Feelth at the top)

4-30-2008:

Greetings, pitiful minion of The Drama Queen Bitch!  By now, you know that something like that last sentence is intended as a joke and that I have the utmost respect and gratitude for your volunteer participation and contributions-- and this is ALL in good fun, oui?  Tres Bon!  Merci!  Together, we lick her expensive designer heals so she will glance down at us in disgust! 

Ah, disgust!  Such a powerful emotion.  Last night our film crew of What’s His Keith, Eric, Bernie, and A_delle were here doing the green-screen tests and rehearsal, and “Disgust” is something A_delle brought out beautifully in her interpretation of Zsu Zsu’s character.  At one point, she intentionally fell out of her chair and the image of her lovely body falling backwards and her feet coming up is absolutely priceless!  Bernie’s Feelth is working in to some great roles, including his scene with a raver ferret slut and a Whippit canister.  We’re really starting to crank out hilarious new scripts so join in on the creativity if you like on the Tribe social networking website at http://tribes.tribe.net/zsu_zsu .

TThe lumber is ordered, work day calendar posted, and hands are reaching out for responsibilities like so much wet clay. We hold them together for a moment, gazing into each other's eyes as we feel it squish between our fingers, them I let go, let go, and trust and believe and they walk away stroking a cute little mud puppy that will grow in their patient hands  This "taking ownership" and do-ocratic participation is inspiring to me and I'm honored to be a part of it with such wonderful people. 

Shuttlecraft Galileo Pilot was here this weekend with many LED "geefts" most useful.  The Pawn is meeting with me Thursday now that the old U-Me relay boards are converted for this new purpose.

4/20/2008:  The Yuri's Night Fundraiser was a success (and a damn fun time) and we are feeling more confident as we start buying materials and moving forward.  Zsu Zsu's Game Show featured Grin's roll-out feature inspired by Munz and it was great the way she just appeared from behind the curtain.  Titwi and Pinemom did a sensational design and construction of the Zsu Zsu's Kiss feature, and it is ready to install in the heart-shaped trailer so...

 

 

A great work day here at Slabwërks today.  Chip came by and we prepped Zsu Zsu’s flatbed trailer and she looked at it as if to say “You have got to be making a stupeed American cowboy imbecile joke!”.

Grin completed his amazing mechanism for the first of Zsu Zsu’s suitors.  They are the two men that stand in front of her trailer and wave “geefts” at her in an attempt to woo her.  They were painted by Killbuck and named “Philippe and Jean-Michael” after the sons of ocean explorer, Jacque Cousteau.  Enjoy this video of Jean Michael who will be holding a heart shaped box of candy and baguette of bread:

 

4/7/2008:  A fine Sunday here at Slabwërks yesterday.  Killbuck brought his skillful eye and paintbrush to adorn Zsu Zsu's face, the second mechanical Suitor named Jean-Michael, the bottle of champagne he waves in the air, and my favorite, the heart design that surrounds the Geeft Me Apparatus.  Grin was hard at the metallurgy with welding and grinding on the Suitor stands.  A visit from Eric The DJ and What's-His-Keith was a welcome respite with music and laughs.  Click the pics below to enjoy, the last of which is the wood shop where we will be constructing the Spiteful Tower:

     

       

3/30/2008.  Zsu Zsu finally acknowledges me.  Enjoy:

 

3/26/2008: Thanks to Dustin, I understand that Zsu Zsu has found her structural engineer.  He has loaded the CAD design into his digital imaging software and we'll be consulting with him soon.  That's great news as we are getting ready to order the lumber for the Spiteful Tower and Heart Trailer and prices are temporarily down due to the slow-down in new home construction and this could be our window to get the most bang-for-buck.

Pinemom, A-Delle, Nathan, Titwi, and Bob Noxious all had great input for the Zsu Zsu Game Show skit we will be performing at the Yuri's Night Fundraiser here in Reno April 12th.  It's also helping us flesh out the scripts for the video vignettes that will be projected through Zsu Zsu's trailer window.  Good on ya', gang!

3/22/2008: It's the day before Easter and all I can do is wonder of the paint store will be open tomorrow.  Killbuck was here today painting the first of the two mechanical Suitors in such an amazing way-- it even smirks in French!  Tomorrow Sabra is coming over to help me start on the second one.  Killbuck says we should name them after Jacques Cousteau's sons, Phillipe and Jean-Michael.

3/17/2008: Happy St. Patrick's Day.  Today my wife and I hid all of our daughter's left shoes, turned their milk green, and put the TV remote controls in a flower pot.  That's the extend of our debauchery.

Had a great day here at Jellfyish Labs with The Pawn setting all the computer addresses to the call box buttons.  As soon as he had them talking to his laptop I got this great feeling-- like a big amazing butterfly was flying home with our ideas to spawn some diabolical cocoon for this project.  Go Pawn, go!  Chris Munz is working out the addressing on the Geeft Me apparatus, and was oh so delicate in telling me I bought the wrong audio chip.  I'm gonna feed the old one to his robot for breakfast.  His projector did a good job so I could pencil-trace the first of the two "Suitor" standees that will wiggle outside Zsu Zsu's trailer waving gifts at her.  Click here for a mini-movie.

3/12/2008: Tonight I'm listening to The Beatles and happy to solder connections with my favorite pretty rainbow ribbon cable.  I met with the folks down at Burning Man headquarters and signed the contract for the grant.  They had a lot of good questions and suggestions especially regarding the Zsu Zsu Burn event, which will now take place immediately following the burning of The Man on Saturday night.  The parts have arrived for what we will refer to as the "call box" which will be the interactive button console mounted to the side of the garden trellis outside Zsu Zsu's trailer.  Planeto Steve Robotland is crafting the artistic framing at his workshop in Kalamazoo, and now that the computer interface board is installed we can turn loose the coding expertise of The Pawn before his schedule gets too busy with the upcoming election.  Click here to see a mini-movie of the call box.

       

The last three pictures above are for the control box on the Geeft Me apparatus.  It's nice to get rid of all those bloody alligator jumpers but we're still working on getting the audio quality better so you can hear Zsu Zsu's insults loud and clear.

2/21/2008: I just heard from Lady Bee, Art Curator for Burning Man.  They have approved the Zsu Zsu project for a grant!  That and the individual donations received, along with the proceeds from the Yuri's Night fundraiser on April 12th means we get to build it as big as we wanted too!  It also means we actually HAVE to build it, as Killbuck pointed out.  Thank you to everybody, and I mean everybody who brainstormed, joked, donated, dreamed, and argued with Zsu Zsu as we drew her vision from our collective consciousness.  Now we get to manifest!  As Chels put it: "WE are all that!"!  I'm sure our costs will again go over budget, so please click the "donate" button on the left and give what you can, or click the "Swag" link to buy Zsu Zsu merchandise with proceeds going to the project.  Now we celebrate!   Woot Woot!


Zsu Zsu, when reached for comment, had this response to their generous contribution:

"What ze fuck am I supposed to do weeth ZAT? Purchase ONE SHOE?!”

2/8/2008:  Chris Munz and I have been working hard on Zsu Zsu’s “Geeft Me Apparatus” and he made a brilliant micro-controller circuit for it so she can refuse your gift over and over with 10 different audio insults!  Will be complete in time for Yuri’s Night.  Tonight, a secret guest is coming over to Jellyfish Labs to test our assumptions for Silhouette projections of her body through the Zsu Zsu trailer window.  She’s got plenty of sass, and we hope it translates well to what people will see and hear on the playa.

     

1/19/2008: Poupine was here yesterday to lay down the voice-over tracks for the Zsu Zsu Song.  She has a great sense of humor and her real French accent and propensity for curse words made for some great Zsu Zsu audio.  TwinA from Image Node offered to do the mix-down in his New York studio, which will be pre-released to anybody who makes a donation to the project, and then at "Zsu Zsu's Valentines Day Online Cocktail Party and Fund Raiser event on Thursday, February 14th starting at 4:00 PM.  Details at http://tinyurl.com/yqamw8 . Kernul Killbuck finished his stunning new rendering of our favorite drama queen herself.  Check out those weepy eyes:

 

Upon the recommendation of Chris Munz, I used bungee cords to cushion the movement of her hand in the Geeft Me Apparatus.  Had to replace the crappy actuator (don’t buy anything from Firnelli Equipment) with a better one.  Here’s a little movie that show’s how it functions:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrAgmRERc-s

 

My finger is hovering over the button to submit the grant proposal to BMORG.  Just waiting for a final review of the burn plan and then it will be in by the January 31 deadline.  I’ll let you know if we are awarded some funds, if it was somebody else’s turn, se la vie!  That’s when I would reveal the backup plan.

 

All the best from the Rue de la Zsu Zsu!

1-4-2008: Wow!  What a crew we have gathered!  There were at least a dozen volunteers that attended the kick off party on New Years Day.  We nibbled and joked, and their were even some scandalous efforts made to capture the Zsu Zsu mannequin's attentions including some nibbling by Bernie's prototype puppet of Feelth the Ferret.  We're in the final-final draft stages of the grant proposal to Burning Man HQ, and Maciej did a great couple of renderings below and Nila and my wife Sharon are helping me trim down the text with their schoolteacher's red marker.  We should be transmitting it by next week when Poupine will come down from Lake Tahoe to do the Zsu Zsu voice work on the theme song as I would really like the BORG to hear her voice as they consider the proposal.

12/28/2007: Wrapping up the year with lots of great new developments.  Thanks to the guidance of Galileo Pilot, The "Geeft Me" apparatus is coming along well and we settled on audio samples of Zsu Zsu saying things like "Only one?  Where is the other?  You might as well have given me one shoe".  There will be 10 samples in all which will cycle so people will enjoy putting thing in her hand over and over just to hear what she will say next.  We have to work out some bugs with the audio amplifier, but I'm glad that we are building it as an autonomous unit so we don't have to burden the main computer with it's functions.

The infra red sensor I acquired works well to tell if you stick your hand in above hers.  Just have to remember to clean the lens of playa dust from time to time.

Magic and Dustin were here with their CAD drawing of the Spiteful Tower and they made a very good point:  "If we're going to build it anyway, let's build it big.  Together, we settled on their 30 foot version with an obersvation platform on the second teir.  It will use an estimated $1500 in lumber, though they are hoping to call in a favor from another professional who promises to get that estimate down to the penny, something we would like before submitting the grant proposal to Burning Man.  We'll light it from below in pink spotlights, and put a red, spinning heart at the top-- very Paris meets "Hello Kitty".

The Navigator was here with his amazing saxophone ripping out some sensational riffs on the new Zsu Zsu theme song.  Here he is with our girl, a first pic for winter fashion with French bob hair, red beret and that oh-so-perfect sneer:

Special thanks to Goddess Donna, Kendall, Dunnaway, and "anonymous" for their generous donations to the Zsu Zsu project!  Please consider making a donation today by clicking the "donate" button above.  Zsu Zsu says: "Don't theenk you can buy me with your love, feelthy bare-nares!".

Here's a great pic from the Reno Decompose party in October.  Thanks to Sue, Dave and Killbuck for building the booth and the talented smoochers (guess who!) that puckered up to raise some Euros for this project:

12/2/2007: I promised myself I would wait until after Christmas, but I finally gave in and turned a wrench on the project today.  Built the "Geeft Me" box with Zsu Zsu's left hand installed.  It went pretty well, but the 12 volt linear actuator takes too long so we may also switch it to a pneumatic one.  Enjoy this mini-movie:

 

11/28/2007:  Zsu Zsu's French bob wig arrived today.  Underneath her red beret it makes her mannequin pose look soooo bitchy!

11/26/2007: The Kiwi's may claim victory on this one:

 

11/18/2007: Made the first draft of the Grant Proposal to Burning Man and started shoring up the expenses in a spreadsheet.  When did materials start costing so bloody much?  See the "donate" button up on the left? (hint hint).  The Pawn brought by the computer for the project and now we're training the voice recognition software to learn different people's voices saying words we anticipate people to say including: love, hate, zsu zsu, come out, burn, fuck, bitch, etc.  I'd like to throw a party in the garage and have all different people read off the words.  Once we get it working at a minimum 95% success rate, we'll simulate the wind conditions and try different wind socks on the microphone and make adjustments with the audio input and software.

11/5/2007: A daylight test of the video projection was successful with Munz, Z-Spy and friends.  The width of Zsu Zsu's trailer will allow for a 30" by 39" window if we use a mirror on one inside wall to double the throw of the beam.  The film vignettes must be simple silhouettes with broad movements so they are easy to see from at least 100 feet.

The Pawn is still working with the Dragon Naturally Speaking software for the voice recognition to text commands of his custom Zsu Zsu program.  Here's some examples of the many mistakes it makes:

    Hello World:
     Hello Zsu Zsu:
        hello Xu Zhu
        hello Xu

    Zsu Zsu from France:
        you shoo from France
        juju from France
        you shoo from France
        you shoo from France
        you Xu from France

     Zsu Zsu, come out and play:
        you Xu Mei Jr. come out and play
        you Xu my usual come out and play
        shoes you my shoes you come out and play

    Burning Man:
        burning Man
  
  [ we've got a little bit of tuning to do on the product ]


10/31/2007: Happy Halloween.  Mannequin purchased.  Note the pissed-off eyes and slightly pursed lips that look like she is getting ready to spit at you.  We'll drill a tiny hole and hook up an automotive windshield wiper pump so she can do just that!  Now we need the perfect French Bob brunette wig.

 October 29, 2007: It seems that we start earlier every year.  The idea of Zsu Zsu came up as some of us at the Labwërks theme camp were chatting about how well our Burning Man theme camp was going.  We realized it was because we were all low maintenance people so we invented our fictitious seventh camp member, Zsu Zsu.  We laughed about her throwing tantrums and refusing to come out of her trailer, and then Z-Spy delivered the punch line of her opening her door only to frown and spit at us.  "That's it!" I proclaimed.  "Zsu Zsu must be an art installation for Burning Man 2008!"

  It's amazing how the idea resonates with others, and it's starting to feel like a real community service for Black Rock City to bring drama queens both female and male to their knees.  It is our hope for lots of laughter, and maybe some self-reflecting tears way out by the trash fence, but it's going to be worth it by the end of the burn.

We're gathering up the crew for this ambitious project.  Here's the star-studded line-up so far:


Concept and Engineering: Mister Jellyfish
Robotics and projections: Chris Munz
Software: The Pawn
Punch line and Best Boy: Z-Spy
Audio: d6
Puppetry: Bernie Beauchamp
Artistic Consultant: Kernul Killbuck
Key Grip: Planeto Steve
Drama Queen Bait: Bay Bridge Sue
Hooks, Lines, and Sinkers: Mr. Fixit

 

 

Zsu Zsu says:

 

"Geeft Me!"

 

  Art like The Zsu Zsu Project requires a bundle of Francs, Euros, and American Dream Dollars to pull it off in a way that delights peeps like yourself. Please click on the Paypal donation link below and make a contribution of any size.  Together, we'll make history at Burning Man 2008 with the worst drama queen bitch ever! 

 

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