The monkeys we love are named:
BEST STROBOSCOPIC ZOETROPER
Burning Man has inspired and elevated some amazing Bay Area
artists over the years, but Peter Hudson, a.k.a. Hudzo, has become
a star both on and off the playa using a unique medium:
stroboscopic zoetropes. Hudzo is a San Francisco carpenter and
stagehand who has designed sets for the San Francisco Opera,
Kink.com porn flicks, and the upcoming Milk movie. His first piece
for Burning Man, Playa Swimmers, used strobe lights and precise
molds of the human form to give the appearance of figures swimming
in the desert sands. He’s returned every year with steadily
more ambitious projects, which culminated last year in
Homouroboros: a bicycle- and drum-powered carousel that conjured
up the vision of a monkey swinging from limb to limb, then taking
a bite from an apple delivered by a snake slithering down a vine.
Installations in San Jose, Minneapolis, and other cities followed.
Now Hudzo is busy putting together his next piece, Tantalus,
working with a huge group of committed volunteers out of his SoMa
home.
www.hudzo.com
http://www.sfbg.com/bob/2008/city.php (You have to scroll down some)