6 months. 6 thousand man hours. A core team of 20, and an expanded team of over 80 volunteers working tirelessly to complete a 34 foot tall kinetic sculpture consisting of 20 animated skeletons. Built from steel, aluminum, and wood, and weighing in at over 7 tons. This is Charon, a highly interactive 3D stroboscopic [...]
Video by Jason Tongen. Music by Lee Coombs. After a two year hiatus Peter Hudson and crew are bringing another large-scale 3d stroboscopic zoetrope to burning man. Charon is a three-dimensional stroboscopic zoetrope commemorating one of the great rites of human passage. The piece is inspired by the Greek mythological figure who ferried unlucky souls [...]
Video by Jason Tongen. After a two-year hiatus, San Francisco-based artist Peter Hudson returns to Burning Man 2011 and the forum of public art with his latest piece, Charon. Charon is a three-dimensional stroboscopic zoetrope commemorating one of the great rites of human passage. The piece is inspired by the Greek mythological figure who ferried [...]
