STRUCTURAL EXPLORATION

Mant Farm immerses participants into the world of Uncle Milton’s 1956 mail order Ant Farm. Provides a community playground and a laboratory to observe and study the Mants. From outside the structure you will be able to observe all the Mants in their natural habitat. Walking through the structure you will be able to look around and explore your way to the top. From the top of the structure you will be able to see the Mants observing their surroundings.

 

IDEAS BEING EXPLORED:

Nostalgia / Immersion / @ Scale
Citizenship is implied from government, is implied from organization. Maturation individual - family - community - commonwealth. Systems of communities, laws, customs, civic systems.

 

WHO WOULD CREATE SUCH A THING?

The sober Free society is creating this fascinating project! The sFs is a collective of Seattle creatives who designed and built the Evo-Wall in 2009 (Burning Man Honorarium art grant recipient).
This year the Design Team is lead by Mr. Rathbun aka Hotpants and founding member Mr. Richman aka Lazlo. The two of them are multi-faceted designers with degrees in Industrial Design. The complete team consists of over 20 creatives with over 40 combined burn years under their belts.

 

WHAT IS THE SOBER FREE SOCIETY?

The sFs was founded by its forefathers on the drive home from Burning Man ’2005. Sharing with the community is what Burning Man is all about and this is what sFs is about, creating and building our local burn community. The Mant Farm will be an extension of our community with an open invitation to all participants to be part of the Mant Farm. See our website for more info.

 

HOW CAN YOU HELP?

We have been awarded a grant from Burning Man for Mant Farm. We are thrilled that Burning Man has found our project worthy of the playa. Although we received a grant we are still fundraising and would appreciate all the help we can get to make this the most exciting and fascinating Mant Farm ever!

 

These are some of the accepted donations:
  • Money (donate here)
  • IOU’s
  • Smiles, hugs, kisses, massages for the crew
  • Your support out on the playa
IOU’s may be emailed HERE

HOW  PARTICIPANTS  INTERACT  WITH  IT:

  • Observe the intelligence of the ‘Mants’ as they build bridges, dig subways, and move mountains.
  • Witness their amazing strength as they carry 1/3 their own body weight.
  • Colonize! Play! Hide! Seek! Lose! Find! Group! Move! Stay! Play!
  • Study the ideas of nostalgia, citizenship, maturation, and systems of communities.