{"id":3176,"date":"2017-12-30T13:43:51","date_gmt":"2017-12-30T13:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.leobard.net\/blog\/?p=3176"},"modified":"2017-12-31T08:28:20","modified_gmt":"2017-12-31T08:28:20","slug":"dr-megavolt-wrote-about-his-journey-from-physics-phd-to-pissing-on-the-ground-stake-of-a-tesla-coil-at-burningman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leobard.net\/blog\/2017\/12\/30\/dr-megavolt-wrote-about-his-journey-from-physics-phd-to-pissing-on-the-ground-stake-of-a-tesla-coil-at-burningman\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Megavolt wrote about his journey from physics PhD to pissing on the ground stake of a tesla coil at Burningman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"41jqg-0-0\">\n<div data-contents=\"true\"><span data-offset-key=\"8j1v2-0-0\">Dr. Megavolt &#8211; a guy with a metal birdcage over his head getting zapped by a 1.000.000 Volt Tesla Coil on top of a truck at Burning Man. Also known as Dr. Austin Richards. His homepage:<\/span> <span data-offset-key=\"dtsu4-0-0\"><a href=\"http:\/\/drmegavolt.com\/\">drmegavolt.com<\/a><\/span>. <span data-offset-key=\"41jqg-0-0\">He <b>wrote a compelling story about how he became Dr. Megavolt<\/b>, who co-created the act with him, trouble and joy they had, eventual break ups and hick-ups, and the ongoing joy he gets out of it. <\/span><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"41jqg-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"41jqg-0-0\">The <b>official download<\/b> is here in the  story collection: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/23411619\/Playa_Dust_Collected_Stories_from_Burning_Man\">Playa Dust Collected Stories from Burning Man<\/a><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"996cb-0-0\"> by Samantha Krukowski.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"caqc9-0-0\">\n<div data-contents=\"true\">\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"5c4u0\" data-offset-key=\"996cb-0-0\">Austin sent out a PDF of the story, you can <b>download the rawer version<\/b> here: &#8220;<span class=\"fontstyle0\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.leobard.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/AustinRichards-Everyone-go-piss-on-the-ground-stake-the-story-of-DrMegaVolt-at-BurningMan.pdf\">Everyone go piss on the ground stake &#8211; the story of Dr. MegaVolt at Burning Man<\/a>&#8220;. <\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"caqc9-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"caqc9-0-0\">We are fans. <\/span><span class=\"_247o\" spellcheck=\"false\" data-offset-key=\"caqc9-1-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"caqc9-1-0\">Ingrid<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"caqc9-2-0\">, <\/span><span class=\"_247o\" spellcheck=\"false\" data-offset-key=\"caqc9-3-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"caqc9-3-0\">Lars<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"caqc9-4-0\">, Holger and I were electrified by his power performance in 2006, shouting &#8220;Megavolt! Megavolt! Megavolt!&#8221;. We also shot a crappy pic back then (this photo may feature Ms. MegaVolt I think):<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3179\" src=\"http:\/\/www.leobard.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/244623929_34fb6ed444_b-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.leobard.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/244623929_34fb6ed444_b-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.leobard.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/244623929_34fb6ed444_b-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.leobard.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/244623929_34fb6ed444_b.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-offset-key=\"caqc9-0-0\">We didn&#8217;t just shout and shoot pics. We were also inspired. I loved it. I saw Austin pulling his own rented Diesel generator on the back of his own rented truck, playing with his self-built tesla coil, himself stuck in a homebuilt faraday cage. The whole rig sweated one message that I really understood: look, if Austin can pull it off, you can, too. It seemed doable.<\/p>\n<p data-offset-key=\"caqc9-0-0\">11 years later in 2017 I can say: the inspiration worked. Having co-organized multiple burns and decoms in Austria and having brought art to burns all over the world, I can say that some of that sparks from Austin went through me and on into the world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Megavolt &#8211; a guy with a metal birdcage over his head getting zapped by a 1.000.000 Volt Tesla Coil on top of a truck at Burning Man. Also known as Dr. Austin Richards. His homepage: drmegavolt.com. 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