Mike Ross, leader of the Big Rig Jig project, wants the sculpture to represent the oil economy even earlier than he heard about the green theme of this year’s festival. Dub the Big Rig Jig, this bizarre sculpture made its debut at the annual Burning Man festivities in Black Rock City, Nevada.

Ross wants people to feel vulnerable and in danger while they gaze up at the towering structure. The inside is full of silk plants to remind visitors that oil ultimately comes from nature.It achievable to crawl up through the entire structure and feel the constraint of the oil industry as you squeeze among structural braces and various pipes inside the tankers.

The most appealing interpretation of the piece is the Las Vegas Sun’s panorama image, which allows viewers to navigate around the scene. Furthermore there are 1500 photos, including the one troysandal shot that appears atop this post, returned in a Flickr search for Big Rig Jig. It’s certainly worth the time to examine the first few pages of photos, several are quite eye-catching.