A guest post from Burner Cedric. Check out their fundraiser in San Francisco on Friday, August 17: https://www.facebook.com/e
The White Dragon Noodle Bar, led by a group of Burners from San Francisco, is coming to the playa for the first time in 2018 as part of the Golden Guy Alley camp at 7:15 & Bender.
We are addressing this year’s theme of “I, Robot” by constructing and replicating the White Dragon Noodle Bar from the iconic 1982 movie Blade Runner, in which Harrison Ford’s replicant-chasing cop character enjoys a bowl of noodles for far too short a time before being removed from the scene. We are excited to be honoring the vision and legacy of Larry Harvey and hope that our neighborhood noodle bar, from which we will gift noodle soup and sake, will become a place for community gathering and storytelling.
The vision for this originated when three of the bar founders in 2017, as part of the Hotel California camp, ended up having a drink at one of the original Golden Guy bars, The Pickle and Eggs (a Scotch whiskey bar). After a drink or two, the inspiration came to create an Asian noodle bar, and these formerly non-handy friends ended up with another founding co-collaborator and, in a radically self-reliant way, a lot of paint and sawdust on their hands. The result, we hope, is a pretty damn accurate representation of Blade Runner’s White Dragon bar that will be memorable for all who make their way there or end up there unexpectedly.
Of course, an undertaking like this takes more than just a village of helping hands and some blood, sweat, and tears (of which lots have been shed!). The cost of build materials and transportation has taken us over budget and we are looking for additional donations to help cover expenses. We fully expect to take this project to future Burning Man festivals as well as local burns so that we can spread this gift to more people and more broadly!
We’re grateful for this community and we look forward to interacting with everyone who’s excited about what we’re bringing to life!
Our GoFundMe donation link: https://www.gofundme.
Our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.
Our fundraiser in San Francisco on Friday, August 17: https://www.facebook.com/e
I’m scrolling down this page, admiring your work, and I see a shot from our short film! hahaha.. We made a White Dragon noodle bar in the garage much like you guys are making yours so I totally get and love what you are doing! Best of luck with your project, and cheers from Croatia!
Luka the ‘Slice of Life’ guy
Thanks a lot JV and Burners.me for your support. As mentioned we are still trying to meet our fundraising needs so anyone who can contribute to our GoFundMe even with only $5 would help us make a difference. Cheers and look forward to giving you, yes YOU :P, a big dusty hug at Home )'( https://www.gofundme.com/the-white-dragon-noodle-bar-bm18
Love this!! Awesome idea. This is the kind of “small” project that you unexpectedly run into on the playa that ends up being the best thing about the whole week.