Oh, fuck!

"sheer the sheep"

That would be shear the sheep, all knowing one.

Sas
"Sell crazy somewhere else. We're all full up here."

Danger Ranger brings the first art car, the "504 PM Special," to the Black Rock Desert in 1993

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1995 driving is still unrestricted and Art Car Camp will convert your clunker on playa. After a jet car drive-by, piloted by Dezso Molnar, the Burning Man is lit with a flame-thrower.

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In 1997, casual driving was designed out of Black Rock City transportation and the Department of Mutant Vehicles (DMV) was created.

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La Contessa raises the bar for image, interaction, engineering and craftmanship in 2002

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Mutant Vehicles banned from Black Rock City for unsafe driving practices in 2003

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Tragedy strikes the Burning Man Community. Participant is killed in a 2003 Art Car Accident

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Miracle Grow astounds the community in 2005

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The Department of Mutant Vehicles moves to the Esplanade in 2007

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Seriously dude, seek psychiatric help.

it's so cute when someone decides to regurgitate a full display of their crowleyesque robert anton wilson darkness. like a bare ass by the light of a full moon leading the way to illumination...don't forget la vey on a hammond organ, thats classic shit. ohhhhhh! i'm so impressed with your jaded impression of life! my comfort zone fails me as i read your text, i remember (for no reason at all) being a teenager listening to doorway to heaven backwards all alone in my grandmother's living room. you scare me that bad.

There once was a man from Nantuckett.....

Easy replication leads to diminishing community interest in hodgepodge collage style art cars on the playa. Lineage alone does not ensure a yearly invitation to drive your "art car" at BRC.

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In a recent post to the Burningman Art-Car list in 2008 a contributor wrote:

"Just a little heads up.... the DMV has gotten more and more Nazi-like in their criteria, and even calling what you want to do an artcar, will meet with disapproval. For some reason, they don't like "artcars". In fact, last year they said, "After this year, no more artcars on the playa". Yes, that's a direct quote. So if you want to make something, to please THEM, it must be a "mutant vehicle", not and artcar. Which of course limits participants w/ creativity to expressing themselves ONLY if they have enough $$$$$ to afford a non-street legal vehicle, and have the $$$$$ to trailer it up there. It's a sad sad turn of events that an event that used to embrace the artcar mentality, which is that which Burning Man espouses to be, has now regected an important part of it's history and is banning artcars."

mermaiddrummergirl

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This may come as current news to some, but as part the post playa planning after the 2003 event, the DMV changed the terminology from Art Car to Mutant Vehicle. The art car community exists beyond Burning Man and the DMV is not determining whether or not something is art, but rather if something fits the criteria for vehicles driven on the playa during the Burning Man event. This change was undertaken to clear up some misconceptions about the DMV mission and clarify concerns about base vehicle recognition.

What is not considered a Mutant Vehicle?

Unmutated vehicles of any kind
Vehicles that primarily represent the base vehicle.
Vehicles only stripped to the frame and engine
Street vehicles with minimal changes
Low riders, classic cars, monster trucks, custom motorcycles, and hot rods
(there are other venues for these vehicles to be appreciated)

"After 10 burns my experience trying to get a license last year was just dreadful." shellymost

Each year border line applicants are warned that unless they continue the mutation of their vehicle, an invitation to the playa in future years is doubtful. Base vehicle recognition for all but the largest mutants has become unacceptable unless the community contribution is remarkable.

"My base vehicle is badass. I don't want to cover it up. I add to it and make it a super pimpin playa roving assault to your senses!!!!"
shellymost

Vehicles that offer little more than a large sound system could just as well entertain the community in a static location. One of the often heard complaints about MV's is the disrespect they show to the community with loud audio intrusions at art installations, playa performances and the inner city streets.

An attitude of entitlement for mobile transportation is unrealistic in light of the fact that only around 1 percent of the attendants to the event or a little over 500 mutants have typically been approved for license. With the "creative inflation" of 50,000 citizens of Black Rock City, some vehicles approved in past years are finding they need to consider what they offer for us all and not just themselves.

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Low occupant mutants need to make a big visual contribution

Mutant Vehicles of minimal passenger capacity can compensate the advantage of motorized power with a big visual contribution. After event photos point out lineage of mutants we applauded in 2002 in their numerous internet and media representation.

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With so many excellent example of carts Mutated so fantastically, it's no wonder the community and DMV Hotties are disappointed with applicants who appear to make the absolute minimum effort and submit vehicles where their own comfort in motorized conveyance is the most important feature, with little concern for the golf cart being the dominant image represented.

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