BURNcast.TV #64 - Guillow's Kit: A Kickstarter Project by Mike Pettengill for Burning Man 2011 #)'(

Mike Pettengill's art project entitled "Guillow's Kit" is a comprehensive installation complete with plans, box and model of a WWII Japanese Mitsubishi Zero fighter aircraft at a full scale. The box and the plans will be printed using the technology employed in the printing of billboards. The vinyl plans will be staked throughly to the surface of the dry lake bed at the Burning Man and the box artwork will be fixed to a frame that will be secured nearby.

Upon these plans the artist and participants will assemble the 'kit'. Over the course of the event the plane will take shape, be assembled and then covered. The coverings will be reproductions of WWII era Japanese newspapers. The 'decals' of the model will be reproduced using the colors and text of these newspapers in collage. There will be lighting at night that will illuminate the finished model from within and from the outside. The lighting elements, plans and box will be recovered for use on future builds of this sculpture.

Wanna support Mike? Back this project via Kickstarter!