YOU x 360 docments the incredible people, outfits, and wearable art of Burning Man. The installation provides the opportunity for individuals or groups of people to photograph themselves in a 360 degree format. The format provides photographic views from all directions made possible through a human- and computer-powered system of lights, cameras, computer interface, physical structure, and rotating platform. Participants walk away not only with a printed record of themselves but all the materials to make an animated flipbook to share with others. Its all about you, hope, and a vision to take into the future.

About the Flipbooks:
After each series of photos was recorded, a 2 page flipbook template with all of the photos would be printed onsite automatically. Of course, at Burning Man nothing there are always technical complications. In this case, the paper feed roller on the printer would frequently dry out and our crew did a fantastic job attempting to keep it running 24x7. Each set of printouts would allow the participants to cut out the individual series of photos and assemble the set into a flipbook bound together by a binder clip provided onsite. Some chose to take their flipbooks back to camp and keep, some decided to staples them to the wall for others to see.

For particpants at Burning Man 2006:
Did you see this installation at Burning Man? Did you ride the platform and make a flipbook? If so, we hope you had a good time and enjoyed the installation!

If you are one of the lucky ones, you got your very own set of flipbook printouts of YOU at Burning Man having a great time.

Photos from the Installation...
We had hoped to have all of the images from the project available to you online after the event. Unfortunately, we were only able to record a few hours of images for some mysterious reason. Maybe playa, maybe heat, maybe the gods...not sure. The lucky time period during the event was late Thursday afternoon. View the full set of photos below to see if your images were in fact recorded and gods shined on you that day.
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Collaborators:
Scott Vannote, Naomi Stein

Extended Support Crew:
Bill Brauckman, Mark Mastoras, Erin Reese, Jack Pennington

Special Thanks To:
Burning Man, Bettie June, Lady Bee, Crimson Rose, and all those incredibly hard-working people that make Burning Man a reality!

Please contact Gene Cooper at gene@fourchambers.org for questions. As always comments are welcome too!