admin – Interpretive Arson ../../../index.html Blisteringly Interactive Fire Art Sat, 15 Aug 2026 04:40:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 ../../../wp-content/uploads/2008/03/cropped-ia_logo_sticker-32x32.jpg admin – Interpretive Arson ../../../index.html 32 32 RIP Dance Dance Immolation, 2005-2013 ../../../2013/rip-dance-dance-immolation-2005-2013/index.html ../../../2013/rip-dance-dance-immolation-2005-2013/index.html#comments Fri, 06 Sep 2013 03:36:15 +0000 http://www.interpretivearson.com/index.html?p=639 DDI, Ultimate Edition by mooflyfoof, on Flickr
It is with great sadness/happiness that I write to inform you of the death of Dance Dance immolation

Dance Dance Immolation was a much-loved cornerstone of the fire art community. It was commonly referred to as “Dance Dance Revolution, with flamethrowers pointed at you” and it truly lived up to that description. DDI started in 2005 with Ian Baker, Morley John, Matt Blackwell, and Jonathan Stray. It quickly added more and more people. Over the next few years it created a large family. It spawned the Interpretive Arson group, which grew up into what is now known as Ardent Heavy Industries. It created new relationships, killed a few, singed some body hair, and delighted thousands of people. It also tormented us with horrible J-Pop that we secretly loved.

Dance Dance Immolation had a good run, with 12 runs over its 8 year life span:
* Burning Man 2005, 2006, 2007, 2013
* Fire Arts Festival 2005, 2006, 2007
* NIMBY Circus in 2005
* Our only private event in 2006
* The DDI Media Circus in 2007, an attempt to get some good videos and photos of the piece
* How To Destroy the Universe in 2007
* Denmark’s Smukfest in 2009


Burning Man 2013
Dance Dance Immolation held its final run this year at Burning Man 2013 as part of the Charcade. After the final players stepped off the pads on Friday evening, a horde of people intent on dismembering DDI descended upon it. Some say it was tricksy Thunderdome that put the pick-axe through the screen, others reported flame-backed flight suits pulling down towers in the middle of the night. Regardless, the next morning DDI was found in pieces and in pain. In a moment of mercy, we piled the remains together, lifted a piano painted like a shark 40 feet above, and allowed it to drop on DDI. Since DDI had checked the Donor box, dozens of fire artists, fans, and crew rushed in afterwards to take souvenirs, plumbing, and proximity suits. It is our hope that the pieces that once were DDI will go on to help other fire art pieces to exist.

DDI, ready to be destroyed
Burning Man 2013

More Photos: [1] [2] [3]

Dance Dance Immolation is survived by 2pir, Syzygryd, and the latest addition, the Ardent Mobile Cloud Platform. In lieu of donations, we kindly request you work on your own fire art piece in remembrance.

]]> ../../../2013/rip-dance-dance-immolation-2005-2013/feed/index.html 155 Introducing the Ardent Mobile Cloud Platform ../../../2013/introducing-the-ardent-mobile-cloud-platform/index.html ../../../2013/introducing-the-ardent-mobile-cloud-platform/index.html#comments Fri, 28 Jun 2013 21:07:45 +0000 http://www.interpretivearson.com/index.html?p=576

In 2013, everything’s going mobile and smart companies are turning to the cloud for their mission critical infrastructure. Here at Ardent Heavy Industries, we’re taking it to the next level, introducing the Ardent Mobile Cloud Platform…

]]> ../../../2013/introducing-the-ardent-mobile-cloud-platform/feed/index.html 101 Ardent/IA Open Shop – Friday, January 29th ../../../2010/ardentia-open-shop-friday-january-29th/index.html ../../../2010/ardentia-open-shop-friday-january-29th/index.html#comments Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:53:23 +0000 http://www.interpretivearson.com/index.html?p=295 Friday, January 29th, 7:00 PM
NIMBY, 8410 Amelia Street, Oakland

It’s time for another Ardent Heavy Industries/Interpretive Arson Open Shop! We’re inviting everyone to stop by our (newly cleaned and reorganized) shop space at NIMBY to take shop tours, hear about our upcoming projects and events, and play with some fire. We’ll also have a little food, but mostly some hot coals to cook whatever you want bring. This time we’ve got a tentative schedule:

  • 7:00 – Coals are hot and doors are open!
  • 7:30 – Shop tour #1 begins
  • 8:00-8:15 – Syzygryd (aka that thing we’re building for That Thing In The Desert)
  • 8:15-8:30 – Robots with Sam and Morley
  • 8:30-8:45 – What AHI/IA is up to this year & how you can get involved with Ardent
  • 8:45-? – Fire toys outside, hang out and chat about projects, etc
  • 9:00- Shop Tour #2 begins

Swing by and enjoy some friends, food, and fire.

Friday, January 29th, 7:00 PM
NIMBY, 8410 Amelia Street, Oakland

]]> ../../../2010/ardentia-open-shop-friday-january-29th/feed/index.html 120 Save NIMBY! ../../../2009/save-nimby/index.html ../../../2009/save-nimby/index.html#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:02:48 +0000 http://www.interpretivearson.com/index.html?p=272 NIMBY is an essential part of many of our lives. It houses several artists, including Interpretive Arson /Ardent Heavy Industries. Dance Dance Immolation and 2pir are housed here and it’s also where we build everything, including our upcoming projects for this year as well as several other smaller scale projects. Help us save this space so that art in Oakland can continue.

How to lend your support:
You can pledge here:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1362561841/nimby-industrial-art-and-diy-space
Note: These pledges will only go through if we reach $17,255 in pledges. You’re better off just donating to NIMBY directly

Donate directly: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=10559466

If you want to donate a large tax deductible donation, please email rachael@nimbyspace.org for details.

]]> ../../../2009/save-nimby/feed/index.html 4244 Photos Of Dance Dance Immolation at Smukfest ../../../2009/photos-of-dance-dance-immolation-at-smukfest/index.html ../../../2009/photos-of-dance-dance-immolation-at-smukfest/index.html#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:39:14 +0000 http://www.interpretivearson.com/index.html?p=261 Shooting the inspector
photo of inspector getting shot by Ed Hunsinger

There was quite a bit of photos and video taken of Dance Dance Immolation while we were in Denmark for Smukfest earlier this year.
Allan, the Skanderborg Festival Photographer, got some great shots of DDI during our run in Denmark at Smukfest. I highly recommend viewing the panorama shots on a wide screen monitor:
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There’s also pictures of DDI and Interpretive Arson’s Danish adventures from Ian:

As well as Ed:

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