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Burning Man 2023 Photos

Here are my Burning Man 2023 Photos!
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I make many mistakes when posting so many photos like this. The captions are often wrong or just missing. I would appreciate any comments (very bottom of page, waaaaay down below) or direct emails helping me fix up my mistakes. You can also email me ( [email protected] ) to tell me how I’m doing it wrong or where the mistakes are. I will update this post to reflect your comment or email. Please include lots of detail and any relevant links. Please copy the link to the photo or email me the photo so I know which image it is.

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 The images below are mostly in reverse chronological order. Click on any photo to open it at full resolution in a new tab. This was first published October, 12th 2023.

Updates:
I posted these on Reddit and Flickr.

Music To Go With These Images
Here is my Burning Man 2023 playlist. I made this so you have something to listen to while browsing these images. (open this link in another window or the Spotify app…) If this music doesn’t suit you, Burning Man legend @muloka has compiled this massive collection of music from Burning Man 2023 here. Now get scrolling!

Burning Man Official Logo 2023
Stiffhenge – Winner of the Official Mud Art Championships 2023! Congratulations!
Gate Road Exodus
Gate Road Exodus
Skate or Die
Chapel of Babel (Burn) by Michael Garlington from: Petaluma, CA year: 2023 From the irresistible imagination of Micahel Garlington comes yet another magical creation – The Chapel of Babel. The Chapel is a re-occurring dream, years in the mind, reaching its manifestation. A hexagonal wooden structure will be clad with Garlington’s signature black-and-white photographs of various sizes creating stunning visuals throughout the structure. The human element in the portraiture, animals, flowers, insects, and leaves, will convey that we all belong here and will hold room for everyone in all versions and reiterations of their expression. URL: https://www.michaelgarlington.com Contact: [email protected]
Chapel of Babel (Burn) by Michael Garlington from: Petaluma, CA year: 2023 From the irresistible imagination of Micahel Garlington comes yet another magical creation – The Chapel of Babel. The Chapel is a re-occurring dream, years in the mind, reaching its manifestation. A hexagonal wooden structure will be clad with Garlington’s signature black-and-white photographs of various sizes creating stunning visuals throughout the structure. The human element in the portraiture, animals, flowers, insects, and leaves, will convey that we all belong here and will hold room for everyone in all versions and reiterations of their expression. URL: https://www.michaelgarlington.com Contact: [email protected]
Chapel of Babel (Burn) by Michael Garlington from: Petaluma, CA year: 2023 From the irresistible imagination of Micahel Garlington comes yet another magical creation – The Chapel of Babel. The Chapel is a re-occurring dream, years in the mind, reaching its manifestation. A hexagonal wooden structure will be clad with Garlington’s signature black-and-white photographs of various sizes creating stunning visuals throughout the structure. The human element in the portraiture, animals, flowers, insects, and leaves, will convey that we all belong here and will hold room for everyone in all versions and reiterations of their expression. URL: https://www.michaelgarlington.com Contact: [email protected]
Chapel of Babel (Burn) by Michael Garlington from: Petaluma, CA year: 2023 From the irresistible imagination of Micahel Garlington comes yet another magical creation – The Chapel of Babel. The Chapel is a re-occurring dream, years in the mind, reaching its manifestation. A hexagonal wooden structure will be clad with Garlington’s signature black-and-white photographs of various sizes creating stunning visuals throughout the structure. The human element in the portraiture, animals, flowers, insects, and leaves, will convey that we all belong here and will hold room for everyone in all versions and reiterations of their expression. URL: https://www.michaelgarlington.com Contact: [email protected]
Mutant Vehicles at the Man Burn
Mutant Vehicle at the Man Burn
Mutant Vehicle at the Man Burn
Mutant Vehicle at the Man Burn
Mutant Vehicle at the Man Burn
Mutant Vehicle at the Man Burn
Mutant Vehicles at the Man Burn
Mutant Vehicle at the Man Burn
Participants Watch The Man Burn
The Sky Rabbit’s House at The Man Burn
Mutant Vehicle at the Man Burn
Silhouette of Participants at The Man Burn
Silhouette of Participants at The Man Burn
Mutant Vehicle at the Man Burn
The Bug at The Man Burn
The Temple, The Man Burn, and Exodus Line
Fireworks at The Man Burn
Burst of Flames at the Man Burn
Fireworks at The Man Burn
Fireworks at The Man Burn
Fireworks at The Man Burn
Fireworks at The Man Burn
Fireworks at The Man Burn
Fireworks at The Man Burn
Fireworks at The Man Burn
Fireworks at The Man Burn
Fireworks at The Man Burn
Fireworks at The Man Burn
Fireworks at The Man Burn
Fireworks at The Man Burn
Fireworks at The Man Burn
Fireworks at The Man Burn
Mutant Vehilces at the Man Burn
Lovely Burner
Mutant Vehilces before the Man Burn
There Will Be Mud – Mona by Miao He from: Shehong, China year: 2023 “Mona” is an 8-meter tall metal rabbit sculpture, resembling a plush toy with a pink exterior, standing gracefully in the desert landscape. Representing the theme of ANIMALIA, the installation serves as a symbol of love, warmth, and childhood memories. As participants gather around “Mona,” they engage to have deep connection between each other. At night, illuminated by lights, the pink rabbit becomes a recognizable landmark. The artwork aims to transport Burners into a whimsical world, reminiscent of Alice in Wonderland, where the rabbit guides them on a journey filled with hope, inclusiveness, and freedom. URL: http://infinite.land
There Will Be Mud – Mona by Miao He from: Shehong, China year: 2023 “Mona” is an 8-meter tall metal rabbit sculpture, resembling a plush toy with a pink exterior, standing gracefully in the desert landscape. Representing the theme of ANIMALIA, the installation serves as a symbol of love, warmth, and childhood memories. As participants gather around “Mona,” they engage to have deep connection between each other. At night, illuminated by lights, the pink rabbit becomes a recognizable landmark. The artwork aims to transport Burners into a whimsical world, reminiscent of Alice in Wonderland, where the rabbit guides them on a journey filled with hope, inclusiveness, and freedom. URL: http://infinite.land
Mutant Vehicles Parked for The Man Burn
El Pulpo Magnifico
El Pulpo Magnifico
Temple and Ridgeline
Flying Low at The Trash Fence
Flying Low at The Trash Fence
Flying Low at The Trash Fence
Point 3
City Limits by Lucas Reshi and Crew Quote from from the artists via instagram: This one’s for you tigre I know that the temple here at burningman is traditionally where people go to have their cathartic release of loved ones that passed, but at the end of the day writing a few words and putting your photo up wasn’t enough. It wasn’t enough because my memory of us was so full of creation and mischief. As a result this is the year I brought out my first art piece. I put it where we always wanted our work; out by the trash fence in the “quiet” All this done off the books in the dark of the night just as a middle finger to the placement team that always promised us deep playa and always resinded their word because “your work was too good”, but I needed to be able to whisper into the night to you, “I fuckin got em’ for us tigre” I hope that you have found the quiet we always looked for with art together. You taught me that nothing is impossible with the help of friends and I couldn’t have done it without this community of salty dogs. Tigre, you should have been here to dance with me under the lights and I miss you more than ever but I’m just getting started and have so much more to do before the lights finally go out for good. Oh ya, the name of the piece is city limits I couldn’t have done it without @theywire coming up with the most immaculate of lighting, and a special thank you to @hoboerotic and @thea.rae for running to reno in the middle of the night to dig telephone poles out of @lostmachineandy bone yard. There are so many more to name If you tag the piece #citylimitsbrc #burningman #butningman2023 #burningmanart #renegadeart
City Limits by Lucas Reshi and Crew (PLEASE DONT DO THIS ON PLAYA) Quote from from the artists via instagram: This one’s for you tigre I know that the temple here at burningman is traditionally where people go to have their cathartic release of loved ones that passed, but at the end of the day writing a few words and putting your photo up wasn’t enough. It wasn’t enough because my memory of us was so full of creation and mischief. As a result this is the year I brought out my first art piece. I put it where we always wanted our work; out by the trash fence in the “quiet” All this done off the books in the dark of the night just as a middle finger to the placement team that always promised us deep playa and always resinded their word because “your work was too good”, but I needed to be able to whisper into the night to you, “I fuckin got em’ for us tigre” I hope that you have found the quiet we always looked for with art together. You taught me that nothing is impossible with the help of friends and I couldn’t have done it without this community of salty dogs. Tigre, you should have been here to dance with me under the lights and I miss you more than ever but I’m just getting started and have so much more to do before the lights finally go out for good. Oh ya, the name of the piece is city limits I couldn’t have done it without @theywire coming up with the most immaculate of lighting, and a special thank you to @hoboerotic and @thea.rae for running to reno in the middle of the night to dig telephone poles out of @lostmachineandy bone yard. There are so many more to name If you tag the piece #citylimitsbrc #burningman #butningman2023 #burningmanart #renegadeart
Chapel of Babel by Michael Garlington from: Petaluma, CA year: 2023 From the irresistible imagination of Micahel Garlington comes yet another magical creation – The Chapel of Babel. The Chapel is a re-occurring dream, years in the mind, reaching its manifestation. A hexagonal wooden structure will be clad with Garlington’s signature black-and-white photographs of various sizes creating stunning visuals throughout the structure. The human element in the portraiture, animals, flowers, insects, and leaves, will convey that we all belong here and will hold room for everyone in all versions and reiterations of their expression. URL: https://www.michaelgarlington.com Contact: [email protected]
BitCube by Colin O’Donnell from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 BitCube is an interactive installation that transforms 224 standard IBC water totes into single pixels in a massive low-resolution cube display towering 30 feet over the desert. The installation creates a minimalist, abstract visual narrative that defies the ubiquity of hi-res displays. BitCube embraces the limitations of a low-res medium and encourages viewers to find beauty in simplicity. The installation’s audio-reactive capabilities reflect the collective heartbeat of the Burning Man community. Light patterns range from abstract shapes to minimalist representations of life and energy, resonating with Burning Man’s spirit of creativity, self-expression, and community in a stripped-down interplay of light, space, and perception. Contact: [email protected]
BitCube by Colin O’Donnell from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 BitCube is an interactive installation that transforms 224 standard IBC water totes into single pixels in a massive low-resolution cube display towering 30 feet over the desert. The installation creates a minimalist, abstract visual narrative that defies the ubiquity of hi-res displays. BitCube embraces the limitations of a low-res medium and encourages viewers to find beauty in simplicity. The installation’s audio-reactive capabilities reflect the collective heartbeat of the Burning Man community. Light patterns range from abstract shapes to minimalist representations of life and energy, resonating with Burning Man’s spirit of creativity, self-expression, and community in a stripped-down interplay of light, space, and perception. Contact: [email protected]
BitCube by Colin O’Donnell from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 BitCube is an interactive installation that transforms 224 standard IBC water totes into single pixels in a massive low-resolution cube display towering 30 feet over the desert. The installation creates a minimalist, abstract visual narrative that defies the ubiquity of hi-res displays. BitCube embraces the limitations of a low-res medium and encourages viewers to find beauty in simplicity. The installation’s audio-reactive capabilities reflect the collective heartbeat of the Burning Man community. Light patterns range from abstract shapes to minimalist representations of life and energy, resonating with Burning Man’s spirit of creativity, self-expression, and community in a stripped-down interplay of light, space, and perception. Contact: [email protected]
BitCube by Colin O’Donnell from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 BitCube is an interactive installation that transforms 224 standard IBC water totes into single pixels in a massive low-resolution cube display towering 30 feet over the desert. The installation creates a minimalist, abstract visual narrative that defies the ubiquity of hi-res displays. BitCube embraces the limitations of a low-res medium and encourages viewers to find beauty in simplicity. The installation’s audio-reactive capabilities reflect the collective heartbeat of the Burning Man community. Light patterns range from abstract shapes to minimalist representations of life and energy, resonating with Burning Man’s spirit of creativity, self-expression, and community in a stripped-down interplay of light, space, and perception. Contact: [email protected]
BitCube by Colin O’Donnell from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 BitCube is an interactive installation that transforms 224 standard IBC water totes into single pixels in a massive low-resolution cube display towering 30 feet over the desert. The installation creates a minimalist, abstract visual narrative that defies the ubiquity of hi-res displays. BitCube embraces the limitations of a low-res medium and encourages viewers to find beauty in simplicity. The installation’s audio-reactive capabilities reflect the collective heartbeat of the Burning Man community. Light patterns range from abstract shapes to minimalist representations of life and energy, resonating with Burning Man’s spirit of creativity, self-expression, and community in a stripped-down interplay of light, space, and perception. Contact: [email protected]
Temple Anam Cara by A Celtic Light and Obsydian Studios creation from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Anam Cara is an ancient Celtic phrase referring to the concept of the “soul friend” in spirituality. Temple Anam Cara intertwines a Celtic Tree of Life upon an Aztec Step Pyramid, an homage to the ancestral heritages of our co-creators. The shared belief in this concept has inspired the creation of this sculpture. We recognize that the path of wisdom is woven by countless cultures and civilizations, each offering unique insights into the nature of existence – to celebrate the shared connections of our Soul Friends that have guided and inspired deeper connections to the universe’s beauty. At the heart of Temple Anam Cara lies a deep belief in the unity of love, light, and consciousness—a recognition that all ancient traditions converge in their quest for higher truth. The base sanctuary is adorned by murals, mirrors and LEDs to welcome all to offered experiences. This sculpture is a creation in honor of the indigenous wisdom embraced by the creators of Temple Anam Cara, a shared expression of love of community, life and earth. www.templeanamcara.com URL: https://obsydianstudios.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple Anam Cara by A Celtic Light and Obsydian Studios creation from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Anam Cara is an ancient Celtic phrase referring to the concept of the “soul friend” in spirituality. Temple Anam Cara intertwines a Celtic Tree of Life upon an Aztec Step Pyramid, an homage to the ancestral heritages of our co-creators. The shared belief in this concept has inspired the creation of this sculpture. We recognize that the path of wisdom is woven by countless cultures and civilizations, each offering unique insights into the nature of existence – to celebrate the shared connections of our Soul Friends that have guided and inspired deeper connections to the universe’s beauty. At the heart of Temple Anam Cara lies a deep belief in the unity of love, light, and consciousness—a recognition that all ancient traditions converge in their quest for higher truth. The base sanctuary is adorned by murals, mirrors and LEDs to welcome all to offered experiences. This sculpture is a creation in honor of the indigenous wisdom embraced by the creators of Temple Anam Cara, a shared expression of love of community, life and earth. www.templeanamcara.com URL: https://obsydianstudios.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Chapel of Babel by: Michael Garlington from: Petaluma, CA year: 2023 From the irresistible imagination of Micahel Garlington comes yet another magical creation – The Chapel of Babel. The Chapel is a re-occurring dream, years in the mind, reaching its manifestation. A hexagonal wooden structure will be clad with Garlington’s signature black-and-white photographs of various sizes creating stunning visuals throughout the structure. The human element in the portraiture, animals, flowers, insects, and leaves, will convey that we all belong here and will hold room for everyone in all versions and reiterations of their expression. URL: https://www.michaelgarlington.com Contact: [email protected]
Narwhal Mutant Vehicle
Preparing The Man to Burn – They did an incredible job given the constraints.
The Usual Suspects Line Up For A Modest Man Burn
Strike Pile
Big Stuck Truck
We had a wonderful discussion. Thank you for that.
Containers and Globe Fire – When I’m shooting and nobody is around I often stumble across these scense and I’m like what the hell is this? A cool fireplace and containers with windows and a chimney like what?
Global Village – I wish I had visited this camp before the rain.
Challenging To Move Around – It was hard to just walk around let alone carry a bunch of stuff.
Road Conditions Evolve – Watching the road conditions evolve was interesting. From underwater, to footprints, to clumpy chunks, to sidewalk formation, to whatever the roads forming again. This was 630.
Stuck In The Mud
Burner Express Check In
Improvise Adapt Overcome
Vehicles Leaving BRC – Some stuck some moving slowly.
6 Was A Bad Route – If you ever find yourself in this situation never take 6. In fact just waiting it out is the sensible thing to do. Part of self reliance is having a buffer in your schedule for things like this.
Stucck In The Mud on 6
Stucck In The Mud on 6
Muck Ur Burn – White van stuck in the mud on 6.
Expanse by: Laurence Renzo Verbeck from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Expanse takes Vitruvian Man as a starting point, and subverts it. The figure is female, no longer bound by geometry; the arms, morphing to wings, extend beyond. She is forward of, and greater than the circle, growing out of the ring into something other. New and limitless experience. Geometry is the basis of art and language, it is the starting point of who we are as a species. But it is not the end of who we are. Expanse is a reminder that our solace and burgeoning reside in both the honoring and challenging of geometry. That we live best when we become the ground where rigidity and expansion meet and resolve. Contact: [email protected]
Road Conditions Evolve on 6
Road Conditions Evolve on 6 and E Looking Toward Gate
Road Conditions Near Center Camp on 6
Man Made Sidewalks Turned Back Into Roads
Looking for Friends – This person lost their friends and was trying to reconnect.
Bike Tire Mucked Up – This is what happens when you ride yiur bike on wet playa. It stops working immediately and becomes very heavy.
Real Stars and the Temple
Real Stars and the Temple
Underwater Man – When I was shooting at night during and after the rain there was almost nothing lit up. Only battery powered installations had light as most of the generators hadn’t been topped up. It was very dark out there.
POLYHEDRA Sky Portal Series by Gregg Fleishman from: Los Angeles, CA year: 2023 Scattered POLYHEDRA form Sky Portals embodying the shapes of sacred geometry. Focusing on the cubic varieties, networks of these POLYHEDRA fill space. Transforming the surfaces and edges into panels and parts gives us a structural assembly which fills space. Assembled from varieties of identical parts the multi-portal pieces are representative of a Caterpillar and a Bear. URL: http://www.greggfleishman.com Contact: [email protected]
Playing with Fire at the Man
Another Rainbow – 630 and A
630 and A Looking Toward Center Camp
What a Fun Mess
Some Vehicles are Better Suited to the Conditions
Esplanade
Frog Camp and Esplanade
The Sky Rabbit’s House and Crew
Bunnie and The Sky Rabbit’s House
Bunnie and The Sky Rabbit’s House
Moop Pickup – These guys from Japan didn’t speak much english but when I pointed at the bags they said MOOP. I gave them a nod of approval and a thumbs up. Hell yeah.
Pedestrians on 6 SIdewalks
So cool to meet you all. Thanks for non-alcoholic drink and the chat.
Emergency Services
A Message To Sensationalist Media – I was invited into a nice camp and we had a discussion about how the news media was portyaing the burn in the outside world. The event was being portrayed as some kind of disaster when the reality on the ground couldn’t have been farther from it. So these burners had a message to the media generating sensationalist clickbait.
Burners Hold Hands as they Cross the Street
This wonderful person gave me a hug and was very nice.
Cascade – When you get your vehicle stuck in the middle of an intersection it makes it harder for people doing actual work to get around. This causes a cascade of issues. Heavy equipment can’t be positioned and that slows or stops other stuff from happening and so on down the line.
So great to chat with you.
7 and G
The Work Gets Done No Matter What
RV Stuck
Yet Another Stuck Vehicle
Lovely Burner
RV Art – Hope they remembered to remove that chain. Always a good idea to walk around your rig at least one time every time you move.
Burner Pulling a Suitcase
Porta Potties – The floor got higher and higher with every person who stepped inside.
The look on this person’s face when doing strike in this mess. Exhaustion mixed with bewilderment and a side of what the fuck just happened?
Mutant Vehicle with Disco Ball – Name Unknown
It was fascinating to watch the community come up with solutions to footwear.
Camp Facade
This person was picking up pieces of MOOP as he walked out. Legit.
Suitcase Wheel – A burner holds a suitcase wheel that broke off.
Lovely Burner – Thank you for showing me your art!
Stuck in the Muck
You Forgot Your Bikes and Your Trash – SMH
Burners Walking Out
Thank God For Rangers – The people in this truck were coming at speed and starting to cut through a camp. A ranger yelled at them and immediately made them stop. The person was in that panic/frantic mode people get in where they start making stupid decisions. The corner of the intersection is off to the right of the counch in this picture. Be less aplogetic and don’t do stupid shit! The people on the left were just hanging out and have nothing to do with this btw.
Strike
Road Conditions Evolve – The clump phase.
I sat down and took a real genuine break for like 20 minutes. I got to chat with some really nice folks at the Cactus of Life chairs. This was the only time during the burn that I sat down and didn’t actually do anything. Every other moment of the burn I was either shooting or meeting with people or doing camp stuff. It was a real nice break. Two of the people chatting here realized they both play and sign Portuguese music. What are the odds?!
Burden of The Beast by: Walker Babington from: New Orleans, LA year: 2023 “Burden of The Beast,” is a fantastical folk art sculpture depicting a bison with a house at its torso. It symbolizes the task of relocating one’s intrinsic understanding of ‘home.’ Both the bison & the house are made with materials from New Orleans structures which have been destroyed by climate disasters, as though the pieces of a fallen home had the sentience and will to collect what could be salvaged, stand up, and head toward higher ground. URL: https://www.instagram.com/sabatomstudios/ Contact: [email protected]
Burden of The Beast by: Walker Babington from: New Orleans, LA year: 2023 “Burden of The Beast,” is a fantastical folk art sculpture depicting a bison with a house at its torso. It symbolizes the task of relocating one’s intrinsic understanding of ‘home.’ Both the bison & the house are made with materials from New Orleans structures which have been destroyed by climate disasters, as though the pieces of a fallen home had the sentience and will to collect what could be salvaged, stand up, and head toward higher ground. URL: https://www.instagram.com/sabatomstudios/ Contact: [email protected]
Burden of The Beast by: Walker Babington from: New Orleans, LA year: 2023 “Burden of The Beast,” is a fantastical folk art sculpture depicting a bison with a house at its torso. It symbolizes the task of relocating one’s intrinsic understanding of ‘home.’ Both the bison & the house are made with materials from New Orleans structures which have been destroyed by climate disasters, as though the pieces of a fallen home had the sentience and will to collect what could be salvaged, stand up, and head toward higher ground. URL: https://www.instagram.com/sabatomstudios/ Contact: [email protected]
Burden of The Beast by: Walker Babington from: New Orleans, LA year: 2023 “Burden of The Beast,” is a fantastical folk art sculpture depicting a bison with a house at its torso. It symbolizes the task of relocating one’s intrinsic understanding of ‘home.’ Both the bison & the house are made with materials from New Orleans structures which have been destroyed by climate disasters, as though the pieces of a fallen home had the sentience and will to collect what could be salvaged, stand up, and head toward higher ground. URL: https://www.instagram.com/sabatomstudios/ Contact: [email protected]
Great to chat with you! I found a new way to link art and data with AI as per our discussion. Email me!
This person showed me some of his photographs from past burns. Thank you.
The Ursas by: Jen Lewin from: Brooklyn, NY year: 2023 Named after the constellations Ursa Minor and Ursa Major, The Ursas features two towering polar bears. In 2022, Ursa Minor, a 13-foot tall sculpture debuted on playa. Inspired by Polaris, the work’s glowing and multi-paneled infinity-mirrored body reminds us to “Look Up.” In 2023 Ursa Minor will return, but this time with her big sister. Standing over three stories tall, Ursa Major’s hollow body is filled with glowing infinity mirrors, each reflecting mosaic drawings of extinct animals from the past 12 months. The pair, Ursa Major and Ursa Minor, stand in solidarity. Ursa Minor in hope, looking up. Ursa Major, as a cathedral and tomb, to species lost. URL: https://www.jenlewinstudio.com/portfolio/ursa-minor/ Contact: [email protected]
The Ursas by: Jen Lewin from: Brooklyn, NY year: 2023 Named after the constellations Ursa Minor and Ursa Major, The Ursas features two towering polar bears. In 2022, Ursa Minor, a 13-foot tall sculpture debuted on playa. Inspired by Polaris, the work’s glowing and multi-paneled infinity-mirrored body reminds us to “Look Up.” In 2023 Ursa Minor will return, but this time with her big sister. Standing over three stories tall, Ursa Major’s hollow body is filled with glowing infinity mirrors, each reflecting mosaic drawings of extinct animals from the past 12 months. The pair, Ursa Major and Ursa Minor, stand in solidarity. Ursa Minor in hope, looking up. Ursa Major, as a cathedral and tomb, to species lost. URL: https://www.jenlewinstudio.com/portfolio/ursa-minor/ Contact: [email protected]
The Ursas by: Jen Lewin from: Brooklyn, NY year: 2023 Named after the constellations Ursa Minor and Ursa Major, The Ursas features two towering polar bears. In 2022, Ursa Minor, a 13-foot tall sculpture debuted on playa. Inspired by Polaris, the work’s glowing and multi-paneled infinity-mirrored body reminds us to “Look Up.” In 2023 Ursa Minor will return, but this time with her big sister. Standing over three stories tall, Ursa Major’s hollow body is filled with glowing infinity mirrors, each reflecting mosaic drawings of extinct animals from the past 12 months. The pair, Ursa Major and Ursa Minor, stand in solidarity. Ursa Minor in hope, looking up. Ursa Major, as a cathedral and tomb, to species lost. URL: https://www.jenlewinstudio.com/portfolio/ursa-minor/ Contact: [email protected]
The Ursas by: Jen Lewin from: Brooklyn, NY year: 2023 Named after the constellations Ursa Minor and Ursa Major, The Ursas features two towering polar bears. In 2022, Ursa Minor, a 13-foot tall sculpture debuted on playa. Inspired by Polaris, the work’s glowing and multi-paneled infinity-mirrored body reminds us to “Look Up.” In 2023 Ursa Minor will return, but this time with her big sister. Standing over three stories tall, Ursa Major’s hollow body is filled with glowing infinity mirrors, each reflecting mosaic drawings of extinct animals from the past 12 months. The pair, Ursa Major and Ursa Minor, stand in solidarity. Ursa Minor in hope, looking up. Ursa Major, as a cathedral and tomb, to species lost. URL: https://www.jenlewinstudio.com/portfolio/ursa-minor/ Contact: [email protected]
The Ursas by: Jen Lewin from: Brooklyn, NY year: 2023 Named after the constellations Ursa Minor and Ursa Major, The Ursas features two towering polar bears. In 2022, Ursa Minor, a 13-foot tall sculpture debuted on playa. Inspired by Polaris, the work’s glowing and multi-paneled infinity-mirrored body reminds us to “Look Up.” In 2023 Ursa Minor will return, but this time with her big sister. Standing over three stories tall, Ursa Major’s hollow body is filled with glowing infinity mirrors, each reflecting mosaic drawings of extinct animals from the past 12 months. The pair, Ursa Major and Ursa Minor, stand in solidarity. Ursa Minor in hope, looking up. Ursa Major, as a cathedral and tomb, to species lost. URL: https://www.jenlewinstudio.com/portfolio/ursa-minor/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by: Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by: Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by: Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by: Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Tribute to Tigre Mashaal-Lively
Temple of the Heart by: Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by: Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by: Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by: Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by: Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by: Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by: Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by: Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by: Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
The Man
The Man
Closeup of The Man 2023
Touch the Sky by Martin Taylor and Chromaforms from: Oakland, CA year: 2023 Touch the Sky is a sculpture of a mythical winged creature with the head of a human preparing to take flight. The sculpture is fabricated from a myriad laser-cut sheet metal plates welded together. The face is rendered in sharp detail with eyes closed in dreamlike rapture. The hair flows back in the wind. The skin is made of reflective stainless steel heat treated to a rich gold color. The surface of the sculpture is outlined by geometric tattoo-like perforations that accentuate the shape of the body and emit light at night. Wings made of golden stainless and patina’ed steel stretch upwards from the back in a dramatic pose. Touch the Sky serves as a visual metaphor for taking leaps of faith to achieve our dreams and fly. URL: https://www.chromaforms.net/ Contact: [email protected]
Sidewalk Formation
Playa Mud Art by Matthew Schultz
Mini Rainbow over Razorback
3 and Sunlight on Razorback
Vehicles Get Stuck as They Hit Gate Road
The Man and Rainbow
Temple of the Heart and Rainbow
Temple of the Heart and Rainbow
Lovely Burner
Burners on a Golf Cart
The Party Continues Despite Rain
The Party Continues Despite Rain
Lovely Burner – I hope you liked the tour I gave you sir!
Walking Near The Temple
Trash Bags on Legs – I prefer just getting muddy to this technique.
Rows of Clouds and Playa Art
Jíbaro Soy… by Mark Rivera aka Kidnetick from: Bayamón, Puerto Rico year: 2023 A large scale sculpture of a shameless Jíbaro reveling where and what its made of, inspired by a song of protest written by composer Raphy Leavitt expresses anti-colonialism and freedom to be respected for whom he is and where his from. URL: https://www.instagram.com/kidnetick/ Contact: [email protected]
Lovely Burners
Nosotres by Brenden Darby, Simón Malvaez, Ollie Newth, Evan Connelly, Sergio Garrido-Ramirez, and Cruz Ramirez from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 NOSOTRES is a monument to the ancient history of the queer community. Standing at 50′ tall with depictions of nonbinary faces and Mictlan (The Aztec Underworld) this evolution of our 2022 Burning Man Piece, THEM, Serves as a reminder that queer people have been here since the beginning of time. Queerness represents our past, present and future and we honor the many deaths of our past selves that help us move forward. Contact: [email protected]
Lovely Burners
Burners on Foot – It was interesting to see the playa covered with people walking.
Rangers
Three Happy Burners
630 and Mud – If you look closely someone is getting a snack in this picture LMAO.
Deceptively Slippery – It may not look like it but the surface under these puddles is almost as slippery as standing on ice. Amazingly, I only fell once.
Disco Balls – Another case of I have no idea what this is but it looks neat (to me)
Playa Mud Art by Matthew Schultz
The Sun Comes Out
Trash Bags On The Feet
On point by Seth Johnson from: Carson City, NV year: 2023 The sculpture is the interpretation of the abstracted energy in the power and commitment of the sentinel Canis.
Lost and Found
A Ranger Admires the Work of Grant Palmer, Vimala Faith, Vanessa Franking, Espresso Buzz, and others. Thanks to Hank for the correction!
Burning Man is Hard – One of the best parts of a burn is figuring out the unexpected and novel challenges that inevitably arise. Like getting around in the mud.
Loving The Small Mutant Vehicles
Bike Recovery
Life is a Circus by: Sandra Bérubé from: Vancouver, BC, Canada year: 2023 An elephant is lifted in the air by an airship filled with a flock of birds. A contortionist, hand-balancing on the elephant’s trunk, analyzes the direction to take. The improbable convoy seems ready to take off. Ropes still anchor it to the ground, and red flags are waving in the wind… Life is a Circus is inspired by the weight of power dynamics and how lines can get blurred between real and fake, safety versus danger. Relationships, money, work, living situations, and mental and physical health can lift us as much as pull us down. Our supports, or ball and chains, often are not who or what we thought they would be. Here is a tribute to fighting to not fall entirely out of balance and find the strength and courage to harness the madness. Contact: [email protected]
Lovely Burner
Bikes Temporarily Parked at 430 and Esplanade
Life Imitates Meme – Absolute legend this man for creating the pre-brun meme IRL!
Fun Crew – I don’t know what the name or context of this group but they we’re having fun.
Fun Crew – I don’t know what the name or context of this group but they we’re having fun.
Death Guild Slip and Slide – It takes a certain level of courage to be presented with a “road closure” on the Esplanade and strip down and hit the slip and slide in front of a crowd in the mud. Bravo to this young lady!
Death Guild Slip and Slide – It takes a certain level of courage to be presented with a “road closure” on the Esplanade and strip down and hit the slip and slide in front of a crowd in the mud. People are amazing. Bravo to this man!
Death Guild Slip and Slide – It takes a certain level of courage to be presented with a “road closure” on the Esplanade and strip down and hit the slip and slide in front of a crowd in the mud. People are amazing. Bravo to this man!
NON JUDGEMENT DAY IS COMING
Burners Adjust Their New Footwear
Lovely Burner – Always a pleasure to see you!
Desire Lines
Lovely Burner – Thanks for the chat!
Some Vehicles Leaving Others Stuck
Esplanade Sidewalk
Everyone Kept to the Sides – I think thas is 4
BWB and Pedestrians
Live Music at Reverbia
Live Music at Reverbia
Live Music at Reverbia
Where’s Waldo Clean Socks Edition – Find the clean socks and figure out why. This is me getting bored editing 20,000+ photos.
Burner Riding Bike in Mud
That Weird In-Between – Some areas still waterlogged with other areas dry and crumbling and too rough on barefeet.
The Solar Library Phase 2 by Jared Ficklin & The Other Singularity from: Austin, TX year: 2023 The Solar Library is a rhythmic repetition of triangular yellow huts with bright sun orange doors. The steel framed huts present solar panels at an ideal angle to the sun. At night they bathe in soft yellow light reminiscent of the sunlight collected all day. . Each is a self-contained 1600 Watt solar charging supporting other art projects. Instead of generators artists buy batteries & charge them each day at The Solar Library. This allows artists to convert to solar power without the cost, fumes & engineering of placing panels next to their art. . A whisperia flower out front tells the story of the art projects in each unit when a handle is cranked like a music box for spoken word. URL: http://www.solarlibrary.info Contact: [email protected]
Elder Mother by Charles A. Gadeken from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Elder Mother is inspired by a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, the Elder-Tree-Mother. The boy in the story meets the Elder-Tree-Mother, who sits atop an Elder-Tree that grew out of the teapot next to his bed (in his dream). She speaks with him, and they go on many adventures and explorations over time. She gathers memories and shared experiences. She illuminates and night and provides shade during the day. Come and listen to her story. URL: https://www.charlesgadeken.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Elder Mother by Charles A. Gadeken from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Elder Mother is inspired by a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, the Elder-Tree-Mother. The boy in the story meets the Elder-Tree-Mother, who sits atop an Elder-Tree that grew out of the teapot next to his bed (in his dream). She speaks with him, and they go on many adventures and explorations over time. She gathers memories and shared experiences. She illuminates and night and provides shade during the day. Come and listen to her story. URL: https://www.charlesgadeken.com/ Contact: [email protected]
The Party Continues
Funkadelephant
Lovely Burner
Abandoned One Wheel
Burning Man Disaster Flood Of Doom Survivors Barely Alive
Solar Mud – At least the rain cleaned the solar panels!
Burner Carrying a Muddy Bike
Water on Playa Near Center Camp
Struggling With A Bike
Large Pool of Water Near Center Camp
Two Burners Wait Out The Rain – Waiting out the rain get’s boring. These participants spent some of their time chatting with people dumb enough to be out in the rain. AKA me. Nice to meet you!
Two Burners Push a Bike Covered in Playa Mud
Emergency Services Driving Through Mud
One hnaded Ice Run in the Mud – Some ice runs are more challenging than others!
Lovely Burner – Great artists make art regardless of the conditions. Nice to see you again Matthew.
Lovely Burner – Great artists make art regardless of the conditions. Nice to see you again Matthew.
Vertical Pano 1 by 5
The Man
The Man and the Sun
Backside of The Man
Backside of The Man
So Many Footprints
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
You Get Taller with Each Step!
Road Conditions
Nice Shoes – Or are they boots?!
Road Conditions
Scott London – Scott is a long time friend and very talented photographer. This is the face he makes after a grueling but succesful shoot. When conditions are this bad, you just laugh and make the most of it. It was such a coincidence to run into him at a random camp we both happened to be visting! Scott has a GREAT new book on Burning Man which you can see here: https://amzn.to/3FcbBWO Check out more of Scott’s work here: https://www.scottlondon.com Love you Scotty!
Another Rainbow
Road Conditions
Muddy Strike Is Muddy
Road Conditions
Ranger Reflection
Tea Cat
Meow
630 and Lake
Frog Camp – If anyone knows the story behind this fill me in. They did so much work on this.
Rolling Fog – Not something you usually see on playa!
Frog Camp
OHM by: Wizard from: Oakland, CA year: 2023 Ohm looks like a 12 foot silver donut. Stainless curved tubes wrap around to form its shell. The donut is suspended to allow viewing from all the way around. Walking around the object creates visual patterns as the curved lines overlap. URL: https://rainbowgeometric.com/#/ohm-2023/
Mutant Vehicle On Chalks – If you have a mutant vehicle that you can slep in, the next time there is a big rain storm coming just get “stuck” out there in prime real estate. Not saying that happened here but I had that idea when I saw this.
Simulated Island Mutant Vehicle Almost Turns Into Actual Island
DMV
Media Mecca
El Diabla by: Crimson Rose and Iron Monkeys from: Seattle, WA year: 2023 On the first Monday of the event, Crimson Rose extracts a flame from the sun to light a fire in El Diabla, a special cauldron located in Center Camp. For the flame to continue burning it must be stoked, disturbed and kept alive throughout the entire week. We encourage all those that encounter El Diabla to help keep this flame alive. Contact: [email protected]
On point by Seth Johnson from: Carson City, NV year: 2023 The sculpture is the interpretation of the abstracted energy in the power and commitment of the sentinel Canis.
On point by Seth Johnson from: Carson City, NV year: 2023 The sculpture is the interpretation of the abstracted energy in the power and commitment of the sentinel Canis.
Underwater Generator Cables – Underwater generator cables can be very dangerous. Please be extra careful and turn off generators in these scenarios.
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Dancing in the Mud
Back of The Man
The Temple
Zhina by Morteza Ansari and Konoon Studio from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Zhina was created to honor the women of Iran and the freedom movement they are leading. Zhina (Mahsa) Amini was killed by the morality police for not properly wearing her hijab. Her death sparked one of the most powerful uprisings in history led by women. Zhina represents the freedom expressed in the hair flowing in the wind that has been a symbol of the movement from the beginning. Panels of red fabric covered with paintings, messages, and poetry created by a number of international artists, create passages for the audiences to explore. The audio/visual content designed to tell a more personal story of the movement. At the heart of the installation there will be an intimate space that will be a place to connect, reflect, share, and heal. URL: https://zhinaart.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Footprints to the Temple – I like how the footprints almost look like a bird or a cross here.
Footprints to the Temple
Center Camp
No Bikes
630 and Rod’s Road
630 and A
Looking For Light – After a full day of rain the playa was quite dark. So as it continued to downpour I found myself out here in bare feet realizing everything was dark. So I tried to photograph whatever was visible.
Tea Cat
Rocket Man 2
The Man and Wet Playa at NIght
Couple Walking to The Man in the Rain
Build A Seat 2.0 by Mo Osunbor from: Brooklyn, NY year: 2023 Build A Seat 2.0 is a collective art piece made by Black creatives, intentionally inviting us to contribute their presence, energy and voice to the Burning Man experience. Each seat will well be created by a Black artist, shining a light to their individual experience at Burning Man. URL: https://www.instagram.com/buildaseat/ Contact: [email protected]
Crystal Cairn by Robert G. Burch from: Carbondale, CO year: 2023 Cairns have been a way to mark trails since the beginning of humanity. Its an easily recognizable object not specif to one culture. If you are feeling lost or needing direction, this would be a lovely piece of art to go visit and be with. URL: https://www.robertburchllc.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Serendipity Dispenser by Alicia St Rose Van Granaroli and the Serendipsters from: Santa Barbara, CA year: 2023 The Serendipity Dispenser encourages gift giving experiences by providing three components: The experience, the person to gift, and the time window in which to do it. The playa becomes a setting for a delightful scavenger hunt to find that person who will receive your gift. Contact: [email protected]
Elder Mother by Charles A. Gadeken from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Elder Mother is inspired by a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, the Elder-Tree-Mother. The boy in the story meets the Elder-Tree-Mother, who sits atop an Elder-Tree that grew out of the teapot next to his bed (in his dream). She speaks with him, and they go on many adventures and explorations over time. She gathers memories and shared experiences. She illuminates and night and provides shade during the day. Come and listen to her story. URL: https://www.charlesgadeken.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Wet Playa at Night and The Man
Touch the Sky by Martin Taylor and Chromaforms from: Oakland, CA year: 2023 Touch the Sky is a sculpture of a mythical winged creature with the head of a human preparing to take flight. The sculpture is fabricated from a myriad laser-cut sheet metal plates welded together. The face is rendered in sharp detail with eyes closed in dreamlike rapture. The hair flows back in the wind. The skin is made of reflective stainless steel heat treated to a rich gold color. The surface of the sculpture is outlined by geometric tattoo-like perforations that accentuate the shape of the body and emit light at night. Wings made of golden stainless and patina’ed steel stretch upwards from the back in a dramatic pose. Touch the Sky serves as a visual metaphor for taking leaps of faith to achieve our dreams and fly. URL: https://www.chromaforms.net/ Contact: [email protected]
Touch the Sky and the Man
The Man and Wet Playa at NIght
Rocket Man
Buckets To Catch Rain From Shade Structure – Heaven forbid it gets a little wet! haha!
Burners Walking Through Mud and Trailers
El Diabla – Getting warm by the fire was a real treat after being out shooting in the rain for hours and getting completely soaked. This is not a great picture. In fact it’s a super weird image. The person on the left looks like he has a tiny head because it’s someone’s back in front of him. The guy in the back looks like he has a migraine or is losing his mind. There is a random muddy foot in the lower right. Not a great picture bit this moment of warmth was nice so I wanted to remember it. Thanks Crimson / Iron Monkeys.
El Diabla Keeping The Flame Alive and Burners Warm El Diabla by Crimson Rose and Iron Monkeys from: Seattle, WA year: 2023 On the first Monday of the event, Crimson Rose extracts a flame from the sun to light a fire in El Diabla, a special cauldron located in Center Camp. For the flame to continue burning it must be stoked, disturbed and kept alive throughout the entire week. We encourage all those that encounter El Diabla to help keep this flame alive. Contact: [email protected]
Vehicle Near Center Camp in the Rain – Including this one to show how hard it was raining. These folks likely had a good reason to be driving here in these conditions.
Mud Party!
First Camp
Of a Temporary Nature 2.0 by: P. Michael Quinn from: Gossburg, TN year: 2023 Fairy shrimp are strange, almost alien looking crustaceans. Although they only inhabit temporary aquatic habitats, they have been here for millions of years floating on their backs and undulating through life. “Of a Temporary Nature” presents an arial flotilla of large fairy shrimp wind sock sculptures that hopefully entice participants to wonder and draw nearer to their intriguing yet simple forms. Temporary water gives rise to the fairy shrimp and Black Rock City gives rise to the Burner. We are all of a temporary nature. We should do more to live like fairy shrimp – eat, mate, dance, and accept and enjoy each other’s company as much as possible while our habitats remain as we may not realize the temporary nature of our very own existence. URL: https://ofatemporarynature.blogspot.com/
Nosotres by Brenden Darby, Simón Malvaez, Ollie Newth, Evan Connelly, Sergio Garrido-Ramirez, and Cruz Ramirez from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 NOSOTRES is a monument to the ancient history of the queer community. Standing at 50′ tall with depictions of nonbinary faces and Mictlan (The Aztec Underworld) this evolution of our 2022 Burning Man Piece, THEM, Serves as a reminder that queer people have been here since the beginning of time. Queerness represents our past, present and future and we honor the many deaths of our past selves that help us move forward. Contact: [email protected]
Nosotres by Brenden Darby, Simón Malvaez, Ollie Newth, Evan Connelly, Sergio Garrido-Ramirez, and Cruz Ramirez from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 NOSOTRES is a monument to the ancient history of the queer community. Standing at 50′ tall with depictions of nonbinary faces and Mictlan (The Aztec Underworld) this evolution of our 2022 Burning Man Piece, THEM, Serves as a reminder that queer people have been here since the beginning of time. Queerness represents our past, present and future and we honor the many deaths of our past selves that help us move forward. Contact: [email protected]
Nosotres by Brenden Darby, Simón Malvaez, Ollie Newth, Evan Connelly, Sergio Garrido-Ramirez, and Cruz Ramirez from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 NOSOTRES is a monument to the ancient history of the queer community. Standing at 50′ tall with depictions of nonbinary faces and Mictlan (The Aztec Underworld) this evolution of our 2022 Burning Man Piece, THEM, Serves as a reminder that queer people have been here since the beginning of time. Queerness represents our past, present and future and we honor the many deaths of our past selves that help us move forward. Contact: [email protected]
Exquisite Animalus by KJ Boheme and Stefan Spins from: New York, NY year: 2023 What is animal? Exquisite Animalus moves beyond the physical and allows for fantastical reinterpretation and celebration of earth’s gorgeous biodiversity. Viewing the piece opens a discussion of human’s role within the animal kingdom. Interacting with the Exquisite Animalus affords the participant a God-like ability to design their own creature. Sharing the experience with other contributors allows for the unlocking of the word puzzle which reveals the collective’s secret message of the piece. All roles: viewer, interactor, participant or contributor will be provided an absurd opportunity to create and deepen one’s connection with the building blocks of our Animalus kingdom. Nature is wild and beautiful! URL: https://kjbowen.art Contact: [email protected]
Cuddle Oasis
Burners Walk Across Wet Playa
Burners Having Fun in Rain
That’s Either an Airport or Marina
A Nude Man And A Naked Man 2
Lonely Man
The Man and Wet Playa
Roped off Man and Wet Playa
Lake Lahontan Reflections and the Man
430 and a bit of Esplanade
330 and a bit of Esplanade
Wet City and Light in the Background
Odyssey by Clayton Blake Art from: Currumbin Queensland, Australia year: 2023 ODYSSEY – A 27ft stainless steel RETRO ROCKET. An inhabitable and interactive artwork complete with sound scape and CO2 cannons that mimic the steam explosion of a real spaceship launch. A celebration of our innate desire for EXPLORATION, DISCOVERY, TRAVEL & ADVENTURE. Contact: [email protected]
Burden of The Beast by Walker Babington from: New Orleans, LA year: 2023 “Burden of The Beast,” is a fantastical folk art sculpture depicting a bison with a house at its torso. It symbolizes the task of relocating one’s intrinsic understanding of ‘home.’ Both the bison & the house are made with materials from New Orleans structures which have been destroyed by climate disasters, as though the pieces of a fallen home had the sentience and will to collect what could be salvaged, stand up, and head toward higher ground. URL: https://www.instagram.com/sabatomstudios/ Contact: [email protected]
Elder Mother by Charles A. Gadeken from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Elder Mother is inspired by a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, the Elder-Tree-Mother. The boy in the story meets the Elder-Tree-Mother, who sits atop an Elder-Tree that grew out of the teapot next to his bed (in his dream). She speaks with him, and they go on many adventures and explorations over time. She gathers memories and shared experiences. She illuminates and night and provides shade during the day. Come and listen to her story. URL: https://www.charlesgadeken.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Two Burners Venture Out Onto Wet Playa
Quiet Out Here
Awakening by Ryan Elmendorf and Nick Geurts from: Denver, CO year: 2023 Awakening is both a large scale articulating sculpture and an immersive camera obscura that represents our coming into existence. As a large scale articulating sculpture the piece is comprised of three separate related structures; the head facing toward two hands rising out of the ground. The human body is the most highly engineered object in existence, a machine of uncountable parts and unfathomable function. Its workings have served as inspiration for all of humanity’s greatest inventions. This work serves as an homage to two most amazing mechanisms in that machine: the human eye and hand. They represent what separates us/life from the rest of the universe, the ability to observe the world around us and manifest change in that world. URL: https://www.elmendorfgeurts.com/awakening Contact: [email protected]
Center Camp
The Journey Aquatic by Mark Dill from: Fleming Island, FL year: 2023 The Journey Aquatic is a 5 times life size loggerhead turtle. It is meant to express the joy and wonder of seeing turtles in the ocean. As well as the fragility of the turtles’ lives and the dangers to their existence. URL: https://www.instagram.com/thejourneyaquatic/ Contact: [email protected]
Spot of Sun on the Hills
Exquisite Animalus by KJ Boheme and Stefan Spins from: New York, NY year: 2023 What is animal? Exquisite Animalus moves beyond the physical and allows for fantastical reinterpretation and celebration of earth’s gorgeous biodiversity. Viewing the piece opens a discussion of human’s role within the animal kingdom. Interacting with the Exquisite Animalus affords the participant a God-like ability to design their own creature. Sharing the experience with other contributors allows for the unlocking of the word puzzle which reveals the collective’s secret message of the piece. All roles: viewer, interactor, participant or contributor will be provided an absurd opportunity to create and deepen one’s connection with the building blocks of our Animalus kingdom. Nature is wild and beautiful! URL: https://kjbowen.art Contact: [email protected]
The Man and The Temple
Beast Man Clouds Cactus
Zhina by Morteza Ansari and Konoon Studio from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Zhina was created to honor the women of Iran and the freedom movement they are leading. Zhina (Mahsa) Amini was killed by the morality police for not properly wearing her hijab. Her death sparked one of the most powerful uprisings in history led by women. Zhina represents the freedom expressed in the hair flowing in the wind that has been a symbol of the movement from the beginning. Panels of red fabric covered with paintings, messages, and poetry created by a number of international artists, create passages for the audiences to explore. The audio/visual content designed to tell a more personal story of the movement. At the heart of the installation there will be an intimate space that will be a place to connect, reflect, share, and heal. URL: https://zhinaart.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Deep Playa Tracks
Temple of the Heart by: Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
This is the only Reflection Rainbow I have ever seen. It was a fleeting moment of pure magic where light bounced off the wet playa surface and created an extremely rare Reflection Rainbow. Note the distinct V shape. I had just enough time to shoot one single photo before it was gone. Jamen remember this? We we’re confused about this glitch in the matrix moment. What a a great moment to be there with you. Always fun to shoot with you.
Rainbow and Chapel of Babel by Michael Garlington
Double Rainbow and Temple of the Heart from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Double Rainbow and Temple of the Heart
Rainbow and Chapel of Babel by Michael Garlington
Rainbow and Chapel of Babel by Michael Garlington
Lovely Burner – We ran into this burner right after that incredible reflection rainbow and double rainbows. It was just us out there. We had the exact same DID YOU SEE THAT?! WOW! Feeling and look on our faces. A fellow rainbow enthusiast right here!
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Big Spinning Wheels by PDA from: Roxbury, NY year: 2023 Simple, Yet complex! Big Spinning Wheels are not for the faint, but rather the open of heart. From close or a far, they evoke a secret and sacred tantalizing beauty. Placed at the bounds of BRC, and the edge of reality….patience is a virtue…. URL: https://pdabk.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Over Ruled (NO DANCING) by Cody Smith & Looking Up Arts from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 A large red sign commands “NO DANCING” in big, bright letters, visible from afar. The provocation dares participants to defy with a boogie, shuffle, or strut, and perhaps even gather together into a sweaty, rhythmic rebellion. Ground mounted spotlights cast enlarged silhouettes of dancers up onto the letters, broadcasting the disobedience across the playa. Crowds thus magnify their energy, sending out ripples of mischievous joy, and luring in reinforcements. Approaching reveals smaller text on each letter, a true story of someone’s collision with a rule and the consequences: banishment, termination, expulsion, or incarceration. If the tincture of joy and grief give way to a desire for restorative justice, then Over Ruled’s goal is fulfilled. URL: https://lookingup.art/over-ruled Contact: [email protected]
The Ursas by Jen Lewin from: Brooklyn, NY year: 2023 Named after the constellations Ursa Minor and Ursa Major, The Ursas features two towering polar bears. In 2022, Ursa Minor, a 13-foot tall sculpture debuted on playa. Inspired by Polaris, the work’s glowing and multi-paneled infinity-mirrored body reminds us to “Look Up.” In 2023 Ursa Minor will return, but this time with her big sister. Standing over three stories tall, Ursa Major’s hollow body is filled with glowing infinity mirrors, each reflecting mosaic drawings of extinct animals from the past 12 months. The pair, Ursa Major and Ursa Minor, stand in solidarity. Ursa Minor in hope, looking up. Ursa Major, as a cathedral and tomb, to species lost. URL: https://www.jenlewinstudio.com/portfolio/ursa-minor/ Contact: [email protected]
Zhina by Morteza Ansari and Konoon Studio from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Zhina was created to honor the women of Iran and the freedom movement they are leading. Zhina (Mahsa) Amini was killed by the morality police for not properly wearing her hijab. Her death sparked one of the most powerful uprisings in history led by women. Zhina represents the freedom expressed in the hair flowing in the wind that has been a symbol of the movement from the beginning. Panels of red fabric covered with paintings, messages, and poetry created by a number of international artists, create passages for the audiences to explore. The audio/visual content designed to tell a more personal story of the movement. At the heart of the installation there will be an intimate space that will be a place to connect, reflect, share, and heal. URL: https://zhinaart.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Burden of The Beast by Walker Babington from: New Orleans, LA year: 2023 “Burden of The Beast,” is a fantastical folk art sculpture depicting a bison with a house at its torso. It symbolizes the task of relocating one’s intrinsic understanding of ‘home.’ Both the bison & the house are made with materials from New Orleans structures which have been destroyed by climate disasters, as though the pieces of a fallen home had the sentience and will to collect what could be salvaged, stand up, and head toward higher ground. URL: https://www.instagram.com/sabatomstudios/ Contact: [email protected]
The Temple
BRC Pano From Beyond The Temple
The Man in the Rain
Four People Wearing Black Ponchos and The Temple in the Rain
Burners at The Man in the Rain
Venice Is So Nice This Time Of Year
The Man
Venice Is So Nice This Time Of Year
The Man
Vehicles Strewn About But Otherwise Empty
Touch the Sky by Martin Taylor and Chromaforms from: Oakland, CA year: 2023 Touch the Sky is a sculpture of a mythical winged creature with the head of a human preparing to take flight. The sculpture is fabricated from a myriad laser-cut sheet metal plates welded together. The face is rendered in sharp detail with eyes closed in dreamlike rapture. The hair flows back in the wind. The skin is made of reflective stainless steel heat treated to a rich gold color. The surface of the sculpture is outlined by geometric tattoo-like perforations that accentuate the shape of the body and emit light at night. Wings made of golden stainless and patina’ed steel stretch upwards from the back in a dramatic pose. Touch the Sky serves as a visual metaphor for taking leaps of faith to achieve our dreams and fly. URL: https://www.chromaforms.net/ Contact: [email protected]
A Nude Man And A Naked Man
The Man
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
ATABEY’s Treasure by NiNo from: Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico year: 2023 ATABEY’s Treasure is represented as a fish leaping off the ground. The goddess of fresh water to the indigenous Taíno people in the Caribbean. Given the environmental challenges my Puerto Rico has experienced recently, we chose to honor her spirit. This will be ATABEY 2.0 URL: https://www.facebook.com/atabeystreasure/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Happpiness In Mud – A burner thriving in the mud and rain.
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Participant Struggling To Survive During Ebola Outbreak Flooding Apocalypse of DOOM
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Hand-in-Hand Tiptoe: Laughing Through the Mud. If you look closely at the gentleman’s jacket yuo can see how hard it’s raining.
The Man
Bleak Playa
Moment of Pause – At a certain point you realize the bike won’t go any further and it’s now just an unwieldy heavy object. This burner was trying to figure out what to do with it and settled on parking it until later. BTW, the Mansonian Museum seen in the background here is very cool. You should check it out if you get a chance.
Radical Inclusion For Everyone But You – Quite a bit of drama surrounding this camp.
Barefoot – At a certain point we gave up trying to wear anything on our feet. Risky strategy but it worked out ok.
Paradise
If You Stole Our Disco Ball – What would compel someone to steal a disco ball? There are two sides to every story, and then there’s the truth.
Brand New Trailer
George Post – This is my buddy George, a badass Burning Man photographer. Whenever I think I’ve come up with a new idea for a photograph, I later find out George did it like 20 years ago and better! It’s always a blast catching up and swapping photo stories with you George. Thanks for always having a tip or two for us newbies as well. Your openness to sharing information and supporting other photographers is wonderful. Thank you George.
Lighthouse Mutant Vehicle
Things You Don’t Often See On Playa – Here is a very strange combination of things that you shouldn’t see on playa. Fresh fish, some dynamite, and a plant. Jk jk, the dynamite is just a box of fire starters. Put your pitchforks down keyboard warriors!
Welcome Sign at The Airport
Shade Structure at The Airport
Shade Structure at The Airport
88NV Under the Shade Structure
Gifting – Purple Haze receives a cultural gift from Danee all the way from Tahiti. They have a laugh about what you can do with it.
Gifting – Airport volunteer with a gift of 88NV art.
Sky Diving Plane – Cessna 208 Caravan
Airport Control Tower
Airplane at 88NV
Black Rock City Airport Apron
Black Rock City Airport Apron
Aircraft at 88NV
Badass Pilot Purple Haze
Aerial Photo Burning Man 2023
Aerial Photo Burning Man 2023
Aerial Photo Burning Man 2023 – Captuirng this precise moment is tricky at Cessna aircraft speeds. The foreground here is old Razorback Mountain.
Aerial Photo Burning Man 2023
Aerial Photo Burning Man 2023
Aerial Panorama Burning Man 2023
Aerial Panorama Burning Man 2023
Aerial Photo Burning Man 2023
Aerial Photo Burning Man 2023
Aerial Photo Burning Man 2023
Aerial Photo Burning Man 2023
Aerial Photo Burning Man 2023
Aerial Photo Burning Man 2023
Aerial Photo Burning Man 2023
Aerial Photo Burning Man 2023
Aerial Photo Burning Man 2023
Aerial Photo Burning Man 2023
Aerial Photo Burning Man 2023
Aerial Photo Burning Man 2023
88NV Black Rock City 2023
Badass Pilot Purple Haze
Badass Pilot Purple Haze – This lovely human helps build the airport (and tear it down) and he spends his burns gifting scenic flights to other participants. Purple Haze barely even even gets a chance to explore BRC itself beacuse he works so hard at the airport volunteering and working his ass off. Thank you PH for collaborating with me and taking me up. Absolutely magical up there every time.
Life is a Circus by Sandra Bérubé from: Vancouver, BC, Canada year: 2023 An elephant is lifted in the air by an airship filled with a flock of birds. A contortionist, hand-balancing on the elephant’s trunk, analyzes the direction to take. The improbable convoy seems ready to take off. Ropes still anchor it to the ground, and red flags are waving in the wind… Life is a Circus is inspired by the weight of power dynamics and how lines can get blurred between real and fake, safety versus danger. Relationships, money, work, living situations, and mental and physical health can lift us as much as pull us down. Our supports, or ball and chains, often are not who or what we thought they would be. Here is a tribute to fighting to not fall entirely out of balance and find the strength and courage to harness the madness. Contact: [email protected]
Life is a Circus by Sandra Bérubé from: Vancouver, BC, Canada year: 2023 An elephant is lifted in the air by an airship filled with a flock of birds. A contortionist, hand-balancing on the elephant’s trunk, analyzes the direction to take. The improbable convoy seems ready to take off. Ropes still anchor it to the ground, and red flags are waving in the wind… Life is a Circus is inspired by the weight of power dynamics and how lines can get blurred between real and fake, safety versus danger. Relationships, money, work, living situations, and mental and physical health can lift us as much as pull us down. Our supports, or ball and chains, often are not who or what we thought they would be. Here is a tribute to fighting to not fall entirely out of balance and find the strength and courage to harness the madness. Contact: [email protected]
BMIR
The Solar Library Phase 2 by: Jared Ficklin & The Other Singularity from: Austin, TX year: 2023 The Solar Library is a rhythmic repetition of triangular yellow huts with bright sun orange doors. The steel framed huts present solar panels at an ideal angle to the sun. At night they bathe in soft yellow light reminiscent of the sunlight collected all day. . Each is a self-contained 1600 Watt solar charging supporting other art projects. Instead of generators artists buy batteries & charge them each day at The Solar Library. This allows artists to convert to solar power without the cost, fumes & engineering of placing panels next to their art. . A whisperia flower out front tells the story of the art projects in each unit when a handle is cranked like a music box for spoken word. URL: http://www.solarlibrary.info Contact: [email protected]
THIS IS NOT ART? ARE YOU KIDDING?! POWERING THE ARTWORKS OF OTHER ARTISTS FROM THE FREAKIN SUN IS ART IMHO! THANK YOU! The Solar Library Phase 2 by: Jared Ficklin & The Other Singularity from: Austin, TX year: 2023 The Solar Library is a rhythmic repetition of triangular yellow huts with bright sun orange doors. The steel framed huts present solar panels at an ideal angle to the sun. At night they bathe in soft yellow light reminiscent of the sunlight collected all day. . Each is a self-contained 1600 Watt solar charging supporting other art projects. Instead of generators artists buy batteries & charge them each day at The Solar Library. This allows artists to convert to solar power without the cost, fumes & engineering of placing panels next to their art. . A whisperia flower out front tells the story of the art projects in each unit when a handle is cranked like a music box for spoken word. URL: http://www.solarlibrary.info Contact: [email protected]
Sainte Vie Was Floating – Incredible sound and vibe here. So fun! Absolute legend. Check out Sainte Vie on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/30oVwXZSlElygdNpcUIFBk
Art You Can Climb
Lovely Burners
A New Burner
Lovely Burner – Nice to mee you Norman.
Butterfly Girl – Nice to see you again!
Lovely Burners
Good Times – I didn’t have the right lens on to get a wide enough shot here so this is a stiched panorama. If you look closely you can see how the stich went humurously wrong. My bad!
Lovely Burner
Lovely Burners
The Porch and Chapel of Babel by Michael Garlington
Lovely Burners
The Sky Rabbit’s House
Lovely Burners
Teddy Bears Partying
Lovely Burner
Chalice to Eleusis by Hunter Leggitt Jonathan Berry & House of Fābl from: Denver, CO year: 2023 The ways of Eleusis were lost to history; now in this moment, the past is being revealed. Encased underground and locked away in hidden libraries for nearly two thousand years, the mysteries of our cultural roots are now finally being exposed. The tides are turning and with them, the unlocking of the universal balance that exists between chaos and the cosmos. The Kykeon spills out its truth to the playa. URL: https://www.houseoffabl.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Lovely Burners
Name Unknown
Lovely Burner
Lovely Burner With Giant Spoon
Chapel of Babel by Michael Garlington from: Petaluma, CA year: 2023 From the irresistible imagination of Micahel Garlington comes yet another magical creation – The Chapel of Babel. The Chapel is a re-occurring dream, years in the mind, reaching its manifestation. A hexagonal wooden structure will be clad with Garlington’s signature black-and-white photographs of various sizes creating stunning visuals throughout the structure. The human element in the portraiture, animals, flowers, insects, and leaves, will convey that we all belong here and will hold room for everyone in all versions and reiterations of their expression. URL: https://www.michaelgarlington.com Contact: [email protected]
Lovely Burners
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Lovely Burner
Spiruvious by BoKo Fine Art from: Las Vegas, NV year: 2023 Loosely based on desert plants this sculpture strives to understand and recreate the forces of nature. The piece is very industrial in appearance with the sheer steel facade and plastic bubbling light fixtures, and so, the elements of nature are represented by the gradual shift in color of the light and the ever persistent shrieks and thumps of the sound. Just like the vibrations of life, this sculpture’s life force will pulse through it in a slow and melodic manner. The piece, although beautiful during the day, is dormant, only coming to life as the sun sets each night. People are inevitably be drawn to these representations of energy forces and so the sculpture and its surrounding environment will inevitably become a serene social space. URL: https://www.boko.art Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Tank Mutant Vehicle
Lincoln Bear by Mr & Mrs Ferguson from: Alameda, CA year: 2023 A tribute to the Lincoln Memorial and the coin with the image of Lincoln and memorial stamped on it. The Lincoln in this chair is a 10 foot tall grizzly bear that has fur made with tens of thousands of pennies. The original sculpture depicts President Lincoln’s gaze as he contemplates decisions that will save a nation with a gaze that charges one to uphold those decisions. Lincoln Bear’s gaze also contemplates, but his decisions and those are ones that may save the natural world. URL: https://www.mr-and-mrs-ferguson.com/lincoln-bear Contact: [email protected]
Man in the Dust
Touch the Sky by Martin Taylor and Chromaforms from: Oakland, CA year: 2023 Touch the Sky is a sculpture of a mythical winged creature with the head of a human preparing to take flight. The sculpture is fabricated from a myriad laser-cut sheet metal plates welded together. The face is rendered in sharp detail with eyes closed in dreamlike rapture. The hair flows back in the wind. The skin is made of reflective stainless steel heat treated to a rich gold color. The surface of the sculpture is outlined by geometric tattoo-like perforations that accentuate the shape of the body and emit light at night. Wings made of golden stainless and patina’ed steel stretch upwards from the back in a dramatic pose. Touch the Sky serves as a visual metaphor for taking leaps of faith to achieve our dreams and fly. URL: https://www.chromaforms.net/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
1000 & 1 by: Tyler Fuqua Creations from: Eagle Creek, OR year: 2023 Mechan 1 & Mechan 1000 – Two robots frozen in time. One is made of metal and appears fresh off the factory line and one seems to be an ancient prototype for it is made of wood. Both robots have a hand outstretched towards the other with a finger pointing right at the opposing robot. The metal one holds an axe. The wooden one holds a wrench. Are they here to fight? Did they some how create each other? And where did they come from? Who built them? So many questions that can be answered with a bit of creative sleuthing. URL: http://www.tylerfuquacreations.com/1000&1 Contact: [email protected]
Chalice to Eleusis by Hunter Leggitt Jonathan Berry & House of Fābl from: Denver, CO year: 2023 The ways of Eleusis were lost to history; now in this moment, the past is being revealed. Encased underground and locked away in hidden libraries for nearly two thousand years, the mysteries of our cultural roots are now finally being exposed. The tides are turning and with them, the unlocking of the universal balance that exists between chaos and the cosmos. The Kykeon spills out its truth to the playa. URL: https://www.houseoffabl.com/ Contact: [email protected]
The Man
The Man
Axolotl: The Art Car, The Temple, and Oneirotica
Vanishing Points by Poetic Kinetics
The Sky Rabbit’s House
The Giving Tree Art Car
Chalice to Eleusis by Hunter Leggitt Jonathan Berry & House of Fābl and Monaco
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Zhina by Morteza Ansari and Konoon Studio from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Zhina was created to honor the women of Iran and the freedom movement they are leading. Zhina (Mahsa) Amini was killed by the morality police for not properly wearing her hijab. Her death sparked one of the most powerful uprisings in history led by women. Zhina represents the freedom expressed in the hair flowing in the wind that has been a symbol of the movement from the beginning. Panels of red fabric covered with paintings, messages, and poetry created by a number of international artists, create passages for the audiences to explore. The audio/visual content designed to tell a more personal story of the movement. At the heart of the installation there will be an intimate space that will be a place to connect, reflect, share, and heal. URL: https://zhinaart.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Lovely Burner – Thanks for taking care of all the photographers! Great to meet you.
Cactus of Life. A Mirror of truth. Awaken your true self by David Lombrozo, Tania Ordoñez, Pablo Fernandez and Humberto Wong from: México City, México year: 2023 Cactus of Life is a sculptural piece that offers a glimpse inside of oneself. The Mexican traditional Tree of Life and the iconic cactus come together as one. Here all are welcome to see themselves as they are, no prejudice. By doing so, all can share a better version of their self with the world. The first symbol comes from the Mexican artisan tradition of the “Tree of Life.” Made of clay, this tree is adorned with many figures related to different themes such as the sun and the moon. The second symbol is a cactus, the desert plant that survives harsh conditions and welcomes all beings who come to find life. Cacti also contain psychedelic properties that help the recipient to see inside themselves. URL: https://www.instagram.com/cactus.of.life/ Contact: [email protected]
Always such a joy to see you Bonnie!
Always such a joy to see you Bonnie!
I often wonder why everyone looks so handsome and beautiful out there and I am a complete mess. So cool to see you!
Burners Ride Out To The Temple
Oneirotica by Kirsten Berg from: Berkeley, CA year: 2023 Oneiros: reflecting that which arises from the deep well of divine dreams Eros: Archetypal life force, the creative pulse, excitation Oneirotica : A giant, iridescent mirror-steel orchid draws us in with dazzling magenta, reflective petals, rising like a shrine from the future. As we move beyond the allure of our own reflections, we alight and take our place at an altar, where a book of “Nectar” awaits, offering gifts of reflective questions and answers: What matters? Best insights? What truly stimulates, brings a deeper buzz to our lives? Diving into our well of experience, we draw forth these deeper treasures to savor and share at this cross-pollination station of meaning, abuzz with the creative pulse, fertile with inspiration, to brighten and lighten our path ahead. Contact: [email protected]
Oneirotica by Kirsten Berg from: Berkeley, CA year: 2023 Oneiros: reflecting that which arises from the deep well of divine dreams Eros: Archetypal life force, the creative pulse, excitation Oneirotica : A giant, iridescent mirror-steel orchid draws us in with dazzling magenta, reflective petals, rising like a shrine from the future. As we move beyond the allure of our own reflections, we alight and take our place at an altar, where a book of “Nectar” awaits, offering gifts of reflective questions and answers: What matters? Best insights? What truly stimulates, brings a deeper buzz to our lives? Diving into our well of experience, we draw forth these deeper treasures to savor and share at this cross-pollination station of meaning, abuzz with the creative pulse, fertile with inspiration, to brighten and lighten our path ahead. Contact: [email protected]
Oneirotica by Kirsten Berg from: Berkeley, CA year: 2023 Oneiros: reflecting that which arises from the deep well of divine dreams Eros: Archetypal life force, the creative pulse, excitation Oneirotica : A giant, iridescent mirror-steel orchid draws us in with dazzling magenta, reflective petals, rising like a shrine from the future. As we move beyond the allure of our own reflections, we alight and take our place at an altar, where a book of “Nectar” awaits, offering gifts of reflective questions and answers: What matters? Best insights? What truly stimulates, brings a deeper buzz to our lives? Diving into our well of experience, we draw forth these deeper treasures to savor and share at this cross-pollination station of meaning, abuzz with the creative pulse, fertile with inspiration, to brighten and lighten our path ahead. Contact: [email protected]
Vanishing Points by Poetic Kinetics
Name Unknown
Things You See Every Day
Vanishing Points and Mutant Vehicle
Limo Fire at Chapel of Babel – I’m not sure what happened here but props to the Emergency Services for putting this fire out in no time at all. Also shout out to the burners who took it upon themselves to create an impromptu perimeter to keep everyone at a safe distance. This was an odd situation because the fire was so close to the Chapel of Babel that people immediately started flocking to the area because they thought the Chapel Burn was happening. A large crowd formed very quickly.
Limo Fire at Chapel of Babel – I’m not sure what happened here but props to the Emergency Services for putting this fire out in no time at all. Also shout out to the burners who took it upon themselves to create an impromptu perimeter to keep everyone at a safe distance. This was an odd situation because the fire was so close to the Chapel of Babel that people immediately started flocking to the area because they thought the Chapel Burn was happening. A large crowd formed very quickly.
Cat Tree for Humans by Connie Yang and Ash McGahee from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 A giant cat tree built for human-sized cats to climb and play in! Full of places to perch and watch the playa, hidey holes to snuggle in, and ramps, ropes, and nets to climb. It’s a brightly colored structure that can be seen from great distances on the playa, and is meant to encourage playfulness and interaction, like a big fuzzy jungle gym. Most surface areas are covered in rugs and fabric. It is cozy, provides high places for shelter, and dynamic things to climb. Everything a cat needs. (My apologies to the builders of this piece. I did not get any decent images of the other side.)
Thunderdome
Thunderdome
Thunderdome
Thunderdome
Thunderdome
Thunderdome
Thunderdome
Thunderdome
Migrations by Olivia Guethling & Mar Ricketts — Superwhelm from: Portland, OR year: 2023 ‘Migrations’ is a migratory bird sculpture, built with golden fabrics and aluminum carbon fiber. The dynamic, 15′ tall bird seems to lift off the deep playa where it offers shade during the day, and showcases a programmed LED light show at night. The installation and the accompanying audio exhibit contemplates the beauty and struggle of human and animal migration. URL: https://sites.google.com/view/migrations2023/home Contact: [email protected]
Migrations by Olivia Guethling & Mar Ricketts — Superwhelm from: Portland, OR year: 2023 ‘Migrations’ is a migratory bird sculpture, built with golden fabrics and aluminum carbon fiber. The dynamic, 15′ tall bird seems to lift off the deep playa where it offers shade during the day, and showcases a programmed LED light show at night. The installation and the accompanying audio exhibit contemplates the beauty and struggle of human and animal migration. URL: https://sites.google.com/view/migrations2023/home Contact: [email protected]
Young Burner Riding a Bike in the Dust
Yuluka by Camilo Quimbayo / Santiago Caro from: Bogotá, Colombia year: 2023 ¨Yuluka¨ means balance for Precolumbian indigenous communities descendants of the Tayronas; their cosmovision represents the concept of duality: The sun and the moon, light, and darkness, life and death. All around the universe talks about duplicity and the natural opposites, which function as a way to maintain a universal and cosmic balance. This concept is represented in a double head cayman forging a unique piece of goldsmith jewelry work on a large scale. Bringing to the deep playa a part of this magic animal ancient representation. URL: http://www.yulukainstallation.com Contact: [email protected]
Burner Riding a Bike
The Temple and Titanic’s End
Earth and Beyond by Karel Machalek
Ships Passing in the Dust
The Hedgehog Temple by Yaroslav Korets, Kurenivka from: Kyiv, Ukraine year: 2023 The Hedgehog Temple is a powerful, visually striking tribute to the diverse Ukrainian creative community members who bravely defended their country during the war, including DJs, musicians, artists, journalists, and film directors. It encourages visitors to contemplate the sacrifices made by these individuals and the significance of community, support, and dedication. This installation, composed of a cluster of anti-tank hedgehogs, forms an abstract figure that evokes both an animal hedgehog and a looming thundercloud, which often carries a foreboding threat. For Ukrainians, these anti-tank hedgehogs symbolize protection and unity. During the early days of the war, ordinary Ukrainians created thousands of hedgehogs from three sections of iron I-beams welded together to safeguard their communities. Inside the Temple, visitors can uncover stories of war victims who dreamt of attending Burning Man and pay tribute to the thousands of courageous and talented individuals the Ukrainian creative community lost due to the war. Through this installation, the artists seek to express gratitude for those who lost their lives defending their homeland and those who continue to stand guard. The Hedgehog Temple represents hope and resilience, reminding us that the human spirit can triumph even in the darkest times. URL: https://kurenivka.ua/temple Contact: [email protected]
Doorway to Everything by: Pedro Loughran and the Woodbutchers Collective from: Sebastopol, CA year: 2023 The piece is a door on a platform. It is a portal to pass through to everything. there will be ornate woodwork and design. The meaning is every door is an opportunity to something new. URL: https://woodbutchers.org Contact: [email protected]
Dusty Temple and Mutant Vehicles
Chapel of Babel by Michael Garlington from: Petaluma, CA year: 2023 From the irresistible imagination of Micahel Garlington comes yet another magical creation – The Chapel of Babel. The Chapel is a re-occurring dream, years in the mind, reaching its manifestation. A hexagonal wooden structure will be clad with Garlington’s signature black-and-white photographs of various sizes creating stunning visuals throughout the structure. The human element in the portraiture, animals, flowers, insects, and leaves, will convey that we all belong here and will hold room for everyone in all versions and reiterations of their expression. URL: https://www.michaelgarlington.com Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
The Ursas by Jen Lewin from: Brooklyn, NY year: 2023 Named after the constellations Ursa Minor and Ursa Major, The Ursas features two towering polar bears. In 2022, Ursa Minor, a 13-foot tall sculpture debuted on playa. Inspired by Polaris, the work’s glowing and multi-paneled infinity-mirrored body reminds us to “Look Up.” In 2023 Ursa Minor will return, but this time with her big sister. Standing over three stories tall, Ursa Major’s hollow body is filled with glowing infinity mirrors, each reflecting mosaic drawings of extinct animals from the past 12 months. The pair, Ursa Major and Ursa Minor, stand in solidarity. Ursa Minor in hope, looking up. Ursa Major, as a cathedral and tomb, to species lost. URL: https://www.jenlewinstudio.com/portfolio/ursa-minor/ Contact: [email protected]
Burden of The Beast by Walker Babington from: New Orleans, LA year: 2023 “Burden of The Beast,” is a fantastical folk art sculpture depicting a bison with a house at its torso. It symbolizes the task of relocating one’s intrinsic understanding of ‘home.’ Both the bison & the house are made with materials from New Orleans structures which have been destroyed by climate disasters, as though the pieces of a fallen home had the sentience and will to collect what could be salvaged, stand up, and head toward higher ground. URL: https://www.instagram.com/sabatomstudios/ Contact: [email protected]
Burden of The Beast by Walker Babington from: New Orleans, LA year: 2023 “Burden of The Beast,” is a fantastical folk art sculpture depicting a bison with a house at its torso. It symbolizes the task of relocating one’s intrinsic understanding of ‘home.’ Both the bison & the house are made with materials from New Orleans structures which have been destroyed by climate disasters, as though the pieces of a fallen home had the sentience and will to collect what could be salvaged, stand up, and head toward higher ground. URL: https://www.instagram.com/sabatomstudios/ Contact: [email protected]
Train Engine Mutant Vehicle
The Man in the Dust
The Man in the Dust
The Man in the Dust
Jíbaro Soy… by: Mark Rivera aka Kidnetick from: Bayamón, Puerto Rico year: 2023 A large scale sculpture of a shameless Jíbaro reveling where and what its made of, inspired by a song of protest written by composer Raphy Leavitt expresses anti-colonialism and freedom to be respected for whom he is and where his from. URL: https://www.instagram.com/kidnetick/ Contact: [email protected]
Invisible Trojan Unicorn by Invisible Pink Unicorns from: Los Angeles, CA year: 2023 Given the challenge of getting the tickets, we invited the easiest and cheapest way to get to Burning Man – inside the Trojan unicorn. Please come and check if it is open and if we successfully get out to the Playa and are not trapped inside (and help us get out if we are still in)!
Axolotl Frequency by Gio Mantis & Elana Novali from: Mexico City, Mexico year: 2023 Axolotl Frequency is inspired by the creature’s unique ability to regenerate its body through the power of its heart, connecting to the very essence of life. These art pieces aim to express the importance of protecting this endangered animal and symbolize the power and wisdom of the heart. Two sculptures of 13 parts engineered to create a realistic depiction of an Axolotl, giving the impression of floating on water while the body and tail emerge from it. Intricately designed skin with transparent sections will allow internal light to shine through, enhanced with stained glass, mirrors, and gems. The chest section will have a transparent opening with internal lighting that pulses with a simulated heartbeat simulating its heart frequency. URL: https://www.giomantis.com/axolotlfrequency Contact: [email protected]
Driveable Couch
Henry Chang’s Flux Capacitor and Frog Camp
Nice To See You
Nosotres by Brenden Darby, Simón Malvaez, Ollie Newth, Evan Connelly, Sergio Garrido-Ramirez, and Cruz Ramirez from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 NOSOTRES is a monument to the ancient history of the queer community. Standing at 50′ tall with depictions of nonbinary faces and Mictlan (The Aztec Underworld) this evolution of our 2022 Burning Man Piece, THEM, Serves as a reminder that queer people have been here since the beginning of time. Queerness represents our past, present and future and we honor the many deaths of our past selves that help us move forward. Contact: [email protected]
Exquisite Animalus by: KJ Boheme and Stefan Spins from: New York, NY year: 2023 What is animal? Exquisite Animalus moves beyond the physical and allows for fantastical reinterpretation and celebration of earth’s gorgeous biodiversity. Viewing the piece opens a discussion of human’s role within the animal kingdom. Interacting with the Exquisite Animalus affords the participant a God-like ability to design their own creature. Sharing the experience with other contributors allows for the unlocking of the word puzzle which reveals the collective’s secret message of the piece. All roles: viewer, interactor, participant or contributor will be provided an absurd opportunity to create and deepen one’s connection with the building blocks of our Animalus kingdom. Nature is wild and beautiful! URL: https://kjbowen.art Contact: [email protected]
Exquisite Animalus by: KJ Boheme and Stefan Spins from: New York, NY year: 2023 What is animal? Exquisite Animalus moves beyond the physical and allows for fantastical reinterpretation and celebration of earth’s gorgeous biodiversity. Viewing the piece opens a discussion of human’s role within the animal kingdom. Interacting with the Exquisite Animalus affords the participant a God-like ability to design their own creature. Sharing the experience with other contributors allows for the unlocking of the word puzzle which reveals the collective’s secret message of the piece. All roles: viewer, interactor, participant or contributor will be provided an absurd opportunity to create and deepen one’s connection with the building blocks of our Animalus kingdom. Nature is wild and beautiful! URL: https://kjbowen.art Contact: [email protected]
Mariposa by Christopher Schardt from: Oakland, CA year: 2023 A 26’ x 14’ butterfly 15’ above the ground. Its wings are hinged so that they flap, propelled by the wind or by participants operating a lever. 38,000 LEDs cover its surface. As speakers play classical and classic pop music, images choreographed to each section are displayed on the LEDs. The structure of the butterfly is bent aluminum tubing. Aluminum strips are across it, onto which are glued LED strips. Each wing has a front-to-back axle around which the wing pivots. These axles are angled so that the front edges of the wings are higher than the rear edges. This allows a gust of wind to push the outer edges of the wings upward. They come down when the gust abates. Thus the wings flap even when there are no participants move them manually. Approximately 38,000 full-color, computer-controlled LEDs cover the bottom sides of each wing, surround the body, and run along each antenna and leg. These are controlled by several computers. The four speakers surrounding the butterfly are disguised as giant flower pots with LED flowers growing out of them. The flower are touch-sensitive, changing their animations in response to a visitor’s attentions. URL: http://ledlabs.co/mariposa Contact: [email protected]
Mariposa by Christopher Schardt from: Oakland, CA year: 2023 A 26’ x 14’ butterfly 15’ above the ground. Its wings are hinged so that they flap, propelled by the wind or by participants operating a lever. 38,000 LEDs cover its surface. As speakers play classical and classic pop music, images choreographed to each section are displayed on the LEDs. The structure of the butterfly is bent aluminum tubing. Aluminum strips are across it, onto which are glued LED strips. Each wing has a front-to-back axle around which the wing pivots. These axles are angled so that the front edges of the wings are higher than the rear edges. This allows a gust of wind to push the outer edges of the wings upward. They come down when the gust abates. Thus the wings flap even when there are no participants move them manually. Approximately 38,000 full-color, computer-controlled LEDs cover the bottom sides of each wing, surround the body, and run along each antenna and leg. These are controlled by several computers. The four speakers surrounding the butterfly are disguised as giant flower pots with LED flowers growing out of them. The flower are touch-sensitive, changing their animations in response to a visitor’s attentions. URL: http://ledlabs.co/mariposa Contact: [email protected]
I bumped into these guys and made of off handed remark. Like “hey I know a thing about what you are doing!” Turns out they were subject matter experts. Perhaps THE subject matter experts. Had a wonderful chat with these three legends and tried to share some mistakes I have made so they can avoid them. Putting my foot in my my mouth was a nice reminder to stay humble. You never know, you might be talking to a world class talent.
ATABEY’s Treasure by NiNo from: Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico year: 2023 ATABEY’s Treasure is represented as a fish leaping off the ground. The goddess of fresh water to the indigenous Taíno people in the Caribbean. Given the environmental challenges my Puerto Rico has experienced recently, we chose to honor her spirit. This will be ATABEY 2.0 URL: https://www.facebook.com/atabeystreasure/ Contact: [email protected]
Light Beams
View Inside From Inside Those Light Beams
Balloons and Mutant Vehicles
Fly By
Mutant Vehicle and The Man
Name Unknown
Robot Heart Bus Flowers
Lovely Burners
LEOs
LEOs
Lovely Burner – So great to see you again!!!
Lovely Burner
Lovely Burner
Lovely Burner – I love the slightly bewildered look on this man’s face. Who is this guy who just asked to take my picture? Why is he so charming and handsome and humble? Can you tell I’m getting bored with writing captions YET?! OMG IM SO TIRED SEND HALP.
Lovely Burner
Lovely Burner
Lovely Burner
Lovely Burner
Black Rock Philharmonic Concert at Chapel of Babel
Nautical Vibes
SkyWhale: The Not Shywhale by: Blake Marcus and Seven from: New York, NY year: 2023 The SkyWhale represents the ephemerality of nature and to break our per-concieved notions of where are can be. She is a flying whale that swims through the sky and adds a reflection of water and serenity to a landscape that is harsh and unforgiving. Contact: [email protected]
Blackrock Philharmonic Performance
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple and Full Moon
The Moon Sets Behind The Temple and Abraxas – The full moon setting as the sun rose was really something special. What a morning!
Moonset Behind The Temple as Abraxas Looks On
Chapel of Babel by Michael Garlington from: Petaluma, CA year: 2023 From the irresistible imagination of Micahel Garlington comes yet another magical creation – The Chapel of Babel. The Chapel is a re-occurring dream, years in the mind, reaching its manifestation. A hexagonal wooden structure will be clad with Garlington’s signature black-and-white photographs of various sizes creating stunning visuals throughout the structure. The human element in the portraiture, animals, flowers, insects, and leaves, will convey that we all belong here and will hold room for everyone in all versions and reiterations of their expression. URL: https://www.michaelgarlington.com Contact: [email protected]
Chapel of Babel by Michael Garlington from: Petaluma, CA year: 2023 From the irresistible imagination of Micahel Garlington comes yet another magical creation – The Chapel of Babel. The Chapel is a re-occurring dream, years in the mind, reaching its manifestation. A hexagonal wooden structure will be clad with Garlington’s signature black-and-white photographs of various sizes creating stunning visuals throughout the structure. The human element in the portraiture, animals, flowers, insects, and leaves, will convey that we all belong here and will hold room for everyone in all versions and reiterations of their expression. URL: https://www.michaelgarlington.com Contact: [email protected]
Chapel of Babel by Michael Garlington from: Petaluma, CA year: 2023 From the irresistible imagination of Micahel Garlington comes yet another magical creation – The Chapel of Babel. The Chapel is a re-occurring dream, years in the mind, reaching its manifestation. A hexagonal wooden structure will be clad with Garlington’s signature black-and-white photographs of various sizes creating stunning visuals throughout the structure. The human element in the portraiture, animals, flowers, insects, and leaves, will convey that we all belong here and will hold room for everyone in all versions and reiterations of their expression. URL: https://www.michaelgarlington.com Contact: [email protected]
Chapel of Babel by Michael Garlington from: Petaluma, CA year: 2023 From the irresistible imagination of Micahel Garlington comes yet another magical creation – The Chapel of Babel. The Chapel is a re-occurring dream, years in the mind, reaching its manifestation. A hexagonal wooden structure will be clad with Garlington’s signature black-and-white photographs of various sizes creating stunning visuals throughout the structure. The human element in the portraiture, animals, flowers, insects, and leaves, will convey that we all belong here and will hold room for everyone in all versions and reiterations of their expression. URL: https://www.michaelgarlington.com Contact: [email protected]
Elder Mother by Charles A. Gadeken from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Elder Mother is inspired by a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, the Elder-Tree-Mother. The boy in the story meets the Elder-Tree-Mother, who sits atop an Elder-Tree that grew out of the teapot next to his bed (in his dream). She speaks with him, and they go on many adventures and explorations over time. She gathers memories and shared experiences. She illuminates and night and provides shade during the day. Come and listen to her story. URL: https://www.charlesgadeken.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Elder Mother by Charles A. Gadeken from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Elder Mother is inspired by a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, the Elder-Tree-Mother. The boy in the story meets the Elder-Tree-Mother, who sits atop an Elder-Tree that grew out of the teapot next to his bed (in his dream). She speaks with him, and they go on many adventures and explorations over time. She gathers memories and shared experiences. She illuminates and night and provides shade during the day. Come and listen to her story. URL: https://www.charlesgadeken.com/ Contact: [email protected]
The Man at Dawn
The Man at Dawn
The Man at Dawn
OHM by: Wizard from: Oakland, CA year: 2023 Ohm looks like a 12 foot silver donut. Stainless curved tubes wrap around to form its shell. The donut is suspended to allow viewing from all the way around. Walking around the object creates visual patterns as the curved lines overlap. URL: https://rainbowgeometric.com/#/ohm-2023/
OHM by: Wizard from: Oakland, CA year: 2023 Ohm looks like a 12 foot silver donut. Stainless curved tubes wrap around to form its shell. The donut is suspended to allow viewing from all the way around. Walking around the object creates visual patterns as the curved lines overlap. URL: https://rainbowgeometric.com/#/ohm-2023/
OHM by: Wizard from: Oakland, CA year: 2023 Ohm looks like a 12 foot silver donut. Stainless curved tubes wrap around to form its shell. The donut is suspended to allow viewing from all the way around. Walking around the object creates visual patterns as the curved lines overlap. URL: https://rainbowgeometric.com/#/ohm-2023/
OHM by: Wizard from: Oakland, CA year: 2023 Ohm looks like a 12 foot silver donut. Stainless curved tubes wrap around to form its shell. The donut is suspended to allow viewing from all the way around. Walking around the object creates visual patterns as the curved lines overlap. URL: https://rainbowgeometric.com/#/ohm-2023/
Frog Camp
Layouts – Just goofing around with city layouts here. This is not what it looks like in real life.
Layouts – Just goofing around with city layouts here. This is not what it looks like in real life.
Center Camp
Moon and Light Beams
Full Moon and Chapel of Babel by Michael Garlington from: Petaluma, CA year: 2023 From the irresistible imagination of Micahel Garlington comes yet another magical creation – The Chapel of Babel. The Chapel is a re-occurring dream, years in the mind, reaching its manifestation. A hexagonal wooden structure will be clad with Garlington’s signature black-and-white photographs of various sizes creating stunning visuals throughout the structure. The human element in the portraiture, animals, flowers, insects, and leaves, will convey that we all belong here and will hold room for everyone in all versions and reiterations of their expression. URL: https://www.michaelgarlington.com Contact: [email protected]
Touch the Sky by Martin Taylor and Chromaforms from: Oakland, CA year: 2023 Touch the Sky is a sculpture of a mythical winged creature with the head of a human preparing to take flight. The sculpture is fabricated from a myriad laser-cut sheet metal plates welded together. The face is rendered in sharp detail with eyes closed in dreamlike rapture. The hair flows back in the wind. The skin is made of reflective stainless steel heat treated to a rich gold color. The surface of the sculpture is outlined by geometric tattoo-like perforations that accentuate the shape of the body and emit light at night. Wings made of golden stainless and patina’ed steel stretch upwards from the back in a dramatic pose. Touch the Sky serves as a visual metaphor for taking leaps of faith to achieve our dreams and fly. URL: https://www.chromaforms.net/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple Anam Cara by A Celtic Light and Obsydian Studios creation from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Anam Cara is an ancient Celtic phrase referring to the concept of the “soul friend” in spirituality. Temple Anam Cara intertwines a Celtic Tree of Life upon an Aztec Step Pyramid, an homage to the ancestral heritages of our co-creators. The shared belief in this concept has inspired the creation of this sculpture. We recognize that the path of wisdom is woven by countless cultures and civilizations, each offering unique insights into the nature of existence – to celebrate the shared connections of our Soul Friends that have guided and inspired deeper connections to the universe’s beauty. At the heart of Temple Anam Cara lies a deep belief in the unity of love, light, and consciousness—a recognition that all ancient traditions converge in their quest for higher truth. The base sanctuary is adorned by murals, mirrors and LEDs to welcome all to offered experiences. This sculpture is a creation in honor of the indigenous wisdom embraced by the creators of Temple Anam Cara, a shared expression of love of community, life and earth. www.templeanamcara.com URL: https://obsydianstudios.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Double Sun Star and Temple
FAFO is the new FOMO
PlayAlchemist and Hot Air Balloon
Temple Anam Cara by A Celtic Light and Obsydian Studios creation from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Anam Cara is an ancient Celtic phrase referring to the concept of the “soul friend” in spirituality. Temple Anam Cara intertwines a Celtic Tree of Life upon an Aztec Step Pyramid, an homage to the ancestral heritages of our co-creators. The shared belief in this concept has inspired the creation of this sculpture. We recognize that the path of wisdom is woven by countless cultures and civilizations, each offering unique insights into the nature of existence – to celebrate the shared connections of our Soul Friends that have guided and inspired deeper connections to the universe’s beauty. At the heart of Temple Anam Cara lies a deep belief in the unity of love, light, and consciousness—a recognition that all ancient traditions converge in their quest for higher truth. The base sanctuary is adorned by murals, mirrors and LEDs to welcome all to offered experiences. This sculpture is a creation in honor of the indigenous wisdom embraced by the creators of Temple Anam Cara, a shared expression of love of community, life and earth. www.templeanamcara.com URL: https://obsydianstudios.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple Anam Cara by A Celtic Light and Obsydian Studios creation from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Anam Cara is an ancient Celtic phrase referring to the concept of the “soul friend” in spirituality. Temple Anam Cara intertwines a Celtic Tree of Life upon an Aztec Step Pyramid, an homage to the ancestral heritages of our co-creators. The shared belief in this concept has inspired the creation of this sculpture. We recognize that the path of wisdom is woven by countless cultures and civilizations, each offering unique insights into the nature of existence – to celebrate the shared connections of our Soul Friends that have guided and inspired deeper connections to the universe’s beauty. At the heart of Temple Anam Cara lies a deep belief in the unity of love, light, and consciousness—a recognition that all ancient traditions converge in their quest for higher truth. The base sanctuary is adorned by murals, mirrors and LEDs to welcome all to offered experiences. This sculpture is a creation in honor of the indigenous wisdom embraced by the creators of Temple Anam Cara, a shared expression of love of community, life and earth. www.templeanamcara.com URL: https://obsydianstudios.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Tycho Sunrise
Chalice to Eleusis by Hunter Leggitt Jonathan Berry & House of Fābl from: Denver, CO year: 2023 The ways of Eleusis were lost to history; now in this moment, the past is being revealed. Encased underground and locked away in hidden libraries for nearly two thousand years, the mysteries of our cultural roots are now finally being exposed. The tides are turning and with them, the unlocking of the universal balance that exists between chaos and the cosmos. The Kykeon spills out its truth to the playa. URL: https://www.houseoffabl.com/ Contact: [email protected] (My apologies to the Chalice to Eleusis team for not getting a great image of the piece)
Tycho Sunrise
Valerian Steel by Henry Chang and Chapel of Babel by Michael Garlington
Tycho Sunrise
Temple Silhouette
Balloons
Chalice to Eleusis by Hunter Leggitt Jonathan Berry & House of Fābl from: Denver, CO year: 2023 The ways of Eleusis were lost to history; now in this moment, the past is being revealed. Encased underground and locked away in hidden libraries for nearly two thousand years, the mysteries of our cultural roots are now finally being exposed. The tides are turning and with them, the unlocking of the universal balance that exists between chaos and the cosmos. The Kykeon spills out its truth to the playa. URL: https://www.houseoffabl.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Abraxas Temple and Moon
Temple and Moon
Playa Moonset
Moonset and The Man
Sunrise and Chapel of Babel
Queen Cobra by Andrea Greenlees Andy Tibbetts and Josh Haywood from: London, United Kingdom & Reno, NV year: 2023 Queen Cobra is a large art installation made of gleaming powder-coated tubular steel and hand-beaten copper. It takes the form of a huge rearing cobra with a coiled body, a beautiful copper-scaled head topped with a magnificent crown, and a spreading hood. Her body is a hooped structure that invites climbing and play, appealing to the child in us all. Queen Cobra references the ancient shared mythologies of many diverse cultures. Specifically she represents the awakening of Kundalini, a form of divine feminine energy, which is visualized as a serpent uncoiling from the base of the spine and ascending through different levels of mystical experience until it reaches the top of the head, leading to a profound transformation of consciousness. URL: https://www.andreagreenlees.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Wedding Party
Layers and Zhina
Temple Anam Cara by A Celtic Light and Obsydian Studios creation from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Anam Cara is an ancient Celtic phrase referring to the concept of the “soul friend” in spirituality. Temple Anam Cara intertwines a Celtic Tree of Life upon an Aztec Step Pyramid, an homage to the ancestral heritages of our co-creators. The shared belief in this concept has inspired the creation of this sculpture. We recognize that the path of wisdom is woven by countless cultures and civilizations, each offering unique insights into the nature of existence – to celebrate the shared connections of our Soul Friends that have guided and inspired deeper connections to the universe’s beauty. At the heart of Temple Anam Cara lies a deep belief in the unity of love, light, and consciousness—a recognition that all ancient traditions converge in their quest for higher truth. The base sanctuary is adorned by murals, mirrors and LEDs to welcome all to offered experiences. This sculpture is a creation in honor of the indigenous wisdom embraced by the creators of Temple Anam Cara, a shared expression of love of community, life and earth. www.templeanamcara.com URL: https://obsydianstudios.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Great Mask
Bree and Shelly The Crab – This is the first vehicle or art piece that I have seen with Starlink. Bree and I had a good laugh about the absurdity and fun of having internet access on a moving piece of art like this. Being the nerds that we are, we immediately did a speedtest and got like 65 Mbps. What a time to be alive! Thank you Bree.
Since its inception in 1999, the Pinhole Project has been a standout presence at Burning Man. A group of dedicated photographers, they employ the age-old technique of pinhole photography to capture the essence of the festival. Their choice of equipment is fascinating: they use 12 cameras made from 50-gallon cardboard barrels, designed to expose 30 x 40-inch sheets of gelatin silver paper. In the midst of the desert, they’ve set up a makeshift darkroom within a shipping container. Each year, they produce about a hundred photos, offering a unique, almost ethereal view of the festivities, which are then showcased around the playa. Black Rock City, Nevada, undergoes a magical transformation each summer. Thousands flock to this barren desert, turning it into a vibrant hub for artists, dancers, and free spirits. Among them is the Pinhole Project team. Originating from the simple desire of four festival-goers in 1999, this initiative has since evolved in both its technical prowess and its role in the Burning Man community. What makes pinhole photography so compelling, especially in such a dynamic environment, is its ability to capture a unique stillness amidst chaos. For many, it answers questions about the nature of documenting experiences at Burning Man. The overarching goal of the Pinhole Project? To give attendees a different lens through which to view the raw creativity and radical self-expression that defines this iconic event. https://pinholeproject.org/
Since its inception in 1999, the Pinhole Project has been a standout presence at Burning Man. A group of dedicated photographers, they employ the age-old technique of pinhole photography to capture the essence of the festival. Their choice of equipment is fascinating: they use 12 cameras made from 50-gallon cardboard barrels, designed to expose 30 x 40-inch sheets of gelatin silver paper. In the midst of the desert, they’ve set up a makeshift darkroom within a shipping container. Each year, they produce about a hundred photos, offering a unique, almost ethereal view of the festivities, which are then showcased around the playa. Black Rock City, Nevada, undergoes a magical transformation each summer. Thousands flock to this barren desert, turning it into a vibrant hub for artists, dancers, and free spirits. Among them is the Pinhole Project team. Originating from the simple desire of four festival-goers in 1999, this initiative has since evolved in both its technical prowess and its role in the Burning Man community. What makes pinhole photography so compelling, especially in such a dynamic environment, is its ability to capture a unique stillness amidst chaos. For many, it answers questions about the nature of documenting experiences at Burning Man. The overarching goal of the Pinhole Project? To give attendees a different lens through which to view the raw creativity and radical self-expression that defines this iconic event. https://pinholeproject.org/
Playa Party Patrol Mutant Vehicle
Earth and Beyond by Karel Machalek
Chalice to Eleusis by Hunter Leggitt Jonathan Berry & House of Fābl from: Denver, CO year: 2023 The ways of Eleusis were lost to history; now in this moment, the past is being revealed. Encased underground and locked away in hidden libraries for nearly two thousand years, the mysteries of our cultural roots are now finally being exposed. The tides are turning and with them, the unlocking of the universal balance that exists between chaos and the cosmos. The Kykeon spills out its truth to the playa. URL: https://www.houseoffabl.com/ Contact: [email protected] (My apologies to the Chalice to Eleusis team for not getting a great image of the piece)
Chalice to Eleusis by Hunter Leggitt Jonathan Berry & House of Fābl from: Denver, CO year: 2023 The ways of Eleusis were lost to history; now in this moment, the past is being revealed. Encased underground and locked away in hidden libraries for nearly two thousand years, the mysteries of our cultural roots are now finally being exposed. The tides are turning and with them, the unlocking of the universal balance that exists between chaos and the cosmos. The Kykeon spills out its truth to the playa. URL: https://www.houseoffabl.com/ Contact: [email protected] (My apologies to the Chalice to Eleusis team for not getting a great image of the piece)
Chalice to Eleusis by Hunter Leggitt Jonathan Berry & House of Fābl from: Denver, CO year: 2023 The ways of Eleusis were lost to history; now in this moment, the past is being revealed. Encased underground and locked away in hidden libraries for nearly two thousand years, the mysteries of our cultural roots are now finally being exposed. The tides are turning and with them, the unlocking of the universal balance that exists between chaos and the cosmos. The Kykeon spills out its truth to the playa. URL: https://www.houseoffabl.com/ Contact: [email protected] (My apologies to the Chalice to Eleusis team for not getting a great image of the piece)
Skyspace – A Mediation pod inspired by James Turrell by Josephine Declerck from: Paris, France year: 2023 Love Pods are 2 art installations created by Josephine Declerck to offer safe, clean and private spaces for rest, meditation and intimacy at Burning Man, which are also real art experiences. Skyspace is located on Open Playa, while Infinity Mirror is located in BED, 6:15 and E. URL: https://www.facebook.com/groups/lovepodsproject Contact: [email protected]
Breaking Open by Butterfly Heart Tribe from: Topanga, CA year: 2023 A broken heart stands as a chrysalis to new life within, a symbol of the potential for healing and transformation. The heart is ignited and as it burns away, it reveals the butterfly, now free to fly. URL: https://www.breakingopen.org/ Contact: [email protected]
Joyful Dragon Circus
A Vibe
Joyful Dragon Circus
The Face Grinder by Adam Frey from: Santa Cruz, CA year: 2023 The Face Grinder is a mirrored helix, similar to a disco ball but shaped like a spiral, designed to spin in the wind. Its rotating facets create a mesmerizing, kaleidoscopic reflection of ambient imagery, color and light. Contact: [email protected]
Ascension by: Friends of a Feather from: South Lake Tahoe, CA year: 2023 Ascension is intended to evoke dual meanings: The concepts of Spiritual and Astrological Ascensions. This sculpture is a woman’s form suspended above the playa by wings that resemble a combination of silks and hawk wings representing Kelly’s passion for aerial arts and her beloved red-tailed hawk. The body will arch toward the sky, reaching for ascension. The inspiration for this piece was born from the unexpected loss of a beloved community member last November. An accomplished aerialist, Kelly created a performance art community based out of her studio that has inspired students and collaborators of all ages to pursue their highest calling and connect with their true selves.
Ascension by: Friends of a Feather from: South Lake Tahoe, CA year: 2023 Ascension is intended to evoke dual meanings: The concepts of Spiritual and Astrological Ascensions. This sculpture is a woman’s form suspended above the playa by wings that resemble a combination of silks and hawk wings representing Kelly’s passion for aerial arts and her beloved red-tailed hawk. The body will arch toward the sky, reaching for ascension. The inspiration for this piece was born from the unexpected loss of a beloved community member last November. An accomplished aerialist, Kelly created a performance art community based out of her studio that has inspired students and collaborators of all ages to pursue their highest calling and connect with their true selves.
Tree With White Leaves
Popping Bottles
Snow Koan Solar Array – A large solar array as shade structure. Look closely at the items you can charge at their charging station. lmao,
Playa-Saurus Free TP!
VRT Wants You!
Zhina by Morteza Ansari and Konoon Studio from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Zhina was created to honor the women of Iran and the freedom movement they are leading. Zhina (Mahsa) Amini was killed by the morality police for not properly wearing her hijab. Her death sparked one of the most powerful uprisings in history led by women. Zhina represents the freedom expressed in the hair flowing in the wind that has been a symbol of the movement from the beginning. Panels of red fabric covered with paintings, messages, and poetry created by a number of international artists, create passages for the audiences to explore. The audio/visual content designed to tell a more personal story of the movement. At the heart of the installation there will be an intimate space that will be a place to connect, reflect, share, and heal. URL: https://zhinaart.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Dusty Delight
My Dad’s House
My Dad’s House and Playa Pool Table
HUBOWL by: Laboratorio Mexicano de Diseño from: México City, México year: 2023 Hubowl is a 12 feet tall sculpture mainly crafted with fiberglass, wood and metal, with a “telescope” inside that allows people to interact with it by observing images of fantastic worlds, actual footage from Hubble telescope, or surroundings. Owls are often used as a symbol of wisdom because of their big eyes that can gaze into the darkness of night. Hubowl expreses the importance of observation as means to gain wisdom, it doesn’t matter if you observe the fantastic, or the real, everything can build on wisdom in the observers mind. Contact: [email protected]
HUBOWL by: Laboratorio Mexicano de Diseño from: México City, México year: 2023 Hubowl is a 12 feet tall sculpture mainly crafted with fiberglass, wood and metal, with a “telescope” inside that allows people to interact with it by observing images of fantastic worlds, actual footage from Hubble telescope, or surroundings. Owls are often used as a symbol of wisdom because of their big eyes that can gaze into the darkness of night. Hubowl expreses the importance of observation as means to gain wisdom, it doesn’t matter if you observe the fantastic, or the real, everything can build on wisdom in the observers mind. Contact: [email protected]
Yuluka by Camilo Quimbayo / Santiago Caro from: Bogotá, Colombia year: 2023 ¨Yuluka¨ means balance for Precolumbian indigenous communities descendants of the Tayronas; their cosmovision represents the concept of duality: The sun and the moon, light, and darkness, life and death. All around the universe talks about duplicity and the natural opposites, which function as a way to maintain a universal and cosmic balance. This concept is represented in a double head cayman forging a unique piece of goldsmith jewelry work on a large scale. Bringing to the deep playa a part of this magic animal ancient representation. URL: http://www.yulukainstallation.com Contact: [email protected]
Yuluka by Camilo Quimbayo / Santiago Caro from: Bogotá, Colombia year: 2023 ¨Yuluka¨ means balance for Precolumbian indigenous communities descendants of the Tayronas; their cosmovision represents the concept of duality: The sun and the moon, light, and darkness, life and death. All around the universe talks about duplicity and the natural opposites, which function as a way to maintain a universal and cosmic balance. This concept is represented in a double head cayman forging a unique piece of goldsmith jewelry work on a large scale. Bringing to the deep playa a part of this magic animal ancient representation. URL: http://www.yulukainstallation.com Contact: [email protected]
Heartburst by Patrick Clements Jillian Leedy Shawn Gehle and Christian Roberts from: Los Angeles, CA year: 2023 “Heartburst” is a sizeable translucent heart firmly rooted into the Playa floor with bamboo scaffolding extruding from its core. The heart pulsates via embedded LEDs, alluding to blood pumping into and from the earth through one shared BRC heart. The heart is concave, allowing participants to walk or cuddle within its core and reset within its slowly pulsating sound and light.
Dusk Panorama
Lovely Burners – Nice to meet you!
Burners Having a Good Time
Six
Lovely Burner
Polymery Bitcube and Razorback
Lovely Burners – So awesome to see you again! Much love from this side of the internet.
Polymery by Taylor Dean Harrison from: Penngrove, CA year: 2023 Polymery is an installation of five sculptures that cast light and shadow far and wide creating a patterned field of constantly evolving color mixing on the ground. During the day, the flower-like pods invite the viewer to look upwards at their curving, mirrored surfaces to see warped reflections of the environment. At night, the flowers ‘bloom’ into a larger installation, each pod casting its petals onto the ground and inspiring exploration. URL: https://www.taylordeanharrison.com/portfolio-item/polymery/ Contact: [email protected]
When People Ask Me To Take Their Photo – The Answer is always YES!
2 and Esplanade
3 and Surrounds
Lovely Burner
230 and Surrounding Area
Lovely Burner
Good Times
Lovely Burner
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
1000 Hands by: Nicholas DeBruyne & Maria Gotay with Wevolve Labs & Art Island from: Austin, TX year: 2023 This 50′ tall collective tapestry illustrating a world on fire stands as one of the largest & most vivid works at Burning Man, transforming shape by desert winds and participant interaction. By day, the work depicts a fiery landscape, sparking reflection of our climate reality. At night, a serene scene illuminates in light, inspiring waking dreams of a hope-filled future. Participants are able to swing from the base of the tapestry and experience the sensation of “the world on their shoulders,” witnessing the ripple effect of their actions displayed on a monumental scale. As the name “1000 Hands” suggests, over 500 participants co-created this artwork, forming a community for whom the process was equally as important as the final product. URL: https://1000handsart.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Lovely Burners
Black Rock Station by Black Rock Transportation Company from: Felton, CA year: 2023 Black Rock Station is a classic rural train station built in the mid-1930s to serve Black Rock City and the communities scattered throughout the vast Black Rock Desert. The station has come unstuck in time, unstable and oscillating through various moments over the last 150 years and beyond, with ghost trains heard but not seen, an ever-shifting interior life, and a subtle narrative that cuts against conventional historical themes. URL: https://blackrocktrainstation.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Maxa
Burning Man Panorama Dusk
Temple Anam Cara by A Celtic Light and Obsydian Studios creation from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Anam Cara is an ancient Celtic phrase referring to the concept of the “soul friend” in spirituality. Temple Anam Cara intertwines a Celtic Tree of Life upon an Aztec Step Pyramid, an homage to the ancestral heritages of our co-creators. The shared belief in this concept has inspired the creation of this sculpture. We recognize that the path of wisdom is woven by countless cultures and civilizations, each offering unique insights into the nature of existence – to celebrate the shared connections of our Soul Friends that have guided and inspired deeper connections to the universe’s beauty. At the heart of Temple Anam Cara lies a deep belief in the unity of love, light, and consciousness—a recognition that all ancient traditions converge in their quest for higher truth. The base sanctuary is adorned by murals, mirrors and LEDs to welcome all to offered experiences. This sculpture is a creation in honor of the indigenous wisdom embraced by the creators of Temple Anam Cara, a shared expression of love of community, life and earth. www.templeanamcara.com URL: https://obsydianstudios.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Lovely Burner
Temple Anam Cara by A Celtic Light and Obsydian Studios creation from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Anam Cara is an ancient Celtic phrase referring to the concept of the “soul friend” in spirituality. Temple Anam Cara intertwines a Celtic Tree of Life upon an Aztec Step Pyramid, an homage to the ancestral heritages of our co-creators. The shared belief in this concept has inspired the creation of this sculpture. We recognize that the path of wisdom is woven by countless cultures and civilizations, each offering unique insights into the nature of existence – to celebrate the shared connections of our Soul Friends that have guided and inspired deeper connections to the universe’s beauty. At the heart of Temple Anam Cara lies a deep belief in the unity of love, light, and consciousness—a recognition that all ancient traditions converge in their quest for higher truth. The base sanctuary is adorned by murals, mirrors and LEDs to welcome all to offered experiences. This sculpture is a creation in honor of the indigenous wisdom embraced by the creators of Temple Anam Cara, a shared expression of love of community, life and earth. www.templeanamcara.com URL: https://obsydianstudios.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Chapel of Babel and Inner Playa
Best Outfits Official Prize Winners 2023™
Best Outfits Official Prize Winners 2023™
Best Outfits Official Prize Winners 2023™
Wedding at Vanishing Points
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Lovely Burner
Temple Spire and Busy Inner Playa
Lovely Burners
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Lovely Burner
Butterfly Effect Catalyst – Always nice to see you bringing joy out there.
Lovely Burners
Maxa
Not Enough Life Jackets – My dad if he saw these guys. The wakeboard at the back and the disco balls is a nice touch,
Yes
Yes
Yes
Drawn the the Absurd – For some reason I’m drawn to the absurd out here. I don’t know if this is a staff vehicle or why there is a mannequin with a shark head on a limo at the trash fence but it’s fun.
Serpent Queen
Deep Playa Sunrises FTW
Lovely Burner
Black Rock Station by Black Rock Transportation Company from: Felton, CA year: 2023 Black Rock Station is a classic rural train station built in the mid-1930s to serve Black Rock City and the communities scattered throughout the vast Black Rock Desert. The station has come unstuck in time, unstable and oscillating through various moments over the last 150 years and beyond, with ghost trains heard but not seen, an ever-shifting interior life, and a subtle narrative that cuts against conventional historical themes. URL: https://blackrocktrainstation.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Lovely Burner Hug
Superior (Mother) by: Kate Kuaimoku from: Oakland, CA year: 2023 Mother (Superior) is an optical illusion, ripples of light reflected in the hot desert air. She consists of a series of rotating, reflective, stainless steel stems. Each stem is made of a bent steel tube, rotating and centered upon steel plates as bases. Her poles are bent to create organic, asymmetrical shapes; these create a pattern of disruption along the horizon line. With all her arms moving, Mother (Superior) will be Black Rock City’s first three-dimensional, moving mirage. URL: https://katekuaimoku.com/superiormother Contact: [email protected]
Field of Flowers by JOBI from: Treasure Island, CA year: 2023 In Field of Flowers, you’ll notice a beautiful garden of approximately 150 electronic singing flowers. Walking through the garden, you’ll realize that the flowers are reacting to your movements with waves of color and sound, creating a truly immersive experience. By changing direction and walking at different speeds, you can guide the waves and create beautiful interference effects with other people. It’s as if you’re a pollinator gliding through these Nevada native flowers. With its emphasis on movement and cooperation, Field of Flowers provides a unique and interactive experience that is sure to leave a lasting impression on all who encounter it. URL: https://www.campjobi.com/index.html Contact: [email protected]
Blastoff by Weld Queen from: Planet Earth year: 2023 The art object consists of two installations. It’s Airfield for Walking in the Clouds, created at the Burning Man 2019, a small airfield with 2 takeoff and landing pads, a waiting area, and a brightly lit runway. This airfield is home to 10 cloud-seating seats. These are airplane chairs can be physically boarded and rocked for “flying” and watching the sunrise. The second one is Blastoff, a new object, which is both an airplane and a tower blasting vertically upwards into the sky. Its spiral staircase can be climbed, then, from the wings, opens a view of Playa. The fiery tent-tail saves from the heat, residents can drink tea and take shelter from the scorching sun. The object allows to freely get off the ground and fly toward your dreams. URL: http://weldqueen.com/project/blastoff/?lang=en Contact: [email protected]
Marian is Watching 장님이 코끼리 만지는 격이다 I believe the text (in Korean) refers to the parable of the blind men and an elephant. The parable describes several blind people who each touch a different part of an elephant to learn what it’s like. Each one feels a different part (e.g., the trunk, leg, tail) and concludes it’s something different (e.g., a snake, tree, rope). The moral of the story (according to the AI that wrote this little write up of the parable): Limited perspectives can lead to incomplete or incorrect understandings. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_men_and_an_elephant Surely the people who made these posters also have the same limited perspective no? Aren’t we all those same blind people with our own little view of what Burning Man is? So many questions! I probably don’t know the context here but I feel like this might just be a meme from the Renegade Burn of 2021. I’m all for subversive art just not singling out individuals. Then again the CEO role comes with that. Can you tell I’m conflicted about this?!
I Still Love You – Artist Name Unknown
PlayAlchemist
Mike Beach
Name Unknown – They projected animations on this and it looked incredible.
Vampire Empire – I’m not sure but I think this is Vampire Empire
Octopus Garden
Nosotres by Brenden Darby, Simón Malvaez, Ollie Newth, Evan Connelly, Sergio Garrido-Ramirez, and Cruz Ramirez from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 NOSOTRES is a monument to the ancient history of the queer community. Standing at 50′ tall with depictions of nonbinary faces and Mictlan (The Aztec Underworld) this evolution of our 2022 Burning Man Piece, THEM, Serves as a reminder that queer people have been here since the beginning of time. Queerness represents our past, present and future and we honor the many deaths of our past selves that help us move forward. Contact: [email protected]
BRC Aerial
Aerial Photo of Inner Playa
Looking Down 6
Center Camp to Point 3
BRC Nights
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
The Hedgehog Temple by Yaroslav Korets, Kurenivka from: Kyiv, Ukraine year: 2023 The Hedgehog Temple is a powerful, visually striking tribute to the diverse Ukrainian creative community members who bravely defended their country during the war, including DJs, musicians, artists, journalists, and film directors. It encourages visitors to contemplate the sacrifices made by these individuals and the significance of community, support, and dedication. This installation, composed of a cluster of anti-tank hedgehogs, forms an abstract figure that evokes both an animal hedgehog and a looming thundercloud, which often carries a foreboding threat. For Ukrainians, these anti-tank hedgehogs symbolize protection and unity. During the early days of the war, ordinary Ukrainians created thousands of hedgehogs from three sections of iron I-beams welded together to safeguard their communities. Inside the Temple, visitors can uncover stories of war victims who dreamt of attending Burning Man and pay tribute to the thousands of courageous and talented individuals the Ukrainian creative community lost due to the war. Through this installation, the artists seek to express gratitude for those who lost their lives defending their homeland and those who continue to stand guard. The Hedgehog Temple represents hope and resilience, reminding us that the human spirit can triumph even in the darkest times. URL: https://kurenivka.ua/temple Contact: [email protected]
PādaPagoda by dawn jian and the PādaP’goda Collective from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 PādaPagoda is a 27’x21’ double-layered kinetic pagoda which explores the dynamics of social interaction, interdependence, and expressions of AAPI heritage outside of Asia. The experience of being Asian American often leads to the formation of a presentable facade, one which masks a deeper expression of our true emotions. The feeling of inner turmoil tucked away is represented in the construction of a rotating inner core built within a static envelope. A climbable ladder at the center of the core is available only to those who can find their way into the heart pillar and ascend amidst the movement, symbolizing a journey of grounding into one’s truth regardless of external influences. The majority of the structure is created from bamboo, a sustainable material which has roots in many Asian countries. This piece creates an interactive third space where aspects of our cultural heritage can be re-imagined and shared. URL: instagram.com/padapgoda Contact: [email protected]
Blastoff by Weld Queen from: Planet Earth year: 2023 The art object consists of two installations. It’s Airfield for Walking in the Clouds, created at the Burning Man 2019, a small airfield with 2 takeoff and landing pads, a waiting area, and a brightly lit runway. This airfield is home to 10 cloud-seating seats. These are airplane chairs can be physically boarded and rocked for “flying” and watching the sunrise. The second one is Blastoff, a new object, which is both an airplane and a tower blasting vertically upwards into the sky. Its spiral staircase can be climbed, then, from the wings, opens a view of Playa. The fiery tent-tail saves from the heat, residents can drink tea and take shelter from the scorching sun. The object allows to freely get off the ground and fly toward your dreams. URL: http://weldqueen.com/project/blastoff/?lang=en Contact: [email protected]
Blastoff by Weld Queen from: Planet Earth year: 2023 The art object consists of two installations. It’s Airfield for Walking in the Clouds, created at the Burning Man 2019, a small airfield with 2 takeoff and landing pads, a waiting area, and a brightly lit runway. This airfield is home to 10 cloud-seating seats. These are airplane chairs can be physically boarded and rocked for “flying” and watching the sunrise. The second one is Blastoff, a new object, which is both an airplane and a tower blasting vertically upwards into the sky. Its spiral staircase can be climbed, then, from the wings, opens a view of Playa. The fiery tent-tail saves from the heat, residents can drink tea and take shelter from the scorching sun. The object allows to freely get off the ground and fly toward your dreams. URL: http://weldqueen.com/project/blastoff/?lang=en Contact: [email protected]
Blastoff by Weld Queen from: Planet Earth year: 2023 The art object consists of two installations. It’s Airfield for Walking in the Clouds, created at the Burning Man 2019, a small airfield with 2 takeoff and landing pads, a waiting area, and a brightly lit runway. This airfield is home to 10 cloud-seating seats. These are airplane chairs can be physically boarded and rocked for “flying” and watching the sunrise. The second one is Blastoff, a new object, which is both an airplane and a tower blasting vertically upwards into the sky. Its spiral staircase can be climbed, then, from the wings, opens a view of Playa. The fiery tent-tail saves from the heat, residents can drink tea and take shelter from the scorching sun. The object allows to freely get off the ground and fly toward your dreams. URL: http://weldqueen.com/project/blastoff/?lang=en Contact: [email protected]
Blastoff by Weld Queen from: Planet Earth year: 2023 The art object consists of two installations. It’s Airfield for Walking in the Clouds, created at the Burning Man 2019, a small airfield with 2 takeoff and landing pads, a waiting area, and a brightly lit runway. This airfield is home to 10 cloud-seating seats. These are airplane chairs can be physically boarded and rocked for “flying” and watching the sunrise. The second one is Blastoff, a new object, which is both an airplane and a tower blasting vertically upwards into the sky. Its spiral staircase can be climbed, then, from the wings, opens a view of Playa. The fiery tent-tail saves from the heat, residents can drink tea and take shelter from the scorching sun. The object allows to freely get off the ground and fly toward your dreams. URL: http://weldqueen.com/project/blastoff/?lang=en Contact: [email protected]
Heartburst by Patrick Clements Jillian Leedy Shawn Gehle and Christian Roberts from: Los Angeles, CA year: 2023 “Heartburst” is a sizeable translucent heart firmly rooted into the Playa floor with bamboo scaffolding extruding from its core. The heart pulsates via embedded LEDs, alluding to blood pumping into and from the earth through one shared BRC heart. The heart is concave, allowing participants to walk or cuddle within its core and reset within its slowly pulsating sound and light.
Red Hot Beverly
Titianic’s End and Over Ruled (NO DANCING)
1000 & 1 by: Tyler Fuqua Creations from: Eagle Creek, OR year: 2023 Mechan 1 & Mechan 1000 – Two robots frozen in time. One is made of metal and appears fresh off the factory line and one seems to be an ancient prototype for it is made of wood. Both robots have a hand outstretched towards the other with a finger pointing right at the opposing robot. The metal one holds an axe. The wooden one holds a wrench. Are they here to fight? Did they some how create each other? And where did they come from? Who built them? So many questions that can be answered with a bit of creative sleuthing. URL: http://www.tylerfuquacreations.com/1000&1 Contact: [email protected]
The Ursas by Jen Lewin from: Brooklyn, NY year: 2023 Named after the constellations Ursa Minor and Ursa Major, The Ursas features two towering polar bears. In 2022, Ursa Minor, a 13-foot tall sculpture debuted on playa. Inspired by Polaris, the work’s glowing and multi-paneled infinity-mirrored body reminds us to “Look Up.” In 2023 Ursa Minor will return, but this time with her big sister. Standing over three stories tall, Ursa Major’s hollow body is filled with glowing infinity mirrors, each reflecting mosaic drawings of extinct animals from the past 12 months. The pair, Ursa Major and Ursa Minor, stand in solidarity. Ursa Minor in hope, looking up. Ursa Major, as a cathedral and tomb, to species lost. URL: https://www.jenlewinstudio.com/portfolio/ursa-minor/ Contact: [email protected]
Burden of The Beast by Walker Babington from: New Orleans, LA year: 2023 “Burden of The Beast,” is a fantastical folk art sculpture depicting a bison with a house at its torso. It symbolizes the task of relocating one’s intrinsic understanding of ‘home.’ Both the bison & the house are made with materials from New Orleans structures which have been destroyed by climate disasters, as though the pieces of a fallen home had the sentience and will to collect what could be salvaged, stand up, and head toward higher ground. URL: https://www.instagram.com/sabatomstudios/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple Moon and Mutant Vehicle
Conversation with a Squad by Alexia DeFluff and Les Flans Cocos from: Les Roches l’Evêque, France year: 2023 Conversation with a squad consists of a small squad of squids eager to engage in conversation with humans, using light as their visual language. In front of them is a communication device; a human to squid translator. Thanks to this intriguing machine, it becomes possible to dialogue with the squids in bioluminescent signals. We will then witness a small shoal of humans who discuss through light signals to a shoal of squid. But do our little humans even realize that they themselves use light to communicate with their peers and try to attract breeding partners, with their costumes covered in LEDs and luminous accessories? Contact: [email protected]
Monaco and Moon
Amun-Ra by David aiu Servan-Schreiber from: London, United Kingdom year: 2023 Amun-Ra, an art installation by David aiu Servan-Schreiber, stands as a 15ft cubic structure that encases a central golden planet. This striking piece links spirituality and sustainability. Powered by solar panels for illumination, Amun-Ra promotes the use of renewable energy As participants walk around the structure, they are encouraged to reflect on the interconnectedness of all living beings and their environmental responsibilities. The installation fosters connections and raises awareness about sustainability through observation and discussion, without requiring direct physical interaction. Amun-Ra serves as a testament to the profound gratitude for our planet. Contact: [email protected]
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Lovely Burner
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Lovely Burner
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Lovely Burner
Pedro The Cactus by The Cactus Team Tanny Onsalo Boris Dore and Jeremy Kenigsman from: Paris, France year: 2023 Is a nomad Art project designed to be placed in deep playa for the 2023 Animalia Burn. Brought as a walk-in art project traveling across the Atlantic all the way from the city of love, PARIS- France. “You Get what you Give” The 1,70mts tall cactus will represent the 10 principles of the burn in some form or an other. Inspired by the viral children’s toy cactus that reproduces the sounds it is fed, The CACTUS has as purpose to inspire words and acts of kindness from each Burner in its path. URL: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1vxPIW2lop_2_K5XnCRBHSupJkfWjIOnd_Jy0D-SU65c/edit?pli=1#slide=id.p Contact: [email protected]
Lovely Burner
1000 Hands by: Nicholas DeBruyne & Maria Gotay with Wevolve Labs & Art Island from: Austin, TX year: 2023 This 50′ tall collective tapestry illustrating a world on fire stands as one of the largest & most vivid works at Burning Man, transforming shape by desert winds and participant interaction. By day, the work depicts a fiery landscape, sparking reflection of our climate reality. At night, a serene scene illuminates in light, inspiring waking dreams of a hope-filled future. Participants are able to swing from the base of the tapestry and experience the sensation of “the world on their shoulders,” witnessing the ripple effect of their actions displayed on a monumental scale. As the name “1000 Hands” suggests, over 500 participants co-created this artwork, forming a community for whom the process was equally as important as the final product. URL: https://1000handsart.com/ Contact: [email protected]
These Guys Insisted I Take Their Photo
Blastoff by Weld Queen from: Planet Earth year: 2023 The art object consists of two installations. It’s Airfield for Walking in the Clouds, created at the Burning Man 2019, a small airfield with 2 takeoff and landing pads, a waiting area, and a brightly lit runway. This airfield is home to 10 cloud-seating seats. These are airplane chairs can be physically boarded and rocked for “flying” and watching the sunrise. The second one is Blastoff, a new object, which is both an airplane and a tower blasting vertically upwards into the sky. Its spiral staircase can be climbed, then, from the wings, opens a view of Playa. The fiery tent-tail saves from the heat, residents can drink tea and take shelter from the scorching sun. The object allows to freely get off the ground and fly toward your dreams. URL: http://weldqueen.com/project/blastoff/?lang=en Contact: [email protected]
Lovely Burner
Lovely Burner
Blastoff by Weld Queen from: Planet Earth year: 2023 The art object consists of two installations. It’s Airfield for Walking in the Clouds, created at the Burning Man 2019, a small airfield with 2 takeoff and landing pads, a waiting area, and a brightly lit runway. This airfield is home to 10 cloud-seating seats. These are airplane chairs can be physically boarded and rocked for “flying” and watching the sunrise. The second one is Blastoff, a new object, which is both an airplane and a tower blasting vertically upwards into the sky. Its spiral staircase can be climbed, then, from the wings, opens a view of Playa. The fiery tent-tail saves from the heat, residents can drink tea and take shelter from the scorching sun. The object allows to freely get off the ground and fly toward your dreams. URL: http://weldqueen.com/project/blastoff/?lang=en Contact: [email protected]
Lovely Burner
Yuluka by Camilo Quimbayo / Santiago Caro from: Bogotá, Colombia year: 2023 ¨Yuluka¨ means balance for Precolumbian indigenous communities descendants of the Tayronas; their cosmovision represents the concept of duality: The sun and the moon, light, and darkness, life and death. All around the universe talks about duplicity and the natural opposites, which function as a way to maintain a universal and cosmic balance. This concept is represented in a double head cayman forging a unique piece of goldsmith jewelry work on a large scale. Bringing to the deep playa a part of this magic animal ancient representation. URL: http://www.yulukainstallation.com Contact: [email protected]
Yuluka by Camilo Quimbayo / Santiago Caro from: Bogotá, Colombia year: 2023 ¨Yuluka¨ means balance for Precolumbian indigenous communities descendants of the Tayronas; their cosmovision represents the concept of duality: The sun and the moon, light, and darkness, life and death. All around the universe talks about duplicity and the natural opposites, which function as a way to maintain a universal and cosmic balance. This concept is represented in a double head cayman forging a unique piece of goldsmith jewelry work on a large scale. Bringing to the deep playa a part of this magic animal ancient representation. URL: http://www.yulukainstallation.com Contact: [email protected]
Maxa and Bike Reef
Trash Fence At Dawn
Point 3 at Dawn
BitCube by Colin O’Donnell from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 BitCube is an interactive installation that transforms 224 standard IBC water totes into single pixels in a massive low-resolution cube display towering 30 feet over the desert. The installation creates a minimalist, abstract visual narrative that defies the ubiquity of hi-res displays. BitCube embraces the limitations of a low-res medium and encourages viewers to find beauty in simplicity. The installation’s audio-reactive capabilities reflect the collective heartbeat of the Burning Man community. Light patterns range from abstract shapes to minimalist representations of life and energy, resonating with Burning Man’s spirit of creativity, self-expression, and community in a stripped-down interplay of light, space, and perception. Contact: [email protected]
Museum of No Spectators by John Marx and Absinthia Vermut from: San Francisco & Oakland, CA year: 2023 Out in the dusty playa of Black Rock City lies a different kind of museum. As you approach this intriguing and mysterious building with its unusually shaped galleries, appearing part machine, part creature, part abstract and surrealistic form. It may appear as a blank slate, the letters spelling Museum of No Spectators hovering above. Its dynamic shapes appear otherworldly yet grounded. It is waiting for you to approach and become a part of it. MoNS encourages participants to enter through its Gifting Shop, where you will be assisted in making a gift before entering. The building guides you along, as a partially covered hallway leads you to galleries on either side, until you have spent time in all eight galleries. URL: https://www.themuseumofnospectators.com/ Contact: [email protected]
BitCube by Colin O’Donnell from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 BitCube is an interactive installation that transforms 224 standard IBC water totes into single pixels in a massive low-resolution cube display towering 30 feet over the desert. The installation creates a minimalist, abstract visual narrative that defies the ubiquity of hi-res displays. BitCube embraces the limitations of a low-res medium and encourages viewers to find beauty in simplicity. The installation’s audio-reactive capabilities reflect the collective heartbeat of the Burning Man community. Light patterns range from abstract shapes to minimalist representations of life and energy, resonating with Burning Man’s spirit of creativity, self-expression, and community in a stripped-down interplay of light, space, and perception. Contact: [email protected]
Perception III by Dave Clay from: Seattle, WA year: 2023 Perception is an interactive light sculpture made up of transparent windows spread out in a spiral-circular space. The windows shift colors, inviting people to look through windows at each other. As they engage, the colors respond, interacting with the windows around in light reverberations. As more people interact with windows, these reverberations overlap to produce new colors and patterns that can reach out to the entire space. This piece reminds us to acknowledge perception of reality is based. on interactions with the environment and with each other. It encourages us to play with how we see each other, how things look different based on who we are and where we are at in our lives. URL: https://www.daveclay.com/burning-man-2023 Contact: [email protected]
Vanishing Points by Poetic Kinetics
The Man
The Man at Dusk
Chalice to Eleusis by Hunter Leggitt Jonathan Berry & House of Fābl (Build Week) from: Denver, CO year: 2023 The ways of Eleusis were lost to history; now in this moment, the past is being revealed. Encased underground and locked away in hidden libraries for nearly two thousand years, the mysteries of our cultural roots are now finally being exposed. The tides are turning and with them, the unlocking of the universal balance that exists between chaos and the cosmos. The Kykeon spills out its truth to the playa. URL: https://www.houseoffabl.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Superior (Mother) by: Kate Kuaimoku from: Oakland, CA year: 2023 Mother (Superior) is an optical illusion, ripples of light reflected in the hot desert air. She consists of a series of rotating, reflective, stainless steel stems. Each stem is made of a bent steel tube, rotating and centered upon steel plates as bases. Her poles are bent to create organic, asymmetrical shapes; these create a pattern of disruption along the horizon line. With all her arms moving, Mother (Superior) will be Black Rock City’s first three-dimensional, moving mirage. URL: https://katekuaimoku.com/superiormother Contact: [email protected]
Temple Anam Cara by A Celtic Light and Obsydian Studios creation from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Anam Cara is an ancient Celtic phrase referring to the concept of the “soul friend” in spirituality. Temple Anam Cara intertwines a Celtic Tree of Life upon an Aztec Step Pyramid, an homage to the ancestral heritages of our co-creators. The shared belief in this concept has inspired the creation of this sculpture. We recognize that the path of wisdom is woven by countless cultures and civilizations, each offering unique insights into the nature of existence – to celebrate the shared connections of our Soul Friends that have guided and inspired deeper connections to the universe’s beauty. At the heart of Temple Anam Cara lies a deep belief in the unity of love, light, and consciousness—a recognition that all ancient traditions converge in their quest for higher truth. The base sanctuary is adorned by murals, mirrors and LEDs to welcome all to offered experiences. This sculpture is a creation in honor of the indigenous wisdom embraced by the creators of Temple Anam Cara, a shared expression of love of community, life and earth. www.templeanamcara.com URL: https://obsydianstudios.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Vanishing Points by Poetic Kinetics
Tower of Tooter by Robert & Penny Cox from: Kalama, WA year: 2023 “Tower of Tooter” is a vibrant 13′ tower of 20 wooden musical pipes actuated with eight human-powered air pumps. Colorful lighting and gothic decorations add to the brightly painted beams cut from last year’s “Hooter Tooter”. The “Tower of Tooter” arouses the senses both visually and aurally, luring burners to gather playfully and have fun creating music and cacophony with this unique instrument.
Burners at Play
Burners at Play
Flipping Tables at the Grilled Cheese Experiment
Flipping Tables at the Grilled Cheese Experiment
Flipping Tables at the Grilled Cheese Experiment
BRC Dusk Panorama
Chapel of Babel by: Michael Garlington from: Petaluma, CA year: 2023 From the irresistible imagination of Micahel Garlington comes yet another magical creation – The Chapel of Babel. The Chapel is a re-occurring dream, years in the mind, reaching its manifestation. A hexagonal wooden structure will be clad with Garlington’s signature black-and-white photographs of various sizes creating stunning visuals throughout the structure. The human element in the portraiture, animals, flowers, insects, and leaves, will convey that we all belong here and will hold room for everyone in all versions and reiterations of their expression. URL: https://www.michaelgarlington.com Contact: [email protected]
The Man
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Zhina by Morteza Ansari and Konoon Studio from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Zhina was created to honor the women of Iran and the freedom movement they are leading. Zhina (Mahsa) Amini was killed by the morality police for not properly wearing her hijab. Her death sparked one of the most powerful uprisings in history led by women. Zhina represents the freedom expressed in the hair flowing in the wind that has been a symbol of the movement from the beginning. Panels of red fabric covered with paintings, messages, and poetry created by a number of international artists, create passages for the audiences to explore. The audio/visual content designed to tell a more personal story of the movement. At the heart of the installation there will be an intimate space that will be a place to connect, reflect, share, and heal. URL: https://zhinaart.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Tip of the Iceberg by: Melissa Syn Barron from: Oakland & Big Sur, CA year: 2023 Conventional wisdom is that the Clitoris is a small fleshy nub under a labial hood at the top of the vulva – but the truth is that tiny head is just the tip of the Clitoral iceberg. The complete Clitoral anatomical structure – including veins, nerves & their functions – was suppressed, omitted or marginalized until recently. Monumentalizing this misunderstood & mysterious piece of anatomy, we hope our sculpture will educate, empower, & honor its rightful place in biology. URL: https://www.instagram.com/tip.ofthe_iceberg Contact: [email protected]
Polymery by Taylor Dean Harrison from: Penngrove, CA year: 2023 Polymery is an installation of five sculptures that cast light and shadow far and wide creating a patterned field of constantly evolving color mixing on the ground. During the day, the flower-like pods invite the viewer to look upwards at their curving, mirrored surfaces to see warped reflections of the environment. At night, the flowers ‘bloom’ into a larger installation, each pod casting its petals onto the ground and inspiring exploration. URL: https://www.taylordeanharrison.com/portfolio-item/polymery/ Contact: [email protected]
Cactus of Life. A Mirror of truth. Awaken your true self by David Lombrozo, Tania Ordoñez, Pablo Fernandez and Humberto Wong from: México City, México year: 2023 Cactus of Life is a sculptural piece that offers a glimpse inside of oneself. The Mexican traditional Tree of Life and the iconic cactus come together as one. Here all are welcome to see themselves as they are, no prejudice. By doing so, all can share a better version of their self with the world. The first symbol comes from the Mexican artisan tradition of the “Tree of Life.” Made of clay, this tree is adorned with many figures related to different themes such as the sun and the moon. The second symbol is a cactus, the desert plant that survives harsh conditions and welcomes all beings who come to find life. Cacti also contain psychedelic properties that help the recipient to see inside themselves. URL: https://www.instagram.com/cactus.of.life/ Contact: [email protected]
Burden of The Beast by Walker Babington from: New Orleans, LA year: 2023 “Burden of The Beast,” is a fantastical folk art sculpture depicting a bison with a house at its torso. It symbolizes the task of relocating one’s intrinsic understanding of ‘home.’ Both the bison & the house are made with materials from New Orleans structures which have been destroyed by climate disasters, as though the pieces of a fallen home had the sentience and will to collect what could be salvaged, stand up, and head toward higher ground. URL: https://www.instagram.com/sabatomstudios/ Contact: [email protected]
BRC Esplanade and Streets
Blastoff by Weld Queen from: Planet Earth year: 2023 The art object consists of two installations. It’s Airfield for Walking in the Clouds, created at the Burning Man 2019, a small airfield with 2 takeoff and landing pads, a waiting area, and a brightly lit runway. This airfield is home to 10 cloud-seating seats. These are airplane chairs can be physically boarded and rocked for “flying” and watching the sunrise. The second one is Blastoff, a new object, which is both an airplane and a tower blasting vertically upwards into the sky. Its spiral staircase can be climbed, then, from the wings, opens a view of Playa. The fiery tent-tail saves from the heat, residents can drink tea and take shelter from the scorching sun. The object allows to freely get off the ground and fly toward your dreams. URL: http://weldqueen.com/project/blastoff/?lang=en Contact: [email protected]
Black Rock Station by Black Rock Transportation Company from: Felton, CA year: 2023 Black Rock Station is a classic rural train station built in the mid-1930s to serve Black Rock City and the communities scattered throughout the vast Black Rock Desert. The station has come unstuck in time, unstable and oscillating through various moments over the last 150 years and beyond, with ghost trains heard but not seen, an ever-shifting interior life, and a subtle narrative that cuts against conventional historical themes. URL: https://blackrocktrainstation.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Black Rock Station by Black Rock Transportation Company from: Felton, CA year: 2023 Black Rock Station is a classic rural train station built in the mid-1930s to serve Black Rock City and the communities scattered throughout the vast Black Rock Desert. The station has come unstuck in time, unstable and oscillating through various moments over the last 150 years and beyond, with ghost trains heard but not seen, an ever-shifting interior life, and a subtle narrative that cuts against conventional historical themes. URL: https://blackrocktrainstation.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Valerian Steel and Amun-Ra
The Sky Rabbit’s House
Nothing For Sale by fnnch from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 “Nothing For Sale” is about Decommodification. The tube dancer is the ultimate symbol of commodification — it exists solely to advertise and promote. But it is also a joyous object, full of color and motion. “Nothing For Sale” liberates this symbol and its beauty. It subverts the original meaning of the object and highlights Decommodification by juxtaposing a commercial symbol with non-commercial language.
Recyclosaurus Renocores (aka R2) by Reno Core Project from: Reno, NV year: 2023 We envision a dinosaur that will have characteristics taken from many species and eras, built from recycled metal. Partly skeletal, partly skinned, partly feathered. Current plan is a backbone with Stegosaurus type spines that will have flame effects, as well as sound and lighting effects trigger some type of participant interaction. We plan to place “eggs” (colored rocks) around the playa that the R2 can visually recognize as they are found and placed into its nest. We will redistribute the eggs daily for participants to find and interact with. URL: http://renocore.org/core/ Contact: [email protected]
Alight by Trey Watkins, Mara Greenberg, Alan Becker and the Frogma Art Collective from: Los Angeles, CA year: 2023 Alight is a flock of birds, a bridge. Birds of all shapes, cultures, and histories. A bridge that is traversable, reactive, and punctuated by fluttering in flames. The structure will respond to participants crossing. The form invites flight. Its transience will culminate with its immolation at the end of the week. URL: http://onemandown.com/
Chapel of Babel by Michael Garlington from: Petaluma, CA year: 2023 From the irresistible imagination of Micahel Garlington comes yet another magical creation – The Chapel of Babel. The Chapel is a re-occurring dream, years in the mind, reaching its manifestation. A hexagonal wooden structure will be clad with Garlington’s signature black-and-white photographs of various sizes creating stunning visuals throughout the structure. The human element in the portraiture, animals, flowers, insects, and leaves, will convey that we all belong here and will hold room for everyone in all versions and reiterations of their expression. URL: https://www.michaelgarlington.com Contact: [email protected]
Chapel of Babel by Michael Garlington from: Petaluma, CA year: 2023 From the irresistible imagination of Micahel Garlington comes yet another magical creation – The Chapel of Babel. The Chapel is a re-occurring dream, years in the mind, reaching its manifestation. A hexagonal wooden structure will be clad with Garlington’s signature black-and-white photographs of various sizes creating stunning visuals throughout the structure. The human element in the portraiture, animals, flowers, insects, and leaves, will convey that we all belong here and will hold room for everyone in all versions and reiterations of their expression. URL: https://www.michaelgarlington.com Contact: [email protected]
Polymery by Taylor Dean Harrison from: Penngrove, CA year: 2023 Polymery is an installation of five sculptures that cast light and shadow far and wide creating a patterned field of constantly evolving color mixing on the ground. During the day, the flower-like pods invite the viewer to look upwards at their curving, mirrored surfaces to see warped reflections of the environment. At night, the flowers ‘bloom’ into a larger installation, each pod casting its petals onto the ground and inspiring exploration. URL: https://www.taylordeanharrison.com/portfolio-item/polymery/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
The Man and the Dust
Jíbaro Soy… by Mark Rivera aka Kidnetick from: Bayamón, Puerto Rico year: 2023 A large scale sculpture of a shameless Jíbaro reveling where and what its made of, inspired by a song of protest written by composer Raphy Leavitt expresses anti-colonialism and freedom to be respected for whom he is and where his from. URL: https://www.instagram.com/kidnetick/ Contact: [email protected]
Burden of The Beast by Walker Babington from: New Orleans, LA year: 2023 “Burden of The Beast,” is a fantastical folk art sculpture depicting a bison with a house at its torso. It symbolizes the task of relocating one’s intrinsic understanding of ‘home.’ Both the bison & the house are made with materials from New Orleans structures which have been destroyed by climate disasters, as though the pieces of a fallen home had the sentience and will to collect what could be salvaged, stand up, and head toward higher ground. URL: https://www.instagram.com/sabatomstudios/ Contact: [email protected]
Burden of The Beast by Walker Babington from: New Orleans, LA year: 2023 “Burden of The Beast,” is a fantastical folk art sculpture depicting a bison with a house at its torso. It symbolizes the task of relocating one’s intrinsic understanding of ‘home.’ Both the bison & the house are made with materials from New Orleans structures which have been destroyed by climate disasters, as though the pieces of a fallen home had the sentience and will to collect what could be salvaged, stand up, and head toward higher ground. URL: https://www.instagram.com/sabatomstudios/ Contact: [email protected]
Burden of The Beast by Walker Babington from: New Orleans, LA year: 2023 “Burden of The Beast,” is a fantastical folk art sculpture depicting a bison with a house at its torso. It symbolizes the task of relocating one’s intrinsic understanding of ‘home.’ Both the bison & the house are made with materials from New Orleans structures which have been destroyed by climate disasters, as though the pieces of a fallen home had the sentience and will to collect what could be salvaged, stand up, and head toward higher ground. URL: https://www.instagram.com/sabatomstudios/ Contact: [email protected]
Cactus of Life. A Mirror of truth. Awaken your true self by David Lombrozo Tania OrdoñezPablo Fernandez and Humberto Wong from: México City, México year: 2023 Cactus of Life is a sculptural piece that offers a glimpse inside of oneself. The Mexican traditional Tree of Life and the iconic cactus come together as one. Here all are welcome to see themselves as they are, no prejudice. By doing so, all can share a better version of their self with the world. The first symbol comes from the Mexican artisan tradition of the “Tree of Life.” Made of clay, this tree is adorned with many figures related to different themes such as the sun and the moon. The second symbol is a cactus, the desert plant that survives harsh conditions and welcomes all beings who come to find life. Cacti also contain psychedelic properties that help the recipient to see inside themselves. URL: https://www.instagram.com/cactus.of.life/ Contact: [email protected]
Burner Family Walking Bikes
1000 & 1 by: Tyler Fuqua Creations from: Eagle Creek, OR year: 2023 Mechan 1 & Mechan 1000 – Two robots frozen in time. One is made of metal and appears fresh off the factory line and one seems to be an ancient prototype for it is made of wood. Both robots have a hand outstretched towards the other with a finger pointing right at the opposing robot. The metal one holds an axe. The wooden one holds a wrench. Are they here to fight? Did they some how create each other? And where did they come from? Who built them? So many questions that can be answered with a bit of creative sleuthing. URL: http://www.tylerfuquacreations.com/1000&1 Contact: [email protected]
1000 & 1 by: Tyler Fuqua Creations from: Eagle Creek, OR year: 2023 Mechan 1 & Mechan 1000 – Two robots frozen in time. One is made of metal and appears fresh off the factory line and one seems to be an ancient prototype for it is made of wood. Both robots have a hand outstretched towards the other with a finger pointing right at the opposing robot. The metal one holds an axe. The wooden one holds a wrench. Are they here to fight? Did they some how create each other? And where did they come from? Who built them? So many questions that can be answered with a bit of creative sleuthing. URL: http://www.tylerfuquacreations.com/1000&1 Contact: [email protected]
Odyssey by Clayton Blake Art from: Currumbin Queensland, Australia ODYSSEY – A 27ft stainless steel RETRO ROCKET. An inhabitable and interactive artwork complete with sound scape and CO2 cannons that mimic the steam explosion of a real spaceship launch. A celebration of our innate desire for EXPLORATION, DISCOVERY, TRAVEL & ADVENTURE. Contact: [email protected]
Lamp Removal Black and White
The Man and Dust Black and White
Lovely Burner – If you know Samazon please pass this to her, I lost her contact info.
Touch the Sky by Martin Taylor and Chromaforms from: Oakland, CA year: 2023 Touch the Sky is a sculpture of a mythical winged creature with the head of a human preparing to take flight. The sculpture is fabricated from a myriad laser-cut sheet metal plates welded together. The face is rendered in sharp detail with eyes closed in dreamlike rapture. The hair flows back in the wind. The skin is made of reflective stainless steel heat treated to a rich gold color. The surface of the sculpture is outlined by geometric tattoo-like perforations that accentuate the shape of the body and emit light at night. Wings made of golden stainless and patina’ed steel stretch upwards from the back in a dramatic pose. Touch the Sky serves as a visual metaphor for taking leaps of faith to achieve our dreams and fly. URL: https://www.chromaforms.net/ Contact: [email protected]
Lovely Burner
Conversation with a Squad by Alexia DeFluff and Les Flans Cocos from: Les Roches l’Evêque, France year: 2023 Conversation with a squad consists of a small squad of squids eager to engage in conversation with humans, using light as their visual language. In front of them is a communication device; a human to squid translator. Thanks to this intriguing machine, it becomes possible to dialogue with the squids in bioluminescent signals. We will then witness a small shoal of humans who discuss through light signals to a shoal of squid. But do our little humans even realize that they themselves use light to communicate with their peers and try to attract breeding partners, with their costumes covered in LEDs and luminous accessories? Contact: [email protected]
Lovely Burner
Yuluka by Camilo Quimbayo / Santiago Caro from: Bogotá, Colombia year: 2023 ¨Yuluka¨ means balance for Precolumbian indigenous communities descendants of the Tayronas; their cosmovision represents the concept of duality: The sun and the moon, light, and darkness, life and death. All around the universe talks about duplicity and the natural opposites, which function as a way to maintain a universal and cosmic balance. This concept is represented in a double head cayman forging a unique piece of goldsmith jewelry work on a large scale. Bringing to the deep playa a part of this magic animal ancient representation. URL: http://www.yulukainstallation.com Contact: [email protected]
Lovely Burner – Nice to meet you!
Robot Heart
Lovely Burners
Singing
Lovely Burners
Odyssey by Clayton Blake Art from: Currumbin Queensland, Australia year: 2023 ODYSSEY – A 27ft stainless steel RETRO ROCKET. An inhabitable and interactive artwork complete with sound scape and CO2 cannons that mimic the steam explosion of a real spaceship launch. A celebration of our innate desire for EXPLORATION, DISCOVERY, TRAVEL & ADVENTURE. Contact: [email protected]
Lovely Burners
Black Rock Estates Billboard by Doyle Bussey Sophia Olson and Brian Sullivan from: Concord, NC year: 2023 A billboard in the middle of the playa showing a future housing development with all the comforts of home. Watered lawns, trees, modern homes with all the conveniences of living beyond the capabilities nature can provide. The back side of the billboard shows the aftermath of this hubris and what happens when humanity ignores the realities of desert living.
Lovely Burner
Mechanical Bull by Barry Crawford from: Silver Springs, NV year: 2023 Mechanical Bull is a 25% larger than life found art sculpture of a bull digging in to charge. Contact: [email protected]
The Bass – A burner leans against gigantic speakers.
Dusty Sunrise at The Temple
Lovely Burners
Nazar by Sukant Panigrahy and Sandeep Manyam with the Discovery Collective from: Mumbai, India year: 2023 Nazar is sight, it is perception, it is attention. It is the exchange of energy, good or bad that could happen in all of a second when you glance at someone perhaps or stare deeply into their eyes. It requires no words, yet can communicate a spectrum of emotions such as glee, fear, anger or even embody a deeper connection of trust and care. It is primal, it is visceral, it cannot be faked. We present “Nazar” in the form of a giant eyeball, rooted to the playa to communicate with her. It sweeps the landscape, beckoning one and all to interact with it and find a window in to your own soul. Contact: [email protected]
Disco Ball Costume
Over Ruled and Robot Heart Over Ruled (NO DANCING) by Cody Smith & Looking Up Arts from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 A large red sign commands “NO DANCING” in big, bright letters, visible from afar. The provocation dares participants to defy with a boogie, shuffle, or strut, and perhaps even gather together into a sweaty, rhythmic rebellion. Ground mounted spotlights cast enlarged silhouettes of dancers up onto the letters, broadcasting the disobedience across the playa. Crowds thus magnify their energy, sending out ripples of mischievous joy, and luring in reinforcements. Approaching reveals smaller text on each letter, a true story of someone’s collision with a rule and the consequences: banishment, termination, expulsion, or incarceration. If the tincture of joy and grief give way to a desire for restorative justice, then Over Ruled’s goal is fulfilled. URL: https://lookingup.art/over-ruled Contact: [email protected]
Conversation with a Squad by: Alexia DeFluff and Les Flans Cocos (Build Week) from: Les Roches l’Evêque, France year: 2023 Conversation with a squad consists of a small squad of squids eager to engage in conversation with humans, using light as their visual language. In front of them is a communication device; a human to squid translator. Thanks to this intriguing machine, it becomes possible to dialogue with the squids in bioluminescent signals. We will then witness a small shoal of humans who discuss through light signals to a shoal of squid. But do our little humans even realize that they themselves use light to communicate with their peers and try to attract breeding partners, with their costumes covered in LEDs and luminous accessories? Contact: [email protected]
The Hedgehog Temple by Yaroslav Korets, Kurenivka from: Kyiv, Ukraine year: 2023 The Hedgehog Temple is a powerful, visually striking tribute to the diverse Ukrainian creative community members who bravely defended their country during the war, including DJs, musicians, artists, journalists, and film directors. It encourages visitors to contemplate the sacrifices made by these individuals and the significance of community, support, and dedication. This installation, composed of a cluster of anti-tank hedgehogs, forms an abstract figure that evokes both an animal hedgehog and a looming thundercloud, which often carries a foreboding threat. For Ukrainians, these anti-tank hedgehogs symbolize protection and unity. During the early days of the war, ordinary Ukrainians created thousands of hedgehogs from three sections of iron I-beams welded together to safeguard their communities. Inside the Temple, visitors can uncover stories of war victims who dreamt of attending Burning Man and pay tribute to the thousands of courageous and talented individuals the Ukrainian creative community lost due to the war. Through this installation, the artists seek to express gratitude for those who lost their lives defending their homeland and those who continue to stand guard. The Hedgehog Temple represents hope and resilience, reminding us that the human spirit can triumph even in the darkest times. URL: https://kurenivka.ua/temple Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
1000 Hands by: Nicholas DeBruyne & Maria Gotay with Wevolve Labs & Art Island from: Austin, TX year: 2023 This 50′ tall collective tapestry illustrating a world on fire stands as one of the largest & most vivid works at Burning Man, transforming shape by desert winds and participant interaction. By day, the work depicts a fiery landscape, sparking reflection of our climate reality. At night, a serene scene illuminates in light, inspiring waking dreams of a hope-filled future. Participants are able to swing from the base of the tapestry and experience the sensation of “the world on their shoulders,” witnessing the ripple effect of their actions displayed on a monumental scale. As the name “1000 Hands” suggests, over 500 participants co-created this artwork, forming a community for whom the process was equally as important as the final product. URL: https://1000handsart.com/ Contact: [email protected]
1000 Hands by: Nicholas DeBruyne & Maria Gotay with Wevolve Labs & Art Island from: Austin, TX year: 2023 This 50′ tall collective tapestry illustrating a world on fire stands as one of the largest & most vivid works at Burning Man, transforming shape by desert winds and participant interaction. By day, the work depicts a fiery landscape, sparking reflection of our climate reality. At night, a serene scene illuminates in light, inspiring waking dreams of a hope-filled future. Participants are able to swing from the base of the tapestry and experience the sensation of “the world on their shoulders,” witnessing the ripple effect of their actions displayed on a monumental scale. As the name “1000 Hands” suggests, over 500 participants co-created this artwork, forming a community for whom the process was equally as important as the final product. URL: https://1000handsart.com/ Contact: [email protected]
1000 Hands by: Nicholas DeBruyne & Maria Gotay with Wevolve Labs & Art Island from: Austin, TX year: 2023 This 50′ tall collective tapestry illustrating a world on fire stands as one of the largest & most vivid works at Burning Man, transforming shape by desert winds and participant interaction. By day, the work depicts a fiery landscape, sparking reflection of our climate reality. At night, a serene scene illuminates in light, inspiring waking dreams of a hope-filled future. Participants are able to swing from the base of the tapestry and experience the sensation of “the world on their shoulders,” witnessing the ripple effect of their actions displayed on a monumental scale. As the name “1000 Hands” suggests, over 500 participants co-created this artwork, forming a community for whom the process was equally as important as the final product. URL: https://1000handsart.com/ Contact: [email protected]
The Hedgehog Temple by Yaroslav Korets, Kurenivka from: Kyiv, Ukraine year: 2023 The Hedgehog Temple is a powerful, visually striking tribute to the diverse Ukrainian creative community members who bravely defended their country during the war, including DJs, musicians, artists, journalists, and film directors. It encourages visitors to contemplate the sacrifices made by these individuals and the significance of community, support, and dedication. This installation, composed of a cluster of anti-tank hedgehogs, forms an abstract figure that evokes both an animal hedgehog and a looming thundercloud, which often carries a foreboding threat. For Ukrainians, these anti-tank hedgehogs symbolize protection and unity. During the early days of the war, ordinary Ukrainians created thousands of hedgehogs from three sections of iron I-beams welded together to safeguard their communities. Inside the Temple, visitors can uncover stories of war victims who dreamt of attending Burning Man and pay tribute to the thousands of courageous and talented individuals the Ukrainian creative community lost due to the war. Through this installation, the artists seek to express gratitude for those who lost their lives defending their homeland and those who continue to stand guard. The Hedgehog Temple represents hope and resilience, reminding us that the human spirit can triumph even in the darkest times. URL: https://kurenivka.ua/temple Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Chapel of Babel by Michael Garlington from: Petaluma, CA year: 2023 From the irresistible imagination of Micahel Garlington comes yet another magical creation – The Chapel of Babel. The Chapel is a re-occurring dream, years in the mind, reaching its manifestation. A hexagonal wooden structure will be clad with Garlington’s signature black-and-white photographs of various sizes creating stunning visuals throughout the structure. The human element in the portraiture, animals, flowers, insects, and leaves, will convey that we all belong here and will hold room for everyone in all versions and reiterations of their expression. URL: https://www.michaelgarlington.com Contact: [email protected]
Elder Mother by Charles A. Gadeken from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Elder Mother is inspired by a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, the Elder-Tree-Mother. The boy in the story meets the Elder-Tree-Mother, who sits atop an Elder-Tree that grew out of the teapot next to his bed (in his dream). She speaks with him, and they go on many adventures and explorations over time. She gathers memories and shared experiences. She illuminates and night and provides shade during the day. Come and listen to her story. URL: https://www.charlesgadeken.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Elder Mother by Charles A. Gadeken from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Elder Mother is inspired by a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, the Elder-Tree-Mother. The boy in the story meets the Elder-Tree-Mother, who sits atop an Elder-Tree that grew out of the teapot next to his bed (in his dream). She speaks with him, and they go on many adventures and explorations over time. She gathers memories and shared experiences. She illuminates and night and provides shade during the day. Come and listen to her story. URL: https://www.charlesgadeken.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Touch the Sky by Martin Taylor and Chromaforms from: Oakland, CA year: 2023 Touch the Sky is a sculpture of a mythical winged creature with the head of a human preparing to take flight. The sculpture is fabricated from a myriad laser-cut sheet metal plates welded together. The face is rendered in sharp detail with eyes closed in dreamlike rapture. The hair flows back in the wind. The skin is made of reflective stainless steel heat treated to a rich gold color. The surface of the sculpture is outlined by geometric tattoo-like perforations that accentuate the shape of the body and emit light at night. Wings made of golden stainless and patina’ed steel stretch upwards from the back in a dramatic pose. Touch the Sky serves as a visual metaphor for taking leaps of faith to achieve our dreams and fly. URL: https://www.chromaforms.net/ Contact: [email protected]
Frog Camp
Inside Frog Camp
Inside Frog Camp
Inside Frog Camp
1000 Hands by Nicholas DeBruyne & Maria Gotay with Wevolve Labs & Art Island from: Austin, TX year: 2023 This 50′ tall collective tapestry illustrating a world on fire stands as one of the largest & most vivid works at Burning Man, transforming shape by desert winds and participant interaction. By day, the work depicts a fiery landscape, sparking reflection of our climate reality. At night, a serene scene illuminates in light, inspiring waking dreams of a hope-filled future. Participants are able to swing from the base of the tapestry and experience the sensation of “the world on their shoulders,” witnessing the ripple effect of their actions displayed on a monumental scale. As the name “1000 Hands” suggests, over 500 participants co-created this artwork, forming a community for whom the process was equally as important as the final product. URL: https://1000handsart.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Zhina by Morteza Ansari and Konoon Studio from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Zhina was created to honor the women of Iran and the freedom movement they are leading. Zhina (Mahsa) Amini was killed by the morality police for not properly wearing her hijab. Her death sparked one of the most powerful uprisings in history led by women. Zhina represents the freedom expressed in the hair flowing in the wind that has been a symbol of the movement from the beginning. Panels of red fabric covered with paintings, messages, and poetry created by a number of international artists, create passages for the audiences to explore. The audio/visual content designed to tell a more personal story of the movement. At the heart of the installation there will be an intimate space that will be a place to connect, reflect, share, and heal. URL: https://zhinaart.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Chapel of Babel by Michael Garlington from: Petaluma, CA year: 2023 From the irresistible imagination of Micahel Garlington comes yet another magical creation – The Chapel of Babel. The Chapel is a re-occurring dream, years in the mind, reaching its manifestation. A hexagonal wooden structure will be clad with Garlington’s signature black-and-white photographs of various sizes creating stunning visuals throughout the structure. The human element in the portraiture, animals, flowers, insects, and leaves, will convey that we all belong here and will hold room for everyone in all versions and reiterations of their expression. URL: https://www.michaelgarlington.com Contact: [email protected]
Inner Playa Dust
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
The Ursas by Jen Lewin from: Brooklyn, NY year: 2023 Named after the constellations Ursa Minor and Ursa Major, The Ursas features two towering polar bears. In 2022, Ursa Minor, a 13-foot tall sculpture debuted on playa. Inspired by Polaris, the work’s glowing and multi-paneled infinity-mirrored body reminds us to “Look Up.” In 2023 Ursa Minor will return, but this time with her big sister. Standing over three stories tall, Ursa Major’s hollow body is filled with glowing infinity mirrors, each reflecting mosaic drawings of extinct animals from the past 12 months. The pair, Ursa Major and Ursa Minor, stand in solidarity. Ursa Minor in hope, looking up. Ursa Major, as a cathedral and tomb, to species lost. URL: https://www.jenlewinstudio.com/portfolio/ursa-minor/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Over Ruled!
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Playa Panorama
Buttery Smooth Playa
The Hedgehog Temple by Yaroslav Korets, Kurenivka from: Kyiv, Ukraine year: 2023 The Hedgehog Temple is a powerful, visually striking tribute to the diverse Ukrainian creative community members who bravely defended their country during the war, including DJs, musicians, artists, journalists, and film directors. It encourages visitors to contemplate the sacrifices made by these individuals and the significance of community, support, and dedication. This installation, composed of a cluster of anti-tank hedgehogs, forms an abstract figure that evokes both an animal hedgehog and a looming thundercloud, which often carries a foreboding threat. For Ukrainians, these anti-tank hedgehogs symbolize protection and unity. During the early days of the war, ordinary Ukrainians created thousands of hedgehogs from three sections of iron I-beams welded together to safeguard their communities. Inside the Temple, visitors can uncover stories of war victims who dreamt of attending Burning Man and pay tribute to the thousands of courageous and talented individuals the Ukrainian creative community lost due to the war. Through this installation, the artists seek to express gratitude for those who lost their lives defending their homeland and those who continue to stand guard. The Hedgehog Temple represents hope and resilience, reminding us that the human spirit can triumph even in the darkest times. URL: https://kurenivka.ua/temple Contact: [email protected]
Tesseract by Alice, Malice in Wonderland Studios from: Brea, CA year: 2023 A Tesseract is the cube what the cube is to the square. This mirrored representation of a fourth dimensional cube “tesseract” or “hyper cube” has a myriad of inner workings creating the illusion of a quaternary-dimensional effect. Developed from a dream, this sculpture is made of multiple types of mirror, glass, LED and your perspective. URL: https://www.nickyalice.com/tesseract-art-installation Contact: [email protected]
Numinous II by Chad Rice from: Fernley, NV year: 2023 Numinous II is a dimensional, forced-perspective piece that constantly changes based on where participants are located around or within the structure. Using geometry to channel the power of the spiritual and supernatural, Numinous gives participants a view into the infinite possibilities of shifting reality. URL: https://www.chadrice.com/ Contact: [email protected]
The Man at Night in the Dust – This was a fascinating moment. As the dust kicked up many people shining extremly bright lights right into my face headed back to the city. A different group were just heading out, none of whom shined extremely bright lights at my face.
The Man at Night in the Dust
Touch the Sky by Martin Taylor and Chromaforms from: Oakland, CA year: 2023 Touch the Sky is a sculpture of a mythical winged creature with the head of a human preparing to take flight. The sculpture is fabricated from a myriad laser-cut sheet metal plates welded together. The face is rendered in sharp detail with eyes closed in dreamlike rapture. The hair flows back in the wind. The skin is made of reflective stainless steel heat treated to a rich gold color. The surface of the sculpture is outlined by geometric tattoo-like perforations that accentuate the shape of the body and emit light at night. Wings made of golden stainless and patina’ed steel stretch upwards from the back in a dramatic pose. Touch the Sky serves as a visual metaphor for taking leaps of faith to achieve our dreams and fly. URL: https://www.chromaforms.net/ Contact: [email protected]
Name Unknown
El Pulpo Magnifico
The Temple and Mutant Vehicles
The Temple and Mutant Vehicles
Wings of Glory – The Return by Adrian Landon from: Reno, NV year: 2023 “Wings of Glory”, the Center-Camp keyhole sensation from Burning Man 2019, is a giant interactive metal mechanical Pegasus sculpture that gallops and flies in slow motion. She is elevated in the air on a pedestal, on fire at night, and is returning to BM23! URL: https://adrianlandon.com/wings-of-glory Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
The Ursas by Jen Lewin from: Brooklyn, NY year: 2023 Named after the constellations Ursa Minor and Ursa Major, The Ursas features two towering polar bears. In 2022, Ursa Minor, a 13-foot tall sculpture debuted on playa. Inspired by Polaris, the work’s glowing and multi-paneled infinity-mirrored body reminds us to “Look Up.” In 2023 Ursa Minor will return, but this time with her big sister. Standing over three stories tall, Ursa Major’s hollow body is filled with glowing infinity mirrors, each reflecting mosaic drawings of extinct animals from the past 12 months. The pair, Ursa Major and Ursa Minor, stand in solidarity. Ursa Minor in hope, looking up. Ursa Major, as a cathedral and tomb, to species lost. URL: https://www.jenlewinstudio.com/portfolio/ursa-minor/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Vanishing Point by Poetic Kinetics
Lovely Burners
Lovely Burners
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Sunset Man
Wings of Glory – The Return by Adrian Landon from: Reno, NV year: 2023 “Wings of Glory”, the Center-Camp keyhole sensation from Burning Man 2019, is a giant interactive metal mechanical Pegasus sculpture that gallops and flies in slow motion. She is elevated in the air on a pedestal, on fire at night, and is returning to BM23! URL: https://adrianlandon.com/wings-of-glory Contact: [email protected]
Queen Cobra by Andrea Greenlees, Andy Tibbetts, and Josh Haywood from: London, United Kingdom & Reno, NV year: 2023 Queen Cobra is a large art installation made of gleaming powder-coated tubular steel and hand-beaten copper. It takes the form of a huge rearing cobra with a coiled body, a beautiful copper-scaled head topped with a magnificent crown, and a spreading hood. Her body is a hooped structure that invites climbing and play, appealing to the child in us all. Queen Cobra references the ancient shared mythologies of many diverse cultures. Specifically she represents the awakening of Kundalini, a form of divine feminine energy, which is visualized as a serpent uncoiling from the base of the spine and ascending through different levels of mystical experience until it reaches the top of the head, leading to a profound transformation of consciousness. URL: https://www.andreagreenlees.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Cactus of Life. A Mirror of truth. Awaken your true self by David Lombrozo, Tania Ordoñez, Pablo Fernandez and Humberto Wong from: México City, México year: 2023 Cactus of Life is a sculptural piece that offers a glimpse inside of oneself. The Mexican traditional Tree of Life and the iconic cactus come together as one. Here all are welcome to see themselves as they are, no prejudice. By doing so, all can share a better version of their self with the world. The first symbol comes from the Mexican artisan tradition of the “Tree of Life.” Made of clay, this tree is adorned with many figures related to different themes such as the sun and the moon. The second symbol is a cactus, the desert plant that survives harsh conditions and welcomes all beings who come to find life. Cacti also contain psychedelic properties that help the recipient to see inside themselves. URL: https://www.instagram.com/cactus.of.life/ Contact: [email protected]
Mutant Vehicle and Temple
Zhina by Morteza Ansari and Konoon Studio from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Zhina was created to honor the women of Iran and the freedom movement they are leading. Zhina (Mahsa) Amini was killed by the morality police for not properly wearing her hijab. Her death sparked one of the most powerful uprisings in history led by women. Zhina represents the freedom expressed in the hair flowing in the wind that has been a symbol of the movement from the beginning. Panels of red fabric covered with paintings, messages, and poetry created by a number of international artists, create passages for the audiences to explore. The audio/visual content designed to tell a more personal story of the movement. At the heart of the installation there will be an intimate space that will be a place to connect, reflect, share, and heal. URL: https://zhinaart.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Our Perpetual Lady of Lost Souls and Secrets by Candi Carrell from: Tucson, AZ year: 2023 This art piece is a 9 foot metal base with a Jackalope half body and head. Our Perpetual Lady of Lost Souls and Secrets would like the citizens of Black Rock to tell her your inner secrets so the wind can take them away giving the individual release. The rabbit as a spirit totem represents the individual to stop, look and listen to their inner voice to help them into enlightenment. Also signifies the journey into our unknown consciousness. Contact: [email protected]
Zhina by Morteza Ansari and Konoon Studio from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Zhina was created to honor the women of Iran and the freedom movement they are leading. Zhina (Mahsa) Amini was killed by the morality police for not properly wearing her hijab. Her death sparked one of the most powerful uprisings in history led by women. Zhina represents the freedom expressed in the hair flowing in the wind that has been a symbol of the movement from the beginning. Panels of red fabric covered with paintings, messages, and poetry created by a number of international artists, create passages for the audiences to explore. The audio/visual content designed to tell a more personal story of the movement. At the heart of the installation there will be an intimate space that will be a place to connect, reflect, share, and heal. URL: https://zhinaart.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Love Inspired by: Sharon Rae Sam W., Nick N. and Love Inspired Art Collective from: Mountain Home to Boise, ID year: 2023 Love Inspired consists of 7 representations of the man standing in a circle, arms up in celebration. Prayer flags raise from their connected hands to a central pole between them. Each man is a color of the rainbow including a man representing the light that shines though the rain storm creating the rainbow colors. Each flag contains our artist’s rendering of beloved animal family members that show us the true meaning of unconditional love, bringing the brilliant colors of the rainbow more in focus in our lives. Entering inside of the art piece, memory books are available to write about an animal story that has impacted one’s life for the better. The men are 8 feet tall with the center pole adorned with a flag reaching the height of 19 feet.
Incredible Bike
1000 & 1 by Tyler Fuqua Creations from: Eagle Creek, OR year: 2023 Mechan 1 & Mechan 1000 – Two robots frozen in time. One is made of metal and appears fresh off the factory line and one seems to be an ancient prototype for it is made of wood. Both robots have a hand outstretched towards the other with a finger pointing right at the opposing robot. The metal one holds an axe. The wooden one holds a wrench. Are they here to fight? Did they some how create each other? And where did they come from? Who built them? So many questions that can be answered with a bit of creative sleuthing. URL: http://www.tylerfuquacreations.com/1000&1 Contact: [email protected]
1000 & 1 by Tyler Fuqua Creations from: Eagle Creek, OR year: 2023 Mechan 1 & Mechan 1000 – Two robots frozen in time. One is made of metal and appears fresh off the factory line and one seems to be an ancient prototype for it is made of wood. Both robots have a hand outstretched towards the other with a finger pointing right at the opposing robot. The metal one holds an axe. The wooden one holds a wrench. Are they here to fight? Did they some how create each other? And where did they come from? Who built them? So many questions that can be answered with a bit of creative sleuthing. URL: http://www.tylerfuquacreations.com/1000&1 Contact: [email protected]
1000 & 1 by Tyler Fuqua Creations from: Eagle Creek, OR year: 2023 Mechan 1 & Mechan 1000 – Two robots frozen in time. One is made of metal and appears fresh off the factory line and one seems to be an ancient prototype for it is made of wood. Both robots have a hand outstretched towards the other with a finger pointing right at the opposing robot. The metal one holds an axe. The wooden one holds a wrench. Are they here to fight? Did they some how create each other? And where did they come from? Who built them? So many questions that can be answered with a bit of creative sleuthing. URL: http://www.tylerfuquacreations.com/1000&1 Contact: [email protected]
Touch the Sky by Martin Taylor and Chromaforms from: Oakland, CA year: 2023 Touch the Sky is a sculpture of a mythical winged creature with the head of a human preparing to take flight. The sculpture is fabricated from a myriad laser-cut sheet metal plates welded together. The face is rendered in sharp detail with eyes closed in dreamlike rapture. The hair flows back in the wind. The skin is made of reflective stainless steel heat treated to a rich gold color. The surface of the sculpture is outlined by geometric tattoo-like perforations that accentuate the shape of the body and emit light at night. Wings made of golden stainless and patina’ed steel stretch upwards from the back in a dramatic pose. Touch the Sky serves as a visual metaphor for taking leaps of faith to achieve our dreams and fly. URL: https://www.chromaforms.net/ Contact: [email protected]
Jíbaro Soy… by: Mark Rivera aka Kidnetick from: Bayamón, Puerto Rico year: 2023 A large scale sculpture of a shameless Jíbaro reveling where and what its made of, inspired by a song of protest written by composer Raphy Leavitt expresses anti-colonialism and freedom to be respected for whom he is and where his from. URL: https://www.instagram.com/kidnetick/ Contact: [email protected]
Jíbaro Soy… by: Mark Rivera aka Kidnetick from: Bayamón, Puerto Rico year: 2023 A large scale sculpture of a shameless Jíbaro reveling where and what its made of, inspired by a song of protest written by composer Raphy Leavitt expresses anti-colonialism and freedom to be respected for whom he is and where his from. URL: https://www.instagram.com/kidnetick/ Contact: [email protected]
Jíbaro Soy… by: Mark Rivera aka Kidnetick from: Bayamón, Puerto Rico year: 2023 A large scale sculpture of a shameless Jíbaro reveling where and what its made of, inspired by a song of protest written by composer Raphy Leavitt expresses anti-colonialism and freedom to be respected for whom he is and where his from. URL: https://www.instagram.com/kidnetick/ Contact: [email protected]
Jíbaro Soy… by: Mark Rivera aka Kidnetick from: Bayamón, Puerto Rico year: 2023 A large scale sculpture of a shameless Jíbaro reveling where and what its made of, inspired by a song of protest written by composer Raphy Leavitt expresses anti-colonialism and freedom to be respected for whom he is and where his from. URL: https://www.instagram.com/kidnetick/ Contact: [email protected]
Jíbaro Soy… by: Mark Rivera aka Kidnetick from: Bayamón, Puerto Rico year: 2023 A large scale sculpture of a shameless Jíbaro reveling where and what its made of, inspired by a song of protest written by composer Raphy Leavitt expresses anti-colonialism and freedom to be respected for whom he is and where his from. URL: https://www.instagram.com/kidnetick/ Contact: [email protected]
Jíbaro Soy… by: Mark Rivera aka Kidnetick from: Bayamón, Puerto Rico year: 2023 A large scale sculpture of a shameless Jíbaro reveling where and what its made of, inspired by a song of protest written by composer Raphy Leavitt expresses anti-colonialism and freedom to be respected for whom he is and where his from. URL: https://www.instagram.com/kidnetick/ Contact: [email protected]
Lovely Burner – We had a nice discussion about confidence.
The Man at Dusk
The Ursas by Jen Lewin from: Brooklyn, NY year: 2023 Named after the constellations Ursa Minor and Ursa Major, The Ursas features two towering polar bears. In 2022, Ursa Minor, a 13-foot tall sculpture debuted on playa. Inspired by Polaris, the work’s glowing and multi-paneled infinity-mirrored body reminds us to “Look Up.” In 2023 Ursa Minor will return, but this time with her big sister. Standing over three stories tall, Ursa Major’s hollow body is filled with glowing infinity mirrors, each reflecting mosaic drawings of extinct animals from the past 12 months. The pair, Ursa Major and Ursa Minor, stand in solidarity. Ursa Minor in hope, looking up. Ursa Major, as a cathedral and tomb, to species lost. URL: https://www.jenlewinstudio.com/portfolio/ursa-minor/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Burden of The Beast by Walker Babington from: New Orleans, LA year: 2023 “Burden of The Beast,” is a fantastical folk art sculpture depicting a bison with a house at its torso. It symbolizes the task of relocating one’s intrinsic understanding of ‘home.’ Both the bison & the house are made with materials from New Orleans structures which have been destroyed by climate disasters, as though the pieces of a fallen home had the sentience and will to collect what could be salvaged, stand up, and head toward higher ground. URL: https://www.instagram.com/sabatomstudios/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Burden of The Beast by Walker Babington from: New Orleans, LA year: 2023 “Burden of The Beast,” is a fantastical folk art sculpture depicting a bison with a house at its torso. It symbolizes the task of relocating one’s intrinsic understanding of ‘home.’ Both the bison & the house are made with materials from New Orleans structures which have been destroyed by climate disasters, as though the pieces of a fallen home had the sentience and will to collect what could be salvaged, stand up, and head toward higher ground. URL: https://www.instagram.com/sabatomstudios/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Let’s Go To Space
Dusgt Devil and Cactus of Life
Let’s Go To Space
Dusty Cloud Near 3 and Razorback
Dust Devil and The Man
Dust Devil
in 2014 Matthew Schultz and Crew created Embrace. After Android Jones created Burning Embrace which is features on this vehicle.
I like this idea for hiding the porta
The Temple and a Photo Bombed Man
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
My Yearly FAFO What Different Layouts Look Like – Are we too stagnant?
The Hedgehog Temple by Yaroslav Korets, Kurenivka from: Kyiv, Ukraine year: 2023 The Hedgehog Temple is a powerful, visually striking tribute to the diverse Ukrainian creative community members who bravely defended their country during the war, including DJs, musicians, artists, journalists, and film directors. It encourages visitors to contemplate the sacrifices made by these individuals and the significance of community, support, and dedication. This installation, composed of a cluster of anti-tank hedgehogs, forms an abstract figure that evokes both an animal hedgehog and a looming thundercloud, which often carries a foreboding threat. For Ukrainians, these anti-tank hedgehogs symbolize protection and unity. During the early days of the war, ordinary Ukrainians created thousands of hedgehogs from three sections of iron I-beams welded together to safeguard their communities. Inside the Temple, visitors can uncover stories of war victims who dreamt of attending Burning Man and pay tribute to the thousands of courageous and talented individuals the Ukrainian creative community lost due to the war. Through this installation, the artists seek to express gratitude for those who lost their lives defending their homeland and those who continue to stand guard. The Hedgehog Temple represents hope and resilience, reminding us that the human spirit can triumph even in the darkest times. URL: https://kurenivka.ua/temple Contact: [email protected]
Retro Rocket and Mutant Vehicle Black and White
Field of Flowers by JOBI from: Treasure Island, CA year: 2023 In Field of Flowers, you’ll notice a beautiful garden of approximately 150 electronic singing flowers. Walking through the garden, you’ll realize that the flowers are reacting to your movements with waves of color and sound, creating a truly immersive experience. By changing direction and walking at different speeds, you can guide the waves and create beautiful interference effects with other people. It’s as if you’re a pollinator gliding through these Nevada native flowers. With its emphasis on movement and cooperation, Field of Flowers provides a unique and interactive experience that is sure to leave a lasting impression on all who encounter it. URL: https://www.campjobi.com/index.html Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
The Man – Look at that glorious smooth playa.
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Deaf Wagon – New innovatinve ICE engine with the pistons on the outside haha. BTW off topic but I love it when things have their name plastered all over them. It makes writing all these captions so much easier (and your thing becomes searchable whatever it is).
I was like oh cool a paleontological dig site how cool?! As I brused off the dirt only dicks were there and I burst out laughing. Amazing. Thank you for that! Triceracocks! LMFAO! Provocative Paleontology by BRC Jurassic History Society from: Los Angeles, CA year: 2023 Immerse yourself in the prehistoric era by joining the Black Rock City Jurassic History Society at our active fossil dig site. Unearth the remnants of the recently discovered Triceracocks and Pegasaurus, two of the majestic dinosaurs that once roamed the Playa 65 million years ago. URL: https://www.campregis.com
I was like oh cool a paleontological dig site how cool?! As I brused off the dirt only dicks were there and I burst out laughing. Amazing. Thank you for that! Triceracocks! LMFAO! Provocative Paleontology by BRC Jurassic History Society from: Los Angeles, CA year: 2023 Immerse yourself in the prehistoric era by joining the Black Rock City Jurassic History Society at our active fossil dig site. Unearth the remnants of the recently discovered Triceracocks and Pegasaurus, two of the majestic dinosaurs that once roamed the Playa 65 million years ago. URL: https://www.campregis.com
BitCube by Colin O’Donnell from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 BitCube is an interactive installation that transforms 224 standard IBC water totes into single pixels in a massive low-resolution cube display towering 30 feet over the desert. The installation creates a minimalist, abstract visual narrative that defies the ubiquity of hi-res displays. BitCube embraces the limitations of a low-res medium and encourages viewers to find beauty in simplicity. The installation’s audio-reactive capabilities reflect the collective heartbeat of the Burning Man community. Light patterns range from abstract shapes to minimalist representations of life and energy, resonating with Burning Man’s spirit of creativity, self-expression, and community in a stripped-down interplay of light, space, and perception. Contact: [email protected]
Chapel of Babel by Michael Garlington from: Petaluma, CA year: 2023 From the irresistible imagination of Micahel Garlington comes yet another magical creation – The Chapel of Babel. The Chapel is a re-occurring dream, years in the mind, reaching its manifestation. A hexagonal wooden structure will be clad with Garlington’s signature black-and-white photographs of various sizes creating stunning visuals throughout the structure. The human element in the portraiture, animals, flowers, insects, and leaves, will convey that we all belong here and will hold room for everyone in all versions and reiterations of their expression. URL: https://www.michaelgarlington.com Contact: [email protected]
Wings of Glory – The Return by Adrian Landon from: Reno, NV year: 2023 “Wings of Glory”, the Center-Camp keyhole sensation from Burning Man 2019, is a giant interactive metal mechanical Pegasus sculpture that gallops and flies in slow motion. She is elevated in the air on a pedestal, on fire at night, and is returning to BM23! URL: https://adrianlandon.com/wings-of-glory Contact: [email protected]
The Man at Dawn
The Man at Dawn
The Man at Dawn
The Man at Dawn
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Burden of The Beast by Walker Babington from: New Orleans, LA year: 2023 “Burden of The Beast,” is a fantastical folk art sculpture depicting a bison with a house at its torso. It symbolizes the task of relocating one’s intrinsic understanding of ‘home.’ Both the bison & the house are made with materials from New Orleans structures which have been destroyed by climate disasters, as though the pieces of a fallen home had the sentience and will to collect what could be salvaged, stand up, and head toward higher ground. URL: https://www.instagram.com/sabatomstudios/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
The Man at Night
Black Rock Station by Black Rock Transportation Company from: Felton, CA year: 2023 Black Rock Station is a classic rural train station built in the mid-1930s to serve Black Rock City and the communities scattered throughout the vast Black Rock Desert. The station has come unstuck in time, unstable and oscillating through various moments over the last 150 years and beyond, with ghost trains heard but not seen, an ever-shifting interior life, and a subtle narrative that cuts against conventional historical themes. URL: https://blackrocktrainstation.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Maxa
The Prairie of Possibilities by The Moonlight Collective from: Seattle, WA year: 2023 The Prairie of Possibilities highlights the transformational power of storytelling. Pass beneath the glow of whispering portals to be transported to a realm between realms . Traipse through an infinite field of shimmering grasses swaying gently in the night. Find serenity and connection within this harmonious soundscape. Under midnight’s velvet curtain, explore the question of what it means to be human by offering a personal story to “the Entity” and in turn receive the stories of others. Emerge from this journey transformed. In lumine lunari es renascentis. In moonlight you are reborn. URL: https://www.moonlightcollective.studio Contact: [email protected]
The Train Station and The Porch – When I was chatting the Porch guys I said so do you can classify that as an art car? The guy says We think of it as more of a lifestyle. Amazing.
Big Spinning Wheels by PDA from: Roxbury, NY year: 2023 Simple, Yet complex! Big Spinning Wheels are not for the faint, but rather the open of heart. From close or a far, they evoke a secret and sacred tantalizing beauty. Placed at the bounds of BRC, and the edge of reality….patience is a virtue…. URL: https://pdabk.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Over Ruled (NO DANCING) by Cody Smith & Looking Up Arts from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 A large red sign commands “NO DANCING” in big, bright letters, visible from afar. The provocation dares participants to defy with a boogie, shuffle, or strut, and perhaps even gather together into a sweaty, rhythmic rebellion. Ground mounted spotlights cast enlarged silhouettes of dancers up onto the letters, broadcasting the disobedience across the playa. Crowds thus magnify their energy, sending out ripples of mischievous joy, and luring in reinforcements. Approaching reveals smaller text on each letter, a true story of someone’s collision with a rule and the consequences: banishment, termination, expulsion, or incarceration. If the tincture of joy and grief give way to a desire for restorative justice, then Over Ruled’s goal is fulfilled. URL: https://lookingup.art/over-ruled Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
BitCube by Colin O’Donnell from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 BitCube is an interactive installation that transforms 224 standard IBC water totes into single pixels in a massive low-resolution cube display towering 30 feet over the desert. The installation creates a minimalist, abstract visual narrative that defies the ubiquity of hi-res displays. BitCube embraces the limitations of a low-res medium and encourages viewers to find beauty in simplicity. The installation’s audio-reactive capabilities reflect the collective heartbeat of the Burning Man community. Light patterns range from abstract shapes to minimalist representations of life and energy, resonating with Burning Man’s spirit of creativity, self-expression, and community in a stripped-down interplay of light, space, and perception. Contact: [email protected]
Black Rock Station by Black Rock Transportation Company from: Felton, CA year: 2023 Black Rock Station is a classic rural train station built in the mid-1930s to serve Black Rock City and the communities scattered throughout the vast Black Rock Desert. The station has come unstuck in time, unstable and oscillating through various moments over the last 150 years and beyond, with ghost trains heard but not seen, an ever-shifting interior life, and a subtle narrative that cuts against conventional historical themes. URL: https://blackrocktrainstation.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Hot Mess Camp
Hot Mess Camp
Exquisite Animalus by: KJ Boheme and Stefan Spins from: New York, NY year: 2023 What is animal? Exquisite Animalus moves beyond the physical and allows for fantastical reinterpretation and celebration of earth’s gorgeous biodiversity. Viewing the piece opens a discussion of human’s role within the animal kingdom. Interacting with the Exquisite Animalus affords the participant a God-like ability to design their own creature. Sharing the experience with other contributors allows for the unlocking of the word puzzle which reveals the collective’s secret message of the piece. All roles: viewer, interactor, participant or contributor will be provided an absurd opportunity to create and deepen one’s connection with the building blocks of our Animalus kingdom. Nature is wild and beautiful! URL: https://kjbowen.art Contact: [email protected]
Mariposa by: Christopher Schardt from: Oakland, CA year: 2023 A 26’ x 14’ butterfly 15’ above the ground. Its wings are hinged so that they flap, propelled by the wind or by participants operating a lever. 38,000 LEDs cover its surface. As speakers play classical and classic pop music, images choreographed to each section are displayed on the LEDs. The structure of the butterfly is bent aluminum tubing. Aluminum strips are across it, onto which are glued LED strips. Each wing has a front-to-back axle around which the wing pivots. These axles are angled so that the front edges of the wings are higher than the rear edges. This allows a gust of wind to push the outer edges of the wings upward. They come down when the gust abates. Thus the wings flap even when there are no participants move them manually. Approximately 38,000 full-color, computer-controlled LEDs cover the bottom sides of each wing, surround the body, and run along each antenna and leg. These are controlled by several computers. The four speakers surrounding the butterfly are disguised as giant flower pots with LED flowers growing out of them. The flower are touch-sensitive, changing their animations in response to a visitor’s attentions. URL: http://ledlabs.co/mariposa Contact: [email protected]
1000 & 1 by: Tyler Fuqua Creations from: Eagle Creek, OR year: 2023 Mechan 1 & Mechan 1000 – Two robots frozen in time. One is made of metal and appears fresh off the factory line and one seems to be an ancient prototype for it is made of wood. Both robots have a hand outstretched towards the other with a finger pointing right at the opposing robot. The metal one holds an axe. The wooden one holds a wrench. Are they here to fight? Did they some how create each other? And where did they come from? Who built them? So many questions that can be answered with a bit of creative sleuthing. URL: http://www.tylerfuquacreations.com/1000&1 Contact: [email protected]
1000 & 1 by: Tyler Fuqua Creations from: Eagle Creek, OR year: 2023 Mechan 1 & Mechan 1000 – Two robots frozen in time. One is made of metal and appears fresh off the factory line and one seems to be an ancient prototype for it is made of wood. Both robots have a hand outstretched towards the other with a finger pointing right at the opposing robot. The metal one holds an axe. The wooden one holds a wrench. Are they here to fight? Did they some how create each other? And where did they come from? Who built them? So many questions that can be answered with a bit of creative sleuthing. URL: http://www.tylerfuquacreations.com/1000&1 Contact: [email protected]
1000 & 1 by: Tyler Fuqua Creations from: Eagle Creek, OR year: 2023 Mechan 1 & Mechan 1000 – Two robots frozen in time. One is made of metal and appears fresh off the factory line and one seems to be an ancient prototype for it is made of wood. Both robots have a hand outstretched towards the other with a finger pointing right at the opposing robot. The metal one holds an axe. The wooden one holds a wrench. Are they here to fight? Did they some how create each other? And where did they come from? Who built them? So many questions that can be answered with a bit of creative sleuthing. URL: http://www.tylerfuquacreations.com/1000&1 Contact: [email protected]
1000 & 1 by: Tyler Fuqua Creations from: Eagle Creek, OR year: 2023 Mechan 1 & Mechan 1000 – Two robots frozen in time. One is made of metal and appears fresh off the factory line and one seems to be an ancient prototype for it is made of wood. Both robots have a hand outstretched towards the other with a finger pointing right at the opposing robot. The metal one holds an axe. The wooden one holds a wrench. Are they here to fight? Did they some how create each other? And where did they come from? Who built them? So many questions that can be answered with a bit of creative sleuthing. URL: http://www.tylerfuquacreations.com/1000&1 Contact: [email protected]
Camp Threat – I have no idea what happened here.
Monaco Mutant Vehicle at Night
The Man and RIdgeline
The Man Aglow
The Man Aglow
Elder Mother by Charles A. Gadeken from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Elder Mother is inspired by a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, the Elder-Tree-Mother. The boy in the story meets the Elder-Tree-Mother, who sits atop an Elder-Tree that grew out of the teapot next to his bed (in his dream). She speaks with him, and they go on many adventures and explorations over time. She gathers memories and shared experiences. She illuminates and night and provides shade during the day. Come and listen to her story. URL: https://www.charlesgadeken.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Elder Mother by Charles A. Gadeken from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Elder Mother is inspired by a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, the Elder-Tree-Mother. The boy in the story meets the Elder-Tree-Mother, who sits atop an Elder-Tree that grew out of the teapot next to his bed (in his dream). She speaks with him, and they go on many adventures and explorations over time. She gathers memories and shared experiences. She illuminates and night and provides shade during the day. Come and listen to her story. URL: https://www.charlesgadeken.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
1000 Hands by Nicholas DeBruyne & Maria Gotay with Wevolve Labs & Art Island from: Austin, TX year: 2023 This 50′ tall collective tapestry illustrating a world on fire stands as one of the largest & most vivid works at Burning Man, transforming shape by desert winds and participant interaction. By day, the work depicts a fiery landscape, sparking reflection of our climate reality. At night, a serene scene illuminates in light, inspiring waking dreams of a hope-filled future. Participants are able to swing from the base of the tapestry and experience the sensation of “the world on their shoulders,” witnessing the ripple effect of their actions displayed on a monumental scale. As the name “1000 Hands” suggests, over 500 participants co-created this artwork, forming a community for whom the process was equally as important as the final product. URL: https://1000handsart.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Mutant Vehicle Chillin – These guys just cruising and chilling.
Black Rock Station by Black Rock Transportation Company from: Felton, CA year: 2023 Black Rock Station is a classic rural train station built in the mid-1930s to serve Black Rock City and the communities scattered throughout the vast Black Rock Desert. The station has come unstuck in time, unstable and oscillating through various moments over the last 150 years and beyond, with ghost trains heard but not seen, an ever-shifting interior life, and a subtle narrative that cuts against conventional historical themes. URL: https://blackrocktrainstation.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Black Rock Station by Black Rock Transportation Company from: Felton, CA year: 2023 Black Rock Station is a classic rural train station built in the mid-1930s to serve Black Rock City and the communities scattered throughout the vast Black Rock Desert. The station has come unstuck in time, unstable and oscillating through various moments over the last 150 years and beyond, with ghost trains heard but not seen, an ever-shifting interior life, and a subtle narrative that cuts against conventional historical themes. URL: https://blackrocktrainstation.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Black Rock Station by Black Rock Transportation Company from: Felton, CA year: 2023 Black Rock Station is a classic rural train station built in the mid-1930s to serve Black Rock City and the communities scattered throughout the vast Black Rock Desert. The station has come unstuck in time, unstable and oscillating through various moments over the last 150 years and beyond, with ghost trains heard but not seen, an ever-shifting interior life, and a subtle narrative that cuts against conventional historical themes. URL: https://blackrocktrainstation.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Black Rock Station by Black Rock Transportation Company from: Felton, CA year: 2023 Black Rock Station is a classic rural train station built in the mid-1930s to serve Black Rock City and the communities scattered throughout the vast Black Rock Desert. The station has come unstuck in time, unstable and oscillating through various moments over the last 150 years and beyond, with ghost trains heard but not seen, an ever-shifting interior life, and a subtle narrative that cuts against conventional historical themes. URL: https://blackrocktrainstation.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Perception III by Dave Clay from: Seattle, WA year: 2023 Perception is an interactive light sculpture made up of transparent windows spread out in a spiral-circular space. The windows shift colors, inviting people to look through windows at each other. As they engage, the colors respond, interacting with the windows around in light reverberations. As more people interact with windows, these reverberations overlap to produce new colors and patterns that can reach out to the entire space. This piece reminds us to acknowledge perception of reality is based. on interactions with the environment and with each other. It encourages us to play with how we see each other, how things look different based on who we are and where we are at in our lives. URL: https://www.daveclay.com/burning-man-2023 Contact: [email protected]
BitCube by Colin O’Donnell from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 BitCube is an interactive installation that transforms 224 standard IBC water totes into single pixels in a massive low-resolution cube display towering 30 feet over the desert. The installation creates a minimalist, abstract visual narrative that defies the ubiquity of hi-res displays. BitCube embraces the limitations of a low-res medium and encourages viewers to find beauty in simplicity. The installation’s audio-reactive capabilities reflect the collective heartbeat of the Burning Man community. Light patterns range from abstract shapes to minimalist representations of life and energy, resonating with Burning Man’s spirit of creativity, self-expression, and community in a stripped-down interplay of light, space, and perception. Contact: [email protected]
BitCube by Colin O’Donnell from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 BitCube is an interactive installation that transforms 224 standard IBC water totes into single pixels in a massive low-resolution cube display towering 30 feet over the desert. The installation creates a minimalist, abstract visual narrative that defies the ubiquity of hi-res displays. BitCube embraces the limitations of a low-res medium and encourages viewers to find beauty in simplicity. The installation’s audio-reactive capabilities reflect the collective heartbeat of the Burning Man community. Light patterns range from abstract shapes to minimalist representations of life and energy, resonating with Burning Man’s spirit of creativity, self-expression, and community in a stripped-down interplay of light, space, and perception. Contact: [email protected]
BitCube by Colin O’Donnell from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 BitCube is an interactive installation that transforms 224 standard IBC water totes into single pixels in a massive low-resolution cube display towering 30 feet over the desert. The installation creates a minimalist, abstract visual narrative that defies the ubiquity of hi-res displays. BitCube embraces the limitations of a low-res medium and encourages viewers to find beauty in simplicity. The installation’s audio-reactive capabilities reflect the collective heartbeat of the Burning Man community. Light patterns range from abstract shapes to minimalist representations of life and energy, resonating with Burning Man’s spirit of creativity, self-expression, and community in a stripped-down interplay of light, space, and perception. Contact: [email protected]
Chapel of Babel by Michael Garlington from: Petaluma, CA year: 2023 From the irresistible imagination of Micahel Garlington comes yet another magical creation – The Chapel of Babel. The Chapel is a re-occurring dream, years in the mind, reaching its manifestation. A hexagonal wooden structure will be clad with Garlington’s signature black-and-white photographs of various sizes creating stunning visuals throughout the structure. The human element in the portraiture, animals, flowers, insects, and leaves, will convey that we all belong here and will hold room for everyone in all versions and reiterations of their expression. URL: https://www.michaelgarlington.com Contact: [email protected]
Chalice to Eleusis by Hunter Leggitt Jonathan Berry & House of Fābl (Build Week) from: Denver, CO year: 2023 The ways of Eleusis were lost to history; now in this moment, the past is being revealed. Encased underground and locked away in hidden libraries for nearly two thousand years, the mysteries of our cultural roots are now finally being exposed. The tides are turning and with them, the unlocking of the universal balance that exists between chaos and the cosmos. The Kykeon spills out its truth to the playa. URL: https://www.houseoffabl.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Vanishing Points by Poetic Kinetics
Name Unknown
Vanishing Points by Poetic Kinetics and The Temple
Elder Mother by Charles A. Gadeken (Build Week) from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Elder Mother is inspired by a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, the Elder-Tree-Mother. The boy in the story meets the Elder-Tree-Mother, who sits atop an Elder-Tree that grew out of the teapot next to his bed (in his dream). She speaks with him, and they go on many adventures and explorations over time. She gathers memories and shared experiences. She illuminates and night and provides shade during the day. Come and listen to her story. URL: https://www.charlesgadeken.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Elder Mother by Charles A. Gadeken (Build Week) from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Elder Mother is inspired by a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, the Elder-Tree-Mother. The boy in the story meets the Elder-Tree-Mother, who sits atop an Elder-Tree that grew out of the teapot next to his bed (in his dream). She speaks with him, and they go on many adventures and explorations over time. She gathers memories and shared experiences. She illuminates and night and provides shade during the day. Come and listen to her story. URL: https://www.charlesgadeken.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Children at Play
Tear Drop by Lukas Mark and Jettinae VonJaeger from: Wuerzburg, Germany year: 2023 The Tear Drop is an interactive kinetic art sculpture. The one Teardrop in the middle, drops and crates waves, in the form of glistening metal rings. One single tear in a vast ocean of choices, potential, and repercussions. People can turn the crank in both directions, to discover how their motions will impact the wave going in and out of eternity. Regardless of the direction and path they choose, they will always create cause and effect. By night the LED lights will reflect on the rings, illuminating the surroundings and illuminating the impactfull waves of their decisions. URL: https://www.markdesign.info/ Contact: [email protected]
Lovely Burners – You did very well climbing on those structures!
Burners at Play
Burners at Play
Burners at Play
Burners at Play
Howzit My Bru – On Safari
Magic Jelly by Jin Ma X RedShadow from: Shanghai, China year: 2023 This art piece looks like a huge Jelly fish, in the night it glows like magic in deep ocean. By playing with Magic Jelly, we want to protect ocean animals. In Oriental philosophy, the structure contains four sides: 东（east)， 南（south)，西（West)，北（North), which are where the stairs and slides sit. Adding four swings in southeast, southwest, northeast, northwest are total eight directions. In Chinese “four sides eight directions”(四面八方）means “all over the world”. The project wishes acceptance and integration all over the world.
Alight by: Trey Watkins, Mara Greenberg, Alan Becker & the Frogma Art Collective from: Los Angeles, CA year: 2023 Alight is a flock of birds, a bridge. Birds of all shapes, cultures, and histories. A bridge that is traversable, reactive, and punctuated by fluttering in flames. The structure will respond to participants crossing. The form invites flight. Its transience will culminate with its immolation at the end of the week. URL: http://onemandown.com/
The Giving Tree Art Car
POLYHEDRA Sky Portal Series by: Gregg Fleishman (Build Week) from: Los Angeles, CA year: 2023 Scattered POLYHEDRA form Sky Portals embodying the shapes of sacred geometry. Focusing on the cubic varieties, networks of these POLYHEDRA fill space. Transforming the surfaces and edges into panels and parts gives us a structural assembly which fills space. Assembled from varieties of identical parts the multi-portal pieces are representative of a Caterpillar and a Bear. URL: http://www.greggfleishman.com Contact: [email protected]
#Vagr by: Misha Libertee from: Yerevan, Armenia year: 2023 The massive inflatable pink tiger stands tall amidst the dusty playa of Burning Man. Its size and bright hue make it impossible to miss, drawing people in for a closer look. The tiger’s majestic form is both impressive and whimsical, evoking a sense of childlike wonder. Bright pink color of the installation serves as a reminder of the struggles that these animals face due to habitat loss, poaching, and climate change. #Vagr functions as an eco-educational tool, offering burners a chance to learn more about the problems facing tigers and what they can do to help. By doing so, they become more aware of the importance of conservation efforts and the role that each individual can play in protecting these magnificent animals. Vagr – Tiger (Armenian) URL: https://libertee.art/vagr Contact: [email protected]
Mutant Vehicle and Rocket
Red Hot Beverly and Air Pusher Collective
Burden of The Beast by Walker Babington from: New Orleans, LA year: 2023 “Burden of The Beast,” is a fantastical folk art sculpture depicting a bison with a house at its torso. It symbolizes the task of relocating one’s intrinsic understanding of ‘home.’ Both the bison & the house are made with materials from New Orleans structures which have been destroyed by climate disasters, as though the pieces of a fallen home had the sentience and will to collect what could be salvaged, stand up, and head toward higher ground. URL: https://www.instagram.com/sabatomstudios/ Contact: [email protected]
Breaking Open by Butterfly Heart Tribe from: Topanga, CA year: 2023 A broken heart stands as a chrysalis to new life within, a symbol of the potential for healing and transformation. The heart is ignited and as it burns away, it reveals the butterfly, now free to fly. URL: https://www.breakingopen.org/ Contact: [email protected]
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Mutaant Vehile Name Unknown
Burners Cruising – Cool mutant vehicle and neat sand tires.
Over Ruled (NO DANCIN) by Cody Smith & Looking Up Arts from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 A large red sign commands “NO DANCING” in big, bright letters, visible from afar. The provocation dares participants to defy with a boogie, shuffle, or strut, and perhaps even gather together into a sweaty, rhythmic rebellion. Ground mounted spotlights cast enlarged silhouettes of dancers up onto the letters, broadcasting the disobedience across the playa. Crowds thus magnify their energy, sending out ripples of mischievous joy, and luring in reinforcements. Approaching reveals smaller text on each letter, a true story of someone’s collision with a rule and the consequences: banishment, termination, expulsion, or incarceration. If the tincture of joy and grief give way to a desire for restorative justice, then Over Ruled’s goal is fulfilled. URL: https://lookingup.art/over-ruled Contact: [email protected]
Name Unknown
Fuck Yeah Sign
Art at Bubbles & Bass (I think) Artist Name Unknown
The Creation of Adamia
Camp Suburbia
Build Week
Teamwork on Pam’s Parlor – A group of burners work on Parm’s Parlor mutant vehicle.
Build Week
Old School Truck
Expanse by: Laurence Renzo Verbeck from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Expanse takes Vitruvian Man as a starting point, and subverts it. The figure is female, no longer bound by geometry; the arms, morphing to wings, extend beyond. She is forward of, and greater than the circle, growing out of the ring into something other. New and limitless experience. Geometry is the basis of art and language, it is the starting point of who we are as a species. But it is not the end of who we are. Expanse is a reminder that our solace and burgeoning reside in both the honoring and challenging of geometry. That we live best when we become the ground where rigidity and expansion meet and resolve. Contact: [email protected]
Expanse by: Laurence Renzo Verbeck from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Expanse takes Vitruvian Man as a starting point, and subverts it. The figure is female, no longer bound by geometry; the arms, morphing to wings, extend beyond. She is forward of, and greater than the circle, growing out of the ring into something other. New and limitless experience. Geometry is the basis of art and language, it is the starting point of who we are as a species. But it is not the end of who we are. Expanse is a reminder that our solace and burgeoning reside in both the honoring and challenging of geometry. That we live best when we become the ground where rigidity and expansion meet and resolve. Contact: [email protected]
Name Unknown
Monkey Huts as Shade For Tents
No Shoes In Pool (Build Week)
YOUniversal Persian Teahouse (Build Week)
Rentals
Creation Nation BRC made this large display of my friend Jamen’s incredible Gigapixel image from the 2022 burn. The 2022 image was displayed at the 2023 burn. To view Jamen’s Gigapixel of the 2022 burn go here: http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/230654 To view Jamen’s Gigapixel of the 2023 burn go here: https://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233427
The Salvaged Spoon by: Jason Kuster, Taylor Simpson, Nate Herrmann & The Sunrise Art Collective from: Seattle, WA year: 2023 Burners can gather in this chandelier-lit gazebo around a dining table to rest, chat, eat, and play games. The space may elicit memories of stopping at a late night diner after a night out with friends, visiting a grandparent’s home as a child, or perusing a thrift store. Surrounded by a menagerie of secondhand and salvaged materials and objects, it feels somewhere other, perhaps even a different time period. Senses are heightened—on a visual hunt, full of curiosity and gratitude, savoring each bite, feeling each laugh so deeply, time seems to follow no logic. Contact: [email protected]
The Salvaged Spoon by: Jason Kuster, Taylor Simpson, Nate Herrmann & The Sunrise Art Collective from: Seattle, WA year: 2023 Burners can gather in this chandelier-lit gazebo around a dining table to rest, chat, eat, and play games. The space may elicit memories of stopping at a late night diner after a night out with friends, visiting a grandparent’s home as a child, or perusing a thrift store. Surrounded by a menagerie of secondhand and salvaged materials and objects, it feels somewhere other, perhaps even a different time period. Senses are heightened—on a visual hunt, full of curiosity and gratitude, savoring each bite, feeling each laugh so deeply, time seems to follow no logic. Contact: [email protected]
The Salvaged Spoon by: Jason Kuster, Taylor Simpson, Nate Herrmann & The Sunrise Art Collective from: Seattle, WA year: 2023 Burners can gather in this chandelier-lit gazebo around a dining table to rest, chat, eat, and play games. The space may elicit memories of stopping at a late night diner after a night out with friends, visiting a grandparent’s home as a child, or perusing a thrift store. Surrounded by a menagerie of secondhand and salvaged materials and objects, it feels somewhere other, perhaps even a different time period. Senses are heightened—on a visual hunt, full of curiosity and gratitude, savoring each bite, feeling each laugh so deeply, time seems to follow no logic. Contact: [email protected]
The Salvaged Spoon by: Jason Kuster, Taylor Simpson, Nate Herrmann & The Sunrise Art Collective from: Seattle, WA year: 2023 Burners can gather in this chandelier-lit gazebo around a dining table to rest, chat, eat, and play games. The space may elicit memories of stopping at a late night diner after a night out with friends, visiting a grandparent’s home as a child, or perusing a thrift store. Surrounded by a menagerie of secondhand and salvaged materials and objects, it feels somewhere other, perhaps even a different time period. Senses are heightened—on a visual hunt, full of curiosity and gratitude, savoring each bite, feeling each laugh so deeply, time seems to follow no logic. Contact: [email protected]
BitCube by: Colin O’Donnell from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 BitCube is an interactive installation that transforms 224 standard IBC water totes into single pixels in a massive low-resolution cube display towering 30 feet over the desert. The installation creates a minimalist, abstract visual narrative that defies the ubiquity of hi-res displays. BitCube embraces the limitations of a low-res medium and encourages viewers to find beauty in simplicity. The installation’s audio-reactive capabilities reflect the collective heartbeat of the Burning Man community. Light patterns range from abstract shapes to minimalist representations of life and energy, resonating with Burning Man’s spirit of creativity, self-expression, and community in a stripped-down interplay of light, space, and perception. Contact: [email protected]
BitCube by Colin O’Donnell from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 BitCube is an interactive installation that transforms 224 standard IBC water totes into single pixels in a massive low-resolution cube display towering 30 feet over the desert. The installation creates a minimalist, abstract visual narrative that defies the ubiquity of hi-res displays. BitCube embraces the limitations of a low-res medium and encourages viewers to find beauty in simplicity. The installation’s audio-reactive capabilities reflect the collective heartbeat of the Burning Man community. Light patterns range from abstract shapes to minimalist representations of life and energy, resonating with Burning Man’s spirit of creativity, self-expression, and community in a stripped-down interplay of light, space, and perception. Contact: [email protected]
BitCube by: Colin O’Donnell from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 BitCube is an interactive installation that transforms 224 standard IBC water totes into single pixels in a massive low-resolution cube display towering 30 feet over the desert. The installation creates a minimalist, abstract visual narrative that defies the ubiquity of hi-res displays. BitCube embraces the limitations of a low-res medium and encourages viewers to find beauty in simplicity. The installation’s audio-reactive capabilities reflect the collective heartbeat of the Burning Man community. Light patterns range from abstract shapes to minimalist representations of life and energy, resonating with Burning Man’s spirit of creativity, self-expression, and community in a stripped-down interplay of light, space, and perception. Contact: [email protected]
This is my friend Danee. He is a badass photographr from Tahiti. Check out his great photographs over here: https://www.daneehazama.com
Friends for Dinner by: Jim Cortez from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 The dinner table is set for no one and everyone, lit by a chandelier with a mind of its own. Contact: [email protected]
Friends for Dinner by: Jim Cortez from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 The dinner table is set for no one and everyone, lit by a chandelier with a mind of its own. Contact: [email protected]
Deep Playa Sunrise
1000 Hands by: Nicholas DeBruyne & Maria Gotay with Wevolve Labs & Art Island from: Austin, TX year: 2023 This 50′ tall collective tapestry illustrating a world on fire stands as one of the largest & most vivid works at Burning Man, transforming shape by desert winds and participant interaction. By day, the work depicts a fiery landscape, sparking reflection of our climate reality. At night, a serene scene illuminates in light, inspiring waking dreams of a hope-filled future. Participants are able to swing from the base of the tapestry and experience the sensation of “the world on their shoulders,” witnessing the ripple effect of their actions displayed on a monumental scale. As the name “1000 Hands” suggests, over 500 participants co-created this artwork, forming a community for whom the process was equally as important as the final product. URL: https://1000handsart.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Deep Playa Sunrise
Masterpiece #999 by Benjamin Rowe from: Oakland, CA year: 2023 Masterpiece #999 is the latest in a LONG line of project exploring the potential for simple materials to communicate geometrically artistic messages. This spire stands about 2x as tall as a person and can be seen pointing triumphantly away from gravity. A spectre in the dust. Contact: [email protected]
Big Spinning Wheels by PDA from: Roxbury, NY year: 2023 Simple, Yet complex! Big Spinning Wheels are not for the faint, but rather the open of heart. From close or a far, they evoke a secret and sacred tantalizing beauty. Placed at the bounds of BRC, and the edge of reality….patience is a virtue…. URL: https://pdabk.com/ Contact: [email protected]
The Journey Aquatic by: Mark Dill from: Fleming Island, FL year: 2023 The Journey Aquatic is a 5 times life size loggerhead turtle. It is meant to express the joy and wonder of seeing turtles in the ocean. As well as the fragility of the turtles’ lives and the dangers to their existence. URL: https://www.instagram.com/thejourneyaquatic/ Contact: [email protected]
1000 & 1 by: Tyler Fuqua Creations from: Eagle Creek, OR year: 2023 Mechan 1 & Mechan 1000 – Two robots frozen in time. One is made of metal and appears fresh off the factory line and one seems to be an ancient prototype for it is made of wood. Both robots have a hand outstretched towards the other with a finger pointing right at the opposing robot. The metal one holds an axe. The wooden one holds a wrench. Are they here to fight? Did they some how create each other? And where did they come from? Who built them? So many questions that can be answered with a bit of creative sleuthing. URL: http://www.tylerfuquacreations.com/1000&1 Contact: [email protected]
Vanishing Points by Poetic Kinetics
The Bug Mutant Vehicle
Mona by Miao He from: Shehong, China year: 2023 “Mona” is an 8-meter tall metal rabbit sculpture, resembling a plush toy with a pink exterior, standing gracefully in the desert landscape. Representing the theme of ANIMALIA, the installation serves as a symbol of love, warmth, and childhood memories. As participants gather around “Mona,” they engage to have deep connection between each other. At night, illuminated by lights, the pink rabbit becomes a recognizable landmark. The artwork aims to transport Burners into a whimsical world, reminiscent of Alice in Wonderland, where the rabbit guides them on a journey filled with hope, inclusiveness, and freedom. URL: http://infinite.land
Mutant Vehicles in Line
Vanishing Points by Poetic Kinetics I was unable to find much information about this project but it was certainly an obsession of mine during the burn. From what I understand these are 90 foot carbon fiber tubes. Incredible piece! https://www.poetickinetics.com
Vanishing Points by Poetic Kinetics I was unable to find much information about this project but it was certainly an obsession of mine during the burn. From what I understand these are 90 foot carbon fiber tubes. Incredible piece! https://www.poetickinetics.com
Vanishing Points by Poetic Kinetics I was unable to find much information about this project but it was certainly an obsession of mine during the burn. From what I understand these are 90 foot carbon fiber tubes. Incredible piece! https://www.poetickinetics.com
Vanishing Points by Poetic Kinetics I was unable to find much information about this project but it was certainly an obsession of mine during the burn. From what I understand these are 90 foot carbon fiber tubes. Incredible piece! https://www.poetickinetics.com
Vanishing Points by Poetic Kinetics I was unable to find much information about this project but it was certainly an obsession of mine during the burn. From what I understand these are 90 foot carbon fiber tubes. Incredible piece! https://www.poetickinetics.com
Jíbaro Soy… by: Mark Rivera aka Kidnetick from: Bayamón, Puerto Rico year: 2023 A large scale sculpture of a shameless Jíbaro reveling where and what its made of, inspired by a song of protest written by composer Raphy Leavitt expresses anti-colonialism and freedom to be respected for whom he is and where his from. URL: https://www.instagram.com/kidnetick/ Contact: [email protected]
Chapel of Babel by Michael Garlington from: Petaluma, CA year: 2023 From the irresistible imagination of Micahel Garlington comes yet another magical creation – The Chapel of Babel. The Chapel is a re-occurring dream, years in the mind, reaching its manifestation. A hexagonal wooden structure will be clad with Garlington’s signature black-and-white photographs of various sizes creating stunning visuals throughout the structure. The human element in the portraiture, animals, flowers, insects, and leaves, will convey that we all belong here and will hold room for everyone in all versions and reiterations of their expression. URL: https://www.michaelgarlington.com Contact: [email protected]
Red Hot Beverly Mutant Vehicle
The Bug and Red Hot Beverly Mutant Vehicles
The Bug Mutant Vehicle
The Bug Mutant Vehicle
The Bug Mutant Vehicle
Maxa Dust
Of a Temporary Nature 2.0 by: P. Michael Quinn from: Gossburg, TN year: 2023 Fairy shrimp are strange, almost alien looking crustaceans. Although they only inhabit temporary aquatic habitats, they have been here for millions of years floating on their backs and undulating through life. “Of a Temporary Nature” presents an arial flotilla of large fairy shrimp wind sock sculptures that hopefully entice participants to wonder and draw nearer to their intriguing yet simple forms. Temporary water gives rise to the fairy shrimp and Black Rock City gives rise to the Burner. We are all of a temporary nature. We should do more to live like fairy shrimp – eat, mate, dance, and accept and enjoy each other’s company as much as possible while our habitats remain as we may not realize the temporary nature of our very own existence. URL: https://ofatemporarynature.blogspot.com/
Of a Temporary Nature 2.0 by: P. Michael Quinn from: Gossburg, TN year: 2023 Fairy shrimp are strange, almost alien looking crustaceans. Although they only inhabit temporary aquatic habitats, they have been here for millions of years floating on their backs and undulating through life. “Of a Temporary Nature” presents an arial flotilla of large fairy shrimp wind sock sculptures that hopefully entice participants to wonder and draw nearer to their intriguing yet simple forms. Temporary water gives rise to the fairy shrimp and Black Rock City gives rise to the Burner. We are all of a temporary nature. We should do more to live like fairy shrimp – eat, mate, dance, and accept and enjoy each other’s company as much as possible while our habitats remain as we may not realize the temporary nature of our very own existence. URL: https://ofatemporarynature.blogspot.com/
Small Mutant Vehicles Are Great
Camouflage by Anna Silivonchik from: Minsk, Belarus year: 2023 The installation is called “Camouflage” and consists of oils in which natural and anthropomorphic features are intertwined. This work visualizes a longing for an ideal world, where man does not try to oppose nature, but feels its heartbeat and breathes in unison. Turning empathy to a maximum, one hears the subtle vibrations of the earth, reads the emotions of trees and grasses, understands the language of animals and birds, knows what fish are silent about. Disguise, mimicry, and camouflage here are not just a way of hiding, of blending into the landscape, but a way of trying on the image of the other. An opportunity to become different, to think more broadly and to feel more deeply. Contact: [email protected]
Vanishing Points by Poetic Kinetics I was unable to find much information about this project but it was certainly an obsession of mine during the burn. From what I understand these are 90 foot carbon fiber tubes. Incredible piece! https://www.poetickinetics.com
Vanishing Points by Poetic Kinetics I was unable to find much information about this project but it was certainly an obsession of mine during the burn. From what I understand these are 90 foot carbon fiber tubes. Incredible piece! https://www.poetickinetics.com
Vanishing Points by Poetic Kinetics I was unable to find much information about this project but it was certainly an obsession of mine during the burn. From what I understand these are 90 foot carbon fiber tubes. Incredible piece! https://www.poetickinetics.com
Barrel Oh’ Monkeys “The Great Escape” by: Iron Monkeys (Build Week) from: Seattle, WA year: 2023 Barrel Oh Monkeys ‘The Great Escape’ is a 15′ tall climbable steel & leather barrel with shade, lighting, & tiered seating. Windows provide a portal to enjoy the world outside. It has benches inside and outside, and occasionally a wood burning fire pit may appear. URL: https://www.ironmonkeyarts.org/bom.html Contact: [email protected]
Elder Mother by Charles A. Gadeken (Build Week) from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Elder Mother is inspired by a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, the Elder-Tree-Mother. The boy in the story meets the Elder-Tree-Mother, who sits atop an Elder-Tree that grew out of the teapot next to his bed (in his dream). She speaks with him, and they go on many adventures and explorations over time. She gathers memories and shared experiences. She illuminates and night and provides shade during the day. Come and listen to her story. URL: https://www.charlesgadeken.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Elder Mother by Charles A. Gadeken (Build Week) from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Elder Mother is inspired by a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, the Elder-Tree-Mother. The boy in the story meets the Elder-Tree-Mother, who sits atop an Elder-Tree that grew out of the teapot next to his bed (in his dream). She speaks with him, and they go on many adventures and explorations over time. She gathers memories and shared experiences. She illuminates and night and provides shade during the day. Come and listen to her story. URL: https://www.charlesgadeken.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Elder Mother by Charles A. Gadeken (Build Week) from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Elder Mother is inspired by a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, the Elder-Tree-Mother. The boy in the story meets the Elder-Tree-Mother, who sits atop an Elder-Tree that grew out of the teapot next to his bed (in his dream). She speaks with him, and they go on many adventures and explorations over time. She gathers memories and shared experiences. She illuminates and night and provides shade during the day. Come and listen to her story. URL: https://www.charlesgadeken.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Elder Mother by Charles A. Gadeken (Build Week) from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Elder Mother is inspired by a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, the Elder-Tree-Mother. The boy in the story meets the Elder-Tree-Mother, who sits atop an Elder-Tree that grew out of the teapot next to his bed (in his dream). She speaks with him, and they go on many adventures and explorations over time. She gathers memories and shared experiences. She illuminates and night and provides shade during the day. Come and listen to her story. URL: https://www.charlesgadeken.com/ Contact: [email protected]
The Solar Library Phase 2 by: Jared Ficklin & The Other Singularity from: Austin, TX year: 2023 The Solar Library is a rhythmic repetition of triangular yellow huts with bright sun orange doors. The steel framed huts present solar panels at an ideal angle to the sun. At night they bathe in soft yellow light reminiscent of the sunlight collected all day. . Each is a self-contained 1600 Watt solar charging supporting other art projects. Instead of generators artists buy batteries & charge them each day at The Solar Library. This allows artists to convert to solar power without the cost, fumes & engineering of placing panels next to their art. . A whisperia flower out front tells the story of the art projects in each unit when a handle is cranked like a music box for spoken word. URL: http://www.solarlibrary.info Contact: [email protected]
Sangye Menla Medicine Buddha by Virginia and Guy Connor from: Las Vegas, NM year: 2023 Sangye Menla is an interactive 10 Feet Medicine Buddha statue. His royal deep blue, unusual color will stand on the Golden Playa. At night, the statue will also be lighted. Traditionally the Medicine Buddha is a powerful representation of an Healing Buddha. Its aim and mantra is to relieve pain, illness, disease and emotional suffering for all sentient being.
Lincoln Bear by Mr & Mrs Ferguson from: Alameda, CA year: 2023 A tribute to the Lincoln Memorial and the coin with the image of Lincoln and memorial stamped on it. The Lincoln in this chair is a 10 foot tall grizzly bear that has fur made with tens of thousands of pennies. The original sculpture depicts President Lincoln’s gaze as he contemplates decisions that will save a nation with a gaze that charges one to uphold those decisions. Lincoln Bear’s gaze also contemplates, but his decisions and those are ones that may save the natural world. URL: https://www.mr-and-mrs-ferguson.com/lincoln-bear Contact: [email protected]
Nothing For Sale by fnnch from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 “Nothing For Sale” is about Decommodification. The tube dancer is the ultimate symbol of commodification — it exists solely to advertise and promote. But it is also a joyous object, full of color and motion. “Nothing For Sale” liberates this symbol and its beauty. It subverts the original meaning of the object and highlights Decommodification by juxtaposing a commercial symbol with non-commercial language.
On point by Seth Johnson from: Carson City, NV year: 2023 The sculpture is the interpretation of the abstracted energy in the power and commitment of the sentinel Canis.
Tiny Trailer. So cute.
Burners take a break from build
BRC Weekly – Please come back!
Vanishing Points Build
Burning Man Is (Still) Stupid
30kW PV array mounted on containers to power the Man throughout Burn Week.
30kW PV array mounted on containers to power the Man throughout Burn Week.
30kW PV array mounted on containers to power the Man throughout Burn Week.
Solar Infrastructure
Temple (Build Week)
The Man (Build Week)
Build Week
Name Unknown
Chapel of Babel by Michael Garlington from: Petaluma, CA year: 2023 From the irresistible imagination of Micahel Garlington comes yet another magical creation – The Chapel of Babel. The Chapel is a re-occurring dream, years in the mind, reaching its manifestation. A hexagonal wooden structure will be clad with Garlington’s signature black-and-white photographs of various sizes creating stunning visuals throughout the structure. The human element in the portraiture, animals, flowers, insects, and leaves, will convey that we all belong here and will hold room for everyone in all versions and reiterations of their expression. URL: https://www.michaelgarlington.com Contact: [email protected]
Barrel Oh’ Monkeys “The Great Escape” by: Iron Monkeys from: Seattle, WA year: 2023 Barrel Oh Monkeys ‘The Great Escape’ is a 15′ tall climbable steel & leather barrel with shade, lighting, & tiered seating. Windows provide a portal to enjoy the world outside. It has benches inside and outside, and occasionally a wood burning fire pit may appear. URL: https://www.ironmonkeyarts.org/bom.html Contact: [email protected]
Mona by Miao He from: Shehong, China year: 2023 “Mona” is an 8-meter tall metal rabbit sculpture, resembling a plush toy with a pink exterior, standing gracefully in the desert landscape. Representing the theme of ANIMALIA, the installation serves as a symbol of love, warmth, and childhood memories. As participants gather around “Mona,” they engage to have deep connection between each other. At night, illuminated by lights, the pink rabbit becomes a recognizable landmark. The artwork aims to transport Burners into a whimsical world, reminiscent of Alice in Wonderland, where the rabbit guides them on a journey filled with hope, inclusiveness, and freedom. URL: http://infinite.land
Mona by Miao He from: Shehong, China year: 2023 “Mona” is an 8-meter tall metal rabbit sculpture, resembling a plush toy with a pink exterior, standing gracefully in the desert landscape. Representing the theme of ANIMALIA, the installation serves as a symbol of love, warmth, and childhood memories. As participants gather around “Mona,” they engage to have deep connection between each other. At night, illuminated by lights, the pink rabbit becomes a recognizable landmark. The artwork aims to transport Burners into a whimsical world, reminiscent of Alice in Wonderland, where the rabbit guides them on a journey filled with hope, inclusiveness, and freedom. URL: http://infinite.land
Vanishing Points by Poetic Kinetics I was unable to find much information about this project but it was certainly an obsession of mine during the burn. From what I understand these are 90 foot carbon fiber tubes. Incredible piece! https://www.poetickinetics.com
Early DMV Line
Early DMV Line
Line of Mutant Vehicles
Odyssey by: Clayton Blake Art from: Currumbin Queensland, Australia year: 2023 ODYSSEY – A 27ft stainless steel RETRO ROCKET. An inhabitable and interactive artwork complete with sound scape and CO2 cannons that mimic the steam explosion of a real spaceship launch. A celebration of our innate desire for EXPLORATION, DISCOVERY, TRAVEL & ADVENTURE. Contact: [email protected]
Road Conditions Before
the mud
Hello Friend Don’t Be Afraid We Are Watching You
Your Vehicle Has Some Stuff On It
Of a Temporary Nature 2.0 by: P. Michael Quinn from: Gossburg, TN year: 2023 Fairy shrimp are strange, almost alien looking crustaceans. Although they only inhabit temporary aquatic habitats, they have been here for millions of years floating on their backs and undulating through life. “Of a Temporary Nature” presents an arial flotilla of large fairy shrimp wind sock sculptures that hopefully entice participants to wonder and draw nearer to their intriguing yet simple forms. Temporary water gives rise to the fairy shrimp and Black Rock City gives rise to the Burner. We are all of a temporary nature. We should do more to live like fairy shrimp – eat, mate, dance, and accept and enjoy each other’s company as much as possible while our habitats remain as we may not realize the temporary nature of our very own existence. URL: https://ofatemporarynature.blogspot.com/
Wing Surfer
Alebrijes by Laura Salcido from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 The artist wants to create a space that entices engagement with curiosity and delight. Three Alebrijes will be resting in an open area of which its borders are soft white faerie lights. The Alebrijes are large and magical creatures with colorful markings and symbols throughout their bodies. While wildly different they are of the same other world. There are benches placed around for visitors to rest with the Alebrijes if they so choose. The artist meaning behind this is for us to ponder how beautiful things are when we slow down and ponder the unique pull in the diversity of colors. Contact: [email protected]
Alebrijes by Laura Salcido from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 The artist wants to create a space that entices engagement with curiosity and delight. Three Alebrijes will be resting in an open area of which its borders are soft white faerie lights. The Alebrijes are large and magical creatures with colorful markings and symbols throughout their bodies. While wildly different they are of the same other world. There are benches placed around for visitors to rest with the Alebrijes if they so choose. The artist meaning behind this is for us to ponder how beautiful things are when we slow down and ponder the unique pull in the diversity of colors. Contact: [email protected]
Farmer the Rigger by Zulu Heru & the Burger Boyz from: Los Angeles, CA year: 2023 Farmer the Rigger is a giant Afro-eccentric magical entity made of weathered steel, supported by his hands that he uses to traverse the playa when it is dusty enough to do so undetected. Farmer the Rigger is a monument to the working class, skilled laborers, and the culmination of hours spent mastering one’s craft. Farmer the Rigger is a guardian, watching over this safe space we collectively create for all beings especially people of color to express them selves freely and to be celebrated for doing so. URL: https://www.farmertherigger.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Farmer the Rigger by Zulu Heru & the Burger Boyz from: Los Angeles, CA year: 2023 Farmer the Rigger is a giant Afro-eccentric magical entity made of weathered steel, supported by his hands that he uses to traverse the playa when it is dusty enough to do so undetected. Farmer the Rigger is a monument to the working class, skilled laborers, and the culmination of hours spent mastering one’s craft. Farmer the Rigger is a guardian, watching over this safe space we collectively create for all beings especially people of color to express them selves freely and to be celebrated for doing so. URL: https://www.farmertherigger.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Conversation with a Squad by: Alexia DeFluff and Les Flans Cocos (Build Week) from: Les Roches l’Evêque, France year: 2023 Conversation with a squad consists of a small squad of squids eager to engage in conversation with humans, using light as their visual language. In front of them is a communication device; a human to squid translator. Thanks to this intriguing machine, it becomes possible to dialogue with the squids in bioluminescent signals. We will then witness a small shoal of humans who discuss through light signals to a shoal of squid. But do our little humans even realize that they themselves use light to communicate with their peers and try to attract breeding partners, with their costumes covered in LEDs and luminous accessories? Contact: [email protected]
1000 Hands by: Nicholas DeBruyne & Maria Gotay with Wevolve Labs & Art Island from: Austin, TX year: 2023 This 50′ tall collective tapestry illustrating a world on fire stands as one of the largest & most vivid works at Burning Man, transforming shape by desert winds and participant interaction. By day, the work depicts a fiery landscape, sparking reflection of our climate reality. At night, a serene scene illuminates in light, inspiring waking dreams of a hope-filled future. Participants are able to swing from the base of the tapestry and experience the sensation of “the world on their shoulders,” witnessing the ripple effect of their actions displayed on a monumental scale. As the name “1000 Hands” suggests, over 500 participants co-created this artwork, forming a community for whom the process was equally as important as the final product. URL: https://1000handsart.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Perennial Playground: Germination by Gloria Lamb and The GASS Co. from: Agua Dulce, CA year: 2023 Germination is the next chapter of Perennial Playground. Planted last year and fertilized with years of grief, anger, fire & plague, and a dusting of magical fairy shrimp, we’re excited to see what has started to sprout! Returning are raised garden beds filled with colorful fairy light “buds” that sway in the breeze & bloom shaped chairs around the perimeter. This flower garden play area will have GROWN to include a raised central padded fuzzy yellow ovary accessible via colorful petals of climbing net ladders. Reaching the top is an adventure, & gives explorers a chance to see things from a new perspective, having overcome an obstacle & being able to see the growth from last year. URL: https://www.perennialplayground.com Contact: [email protected]
Perennial Playground: Germination by Gloria Lamb and The GASS Co. from: Agua Dulce, CA year: 2023 Germination is the next chapter of Perennial Playground. Planted last year and fertilized with years of grief, anger, fire & plague, and a dusting of magical fairy shrimp, we’re excited to see what has started to sprout! Returning are raised garden beds filled with colorful fairy light “buds” that sway in the breeze & bloom shaped chairs around the perimeter. This flower garden play area will have GROWN to include a raised central padded fuzzy yellow ovary accessible via colorful petals of climbing net ladders. Reaching the top is an adventure, & gives explorers a chance to see things from a new perspective, having overcome an obstacle & being able to see the growth from last year. URL: https://www.perennialplayground.com Contact: [email protected]
Quiet Sunrise
Waiting to Party
Polymery by Taylor Dean Harrison from: Penngrove, CA year: 2023 Polymery is an installation of five sculptures that cast light and shadow far and wide creating a patterned field of constantly evolving color mixing on the ground. During the day, the flower-like pods invite the viewer to look upwards at their curving, mirrored surfaces to see warped reflections of the environment. At night, the flowers ‘bloom’ into a larger installation, each pod casting its petals onto the ground and inspiring exploration. URL: https://www.taylordeanharrison.com/portfolio-item/polymery/ Contact: [email protected]
1000 Hands by: Nicholas DeBruyne & Maria Gotay with Wevolve Labs & Art Island from: Austin, TX year: 2023 This 50′ tall collective tapestry illustrating a world on fire stands as one of the largest & most vivid works at Burning Man, transforming shape by desert winds and participant interaction. By day, the work depicts a fiery landscape, sparking reflection of our climate reality. At night, a serene scene illuminates in light, inspiring waking dreams of a hope-filled future. Participants are able to swing from the base of the tapestry and experience the sensation of “the world on their shoulders,” witnessing the ripple effect of their actions displayed on a monumental scale. As the name “1000 Hands” suggests, over 500 participants co-created this artwork, forming a community for whom the process was equally as important as the final product. URL: https://1000handsart.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Rays of Light before Sunrise at The Temple
The Ursas by Jen Lewin from: Brooklyn, NY year: 2023 Named after the constellations Ursa Minor and Ursa Major, The Ursas features two towering polar bears. In 2022, Ursa Minor, a 13-foot tall sculpture debuted on playa. Inspired by Polaris, the work’s glowing and multi-paneled infinity-mirrored body reminds us to “Look Up.” In 2023 Ursa Minor will return, but this time with her big sister. Standing over three stories tall, Ursa Major’s hollow body is filled with glowing infinity mirrors, each reflecting mosaic drawings of extinct animals from the past 12 months. The pair, Ursa Major and Ursa Minor, stand in solidarity. Ursa Minor in hope, looking up. Ursa Major, as a cathedral and tomb, to species lost. URL: https://www.jenlewinstudio.com/portfolio/ursa-minor/ Contact: [email protected]
The Ursas by Jen Lewin from: Brooklyn, NY year: 2023 Named after the constellations Ursa Minor and Ursa Major, The Ursas features two towering polar bears. In 2022, Ursa Minor, a 13-foot tall sculpture debuted on playa. Inspired by Polaris, the work’s glowing and multi-paneled infinity-mirrored body reminds us to “Look Up.” In 2023 Ursa Minor will return, but this time with her big sister. Standing over three stories tall, Ursa Major’s hollow body is filled with glowing infinity mirrors, each reflecting mosaic drawings of extinct animals from the past 12 months. The pair, Ursa Major and Ursa Minor, stand in solidarity. Ursa Minor in hope, looking up. Ursa Major, as a cathedral and tomb, to species lost. URL: https://www.jenlewinstudio.com/portfolio/ursa-minor/ Contact: [email protected]
The Ursas by Jen Lewin from: Brooklyn, NY year: 2023 Named after the constellations Ursa Minor and Ursa Major, The Ursas features two towering polar bears. In 2022, Ursa Minor, a 13-foot tall sculpture debuted on playa. Inspired by Polaris, the work’s glowing and multi-paneled infinity-mirrored body reminds us to “Look Up.” In 2023 Ursa Minor will return, but this time with her big sister. Standing over three stories tall, Ursa Major’s hollow body is filled with glowing infinity mirrors, each reflecting mosaic drawings of extinct animals from the past 12 months. The pair, Ursa Major and Ursa Minor, stand in solidarity. Ursa Minor in hope, looking up. Ursa Major, as a cathedral and tomb, to species lost. URL: https://www.jenlewinstudio.com/portfolio/ursa-minor/ Contact: [email protected]
The Ursas by Jen Lewin from: Brooklyn, NY year: 2023 Named after the constellations Ursa Minor and Ursa Major, The Ursas features two towering polar bears. In 2022, Ursa Minor, a 13-foot tall sculpture debuted on playa. Inspired by Polaris, the work’s glowing and multi-paneled infinity-mirrored body reminds us to “Look Up.” In 2023 Ursa Minor will return, but this time with her big sister. Standing over three stories tall, Ursa Major’s hollow body is filled with glowing infinity mirrors, each reflecting mosaic drawings of extinct animals from the past 12 months. The pair, Ursa Major and Ursa Minor, stand in solidarity. Ursa Minor in hope, looking up. Ursa Major, as a cathedral and tomb, to species lost. URL: https://www.jenlewinstudio.com/portfolio/ursa-minor/ Contact: [email protected]
The Ursas by Jen Lewin from: Brooklyn, NY year: 2023 Named after the constellations Ursa Minor and Ursa Major, The Ursas features two towering polar bears. In 2022, Ursa Minor, a 13-foot tall sculpture debuted on playa. Inspired by Polaris, the work’s glowing and multi-paneled infinity-mirrored body reminds us to “Look Up.” In 2023 Ursa Minor will return, but this time with her big sister. Standing over three stories tall, Ursa Major’s hollow body is filled with glowing infinity mirrors, each reflecting mosaic drawings of extinct animals from the past 12 months. The pair, Ursa Major and Ursa Minor, stand in solidarity. Ursa Minor in hope, looking up. Ursa Major, as a cathedral and tomb, to species lost. URL: https://www.jenlewinstudio.com/portfolio/ursa-minor/ Contact: [email protected]
The Ursas by Jen Lewin from: Brooklyn, NY year: 2023 Named after the constellations Ursa Minor and Ursa Major, The Ursas features two towering polar bears. In 2022, Ursa Minor, a 13-foot tall sculpture debuted on playa. Inspired by Polaris, the work’s glowing and multi-paneled infinity-mirrored body reminds us to “Look Up.” In 2023 Ursa Minor will return, but this time with her big sister. Standing over three stories tall, Ursa Major’s hollow body is filled with glowing infinity mirrors, each reflecting mosaic drawings of extinct animals from the past 12 months. The pair, Ursa Major and Ursa Minor, stand in solidarity. Ursa Minor in hope, looking up. Ursa Major, as a cathedral and tomb, to species lost. URL: https://www.jenlewinstudio.com/portfolio/ursa-minor/ Contact: [email protected]
Glowing Man in the Dust
BAJ (Butt Activated Jellyfish) by OctoEyes from: Seattle, WA year: 2023 BAJ, the Butt Activated Jellyfish, is ready for action! Sit, bounce and contemplate life in the deep sea while stimulating BAJ’s lights using one of your best assets. URL: https://octoey.es/baj/ Contact: [email protected]
Tea Cat
Unfolding Humanity by Diane Hoffoss and ArtBuilds from: San Diego, CA year: 2023 Unfolding Humanity is a 12′ tall dodecahedron whose exterior faces resemble computer screens emulating The Matrix animation. An open face leads inside, which is lined with 7′ mirrors. The sculpture highlights a famous unsolved question in astronomy, and illuminates the complex relationship between humanity and technology. Astronomers don’t know whether the universe is finite or infinite; the mirror-lined interior of the sculpture helps visitors understand life in a finite universe that nevertheless appears infinite. Technology is a conduit for human interaction, and also a way to wall oneself off from humanity; each face of the dodecahedron separates the tender human reflected in the mirrored inside from the rest of humanity outside. URL: https://artbuilds.org/unfolding-humanity-renaissance/
Camp Porta Party
Burning Man 2023 Placement Map
Almost TIme For Some Oontz Oontz Oontz
Elephants on Mural
On point by Seth Johnson from: Carson City, NV year: 2023 The sculpture is the interpretation of the abstracted energy in the power and commitment of the sentinel Canis.
LEOs
On point by Seth Johnson from: Carson City, NV year: 2023 The sculpture is the interpretation of the abstracted energy in the power and commitment of the sentinel Canis.
Nothing For Sale’s Angry Little Brother
Moment of Pause During Build
A Certain Elegance – Some camps bring this extra bit of elegance. A little extra something to spruce things up.
Painted Trailer with Fuzzy Door
Airstream and Other Stuff
Full Wrap Trailer – I have not tried to wrap my rig but maybe I should. Does this work well?
Helios
Trailer With Hammock and Fan
Mutant Vehicle Parts
Cool Tent Structure
Trash Fence Sunsets
Rhino Redemption
Flag Line
Rhino Redemption
Nice Rig
Distrikt Build
Distrikt Build
Mutation Repsonse Vehicle
Mutation Repsonse Vehicle
Everything is Partly Built
Practice Sustainable Jackassery
Solar Panels on Wheels
Firetruck Conversion
Nice Shade! So fresh, So Clean, if you will.
Sweet Ride
Dome with AC
Oh The Places We Will Go!
Havana Nights
Military Vehicle and Starlink
Wires
Build Pile
Tire Swings
Build Week Continues
Shade Structure Setup
Nice Array
Exquisite Animalus by KJ Boheme and Stefan Spins (Build Week) from: New York, NY year: 2023 What is animal? Exquisite Animalus moves beyond the physical and allows for fantastical reinterpretation and celebration of earth’s gorgeous biodiversity. Viewing the piece opens a discussion of human’s role within the animal kingdom. Interacting with the Exquisite Animalus affords the participant a God-like ability to design their own creature. Sharing the experience with other contributors allows for the unlocking of the word puzzle which reveals the collective’s secret message of the piece. All roles: viewer, interactor, participant or contributor will be provided an absurd opportunity to create and deepen one’s connection with the building blocks of our Animalus kingdom. Nature is wild and beautiful! URL: https://kjbowen.art Contact: [email protected]
Interesting Rig
Burden of The Beast by Walker Babington (Build Week) from: New Orleans, LA year: 2023 “Burden of The Beast,” is a fantastical folk art sculpture depicting a bison with a house at its torso. It symbolizes the task of relocating one’s intrinsic understanding of ‘home.’ Both the bison & the house are made with materials from New Orleans structures which have been destroyed by climate disasters, as though the pieces of a fallen home had the sentience and will to collect what could be salvaged, stand up, and head toward higher ground. URL: https://www.instagram.com/sabatomstudios/ Contact: [email protected]
Build Week Continues
Tip of the Iceberg by Melissa Syn Barron and Temple (Build Week)
Builders Taking a Break Atop Scaffolding
Sunset Aerial Build Week
Camp Setup
So Much Room For Activities (Build Week)
Camp Setup
Rhino Redemption
Big Spinning Wheels by PDA from: Roxbury, NY year: 2023 Simple, Yet complex! Big Spinning Wheels are not for the faint, but rather the open of heart. From close or a far, they evoke a secret and sacred tantalizing beauty. Placed at the bounds of BRC, and the edge of reality….patience is a virtue…. URL: https://pdabk.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Big Spinning Wheels by PDA from: Roxbury, NY year: 2023 Simple, Yet complex! Big Spinning Wheels are not for the faint, but rather the open of heart. From close or a far, they evoke a secret and sacred tantalizing beauty. Placed at the bounds of BRC, and the edge of reality….patience is a virtue…. URL: https://pdabk.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Big Spinning Wheels by PDA from: Roxbury, NY year: 2023 Simple, Yet complex! Big Spinning Wheels are not for the faint, but rather the open of heart. From close or a far, they evoke a secret and sacred tantalizing beauty. Placed at the bounds of BRC, and the edge of reality….patience is a virtue…. URL: https://pdabk.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Big Spinning Wheels by PDA from: Roxbury, NY year: 2023 Simple, Yet complex! Big Spinning Wheels are not for the faint, but rather the open of heart. From close or a far, they evoke a secret and sacred tantalizing beauty. Placed at the bounds of BRC, and the edge of reality….patience is a virtue…. URL: https://pdabk.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Big Spinning Wheels by PDA from: Roxbury, NY year: 2023 Simple, Yet complex! Big Spinning Wheels are not for the faint, but rather the open of heart. From close or a far, they evoke a secret and sacred tantalizing beauty. Placed at the bounds of BRC, and the edge of reality….patience is a virtue…. URL: https://pdabk.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Big Spinning Wheels by PDA from: Roxbury, NY year: 2023 Simple, Yet complex! Big Spinning Wheels are not for the faint, but rather the open of heart. From close or a far, they evoke a secret and sacred tantalizing beauty. Placed at the bounds of BRC, and the edge of reality….patience is a virtue…. URL: https://pdabk.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Big Spinning Wheels by PDA from: Roxbury, NY year: 2023 Simple, Yet complex! Big Spinning Wheels are not for the faint, but rather the open of heart. From close or a far, they evoke a secret and sacred tantalizing beauty. Placed at the bounds of BRC, and the edge of reality….patience is a virtue…. URL: https://pdabk.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Big Spinning Wheels by PDA from: Roxbury, NY year: 2023 Simple, Yet complex! Big Spinning Wheels are not for the faint, but rather the open of heart. From close or a far, they evoke a secret and sacred tantalizing beauty. Placed at the bounds of BRC, and the edge of reality….patience is a virtue…. URL: https://pdabk.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Playa Grasshopper
Razorback and Train Mirrage at the Trash Fence
The Windy Wobbler by Paul Outram (Build Week) from: Green Valley, CA year: 2023 A dozen cloth triangles go flipety flopety as they dance in the wind. Contact: [email protected]
The Windy Wobbler by Paul Outram (Build Week) from: Green Valley, CA year: 2023 A dozen cloth triangles go flipety flopety as they dance in the wind. Contact: [email protected]
1000 Hands by Nicholas DeBruyne & Maria Gotay with Wevolve Labs & Art Island (Build Week) from: Austin, TX year: 2023 This 50′ tall collective tapestry illustrating a world on fire stands as one of the largest & most vivid works at Burning Man, transforming shape by desert winds and participant interaction. By day, the work depicts a fiery landscape, sparking reflection of our climate reality. At night, a serene scene illuminates in light, inspiring waking dreams of a hope-filled future. Participants are able to swing from the base of the tapestry and experience the sensation of “the world on their shoulders,” witnessing the ripple effect of their actions displayed on a monumental scale. As the name “1000 Hands” suggests, over 500 participants co-created this artwork, forming a community for whom the process was equally as important as the final product. URL: https://1000handsart.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Doorway to Everything by Pedro Loughran and the Woodbutchers Collective (Build Week) from: Sebastopol, CA year: 2023 The piece is a door on a platform. It is a portal to pass through to everything. there will be ornate woodwork and design. The meaning is every door is an opportunity to something new.
Doorway to Everything by Pedro Loughran and the Woodbutchers Collective from: Sebastopol, CA year: 2023 The piece is a door on a platform. It is a portal to pass through to everything. there will be ornate woodwork and design. The meaning is every door is an opportunity to something new.
Temple of the Heart by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay (Build Week) from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 Temple of the Heart is a vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Holding space for anyone processing grief, She helps channel it up to the sky. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, She induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection. URL: https://www.temple2023.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Farmer the Rigger by Zulu Heru & the Burger Boyz (Build Week) from: Los Angeles, CA year: 2023 Farmer the Rigger is a giant Afro-eccentric magical entity made of weathered steel, supported by his hands that he uses to traverse the playa when it is dusty enough to do so undetected. Farmer the Rigger is a monument to the working class, skilled laborers, and the culmination of hours spent mastering one’s craft. Farmer the Rigger is a guardian, watching over this safe space we collectively create for all beings especially people of color to express them selves freely and to be celebrated for doing so. URL: https://www.farmertherigger.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Farmer the Rigger by Zulu Heru & the Burger Boyz (Build Week) from: Los Angeles, CA year: 2023 Farmer the Rigger is a giant Afro-eccentric magical entity made of weathered steel, supported by his hands that he uses to traverse the playa when it is dusty enough to do so undetected. Farmer the Rigger is a monument to the working class, skilled laborers, and the culmination of hours spent mastering one’s craft. Farmer the Rigger is a guardian, watching over this safe space we collectively create for all beings especially people of color to express them selves freely and to be celebrated for doing so. URL: https://www.farmertherigger.com/ Contact: [email protected]
BAJ (Butt Activated Jellyfish Build Week) by: OctoEyes from: Seattle, WA year: 2023 BAJ, the Butt Activated Jellyfish, is ready for action! Sit, bounce and contemplate life in the deep sea while stimulating BAJ’s lights using one of your best assets. URL: https://octoey.es/baj/ Contact: [email protected]
Exquisite Animalus by KJ Boheme and Stefan Spins (Build Week) from: New York, NY year: 2023 What is animal? Exquisite Animalus moves beyond the physical and allows for fantastical reinterpretation and celebration of earth’s gorgeous biodiversity. Viewing the piece opens a discussion of human’s role within the animal kingdom. Interacting with the Exquisite Animalus affords the participant a God-like ability to design their own creature. Sharing the experience with other contributors allows for the unlocking of the word puzzle which reveals the collective’s secret message of the piece. All roles: viewer, interactor, participant or contributor will be provided an absurd opportunity to create and deepen one’s connection with the building blocks of our Animalus kingdom. Nature is wild and beautiful! URL: https://kjbowen.art Contact: [email protected]
Exquisite Animalus by KJ Boheme and Stefan Spins (Build Week) from: New York, NY year: 2023 What is animal? Exquisite Animalus moves beyond the physical and allows for fantastical reinterpretation and celebration of earth’s gorgeous biodiversity. Viewing the piece opens a discussion of human’s role within the animal kingdom. Interacting with the Exquisite Animalus affords the participant a God-like ability to design their own creature. Sharing the experience with other contributors allows for the unlocking of the word puzzle which reveals the collective’s secret message of the piece. All roles: viewer, interactor, participant or contributor will be provided an absurd opportunity to create and deepen one’s connection with the building blocks of our Animalus kingdom. Nature is wild and beautiful! URL: https://kjbowen.art Contact: [email protected]
Pano Build Week
Temple and The Man (Build Week)
Inner Playa Build Week. So many cranes. Love the frenetic energy.
Badass photographer Jamen Percy. Absolute legend. Check out his incredible work here: https://www.instagram.com/jamenpercy.burn/
Black Rock Station by Black Rock Transportation Company (Build Week) from: Felton, CA year: 2023 Black Rock Station is a classic rural train station built in the mid-1930s to serve Black Rock City and the communities scattered throughout the vast Black Rock Desert. The station has come unstuck in time, unstable and oscillating through various moments over the last 150 years and beyond, with ghost trains heard but not seen, an ever-shifting interior life, and a subtle narrative that cuts against conventional historical themes. URL: https://blackrocktrainstation.com/ Contact: [email protected]
BitCube by Colin O’Donnell (Build Week) from: San Francisco, CA year: 2023 BitCube is an interactive installation that transforms 224 standard IBC water totes into single pixels in a massive low-resolution cube display towering 30 feet over the desert. The installation creates a minimalist, abstract visual narrative that defies the ubiquity of hi-res displays. BitCube embraces the limitations of a low-res medium and encourages viewers to find beauty in simplicity. The installation’s audio-reactive capabilities reflect the collective heartbeat of the Burning Man community. Light patterns range from abstract shapes to minimalist representations of life and energy, resonating with Burning Man’s spirit of creativity, self-expression, and community in a stripped-down interplay of light, space, and perception. Contact: [email protected]
Complexahedron by L’Attitude Collective (Build Week) from: Petaluma, CA year: 2023 A shrine to commemorate the moment when unicellular eukaryotes began to aggregate and become one. One multicellular organism. Genesis Animalia. A fractalized cubic tower stretches up towards the heavens housing the spiritual nucleus altar inside. URL: https://www.instagram.com/complexahedron/ Contact: [email protected]
1000 Hands by Nicholas DeBruyne & Maria Gotay with Wevolve Labs & Art Island (Build Week) from: Austin, TX year: 2023 This 50′ tall collective tapestry illustrating a world on fire stands as one of the largest & most vivid works at Burning Man, transforming shape by desert winds and participant interaction. By day, the work depicts a fiery landscape, sparking reflection of our climate reality. At night, a serene scene illuminates in light, inspiring waking dreams of a hope-filled future. Participants are able to swing from the base of the tapestry and experience the sensation of “the world on their shoulders,” witnessing the ripple effect of their actions displayed on a monumental scale. As the name “1000 Hands” suggests, over 500 participants co-created this artwork, forming a community for whom the process was equally as important as the final product. URL: https://1000handsart.com/ Contact: [email protected]
Playa Teamwork
The Artery and Communications Tower (Build Week)
Communications Tower
ATABEY’s Treasure by NiNo (Build Week) from: Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico year: 2023 ATABEY’s Treasure is represented as a fish leaping off the ground. The goddess of fresh water to the indigenous Taíno people in the Caribbean. Given the environmental challenges my Puerto Rico has experienced recently, we chose to honor her spirit. This will be ATABEY 2.0 URL: https://www.facebook.com/atabeystreasure/ Contact: [email protected]
Fine Tuning The Man
The Man and Pastel Skies
Fine Tuning The Man
Fine Tuning The Man
The West by: Ross Asselstine from: San Anselmo, CA year: 2023 This piece is a massive piece of barbed wire. Why is the West? What is The West? Who strings up so much damned barbed wire? Who is on either side of barded wire?
6 And Gate Road (build week)
The Man (Build Week)
The Man (Build Week)
Burden of The Beast by: Walker Babington (Build Week) from: New Orleans, LA year: 2023 “Burden of The Beast,” is a fantastical folk art sculpture depicting a bison with a house at its torso. It symbolizes the task of relocating one’s intrinsic understanding of ‘home.’ Both the bison & the house are made with materials from New Orleans structures which have been destroyed by climate disasters, as though the pieces of a fallen home had the sentience and will to collect what could be salvaged, stand up, and head toward higher ground. URL: https://www.instagram.com/sabatomstudios/ Contact: [email protected]
Spiruvious by BoKo Fine Art (Build Week) from: Las Vegas, NV year: 2023 Loosely based on desert plants this sculpture strives to understand and recreate the forces of nature. The piece is very industrial in appearance with the sheer steel facade and plastic bubbling light fixtures, and so, the elements of nature are represented by the gradual shift in color of the light and the ever persistent shrieks and thumps of the sound. Just like the vibrations of life, this sculpture’s life force will pulse through it in a slow and melodic manner. The piece, although beautiful during the day, is dormant, only coming to life as the sun sets each night. People are inevitably be drawn to these representations of energy forces and so the sculpture and its surrounding environment will inevitably become a serene social space. URL: https://www.boko.art Contact: [email protected]
The Ursas by Jen Lewin (build week) from: Brooklyn, NY year: 2023 Named after the constellations Ursa Minor and Ursa Major, The Ursas features two towering polar bears. In 2022, Ursa Minor, a 13-foot tall sculpture debuted on playa. Inspired by Polaris, the work’s glowing and multi-paneled infinity-mirrored body reminds us to “Look Up.” In 2023 Ursa Minor will return, but this time with her big sister. Standing over three stories tall, Ursa Major’s hollow body is filled with glowing infinity mirrors, each reflecting mosaic drawings of extinct animals from the past 12 months. The pair, Ursa Major and Ursa Minor, stand in solidarity. Ursa Minor in hope, looking up. Ursa Major, as a cathedral and tomb, to species lost. URL: https://www.jenlewinstudio.com/portfolio/ursa-minor/ Contact: [email protected]
The Temple (Build Week)
The Temple (Build Week)
The Temple (Build Week)
The Temple (Build Week)
Look at how smooth the roads were. 630 and I Build Week
Yurt Stack
Box Office
Will Call
Will Call – My experience here was fast and efficient as always. Thank you.
This is my friend Jamen Percy. He is a badass photographer and incredible human. He is pictured here absolutely thrilled to have made it to playa after countless hours of preparation, stress, and work coming all the way from Australia. Jamen is an absolute legend. Check out his incredible work here: https://www.instagram.com/jamenpercy.burn/
I had this song blasting at full volume as we quietly entered the city at slow speed. Windows down. The magic awaits. As an aside, it’s notable that you don’t see people drive fast on gate road during build week. They know you go slow. https://open.spotify.com/track/52OzHDL7QSF8ag7N16B8wt
No burner ever travels the same Gate Road twice, for it’s not the same dust and they’re not the same soul.
My GPS telling me I’m almost there. Super weird because I either haven’t noticed or it never says “almost there” on the screen. Maybe the Googlers/Alphabeteers/Wazers were having a little fun?
Brunos
It wasn’t october when I shot this and it might be october when you see this but probably not.
Road To The Burn
Badass photographer Jamen Percy. Absolute legend. Check out his incredible work here: https://www.instagram.com/jamenpercy.burn/

Since you made it this far (are you nuts?! like me?!) here are some bonus 360 images! I had intended to do way more of these but the rain changed things up.

Thank You:

Special thanks to Dorothy, James, and Nina for unwavering support! Additionally, shoutouts to Jamen, Scott, Todd, Bonfire, QuickDraw, Jazzy, Gary, Drew, Vanessa, Baltazar, Purple Haze, Mattias, Harold, Tracey, Marian, Leslie, Dominique, Media Mecca Gang, Crimson, DA/Resto Crew, the Documentation Team, Michael F, Michael V, and the EMS team. Also thanks to Christian for helping with caption updates. Thank you all for your support!

See you next year. Remember, next year was better!

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    Alex Van Duyn

    I think this year was finally the better year, the community pulled together for the most part in the face of the extraordinary and maintained. With that, I proclaim this the best year period.