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Nomadic Communities

This After Dark event explored the diverse nomadic communities that thrive in the Bay Area including a mobile diner, food carts, an annual arts event in the desert, urban foragers, and Bay creatures that arrived by ballast water.

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Nomadic Communities

While true nomads are rare in industrialized countries, whimsical and economically inventive itinerancies such as the underground food cart phenomenon are evolving here in the Bay Area.

Featured Events and Performances

  • Building Black Rock City with Harley K. Dubois, a founding member of Burning Man: Planning for fifty thousand inhabitants to occupy the desert for a week—leaving no trace of their presence afterward—is an interesting challenge. Visitors learned how organizers and volunteers lay the foundation for emergency services, civic and public use spaces, and a municipal airport.
  • Dust City Diner: Visitors could step up to a 1940s-style diner, a mobile restaurant created and operated by artists Michael Brown and David Cole plus a team of volunteers for Burning Man 2008. The Dust City Diner served hot coffee and grilled cheese sandwiches for Burners from dusk till dawn.
  • Artist Paul Nosa: Give artist Paul Nosa five words or less and he’ll interpret your suggestion into an improvised piece of art through free-motion embroidery on a solar-powered sewing machine.
  • Accidental Residents with Dr. Karen Kalumuck: Exploratorium biologist Karen Kalumuck provided a hands-on tour of common invasive species and explained their impact on local ecosystems.
  • San Francisco Mobile Museum: Developed by artist Maria Mortati, the San Francisco Mobile Museum is an experimental platform playing with short-run shows. In addition to appearing at the Exploratorium, the Mobile Museum appears in storefronts, parks, and social spaces.
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