Playa Pandas

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2022- Waking Dreams - Art Car Application

Day time look. Wings may be white or may have colors during the day. Depending which winds up looking better in real life.

2022-WAKING DREAMS

Playa Pandas always love frolicking on the playa, but when they dream, they dream of flying!

After being a part of Burning Man for the last 10 years, I was getting tired of hearing that the event was not environmentally conscious and unsustainable. I wanted to build an art project that I could point to and say that I helped make a little change to the event by bringing an eco-friendly art car that did not use fossil fuels and was human powered and powered by the sun. when I traveled

Because of my Asian background, I wanted to have an Asian theme. I love pandas. Everyone loves pandas. Seeing them move around brings a smile to everyone’s face. Sticking to my playa name, (panda) , I wanted to create a panda that looked like it was “moving”. I will be building it on a bike chassis. This will allow the front of the panda to appear to “look” when it is turning. I also wanted to incorporate the driver into the rickshaw design, so the rider will be actually pedaling the bike (Panda) The design will incorporate a rickshaw design that should be able to seat 4 average sized people.

This Panda Rickshaw fits with this year’s theme. I imagined, if I were a panda, and I were dreaming, what would I be dreaming of? Of course. FLYING! The panda will be more plain during the day and dazzling at night. I haven’t decided if the wings will come off during the day and deployed only at night. Need to see in person.

The seating area for the passengers will be cushioned and be designed with 2 facing benches during the day to shuttle 4 people around the city, and then at nights, the benches will convert to a bed and so the passengers can lay down. 3 should fit, although a bit cozy. The frame will be welded steel. Shade will be provided via cloth curtains.

2016 Derpy the Playa Panda

This is my previous art car design submitted in 2016 and below it was the finished art car design on the playa. I am including this so that you can see what I have built previously.