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Category Archives: Press & Publicity

Rocket art landing on SF waterfront: SF Examiner

By: John Upton June 7, 2010 Click here for full article Eye-catching: The 40-foot, 8-ton sculpture “Raygun Gothic Rocketship” is slated to be installed along San Francisco’s waterfront in August where the “Crouching Spider” piece once stood. SAN FRANCISCO — It won’t fly anybody to the moon, but a retro-themed rocket ship planned for The [...]

The Raygun Gothic Rocketship featured on G4 TV @ Makers Faire

Check out the fun little interview I did with G4 TV at Maker’s Faire. They of course edited out most of everything I said… oh well… so it goes… Game Reviews – E3 2010 – AOTS Exclusive

Help Plant a Tree House for Memorial Day weekend!

This is the very last weekend that we’ll have to work on the Tree House before we load the trucks… come one come all…

Tested.com interview with “yours truly” talking about the Rocketship at the 2010 Makers Faire

Robots and Rockets: Mashable highlights at Maker Faire

The Road to Maker Faire: How to Launch a rocket!

The Raygun Gothic Rocketship has been successfully installed and is “standing by,” ready for the 2010 Makers Faire weekend. Our gantry tower has been erected and the explosive bolts on the escape hatch are armed! We are all systems go…! The RGR is more than just a shiny outer hull… and so we wanted to [...]

Make: Interview with the RGR Lead Artists

MFBA: Interview with Raygun Gothic Rocketship crew Maker Faire Bay Area, the world’s largest DIY festival, is right around the corner, taking place at the San Mateo Fairgrounds on May 22nd and 23rd. One of the biggest new projects coming to the Faire this year is the Raygun Gothic Rocketship, pictured above and hand-crafted by [...]

Help Plant a Tree House

The Five Ton Crane Arts Group proudly announces…! the historic, permanent installation of…! the beloved Steampunk Tree House! Click here for more info This iconic, fully immersive work of art was the first epic creation by the Oakland based arts group Five Ton Crane. First exhibited at the 2007 Burning Man festival in Nevada, it went [...]

The Raygun Gothic Rocketship featured on the 2010 Maker Faire poster

The Raygun Gothic Rocketship featured on the NASA Ames website

Click HERE for the full story A 40-foot high rocket from the future and a 20-foot tall bird with its head and wings on fire will light up on Saturday, April 10, 2010 at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. Is this a science experiment gone awry? No, it’s all part of Yuri’s Night. [...]