Burning Man 2020 Photos - Duncan Rawlinson

MULTIVERSE

Screenshots of the moment Twitch streamer LooMinairy achieved Burnception. LooMinairy himself was live streaming from the playa in an RV using the cell phone tower and a cell booster. The video feed was then brought into BRCvr (drive-in style screen made of Porta-Potties in a dome) and LooMinairy live streamed himself exploring his own livestream from inside BRCvr. It was Burnception and it was fucking glorious. It was the highlight of the 2020 burn for me. You can see a clip here of the moment here: https://www.twitch.tv/loominairy/clip/SmokyKitschySushiPicoMause More of the archived videos of his 2020 stream here: https://www.twitch.tv/loominairy/videos

Hello

Gate BRCvr

BRCvr

Gate BRCvr

BRCvr

BRCvr Panorama

Center Camp BRCvr

The Man The Myth The Legend

Loom BRCvr

Screenshot of Loominairy’s Live Stream from Playa https://www.twitch.tv/loominairy/

I am following!

Screenshot of Loominairy’s Live Stream from Playa https://www.twitch.tv/loominairy/

Happy Birthday Keanu

Screenshot of Loominairy’s Live Stream from Playa https://www.twitch.tv/loominairy/

Loominairy’s Live Stream from Playa

Loom on The Playa

Screenshot of Loominairy’s Live Stream from Playa https://www.twitch.tv/loominairy/

Donation in Bitcoin

PlayAlchemist BRCvr

Multiple Twitch Streams

Burners in BRCvr

PlayAlchemist BRCvr

Style game 100!

PlayAlchemist BRCvr

Dreams Playa PlayAlchemist

PlayAlchemist BRCvr

VitoFun Bubbles and Bass

A large scale sculpture with 9 lanterns housing alters and art. This seven-year dream come true for artist collective #ChineseBeyondBorders was realized through the collaboration between architect Earl Sheldon of NtropE and artist Brian Krawitz.

A large scale sculpture with 9 lanterns housing alters and art. This seven-year dream come true for artist collective #ChineseBeyondBorders was realized through the collaboration between architect Earl Sheldon of NtropE and artist Brian Krawitz. Thanks for the tour!

A large scale sculpture with 9 lanterns housing alters and art. This seven-year dream come true for artist collective #ChineseBeyondBorders was realized through the collaboration between architect Earl Sheldon of NtropE and artist Brian Krawitz.

Thanks for the tour!

Thanks for the tour.

BRCvr

This is me hugging a friend I ran into in BRCvr. He immediately went to another realm but my equipment wasn’t compatible and we lost each other. But this one hug was enough. It was the wholesome goodness.

Name Unknown

A new friend!

BRCvr

Burners BRCvr

BRCvr

Salinger Bubbles and Bass Livestream

Thanks for the tunes. Wonderful.

Salinger Bubbles and Bass Livestream

Salinger Bubbles and Bass Livestream (If you have this set please send it to me. it was awesome!)

Salinger Bubbles and Bass Livestream

Burners in BRCvr

Burners BRCvr

Samskara BRCvr

Name Unknown

Donation

Screenshot of Loominairy’s Live Stream from Playa https://www.twitch.tv/loominairy/

Happy Birthday Keanu

Camp Fire and ICE BRCvr 2020

Camp Fire and ICE BRCvr 2020 (Thank you IceWiz et al so fun!)

Camp Fire and ICE BRCvr 2020

Multiple Twitch Streams

Name Unknown

BRCvr

Playa Harvey By Steve L

BRCvr

It was really cool that Motorbike Matt was being super helpful and livestreaming himself exploring the various multiverses to help other Burners. I learned quite a bit from this. Thank you Matt!

A new friend!

It was really cool that Motorbike Matt was being super helpful and livestreaming himself exploring the various multiverses to help other Burners. I learned quite a bit from this. Thank you Matt!

Thanks Steve

Screenshots of the moment Twitch streamer LooMinairy achieved Burnception. LooMinairy himself was live streaming from the playa in an RV using the cell phone tower and a cell booster. The video feed was then brought into BRCvr (drive-in style screen made of Porta-Potties in a dome) and LooMinairy live streamed himself exploring his own livestream from inside BRCvr. It was Burnception and it was fucking glorious. It was the highlight of the 2020 burn for me. You can see a clip here of the moment here: https://www.twitch.tv/loominairy/clip/SmokyKitschySushiPicoMause More of the archived videos of his 2020 stream here: https://www.twitch.tv/loominairy/videos

Screenshots of the moment Twitch streamer LooMinairy achieved Burnception.LooMinairy himself was live streaming from the playa in an RV using the cell phone tower and a cell booster. The video feed was then brought into BRCvr (drive-in style screen made of Porta-Potties in a dome) and LooMinairy live streamed himself exploring his own livestream from inside BRCvr. It was Burnception and it was fucking glorious. It was the highlight of the 2020 burn for me. You can see a clip here of the moment here: https://www.twitch.tv/loominairy/clip/SmokyKitschySushiPicoMauseMore of the archived videos of his 2020 stream here:https://www.twitch.tv/loominairy/videos

Screenshots of the moment Twitch streamer LooMinairy achieved Burnception. LooMinairy himself was live streaming from the playa in an RV using the cell phone tower and a cell booster. The video feed was then brought into BRCvr (drive-in style screen made of Porta-Potties in a dome) and LooMinairy live streamed himself exploring his own livestream from inside BRCvr. It was Burnception and it was fucking glorious. It was the highlight of the 2020 burn for me. You can see a clip here of the moment here: https://www.twitch.tv/loominairy/clip/SmokyKitschySushiPicoMause More of the archived videos of his 2020 stream here: https://www.twitch.tv/loominairy/videos

Screenshots of the moment Twitch streamer LooMinairy achieved Burnception.LooMinairy himself was live streaming from the playa in an RV using the cell phone tower and a cell booster. The video feed was then brought into BRCvr (drive-in style screen made of Porta-Potties in a dome) and LooMinairy live streamed himself exploring his own livestream from inside BRCvr. It was Burnception and it was fucking glorious. It was the highlight of the 2020 burn for me. You can see a clip here of the moment here: https://www.twitch.tv/loominairy/clip/SmokyKitschySushiPicoMauseMore of the archived videos of his 2020 stream here:https://www.twitch.tv/loominairy/videos

Screenshots of the moment Twitch streamer LooMinairy achieved Burnception. LooMinairy himself was live streaming from the playa in an RV using the cell phone tower and a cell booster. The video feed was then brought into BRCvr (drive-in style screen made of Porta-Potties in a dome) and LooMinairy live streamed himself exploring his own livestream from inside BRCvr. It was Burnception and it was fucking glorious. It was the highlight of the 2020 burn for me. You can see a clip here of the moment here: https://www.twitch.tv/loominairy/clip/SmokyKitschySushiPicoMause More of the archived videos of his 2020 stream here: https://www.twitch.tv/loominairy/videos

Screenshots of the moment Twitch streamer LooMinairy achieved Burnception.LooMinairy himself was live streaming from the playa in an RV using the cell phone tower and a cell booster. The video feed was then brought into BRCvr (drive-in style screen made of Porta-Potties in a dome) and LooMinairy live streamed himself exploring his own livestream from inside BRCvr. It was Burnception and it was fucking glorious. It was the highlight of the 2020 burn for me. You can see a clip here of the moment here: https://www.twitch.tv/loominairy/clip/SmokyKitschySushiPicoMauseMore of the archived videos of his 2020 stream here:https://www.twitch.tv/loominairy/videos

Screenshots of the moment Twitch streamer LooMinairy achieved Burnception. LooMinairy himself was live streaming from the playa in an RV using the cell phone tower and a cell booster. The video feed was then brought into BRCvr (drive-in style screen made of Porta-Potties in a dome) and LooMinairy live streamed himself exploring his own livestream from inside BRCvr. It was Burnception and it was fucking glorious. It was the highlight of the 2020 burn for me. You can see a clip here of the moment here: https://www.twitch.tv/loominairy/clip/SmokyKitschySushiPicoMause More of the archived videos of his 2020 stream here: https://www.twitch.tv/loominairy/videos

Screenshots of the moment Twitch streamer LooMinairy achieved Burnception.LooMinairy himself was live streaming from the playa in an RV using the cell phone tower and a cell booster. The video feed was then brought into BRCvr (drive-in style screen made of Porta-Potties in a dome) and LooMinairy live streamed himself exploring his own livestream from inside BRCvr. It was Burnception and it was fucking glorious. It was the highlight of the 2020 burn for me. You can see a clip here of the moment here: https://www.twitch.tv/loominairy/clip/SmokyKitschySushiPicoMauseMore of the archived videos of his 2020 stream here:https://www.twitch.tv/loominairy/videos

Hanging Out in A Porto Laughing About Burnception

port-a-potty party lol

Loom and I

BRCvr

Burners in BRCvr

Burners

Burners in BRCvr

Goodbye

Man Burn Fireworks

Man Burn

The Man on Burn Night

We can get through this together.

The Man on Burn Night

Fire Conclave

The Man on Burn Night

Lovely Burner

The Man is prepared for Burn Night

Temple Guardians

Lost & Found and Playa Info

Volunteer Resource Team

$Koro Loko by: Emily Nicolosi from: Salt Lake City, UT year: 2019 A billowing heart made of wire netting filled with hundreds of tiny dichroic plexi squares refracts the spectra of light in all directions. Benches under lightposts encircling the heart provide a place to hunker, commune and daydrea...$

Koro Loko by: Emily Nicolosi from: Salt Lake City, UT year: 2019 A billowing heart made of wire netting filled with hundreds of tiny dichroic plexi squares refracts the spectra of light in all directions. Benches under lightposts encircling the heart provide a place to hunker, commune and daydream. Like the exuberance of colors reflected by this heart, always-present and ever-shifting, this heart conjures the thousands of expressions and materializations of love prospected in the human experience. URL: https://sites.google.com/view/love-is-project/ Contact: emily.nicolosi@gmail.com https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=B#a2I0V000001AW2sUAG

The Monaco, Land Frigate of Burning Man

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The Temple of Direction by: Geordie Van Der Bosch from: San Francisco, CA year: 2019 The Temple of Direction is organized linearly. It recreates a restricted passage which expands in the center into a large hall. This is a response to the openness of the playa; it creates a space traveled end to end; versus wandering an open plan; this temple provides direction and focus. Linearity also reflects the passage of life; all lives have a beginning, a middle and an end which metaphorically is included in this temple’s form. Following this metaphor a variety of spaces are created; narrow spaces and wide spaces, dark spaces and bright spaces. Tunnels create intimate experiences with shade.. A large central hall expands in width and height providing a bright area suitable for gatherings. URL: https://www.templeofdirection.org Contact: templeofdirection@gmail.com https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=H#a2I0V00000167U9UAI

Expansion Pavilion, The Folly and Razorback.

The Folly by: Dave Keane & The Folly Builders from: San Francisco, CA year: 2019 The Folly represents an imaginary shantytown of funky climbable towers and old western storefronts, cobbled together from salvaged and reclaimed lumber from original San Francisco Victorians to be reborn in the desert, affording shelter, entertainment and perspective to the community. URL: www.thefollybrc.com Contact: info@thefollybrc.com https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=H#a2I0V000001AVkAUAW

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#Slonik by: Mikhail Tsaturyan from: Moscow, Russia year: 2019 It’s a 75 ft fluorescent elephant which will be hard to miss on playa. #Slonik is designed to draw attention to elephant mistreatment in Africa and Asia. We should not let the elephants go extinct. If you take one element away from the ecosystem it will affect all the other creatures including humans themselves! Slonik — transliteration from Cyrillic — is the diminutive form of a Russian word that means elephant. Contact: misha@libertee.ru https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=B#a2I0V000001AXTLUA4

Name Unknown

Circus Fabulae by: Benjamin Jones and the Populus Ludere from: Brooklyn, NY year: 2019 Circus Fabulae is a whimsical two story swing set with beautiful, custom designed mosaic roof and circular play space for performances of all kinds. At its a heart is a community space produced by a community of artists for the community to interact on. Circus Fabulae is at its core an interactive art piece that fosters participation from the community. First, it brings together a variety of artists to design the swings and mosaic ceiling, then it provides the residents of Black Rock a place to rest and play during the festival and finally, it is a performance space for all kinds of mediums (dance, theater, games, music, spoken word) that encourages one to push personal boundaries and deepen one’s connection to the community at large. URL: https://www.facebook.com/circusfabulae/ Contact: circusfabulae@gmail.com https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=H#a2I0V000001AVyXUAW

It’s painful when you miss a sunrise as a photographer. Sometimes you wake up and multiple alarm clocks have been beeping for quite a while.

Everyone is asleep.

Name Unknown

Bathtub near the trash fence at night. Name unknown.

The Folly Burn by: Dave Keane & The Folly Builders from: San Francisco, CA year: 2019 The Folly represents an imaginary shantytown of funky climbable towers and old western storefronts, cobbled together from salvaged and reclaimed lumber from original San Francisco Victorians to be reborn in the desert, affording shelter, entertainment and perspective to the community. URL: www.thefollybrc.com Contact: info@thefollybrc.com https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=H#a2I0V000001AVkAUAW

It takes a special kind of person to have the discipline to not look when The Folly Burn is occuring directly behind you. Thank you Rangers!

The Folly Burn by: Dave Keane & The Folly Builders from: San Francisco, CA year: 2019 The Folly represents an imaginary shantytown of funky climbable towers and old western storefronts, cobbled together from salvaged and reclaimed lumber from original San Francisco Victorians to be reborn in the desert, affording shelter, entertainment and perspective to the community. URL: www.thefollybrc.com Contact: info@thefollybrc.com https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=H#a2I0V000001AVkAUAW

The Folly by: Dave Keane & The Folly Builders from: San Francisco, CA year: 2019 The Folly represents an imaginary shantytown of funky climbable towers and old western storefronts, cobbled together from salvaged and reclaimed lumber from original San Francisco Victorians to be reborn in the desert, affording shelter, entertainment and perspective to the community. URL: www.thefollybrc.com Contact: info@thefollybrc.com https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=H#a2I0V000001AVkAUAW

Name Unknown

The Man’s Army Burn by: Michael Ciulla & The Rave Knights (Alexandra Friedman, Nick Harris, John Jones) with support from Sin Cohen, Steven Platt, Lizzy Layne, Ryan Geist Bozajian & Ciulla Associates from: Los Angeles, CA year: 2019 The Man’s Army is 100 androgynous life-sized human figures standing in a 10×10 grid. Each figure has skin of white wax and a unique 3D printed face created by a point-cloud scan of real people. At night an internal LED creates a glow emanating from within. The body and face create a blank canvas for expression. Throughout the week the figures are customized, culminating in a transformative burn. The piece is a visual metaphor contemplating conformity through shared non-conformity. People, from a distance may appear homogeneous but once among them you see their individuality. Through shared experience burners are altered and stretched by the thoughts and intentions of one another and then transformed through an expression of impermanence. URL: http://themansarmy.com Contact: themansarmy@gmail.com

It was a real treat to see my brazillian friends. I hadn’t seen them since like 2016.

Happy Bride

BROKEN BUT TOGETHER by Michael Benisty MIRROR POLISHED STAINLESS STEEL 21 X 12 X 10 FT 6.5 X 3.6 X 3 M 2019 https://www.michaelbenisty.com

The Man’s Army by: Michael Ciulla & The Rave Knights (Alexandra Friedman, Nick Harris, John Jones) with support from Sin Cohen, Steven Platt, Lizzy Layne, Ryan Geist Bozajian & Ciulla Associates from: Los Angeles, CA year: 2019 The Man’s Army is 100 androgynous life-sized human figures standing in a 10×10 grid. Each figure has skin of white wax and a unique 3D printed face created by a point-cloud scan of real people. At night an internal LED creates a glow emanating from within. The body and face create a blank canvas for expression. Throughout the week the figures are customized, culminating in a transformative burn. The piece is a visual metaphor contemplating conformity through shared non-conformity. People, from a distance may appear homogeneous but once among them you see their individuality. Through shared experience burners are altered and stretched by the thoughts and intentions of one another and then transformed through an expression of impermanence. URL: http://themansarmy.com Contact: themansarmy@gmail.com

One of my hommies lookin like a stud. Miss you man.

Duane captures his mutant vehicle Rabid Transit at Reared In Steel’s Fire Kethedral by: Reared In Steel from: Petaluma, CA year: 2019 The Fire Kethedral will resemble a cathedral organ as a colossal fire instrument – a shrine to fire. The structure will be fabricated from steel tubing and CNC cut sheet metal standing forty feet tall and fifty feet long. The Fire Kethedral will be an ornate and powerful instrument capable of choreographing fire as music through a full keyboard as an instrumentalist plays sitting on an ornately decorated piano bench. Pipes mounted into the structure will shoot fire up into the air coordinated with every keystroke. The Kethedral will be adorned with stained glass lighted by flame rail pilots creating a tabernacle of fire and light. LED lighting will amplify the visual effect of the fire and sound.

Name Unknown

Pauper’s Ballroom by: Pedro Loughran from: Sebastopol, CA year: 2019 A Pauper’s Ballroom is what our parents tell us when walking down to a beach, a clearing or any other beautiful place in nature. A palace free to all. A pauper’s ballroom. The piece is a grand staircase with no second floor, framed by four towers. The way to the ballroom is to climb the staircase, turn around and then descend. The ballroom is the playa but best appreciated through the descent of a staircase, giving you the trappings of grandeur, while being merely pretense to the actual beauty of the free, natural space of the playa. “Nothing” is the absence of substance. It is the void, the infinite unknown. In this way, the “Stairway to Nothing” is the “Stairway to the Void.” Or it’s just the “Stairway to the Playa’s Second Floor.” URL: http://paupersballroom.org Contact: david.nelsongal@gmail.com

Razorback

Nature near the playa.

Burning Man Aerial Photo 2019. I shot this while hanging out the window of a small Cessna. The image was shot on Friday August 31, 2019. Thank you to the pilot of the aircraft Purple Haze.

Burning Man Aerial Photo. I shot this while hanging out the window of a small Cessna. The image was shot on Friday August 31, 2019. Thank you to the pilot of the aircraft Purple Haze.

Aircraft at NV88

Cloud Swing by: Lindsay Glatz with Curious Form from: New Orleans, LA year: 2019 Cloud Swing consists of swings suspended from a glowing cloud. Through utilizing a ubiquitous symbol of childhood, the work remains accessible and unassuming. The swing itself generates feelings of nostalgia and simplicity. While the swings remain unoccupied, the cloud above emanates a steady white glow of light, appearing to float within the darkness. The light shines downward highlighting the empty swing in an invitation for passersby to enjoy its delights. Once the swing is occupied the transformation and color begins to glow. Cloud Swing explores the transformative possibilities of imagination and innovation. Showcasing that no matter what pulls you back wonder, delight, and joy will inevitably push you forward. URL: http://www.miraclewonderlandcarnival.co/ Contact: miraclewonderlandcarnivalco@gmail.com https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=H#a2I0V000001AVylUAG

Name Unknown

ILLUMINARTICAR Mutant Vehicle

love, earth by: The love, earth writer collective from: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada year: 2019 The largest love letter movement ever conceived. The purpose: to inspire a clean climate future by spreading simple commitments to our planet. The art is intended to mobilize citizens to use the power of sending and receiving letters of love from Earth to change, contribute and commit to an environment that we can all be proud of. The installation will be large enough to be captured from space, and thus our imaginations. In year one, a sky-facing comma will emerge and form a love letter altar. Within the wood structure, a writing area would support a hanging collection of completed letters, growing organically, drawing on attendees to contribute to a siren call from Earth, distributed around the world after the event by the artists. URL: http://love.lettersfromearth.org/installation Contact: love@lettersfromearth.org https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=B#a2I0V000001T96KUAS

Name Unknown

corpus by: michael christian from: Berkeley, CA year: 2019

The Temple of Direction by: Geordie Van Der Bosch from: San Francisco, CA year: 2019 The Temple of Direction is organized linearly. It recreates a restricted passage which expands in the center into a large hall. This is a response to the openness of the playa; it creates a space traveled end to end; versus wandering an open plan; this temple provides direction and focus. Linearity also reflects the passage of life; all lives have a beginning, a middle and an end which metaphorically is included in this temple’s form. Following this metaphor a variety of spaces are created; narrow spaces and wide spaces, dark spaces and bright spaces. Tunnels create intimate experiences with shade.. A large central hall expands in width and height providing a bright area suitable for gatherings. URL: https://www.templeofdirection.org Contact: templeofdirection@gmail.com https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=H#a2I0V00000167U9UAI

The Man’s Army by: Michael Ciulla & The Rave Knights (Alexandra Friedman, Nick Harris, John Jones) with support from Sin Cohen, Steven Platt, Lizzy Layne, Ryan Geist Bozajian & Ciulla Associates from: Los Angeles, CA year: 2019 The Man’s Army is 100 androgynous life-sized human figures standing in a 10×10 grid. Each figure has skin of white wax and a unique 3D printed face created by a point-cloud scan of real people. At night an internal LED creates a glow emanating from within. The body and face create a blank canvas for expression. Throughout the week the figures are customized, culminating in a transformative burn. The piece is a visual metaphor contemplating conformity through shared non-conformity. People, from a distance may appear homogeneous but once among them you see their individuality. Through shared experience burners are altered and stretched by the thoughts and intentions of one another and then transformed through an expression of impermanence. URL: http://themansarmy.com Contact: themansarmy@gmail.com

Good times!

The Man Base in the dust 2019.

SACRED GROUNDS by Michael Benisty MIRROR POLISHED STAINLESS STEEL 21 X 14.5 X 10 FT 6.5 X 4.5 X 3 M 2019

The Temple of Direction by: Geordie Van Der Bosch from: San Francisco, CA year: 2019 The Temple of Direction is organized linearly. It recreates a restricted passage which expands in the center into a large hall. This is a response to the openness of the playa; it creates a space traveled end to end; versus wandering an open plan; this temple provides direction and focus. Linearity also reflects the passage of life; all lives have a beginning, a middle and an end which metaphorically is included in this temple’s form. Following this metaphor a variety of spaces are created; narrow spaces and wide spaces, dark spaces and bright spaces. Tunnels create intimate experiences with shade.. A large central hall expands in width and height providing a bright area suitable for gatherings. URL: https://www.templeofdirection.org Contact: templeofdirection@gmail.com https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=H#a2I0V00000167U9UAI

Mutant Vehicles in deep playa.

Name Unknown

747

Nice teamwork

Epiffany & Co. Mutant Vehicle

After 8 years of Burning I finally managed to catch the legendary Tycho performing one of his incredible sunrise sets. You can listen the set here: https://soundcloud.com/tycho/inversion-burning-man-sunrise-set-2019

The Shrine of Sympathetic Resonance by: tyson ayers and Resonant Arts from: Oakland, CA year: 2019 The Shrine of Sympathetic Resonance is a sanctuary dedicated to letting participants experience the phenomena of sympathetic resonance. All the walls of this epic structure are made of piano harps, surrounding the participant with 20,000 musical strings that echo back every sound they make. All the strings are tuned to pentatonic scales based on the Schumann Resonance, the earth’s fundamental frequency, so that anything played on the strings sounds musical. Five intimate, pentagonal chambers let participants deeply immerse themselves in the experience, while the open-air center space allows for larger gatherings. A 39′ tower rises up from the center’s intricately designed dias while detailed artworks adorn the space. URL: http://www.soundcave.org Contact: tyson@soundcave.org https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=H#a2I0V000001AVn4UAG

Point 3 Sunrise

After 8 years of Burning I finally managed to catch the legendary Tycho performing one of his incredible sunrise sets. You can listen the set here: https://soundcloud.com/tycho/inversion-burning-man-sunrise-set-2019

Point 3 Sunrise

After 8 years of Burning I finally managed to catch the legendary Tycho performing one of his incredible sunrise sets. You can listen the set here: https://soundcloud.com/tycho/inversion-burning-man-sunrise-set-2019

Lovely Burner

Come, come, whoever you are. Wanderer, idolator, worshipper of fire even though you have broken your vows a thousand times, Come, and come yet again. Ours is not a caravan of despair. – Rumi The Wheels of Zoroaster Resurrection by: Anton Viditz-Ward & Deep Creek Experimental from: Telluride, CO year: 2019 Two large wheels hung on two axles driven independently by two drive shafts with hand-cranks. The wheels are cages that will contain firewood that is set on fire and spun by the hand-cranked drive shafts. Contact: antonviditzward@gmail.com https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=H#a2I0V000001AW1fUAG

Crazy lens flares at The Folly by: Dave Keane & The Folly Builders from: San Francisco, CA year: 2019 The Folly represents an imaginary shantytown of funky climbable towers and old western storefronts, cobbled together from salvaged and reclaimed lumber from original San Francisco Victorians to be reborn in the desert, affording shelter, entertainment and perspective to the community. URL: www.thefollybrc.com Contact: info@thefollybrc.com https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=H#a2I0V000001AVkAUAW

The Man Base 2019

Henry Chang’s Flux Capacitor Mutant vehicle and I.L.Y by: Dan Mountain from: Portola Valley, CA year: 2019 A 27 foot forearm and hand, fabricated from engineered steel, recycled and repurposed scrap metal meant to engage participants in various visual, physical, and emotional ways. Housing an internal armature of chains, gears, sprockets, and springs, the involvement of participants allows the fingers and parts of the hand to bring the sculpture to its full realization. The intention of ILY is to encourage communication, collaboration, and eagerness to work together. Contact: ilyproject2019@gmail.com

elevation by: michael christian from: Berkeley, CA year: 2019 Contact: mc@michaelchristian.com https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=B#a2I0V000001AXPsUAO

Welcome Home by: Joey Howell and Brian Dean of SALT MIND from: Salt Lake City, UT year: 2019 Burners call the playa home. Home not because of the location, but because of the people we share it with; friends, family, lovers, strangers. Welcome Home creates an absurdly normal setting by taking a space associated with default homes and bringing it to our true home. This fully decorated parlour in the sky invites wanderers to climb, explore, and enjoy the view. URL: https://www.saltmindslc.com/ Contact: howelljosephw@gmail.com https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=H#a2I0V000001AVkeUAG

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Fragments, 2019 by: Marc Ippon de Ronda from: Paris, France year: 2019 “Fragments” by French artist Marc Ippon de Ronda has been designed for Burning Man 2019. Where the artist turns an old Black Rock Desert legend into reality. The installation plays with the illusion of appearances and our ever-changing perception of self and surroundings, a recurring theme in de Ronda’s work. During the day Burners see their reflections evolve inside the fragmented mirrors as they move through the sand winds and find shelter in its corners and covers. At sunrise and sunset the installation invites for meditation. Burners ascend and descend the central staircase experiencing a golden hue of warmth from the sun. At night, “Fragments” shifts again into abstract LED surfaces creating a magical apparition in the desert darkness. URL: https://fragmentsart.org Contact: contact@fragmentsart.org

The Temple of Direction by: Geordie Van Der Bosch from: San Francisco, CA year: 2019 The Temple of Direction is organized linearly. It recreates a restricted passage which expands in the center into a large hall. This is a response to the openness of the playa; it creates a space traveled end to end; versus wandering an open plan; this temple provides direction and focus. Linearity also reflects the passage of life; all lives have a beginning, a middle and an end which metaphorically is included in this temple’s form. Following this metaphor a variety of spaces are created; narrow spaces and wide spaces, dark spaces and bright spaces. Tunnels create intimate experiences with shade.. A large central hall expands in width and height providing a bright area suitable for gatherings. URL: https://www.templeofdirection.org Contact: templeofdirection@gmail.com

Name Unknown

Stone 27 by: Benjamin Langholz from: California & Berlin, Germany year: 2019 Confront nature and yourself as you journey along 27 stones floating above the Playa. Step into an alternate reality where destructive energy has been harmonized with nature to create moments of physical and mental elevation. Stone 27 finds great inspiration in simplicity, minimalism, and math to create clearness and consciousness in a material world, inviting you to a moment of complete presence. URL: https://stonetwentyseven.com Contact: stonetwentyseven@gmail.com

Riding In Style

Mutant Vehicle Name Unknown

Name Unknown

Disco Space Shuttle Mutant Vehicle

Lovely Burners mask artists name unknown

Name Unknown

Lovely Burners

The Folly in the dust by: Dave Keane & The Folly Builders from: San Francisco, CA year: 2019 The Folly represents an imaginary shantytown of funky climbable towers and old western storefronts, cobbled together from salvaged and reclaimed lumber from original San Francisco Victorians to be reborn in the desert, affording shelter, entertainment and perspective to the community. URL: www.thefollybrc.com Contact: info@thefollybrc.com https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=H#a2I0V000001AVkAUAW

elevation by: michael christian from: Berkeley, CA year: 2019 Contact: mc@michaelchristian.com https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=B#a2I0V000001AXPsUAO

Name Unknown

Burners Building a dome

Dusty DMV line 2019

Temple Guardians Outpost

Radha and Miki at Robot Heart

Friends celebrate with a little impromptu freestyle.

Performance at The Folly by: Dave Keane & The Folly Builders from: San Francisco, CA year: 2019 The Folly represents an imaginary shantytown of funky climbable towers and old western storefronts, cobbled together from salvaged and reclaimed lumber from original San Francisco Victorians to be reborn in the desert, affording shelter, entertainment and perspective to the community. URL: www.thefollybrc.com Contact: info@thefollybrc.com https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=H#a2I0V000001AVkAUAW

Playa Layers

Name Unknown

Bee Dance by: Andrea Greenlees, Andy Tibbetts, and Josh Haywood from: London, UK & Reno, NV year: 2019 Bee Dance is a whimsical and inviting art installation in the form of two gigantic Dancing Bees, their legs entwined and their heads touching in a bee kiss. It celebrates one of the most fascinating examples of communication in the natural world — when forager bees return from their exploratory flights and perform the Bee Dance for the other bees, carrying out specific routines in order to communicate the distance and direction of pollen, nectar and water from the hive. Bee Dance is a strong climbable structure that Burners can clamber over and cling to, just as pollen clings to a bee. The Bees are bronze in colour, but on their dancing feet they wear gleaming copper ballet shoes with copper ribbons. The Bees are transformed into dancers. Contact: andrea@hylemo.com https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=B#a2I0V000001AVlmUAG

The Flybrary by: Christina Sporrong from: Taos, NM year: 2019 The Flybrary is an extraordinary library within an enormous human head, partially cut open at the top allowing a flock of illuminated birds to emerge. Within the head are several levels of catwalks to climb and nooks and crannies to sit in and enjoy the selection of books. The eyes and mouth are portholes to the outside world. Up above, the open ceiling holds a large chandelier radiating soft light within. It’s a dreamy, transformative space providing an intimate and surreal refuge for contemplation, written wisdom and freedom of thought. URL: https://spitfireworks.blogspot.com/ Contact: spitfire4rg@gmail.com https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=H#a2I0V000001AW03UAG

Name Unknown

BRC Layers

Glamcocks Camp

Lovely burner

Mariposita by: Chris Carnabuci from: Cold Spring, NY year: 2019 Mariposita, meaning “little butterfly”, represents rebirth – of coming out of a shell, escaping confinement, and breaking through to a more meaningful and enlightening existence or experience. The act of emerging, however, is usually not so simple, and the complexity experienced both within the individual viewer and expressed externally as a communal experience, will become the atmosphere surrounding this piece. A rebirth requires power, curiosity, determination, and support, all characteristics that lead to revival and restoration. Mariposita is meant to inspire awakenings and reawakenings, growth and regrowth, beginnings and ends. Contact: chriscarnabuci@gmail.com https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=H#a2I0V000001AW0NUAW

Lovely burner

Name Unknown

Lovely burner

Awful’s Gas & Snack by: Matthew Gerring & Crank Factory from: San Francisco, CA year: 2019 Awful’s Gas & Snack: Your Gateway to the Big Wild! See one of the few remaining gasoline stations, painstakingly preserved since the mid-21st century. Travel back to a time when hardy men roamed the “open road” seeking fortune & freedom. Wilderness passes & provisions available. NO GAS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE, PLEASE DON’T ASK. URL: http://awfulsgas.com Contact: awfuls@awfulsgas.com

Deep Playa Sunrise

The Man Base at Dawn 2019

Mayan Warrior heading out.

No Place Like Home by: Trey Watkins, Mara Greenberg, Alan Becker, Karen Cusolito, Andrew Howell, Meena Sandhu and Frogma from: SF Bay Area, Los Angeles, Vancouver, London & Zurich year: 2019 A tornado of fire has hurled a small Kansas farmhouse to a world of magic and wonder. As participants are drawn in by the torrent of flame they will discover a curious story woven into the details of the broken house. A road of yellow brick weaves away through a peaceful trail of giant flaming poppies. Propane, Steel, Methanol, Wood, Brick, Iron, & Rubber are assembled to create a magical journey No Place Like Home draws from the mythology of the Wizard of Oz, a tale that embodies the themes of personal transformation and discovery. The quest for the metamorphoses you think you need, may reveal the strengths you already have. URL: http://www.onemandown.com Contact: trey@onemandown.com

One of my campmates soaking it up.

Good times

Lee Burridge at DISTRIKT

When you run into campmates having a great time.

Lovely Burner

Lee Burridge at DISTRIKT

This friendly person insisted I take a photo with him. I have no idea who he is.

Lovely Burner

Lee Burridge at DISTRIKT

Pyramid Name Unknown

Dust Abstract

Name Unknown

Stone 27 by: Benjamin Langholz from: California & Berlin, Germany year: 2019 Confront nature and yourself as you journey along 27 stones floating above the Playa. Step into an alternate reality where destructive energy has been harmonized with nature to create moments of physical and mental elevation. Stone 27 finds great inspiration in simplicity, minimalism, and math to create clearness and consciousness in a material world, inviting you to a moment of complete presence. URL: https://stonetwentyseven.com Contact: stonetwentyseven@gmail.com

Lovely Burner

Picnic Table Mutant Vehicle with BBQ

Communications Tower 2019

Wings of Glory by: Adrian Landon and the Dusty Sparks from: New York City, NY year: 2019 Wings of Glory is a giant mechanical metal Pegasus sculpture, flying in the air. It is the expression and embodiment of pure, epic, beautiful and awesome creativity of New York based artist, Adrian Landon, and the forefront of his legacy of metal and kinetic art. URL: http://www.adrianlandon.com/adrianlandon.com/upcoming_projects.html Contact: adrianlandon@hotmail.com

Name unknown

Name Unknown

Interesting bike configuration.

Windy Aircraft

Lovely Burner

Burners having fun.

Lovely Burner

Lovely Burners

Name Unknown

Connections by: Oxana Belka from: Chicago, IL year: 2019 We will bring ten mannequins. Building on the foundation of the human form, each mannequin will be uniquely painted and designed and will represent the spectrum of human emotions. As a whole, the art piece will represent the human experience. We live in a symbiotic relationship where we influence and affect change in one another. Through creativity, expression, and vulnerability, we are able to transform those around us, and they in turn transform us. At night, the mannequins will also be illuminated. The illumination will breathe life and further animate these forms. To the observer, the mannequins will become representative of not only the burning man experience but also a transformative journey, fueled by our bonds.

Awful’s Gas & Snack by: Matthew Gerring & Crank Factory from: San Francisco, CA year: 2019 Awful’s Gas & Snack: Your Gateway to the Big Wild! See one of the few remaining gasoline stations, painstakingly preserved since the mid-21st century. Travel back to a time when hardy men roamed the “open road” seeking fortune & freedom. Wilderness passes & provisions available. NO GAS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE, PLEASE DON’T ASK. URL: http://awfulsgas.com Contact: awfuls@awfulsgas.com

Lovely Burners

Lovely Burner

Mutant Vehicle Name Unknown

Mayan Warrior Mutant Vehicle

BROKEN BUT TOGETHER by Michael Benisty MIRROR POLISHED STAINLESS STEEL 21 X 12 X 10 FT 6.5 X 3.6 X 3 M 2019 https://www.michaelbenisty.com

The Shrine of Sympathetic Resonance by: tyson ayers and Resonant Arts from: Oakland, CA year: 2019 The Shrine of Sympathetic Resonance is a sanctuary dedicated to letting participants experience the phenomena of sympathetic resonance. All the walls of this epic structure are made of piano harps, surrounding the participant with 20,000 musical strings that echo back every sound they make. All the strings are tuned to pentatonic scales based on the Schumann Resonance, the earth’s fundamental frequency, so that anything played on the strings sounds musical. Five intimate, pentagonal chambers let participants deeply immerse themselves in the experience, while the open-air center space allows for larger gatherings. A 39′ tower rises up from the center’s intricately designed dias while detailed artworks adorn the space. URL: http://www.soundcave.org Contact: tyson@soundcave.org

The Larry Memorial by: Dana Albany, Andrew Johnstone, David Best, Flash Hopkins from: San Francisco, CA year: 2019 A stepped pyramid crowned with a palanquin and large spire, flanked on each corner by lamplighter spires. It serves as a physical representation of Larry’s mind palace and contains some of Larry’s books and mementos. Contact: danaalbany@juno.com

The Temple of Direction by: Geordie Van Der Bosch from: San Francisco, CA year: 2019 The Temple of Direction is organized linearly. It recreates a restricted passage which expands in the center into a large hall. This is a response to the openness of the playa; it creates a space traveled end to end; versus wandering an open plan; this temple provides direction and focus. Linearity also reflects the passage of life; all lives have a beginning, a middle and an end which metaphorically is included in this temple’s form. Following this metaphor a variety of spaces are created; narrow spaces and wide spaces, dark spaces and bright spaces. Tunnels create intimate experiences with shade.. A large central hall expands in width and height providing a bright area suitable for gatherings. URL: https://www.templeofdirection.org Contact: templeofdirection@gmail.com

Elephant Mutant Vehicle Name Unknown

Elephant Mutant Vehicle Name Unknown and the Monumental Mammoth

The Folly by: Dave Keane & The Folly Builders from: San Francisco, CA year: 2019 The Folly represents an imaginary shantytown of funky climbable towers and old western storefronts, cobbled together from salvaged and reclaimed lumber from original San Francisco Victorians to be reborn in the desert, affording shelter, entertainment and perspective to the community. URL: www.thefollybrc.com Contact: info@thefollybrc.com https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=H#a2I0V000001AVkAUAW

Burner with kite and bike

Oprah and Fabio what is happening?!

The Folly by: Dave Keane & The Folly Builders from: San Francisco, CA year: 2019 The Folly represents an imaginary shantytown of funky climbable towers and old western storefronts, cobbled together from salvaged and reclaimed lumber from original San Francisco Victorians to be reborn in the desert, affording shelter, entertainment and perspective to the community. URL: www.thefollybrc.com Contact: info@thefollybrc.com https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=H#a2I0V000001AVkAUAW

Lovely Burner

Airfield for walking in the clouds by: Weld Queen from: Moscow, Russia year: 2019 “Airfield for walking in the clouds” is a model of a fantasy airfield with ten dream-liners “Armchairs for walking in the clouds.” The project is a large-scale interactive installation where people will be sitting and swinging in the “Armchairs for walking in the clouds” where they will be able to “break away” from the ground and be closer to their dreams. “Airfield for walking in the clouds” is a place where people can go on their own journey into the depths of their inner space. URL: http://weldqueen.com/project/airfield-for-walking-in-the-clouds/ Contact: info@weldqueen.com

Stone 27 by: Benjamin Langholz from: California & Berlin, Germany year: 2019 Confront nature and yourself as you journey along 27 stones floating above the Playa. Step into an alternate reality where destructive energy has been harmonized with nature to create moments of physical and mental elevation. Stone 27 finds great inspiration in simplicity, minimalism, and math to create clearness and consciousness in a material world, inviting you to a moment of complete presence. URL: https://stonetwentyseven.com Contact: stonetwentyseven@gmail.com

The Temple and the Man

Expansion Pavilion by: Shrine from: Pasadena, CA year: 2019 https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=H#a2I0V000001T9HSUA0

Lovely Burner

Skywhale: The Not ShyWhale by: Blake Marcus, Chris Welch, Seven from: Amherst, MA year: 2019 The SkyWhale is a life sized flying technicolor whale and she will kindle the flames of imagination and wonder within all who see, touch, and listen to the piece as she arrives into the dusty desert. She strives to open the possibility of using the sky as a 3-dimensional medium for art. In nature, water creatures live in a place physically below that of terrestrial humans, and they have been downstream of many harmful human activities. SkyWhale aims to show that there can be progress and she can help heal and transform the human relationship with Nature. In recognition of the metamorphosis theme, the SkyWhale will embody the transformation of a sea creature to dream that takes to the air. URL: https://www.instagram.com/skywhaleproject/ Contact: theskywhaleproject@gmail.com

Name Unknown

Taking Flight by: Nicki Adani from: Mill Valley, CA year: 2019 Nicki Adani’s “Taking Flight” emboldens visitors to be who they truly are, inspiring them to leave behind what is holding them back. A 10-foot tall feminine bird-like figure, welded from raw steel rods and tubes, her wings spread wide, takes flight from her perch upon a 10-foot tall spoked wheel, representing the circle of life. Viewers interact by making colorful ropes and weaving them into the wheel as a metaphor of releasing one’s past. Experiences already lived through can’t be erased, but they can speak their truths, and be let go. In the process, individuals can connect to their inner strength allowing them to spread their wings to fly free. URL: http://time2flyart.com Contact: nicki@time2flyart.com

BROKEN BUT TOGETHER and 747

The Intersection X by: Invisible Pink Unicorns from: Moscow, Russia year: 2019 Nothing stays the same. We are changing all the time and the world around us is changing as well. In the place of last year intersection the new one appeared. It is the same, but absolutely different. Metamorphose took its toll. URL: https://www.facebook.com/theintersectionart Contact: kirill.v.ivanov@gmail.com

Name Unknown

Niloticus by: Peter Hazel from: Reno, NV year: 2019 Niloticus is a 40 foot long mosaic crocodile that invites visitors to climb on top of him. His eyes, teeth, and osteoderms will light up in the night. Contact: peter@peterhazel.com

Always fun to play with you Bonnie!

The Man Closeup 2019

The Folly and The Temple

The Shrine of Sympathetic Resonance by: tyson ayers and Resonant Arts from: Oakland, CA year: 2019 The Shrine of Sympathetic Resonance is a sanctuary dedicated to letting participants experience the phenomena of sympathetic resonance. All the walls of this epic structure are made of piano harps, surrounding the participant with 20,000 musical strings that echo back every sound they make. All the strings are tuned to pentatonic scales based on the Schumann Resonance, the earth’s fundamental frequency, so that anything played on the strings sounds musical. Five intimate, pentagonal chambers let participants deeply immerse themselves in the experience, while the open-air center space allows for larger gatherings. A 39′ tower rises up from the center’s intricately designed dias while detailed artworks adorn the space. URL: http://www.soundcave.org Contact: tyson@soundcave.org

The Folly by: Dave Keane & The Folly Builders from: San Francisco, CA year: 2019 The Folly represents an imaginary shantytown of funky climbable towers and old western storefronts, cobbled together from salvaged and reclaimed lumber from original San Francisco Victorians to be reborn in the desert, affording shelter, entertainment and perspective to the community. URL: www.thefollybrc.com Contact: info@thefollybrc.com https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=H#a2I0V000001AVkAUAW

BROKEN BUT TOGETHER by Michael Benisty MIRROR POLISHED STAINLESS STEEL 21 X 12 X 10 FT 6.5 X 3.6 X 3 M 2019 https://www.michaelbenisty.com

Deep playa fun

The Man’s Army Build by: Michael Ciulla & The Rave Knights (Alexandra Friedman, Nick Harris, John Jones) with support from Sin Cohen, Steven Platt, Lizzy Layne, Ryan Geist Bozajian & Ciulla Associates from: Los Angeles, CA year: 2019 The Man’s Army is 100 androgynous life-sized human figures standing in a 10×10 grid. Each figure has skin of white wax and a unique 3D printed face created by a point-cloud scan of real people. At night an internal LED creates a glow emanating from within. The body and face create a blank canvas for expression. Throughout the week the figures are customized, culminating in a transformative burn. The piece is a visual metaphor contemplating conformity through shared non-conformity. People, from a distance may appear homogeneous but once among them you see their individuality. Through shared experience burners are altered and stretched by the thoughts and intentions of one another and then transformed through an expression of impermanence. URL: http://themansarmy.com Contact: themansarmy@gmail.com

The Temple of Direction by: Geordie Van Der Bosch from: San Francisco, CA year: 2019 The Temple of Direction is organized linearly. It recreates a restricted passage which expands in the center into a large hall. This is a response to the openness of the playa; it creates a space traveled end to end; versus wandering an open plan; this temple provides direction and focus. Linearity also reflects the passage of life; all lives have a beginning, a middle and an end which metaphorically is included in this temple’s form. Following this metaphor a variety of spaces are created; narrow spaces and wide spaces, dark spaces and bright spaces. Tunnels create intimate experiences with shade.. A large central hall expands in width and height providing a bright area suitable for gatherings. URL: https://www.templeofdirection.org Contact: templeofdirection@gmail.com

Name Unknown

My friend Vanessa and some big trucks.

Large generators

Name Unknown

Dusty Sunset

Back of the DMV Line 2019

Name Unknown but has the best music ever.

Name Unknown

Dusty DMV Line

Meteor Mutant Vehicle (I think)

DMV Line

Fish Bike!

Magnificent burner

Expansion Pavilion by: Shrine from: Pasadena, CA year: 2019 https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=H#a2I0V000001T9HSUA0

#Slonik by: Mikhail Tsaturyan from: Moscow, Russia year: 2019 It’s a 75 ft fluorescent elephant which will be hard to miss on playa. #Slonik is designed to draw attention to elephant mistreatment in Africa and Asia. We should not let the elephants go extinct. If you take one element away from the ecosystem it will affect all the other creatures including humans themselves! Slonik — transliteration from Cyrillic — is the diminutive form of a Russian word that means elephant. Contact: misha@libertee.ru

The Man Base 2019

BMIR

Detail on The Monumental Mammoth by: Girl Scout Gold Award Recipient Tahoe Mack, Mentor and Protector of Tule Springs Representative Sherri Grotheer, and artists Luis Varela-Rico and Dana Albany from: Las Vegas, NV year: 2019 The Monumental Mammoth project will depict a life-sized steel Colombian mammoth skeleton collaged with metal found objects to tell the story of Tule Spring National Monument’s past, present, and future. The sheer size and struggle of the mammoth’s stance is a representation of the universal call to protect what the earth has given humanity. As a community, we are called together to protect the fossils of our past and the education of our future. Dana Albany and Luis Varela-Rico are pulling together the sleek elements of the interior steel structure and the intricate weavings to represents the distinctive community that is Las Vegas.It also tells the story of a rising feminine power, and shows all women of any age that anything is possible! URL: https://tulemammothproject.wordpress.com Contact: tulemammothproject@gmail.com https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=H#a2I0V000001AVtMUAW

The Monumental Mammoth by: Girl Scout Gold Award Recipient Tahoe Mack, Mentor and Protector of Tule Springs Representative Sherri Grotheer, and artists Luis Varela-Rico and Dana Albany from: Las Vegas, NV year: 2019 The Monumental Mammoth project will depict a life-sized steel Colombian mammoth skeleton collaged with metal found objects to tell the story of Tule Spring National Monument’s past, present, and future. The sheer size and struggle of the mammoth’s stance is a representation of the universal call to protect what the earth has given humanity. As a community, we are called together to protect the fossils of our past and the education of our future. Dana Albany and Luis Varela-Rico are pulling together the sleek elements of the interior steel structure and the intricate weavings to represents the distinctive community that is Las Vegas.It also tells the story of a rising feminine power, and shows all women of any age that anything is possible! URL: https://tulemammothproject.wordpress.com Contact: tulemammothproject@gmail.com https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=H#a2I0V000001AVtMUAW

Niloticus by: Peter Hazel from: Reno, NV year: 2019 Niloticus is a 40 foot long mosaic crocodile that invites visitors to climb on top of him. His eyes, teeth, and osteoderms will light up in the night. Contact: peter@peterhazel.com https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=H#a2I0V000001AW2iUAG

Name Unknown

Mariposita by: Chris Carnabuci from: Cold Spring, NY year: 2019 Mariposita, meaning “little butterfly”, represents rebirth – of coming out of a shell, escaping confinement, and breaking through to a more meaningful and enlightening existence or experience. The act of emerging, however, is usually not so simple, and the complexity experienced both within the individual viewer and expressed externally as a communal experience, will become the atmosphere surrounding this piece. A rebirth requires power, curiosity, determination, and support, all characteristics that lead to revival and restoration. Mariposita is meant to inspire awakenings and reawakenings, growth and regrowth, beginnings and ends. Contact: chriscarnabuci@gmail.com https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=H#a2I0V000001AW0NUAW

Clean slate

The Folly by: Dave Keane & The Folly Builders from: San Francisco, CA year: 2019 The Folly represents an imaginary shantytown of funky climbable towers and old western storefronts, cobbled together from salvaged and reclaimed lumber from original San Francisco Victorians to be reborn in the desert, affording shelter, entertainment and perspective to the community. URL: www.thefollybrc.com Contact: info@thefollybrc.com https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=H#a2I0V000001AVkAUAW

Lovely Burners ( Thank you for all those man bases <3 )

Magnificent Skies

Stone 27 by: Benjamin Langholz from: California & Berlin, Germany year: 2019 Confront nature and yourself as you journey along 27 stones floating above the Playa. Step into an alternate reality where destructive energy has been harmonized with nature to create moments of physical and mental elevation. Stone 27 finds great inspiration in simplicity, minimalism, and math to create clearness and consciousness in a material world, inviting you to a moment of complete presence. URL: https://stonetwentyseven.com Contact: stonetwentyseven@gmail.com https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=H#a2I0V000001AVo2UAG

Expansion Pavilion by: Shrine from: Pasadena, CA year: 2019 https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=H#a2I0V000001T9HSUA0

The Temple of Direction by: Geordie Van Der Bosch from: San Francisco, CA year: 2019 The Temple of Direction is organized linearly. It recreates a restricted passage which expands in the center into a large hall. This is a response to the openness of the playa; it creates a space traveled end to end; versus wandering an open plan; this temple provides direction and focus. Linearity also reflects the passage of life; all lives have a beginning, a middle and an end which metaphorically is included in this temple’s form. Following this metaphor a variety of spaces are created; narrow spaces and wide spaces, dark spaces and bright spaces. Tunnels create intimate experiences with shade.. A large central hall expands in width and height providing a bright area suitable for gatherings. URL: https://www.templeofdirection.org Contact: templeofdirection@gmail.com

Burners builing

Some cars

First Light

Just before sunrise

Almost there!

Pastel Skies

When you’re cleaning the dust from last year while driving to the playa. This is a shared camp vehicle.

Flames

Galaxia Burn by: Arthur Mamou-Mani from: London, United Kingdom year: 2018 Galaxia celebrates hope in the unknown, stars, planets, black holes, the movement uniting us in swirling galaxies of dreams. A superior form of Gaia in Isaac Asimov’s Foundation series, Galaxia is the ultimate network, the fabric of the universe connecting living beings into one entity. Galaxia is shaped of 20 timber trusses converging as a spiral towards one point in the sky. The triangular trusses form dierent paths towards a central space holding a giant 3D printed mandala, the heart of Galaxia. The timber modules start large enough to hold small alcoves in which people can write in peace. As participants walk through the path, the timber modules lift up and become thinner and thinner towards the sky as people reach the central mandala. URL: https://mamou-mani.com

Galaxia burn by: Arthur Mamou-Mani from: London, United Kingdom year: 2018 Galaxia celebrates hope in the unknown, stars, planets, black holes, the movement uniting us in swirling galaxies of dreams. A superior form of Gaia in Isaac Asimov’s Foundation series, Galaxia is the ultimate network, the fabric of the universe connecting living beings into one entity. Galaxia is shaped of 20 timber trusses converging as a spiral towards one point in the sky. The triangular trusses form dierent paths towards a central space holding a giant 3D printed mandala, the heart of Galaxia. The timber modules start large enough to hold small alcoves in which people can write in peace. As participants walk through the path, the timber modules lift up and become thinner and thinner towards the sky as people reach the central mandala. URL: https://mamou-mani.com

Galaxia by: Arthur Mamou-Mani from: London, United Kingdom year: 2018 Galaxia celebrates hope in the unknown, stars, planets, black holes, the movement uniting us in swirling galaxies of dreams. A superior form of Gaia in Isaac Asimov’s Foundation series, Galaxia is the ultimate network, the fabric of the universe connecting living beings into one entity. Galaxia is shaped of 20 timber trusses converging as a spiral towards one point in the sky. The triangular trusses form dierent paths towards a central space holding a giant 3D printed mandala, the heart of Galaxia. The timber modules start large enough to hold small alcoves in which people can write in peace. As participants walk through the path, the timber modules lift up and become thinner and thinner towards the sky as people reach the central mandala. URL: https://mamou-mani.com

Galaxia by: Arthur Mamou-Mani from: London, United Kingdom year: 2018

Temple Burn Night 2018

This Too Shall Pass – Moondancer by: Lekha Washington from: Mumbai, India year: 2018 High up in the night sky, a giant glowing sphere, half lit, half black, uneven surfaced, can be seen from far across the playa- except that it is a shape-shifting, dancing form that feels like a moving planet – an eclipse in motion. It is lit from the inside and suspended with a very specific internal tying technique that pivots it, allowing it to sometimes disappear, sometimes be all there, and everything in between, all through the flow of the wind. Hypnotic in its movement, reflecting the weather around it, appearing and disappearing in different parts of the playa, messing with all sense of orientation, the Moondancer by Lekha Washington. Contact: lekhawashington@gmail.com

Temple Burn Night 2018

Crowd o Burners

Temple Burn Night 2018

The Man Burn 2018

After The Man Burn 2018

I love it when they release the perimeter and everyone rushes in and circles the fire. The frenetic energy is amazing.

The Man Burn 2018

Waiting for the flame to go round

Light All The Fires!

Crimson Rose and Will Roger With Fire Conclave

Bring the flame!

Pastel Skies before the Man Burn 2018

The Man Base before getting torched 2018

The good stuff is outside your comfort zone

Ethereal Fleeting by: Lukas Truniger, Itamar Bergfreund & Bruce Yoder from: Zurich, Switzerland year: 2018

Abraxas and The Temple

Love these guys even though I’ve never met them. They are always cool with me hovering around making images of their vehicle. https://www.facebook.com/icarusartcar/

Trash Fence sunrise 2018

Galaxia by: Arthur Mamou-Mani from: London, United Kingdom year: 2018 Galaxia celebrates hope in the unknown, stars, planets, black holes, the movement uniting us in swirling galaxies of dreams. A superior form of Gaia in Isaac Asimov’s Foundation series, Galaxia is the ultimate network, the fabric of the universe connecting living beings into one entity. Galaxia is shaped of 20 timber trusses converging as a spiral towards one point in the sky. The triangular trusses form dierent paths towards a central space holding a giant 3D printed mandala, the heart of Galaxia. The timber modules start large enough to hold small alcoves in which people can write in peace. As participants walk through the path, the timber modules lift up and become thinner and thinner towards the sky as people reach the central mandala. URL: https://mamou-mani.com

RadiaLumia by: FoldHaus Collective from: Oakland, CA year: 2018 RadiaLumia is a geodesic sphere, five-stories tall, and covered with a breathing skin of origami shells and radiant spikes. Its shape nods to radiolaria, a tiny protozoa with intricate mineral skeletons that covered the desert thousands of years ago, when it was once the sea floor. From the outside, you can see the folds of the shells, made of corrugated polypropylene and illuminated with over 100,000 LEDs. Inside the sphere, a platform offers a place for people to retreat and look out to the surrounding landscape. The shells open and close in response to visitors’ presence, constantly in motion, sometimes protecting the intimate interior of the sphere, sometimes revealing a glimpse of its heart. URL: http://www.foldhaus.com

In Every Lifetime I Will Find You by: Michael Benisty, Love and Unity from: Brooklyn, NY year: 2018

Come-Million! by: Amit Weissenstern from: Tel-Aviv, IS year: 2018 Come-Million is a giant colorful chameleon that shines up beautifully when playing interactively with her friends! Come-Million’s skin is made of hundreds of tiles carrying thousands little lights. Their colors change in reaction to the participants’ behavior inside, sensed through its pumping heart. A playful collaboration is demonstrated through the interaction between the people inside the chameleon, and passerby. Inside the chameleon there will be an interactive game that the visitors and the chameleon will participate in using a set of handles of different colors. Citizens of Black Rock City will sense and understand Come-Million’s through its signals and listen to her heart – to help her shine with millions of colors.

David Best and Friend

Maxa Xaman Mutant Vehicle

SENTIENT AI by: Michael Benisty, Love and Unity from: Brooklyn, NY year: 2018 A sculptural representation of Male and Female holding one another in a symbolic and universal position of caring in a display of Love and Unity. Measuring 25 feet tall and made out of mirror polished stainless steel. URL: http://www.michaelbenisty.com Contact: benistyart@gmail.com

Spider Sweet by: Bryan Argabrite from: Santa Cruz, CA year: 2018 Spider sweet is a maneuverable spider that draws in spectators to explore her postures and watch her come alive with color as the sun sets. A contractor by trade with an eye for transformation, Bryan Argabrite’s first Burning Man Honoraria project was inspired by the symmetry of an airplane engine and the intention to change the perception of a misunderstood creature and the fears within all of us. Contact: spidersweetproject@gmail.com

Burners enjoy sunrise atop platform.

Galaxia by: Mamou-Mani from: London year: 2018 Galaxia celebrates hope in the unknown, stars, planets, black holes, the movement uniting us in swirling galaxies of dreams. A superior form of Gaia in Isaac Asimov’s Foundation series, Galaxia is the ultimate network, the fabric of the universe connecting living beings into one entity. Galaxia is shaped of 20 timber trusses converging as a spiral towards one point in the sky. The triangular trusses form different paths towards a central space holding a giant 3D printed mandala, the heart of Galaxia. The timber modules start large enough to hold small alcoves in which people can write in peace. As participants walk through the path, the timber modules lift up and become thinner and thinner towards the sky as people reach the central mandala. URL: https://mamou-mani.com/project/galaxia/ Contact: arthur@mamou-mani.com

Name Unknown

Deep Playa Sunrise

The Playa at night 2018

The ORB by: Bjarke Ingels, Jakob Lange, and I, Orbot from: Valby, Copenhagen, Denmark year: 2018 Inspired by NASA’s Project Echo, the ORB is an inflatable structure to levitate above the playa. The reflective skin will mirror the full layout of BRC from the ground, allowing for easier navigation & making visible the burner’s immersion in the community space.

Rainbow Bridge by: Josh Zubkoff from: San Francisco, CA year: 2018 Debuting at Burning Man 2018, The Rainbow Bridge is a 100′ long walkable rainbow bridge that will rise from the morning mist and dazzle with LEDs at night. A great place for a contemplative walk, romantic stroll, to meet friends, or just to sit and embrace the moment. Rainbows represent love, magic, and wonder – some of our favorite aspects of Burning Man. URL: http://giantrainbow.com Contact: jazlink@gmail.com

Lovely Burner

Perpetual Consumption Apparatus by: Clayton Blake Art from: Currumbin, Queensland, Australia year: 2018

Colorful Mutant Vehicle

Sardines Mutant Vehicle and The Orb

Diplo and Bounce Mutant Vehicle

Robot Resurrection by: Shane Evans from: Denver, CO year: 2018 Robot Resurrection is towering 30 foot tall, human piloted, articulating sculpture made from reclaimed airplane parts and found objects. From the torso cockpit, the operator(s) manipulate the Robot’s motions and fire effects. This piece is a representation of we all have become… Robots. It is a wake-up call of how large these problems are. We have been controlled for too long. Robot Resurrection was born from what we as a society have discarded. Our hope is that this 28′ Robot will inspire reflection upon one’s self and be a reminder of the power we all hold. We hope it awakens some awareness of our situation and encourages some small change on a small scale that leads to big change in the massive system. Contact: ourbigrobot@gmail.com

Hechi Ken Red Tea Ceremony by: Ken Hamazaki from: Afton, MN year: 2018

Aerial Photo Black Rock City 2018

I gave Franklyn a ride back to his camp and we got lost and went all the way out to L and back.

David Best

David Best and Friend

Galaxia by: Arthur Mamou-Mani from: London, United Kingdom year: 2018

Name Unknown

Baba Yaga’s House by: Jessi Sprocket Janusee and Baba Yaga’s Book Club from: Reno, NV year: 2018 The house of Baba Yaga will rise from the playa straddling it’s mechanical chicken legs. The crone’s house will be poised to run at the slightest provocation. Ascend her staircases to test the old witch if you dare. Are you able to walk through the veil of mortality into the space where the seer dwells? If you are strong of will, feeling bold and willing to show vulnerability she may allow you to venture within her sanctum. URL: http://jessisprocket.com/baba-yaga/

Galaxia by: Mamou-Mani from: London year: 2018 Galaxia celebrates hope in the unknown, stars, planets, black holes, the movement uniting us in swirling galaxies of dreams. A superior form of Gaia in Isaac Asimov’s Foundation series, Galaxia is the ultimate network, the fabric of the universe connecting living beings into one entity. Galaxia is shaped of 20 timber trusses converging as a spiral towards one point in the sky. The triangular trusses form different paths towards a central space holding a giant 3D printed mandala, the heart of Galaxia. The timber modules start large enough to hold small alcoves in which people can write in peace. As participants walk through the path, the timber modules lift up and become thinner and thinner towards the sky as people reach the central mandala. URL: https://mamou-mani.com/project/galaxia/ Contact: arthur@mamou-mani.com

The Man Base 2018

Black Rock Philharmonic 2018

Streets

Epiffany & Co. Mutant Vehicle

Christina Mutant Vehicle

Aerial Photo Black Rock City 2018

Listen by: Aaron Fowler & Erin Desmond from: Los Angeles, CA year: 2018 “Listen” is a large scale human heart made from used speakers on the exterior and lined with mirror mosaic on the interior. Participants are invited to enter the reflecting inner heart space where they will find stethoscopes hanging from the ceiling that are connected to the speakers on the exterior. When activated from within, the sculpture will emit deep, layered beating sounds, as participantes stop to listen to their hearts and the hearts of others. Contact: speakersoftheheart@gmail.com

Bloom and Playa

This chap from London was friendly and had a completely unique style. I love it.

SENTIENT AI by: Michael Benisty, Love and Unity from: Brooklyn, NY year: 2018 A sculptural representation of Male and Female holding one another in a symbolic and universal position of caring in a display of Love and Unity. Measuring 25 feet tall and made out of mirror polished stainless steel. URL: http://www.michaelbenisty.com Contact: benistyart@gmail.com

RadiaLumia by: FoldHaus Collective from: Oakland, CA year: 2018 RadiaLumia is a geodesic sphere, five-stories tall, and covered with a breathing skin of origami shells and radiant spikes. Its shape nods to radiolaria, a tiny protozoa with intricate mineral skeletons that covered the desert thousands of years ago, when it was once the sea floor. From the outside, you can see the folds of the shells, made of corrugated polypropylene and illuminated with over 100,000 LEDs. Inside the sphere, a platform offers a place for people to retreat and look out to the surrounding landscape. The shells open and close in response to visitors’ presence, constantly in motion, sometimes protecting the intimate interior of the sphere, sometimes revealing a glimpse of its heart. URL: http://www.foldhaus.com

The ORB by: Bjarke Ingels, Jakob Lange, and I, Orbot from: Valby, Copenhagen, Denmark year: 2018 Inspired by NASA’s Project Echo, the ORB is an inflatable structure to levitate above the playa. The reflective skin will mirror the full layout of BRC from the ground, allowing for easier navigation & making visible the burner’s immersion in the community space.

Bloom, The Temple, and Razorback at Dusk

Name Unknown

Stardust Mutant Vehicle

Name Unknown

Galaxia by: Mamou-Mani from: London year: 2018 Galaxia celebrates hope in the unknown, stars, planets, black holes, the movement uniting us in swirling galaxies of dreams. A superior form of Gaia in Isaac Asimov’s Foundation series, Galaxia is the ultimate network, the fabric of the universe connecting living beings into one entity. Galaxia is shaped of 20 timber trusses converging as a spiral towards one point in the sky. The triangular trusses form different paths towards a central space holding a giant 3D printed mandala, the heart of Galaxia. The timber modules start large enough to hold small alcoves in which people can write in peace. As participants walk through the path, the timber modules lift up and become thinner and thinner towards the sky as people reach the central mandala. URL: https://mamou-mani.com/project/galaxia/ Contact: arthur@mamou-mani.com

Arthur cutting the ribbon and opening The Temple

Plantoid Garden: A Blockchain-based Life-form, Featuring the Photo-synthesizer by: Primavera De Filippi & Okhaos Creations from: Paris, France year: 2018 A Plantoid is the plant equivalent of an android: a robot or synthetic organism designed to look, act and grow like a plant. Its Body is an interactive mechanical sculpture activated by environmental factors and human attention. Its Soul is a blockchain-based software governing its reproduction. Wandering through the playa, you may stumble on the Plantoid Garden, in the middle of which are three giant 10 to 20 foot tall mechanical plants made of welded scrap metal, with a strong but elegant steampunk flavor. Their stems are made of large, industrial chain; their leaves are made of photovoltaic panels and their flowers of forged metal. Half plant, half-android, they come to life when triggered with sunlight, wind and human attention. URL: http://plantoid.org Contact: hello@plantoid.org

ICHIRO Sacred Beings by: Marianela Fuentes, Arturo Gonzalez and Sarahi Carrillo from: Mexico City, Mexico year: 2018 The exact replica skeleton of the Velafrons Coahuilensis, a dinosaur from the Cretaceous period, 72 million years ago. The dinosaur will be decorated in the art of the Huichol, an indigenous tribe of Mexico who now lives in the same lands that once were populated by the Velafrons. Next to the Velafrons the head of a T-Rex with the same design. These visions also represent the flow of energy that exists within the human body and the universe. The dinosaur will be illuminated from all sides to be visible at night. Ichiro is a very emotional altar of ancient times on which there will be an original ritual every day at sunset, aiming at connecting with our ancestors and our inner self. Contact: marianellfu@gmail.com

BEBOT by: Andrea Greenlees, Andy Tibbetts and Josh Haywood from: Surbiton, Surrey, England year: 2018 BEBOT is a cute, friendly, thirty-five foot tall steel robot that invites Burners to climb up into its interior and ‘BE My Eyes’, ‘BE My Ears’, ‘BE My Voice’, ‘BE My Beating Heart’. An endearing comic book robot built on a huge scale but undeniably cute, this installation is intended primarily for play but conceptually it explores aspects of robotics that should concern us. ‘Cuteness’ is already the dominant aesthetic of digital culture and features heavily in robot design. Cuteness triggers in us a desire to approach and engage with the cute object. Emotional engineering of robots lowers our barriers to privacy and clouds our perception of risk. BEBOT’s forked devil’s tail suggests that all may not be as innocent and harmless as it seems. Contact: andrea@hylemo.com

In Every Lifetime I Will Find You by: Michael Benisty, Love and Unity from: Brooklyn, NY year: 2018

http://www.bigimagination.org

Rainbow Bridge by: Josh Zubkoff from: San Francisco, CA year: 2018 Debuting at Burning Man 2018, The Rainbow Bridge is a 100′ long walkable rainbow bridge that will rise from the morning mist and dazzle with LEDs at night. A great place for a contemplative walk, romantic stroll, to meet friends, or just to sit and embrace the moment. Rainbows represent love, magic, and wonder – some of our favorite aspects of Burning Man. URL: http://giantrainbow.com Contact: jazlink@gmail.com

Name Unknown

The ORB by: Bjarke Ingels, Jakob Lange, and I, Orbot from: Valby, Copenhagen, Denmark year: 2018

Swings!

Freedom Killed Lady Liberty by: Sy Van Tran and Houston Burners from: Houston, TX year: 2018 The large scale installation of the Statue of Liberty gunned down and holding up her heart asks Participants to ponder the meaning of Freedom Killed Lady Liberty. Seeing the icon of lady liberty illustrated in this manner startles the viewers into taking notice. It asks viewers to think about gun issues from an emotional and compassionate perspective rather than the standard partisan talking points we often hear in the media. It puts a serious topic into a unique perspective for Participants, stirring emotions, and invoking deeper thoughts, questioning the meaning and purpose of the Second Amendment and what it means to be free. URL: http://www.houstonburners.com Contact: syvantran@gmail.com

Name Unknown

by Duane Flatmo and crew.

Name Unknown

Swings!

The Man Base and nearby hills

Long View, A Polar Bear Stands in the Desert by: Don Kennell and Arctic Burn 505 from: Santa Fe, NM year: 2018

Lovely Burner

Chilopod by: Lawrence Grown, Embrio LLC from: Berkeley, CA year: 2018 The Chilopod [ky-lo-pod] is an interactive insect-like structure, an example of a “building-as-living-organism.” Daytime: Participants can climb the spine ladder, and slide down to the tail. An internal soundscape conveys breathing, and whale-like song. The Chilopod responds to human speech with its other-worldly insect-like voice. Nighttime: Exterior lights evoke a living skin. When the Chilopod hears music from nearby art cars, its lights morph and pulse to the beat, like a chameleon floating through a sea of sound. Participants can touch node points to immediately change the lighting patterns, and explore further interaction. Inside the legs appear as ribs, and the lights convey the inner workings of the organism’s heartbeat and breathing. URL: https://www.chilopod.life/ Contact: chilopod1@gmail.com

I wish, I hope, I will, I want at Burning Man 2018 sign.

Lovely Burner

Odd Jelly Out by: uckiood – Missy Douglas & Kim Rask from: Burien, WA year: 2018

Name Unknown

Galaxia by: Mamou-Mani from: London year: 2018 Galaxia celebrates hope in the unknown, stars, planets, black holes, the movement uniting us in swirling galaxies of dreams. A superior form of Gaia in Isaac Asimov’s Foundation series, Galaxia is the ultimate network, the fabric of the universe connecting living beings into one entity. Galaxia is shaped of 20 timber trusses converging as a spiral towards one point in the sky. The triangular trusses form different paths towards a central space holding a giant 3D printed mandala, the heart of Galaxia. The timber modules start large enough to hold small alcoves in which people can write in peace. As participants walk through the path, the timber modules lift up and become thinner and thinner towards the sky as people reach the central mandala. URL: https://mamou-mani.com/project/galaxia/ Contact: arthur@mamou-mani.com

Night at the Climb In by: Dustin Weatherford from: Reno, NV year: 2018 Night at the Climb In will be a 70 foot tall stack of reclaimed junkyard cars, stacked straight up, one on top of the next. Every car will be climbable, visitable, interactive in its own way. The stack will end in a crows nest that sits at the top of the structure, just under a large spinning lit up sign. URL: https://www.facebook.com/nightattheclimbin/ Contact: nightattheclimbin@gmail.com

BEBOT by: Andrea Greenlees, Andy Tibbetts and Josh Haywood from: Surbiton, Surrey, England year: 2018 BEBOT is a cute, friendly, thirty-five foot tall steel robot that invites Burners to climb up into its interior and ‘BE My Eyes’, ‘BE My Ears’, ‘BE My Voice’, ‘BE My Beating Heart’. An endearing comic book robot built on a huge scale but undeniably cute, this installation is intended primarily for play but conceptually it explores aspects of robotics that should concern us. ‘Cuteness’ is already the dominant aesthetic of digital culture and features heavily in robot design. Cuteness triggers in us a desire to approach and engage with the cute object. Emotional engineering of robots lowers our barriers to privacy and clouds our perception of risk. BEBOT’s forked devil’s tail suggests that all may not be as innocent and harmless as it seems. Contact: andrea@hylemo.com

Name Unknown

The Man Base opens 2018

Colossal Hemi-Roid Mutant Vehicle (I think)

Billion Bunny March 2018

Miami Advice and Galaxia

There is a hole in yur art!

Pariah Express Mutant Vehicle

Desert Guard by: Lu Ming from: Beijing, China year: 2018 Fenghaizhen’s design is inspired by the armor of Genghis Khan whose Mongolian empire ruled China during a part of the 14th century. The Mongolian army resisted their enemies’ aggression thanks to Genghis Khan’s military tactics, a strong system of weapons and their special armor. It had a very primitive but effective shock absorbing and impact diverting system. This art piece enlarges the armor to a height of 15 metres weighing 10 tons and embedded the soul of a Mongolian warrior. It wants to remind everyone, that we must never use artificial intelligence for war. Otherwise, humanity creates weapons that kill us. We hope that this warrior makes us realise that we shouldn’t only worship technology, but also put restrictions in place. Contact: beijingburners@gmail.com

Great Train Wreck by: Collaborative Artisans – Reno & Sacramento, & Debby Brower from: Sacramento, CA and Reno, NV year: 2018

Name Unknown

Step Forward – Joining Minds by: Miguel Angel Martin Bordera, founder of Carros de Foc from: San Vicente del Raspeig, Alicante, Spain year: 2018

Rabid Transit Mutant Vehicle

The ORB by: Bjarke Ingels, Jakob Lange, and I, Orbot from: Valby, Copenhagen, Denmark year: 2018 Inspired by NASA’s Project Echo, the ORB is an inflatable structure to levitate above the playa. The reflective skin will mirror the full layout of BRC from the ground, allowing for easier navigation & making visible the burner’s immersion in the community space.

BEBOT by: Andrea Greenlees, Andy Tibbetts and Josh Haywood from: Surbiton, Surrey, England year: 2018 BEBOT is a cute, friendly, thirty-five foot tall steel robot that invites Burners to climb up into its interior and ‘BE My Eyes’, ‘BE My Ears’, ‘BE My Voice’, ‘BE My Beating Heart’. An endearing comic book robot built on a huge scale but undeniably cute, this installation is intended primarily for play but conceptually it explores aspects of robotics that should concern us. ‘Cuteness’ is already the dominant aesthetic of digital culture and features heavily in robot design. Cuteness triggers in us a desire to approach and engage with the cute object. Emotional engineering of robots lowers our barriers to privacy and clouds our perception of risk. BEBOT’s forked devil’s tail suggests that all may not be as innocent and harmless as it seems. Contact: andrea@hylemo.com

Perpetual Consumption Apparatus by: Clayton Blake Art from: Currumbin, Queensland, Australia year: 2018

Stormtrooper visiblity is limited.

Ei Robot by: Spencer Edgerton, Launchpad Artspace at 3113 Studios, and Camp Deep Orbit from: Tucson, AZ year: 2018 A robot sits on a box and carves ideas into steel balls. The finished openwork balls surround the main robot sculpture and glow with an inner light, projecting the image of their new decoration onto the ground around them. The box and robot are illuminated and decorated with sci-fi imagery. The box is about 8′ square. The 6′ robot sits on top. The Ei-Robot will emit sparks, sounds and movement as it creates new Art-spheres.The 3.5′ Art-spheres will be added nightly until they number 14. URL: http://www.ei-robot.com Contact: ideas@ei-robot.com

Super Fun Burner. Loved meeting this dude. So full of joy and happiness.

Altered States of America Playa One Mutant Vechicle

Name Unknown

Valrian Steel by Henry Cheng. URL http://henrychangdesign.com/valyrian-steel/

SENTIENT AI by: Michael Benisty, Love and Unity from: Brooklyn, NY year: 2018 A sculptural representation of Male and Female holding one another in a symbolic and universal position of caring in a display of Love and Unity. Measuring 25 feet tall and made out of mirror polished stainless steel. URL: http://www.michaelbenisty.com Contact: benistyart@gmail.com

Burners gather for sunrise at the trash fence.

SENTIENT AI by: Michael Benisty, Love and Unity from: Brooklyn, NY year: 2018 A sculptural representation of Male and Female holding one another in a symbolic and universal position of caring in a display of Love and Unity. Measuring 25 feet tall and made out of mirror polished stainless steel. URL: http://www.michaelbenisty.com Contact: benistyart@gmail.com

Name Unknown

Long View, a polar bear stands in the desert by: Don Kennell and Arctic Burn 505 from: Santa Fe, NM year: 2018 A 34 foot polar bear made from white car hoods looks across the boundless vista of Black Rock City. The polar bear is an unlikely visitor to the Playa made from materials transformed from another time and place. Manifesting forces of climate change, she is searching for allies. Taking the “Long View” is crucial to survival. Combining content and joy, we ask the viewer to develop a relationship with the animal. Polar bears help humans imagine a faraway place, a place most will never visit. They are uniquely positioned as ambassadors to bring the arctic into human awareness. Animals disappear to make room for our cars. Turning wrecked cars into monumental animals visually reverses this process and impacts the consciousness of the viewer. Contact: arcticburn505@gmail.com

Baba Yaga’s House by: Jessi Sprocket Janusee and Baba Yaga’s Book Club from: Reno, NV year: 2018

Name Unknown

Mayan Warrior Mutant Vehicle

Franchise Freedom from: Amsterdam, The Netherlands year: 2018

In Every Lifetime I Will Find You by: Michael Benisty, Love and Unity from: Brooklyn, NY year: 2018

Rainbow and Things

Step Forward – Joining Minds by: Miguel Angel Martin Bordera, founder of Carros de Foc from: San Vicente del Raspeig, Alicante, Spain year: 2018

Poof

Sheriff Washoe County

Lovely Burner

Axolotl: The Earth Guardian. https://www.facebook.com/AXOBUX/

Hippocampbus Mutant Vehicle 2018

Hi Greg!

Strait No Chaser : The Great Strait Escape by: LadyBEAST and GatorDox from: Oakland, CA year: 2018 Strait No Chaser : The Great Strait Escape is a performance art installation in which Arianna (LadyBEAST) will be secured in a strait jacket and suspended by her feet from the basket of a hot air balloon. The piece is supported by a team from GatorDox camp. It is a radical expression of internal and external struggles gracefully suspended in a chaotic world. Contact: camp.gatordox@gmail.com

Front Porch Mutant Vehicle

Lone burner with sun rising at the trash fence.

Lone Burner and Deep Playa Sunrise

Stardust by: Paige Tashner from: Richmond, CA year: 2018 Stardust’s overall look is ethereal and otherworldly. By night, playa travelers will be drawn to a glowing, low-lying mystery disc. As they venture closer they’ll see that the disc is actually a flying saucer – and a comfy bench! A Galactic Tube embellished with illuminated celestial bodies extends up from the bench’s center. Cosmic Rays splay up and out of the tube, dripping end glow fiber optic cables, creating “stardust” overhead, slowly swaying. The soft sound of hidden wind chimes further enhances the twinkling “stardust” effect. Just waiting for discovery are hidden-in-plain-sight buttons that trigger shooting star effects. By day, the gentle sway of the Cosmic Rays and the soothing sound of the wind chimes continue to quiet the mind. URL: https://www.wearestardust.art

ICARUS Love these guys even though I’ve never met them. They are always cool with me hovering around making images of their vehicle. https://www.facebook.com/icarusartcar/

Dancers at Resolute Arch by: Richard Rhodes, Sculptor from: Seattle, WA year: 2018 The Resolute Arch is conceived as gathering place and high-impact landmark on the horizon. it’s intended to start a conversation, draw the viewer towards an unexpected conclusion and experience. Appearing broken and hanging inexplicably in place, the mind-altering assembly of stone challenges our perception of what we think we know, thought we understood. The sculpture is fundamentally an open symbol. The break in the form demands attention, presenting the shifting dualities of continuity and rupture, menace and security, unbidden fear and unearned trust. It is both heavy and light, impossible, yet it stands, challenging our perceptions. Timeless and transient, the stone arch stands in contrast to our disposable culture. URL: https://rhodesworks.smugmug.com/Rhodesworks-Sculpture/Resolute-Arch/n-j9P5r/i-ZzmgMqN Contact: richard@rhodesworksdesign.com

RadiaLumia by: FoldHaus Collective from: Oakland, CA year: 2018

Night at the Climb In by: Dustin Weatherford from: Reno, NV year: 2018 Night at the Climb In will be a 70 foot tall stack of reclaimed junkyard cars, stacked straight up, one on top of the next. Every car will be climbable, visitable, interactive in its own way. The stack will end in a crows nest that sits at the top of the structure, just under a large spinning lit up sign. URL: https://www.facebook.com/nightattheclimbin/

Moon and Galaxia by: Mamou-Mani from: London year: 2018 Galaxia celebrates hope in the unknown, stars, planets, black holes, the movement uniting us in swirling galaxies of dreams. A superior form of Gaia in Isaac Asimov’s Foundation series, Galaxia is the ultimate network, the fabric of the universe connecting living beings into one entity. Galaxia is shaped of 20 timber trusses converging as a spiral towards one point in the sky. The triangular trusses form different paths towards a central space holding a giant 3D printed mandala, the heart of Galaxia. The timber modules start large enough to hold small alcoves in which people can write in peace. As participants walk through the path, the timber modules lift up and become thinner and thinner towards the sky as people reach the central mandala. URL: https://mamou-mani.com/project/galaxia/ Contact: arthur@mamou-mani.com

Rainbow Bridge by: Josh Zubkoff from: San Francisco, CA year: 2018 Debuting at Burning Man 2018, The Rainbow Bridge is a 100′ long walkable rainbow bridge that will rise from the morning mist and dazzle with LEDs at night. A great place for a contemplative walk, romantic stroll, to meet friends, or just to sit and embrace the moment. Rainbows represent love, magic, and wonder – some of our favorite aspects of Burning Man. URL: http://giantrainbow.com Contact: jazlink@gmail.com

Name Unknown

Rainbow Bridge by: Josh Zubkoff from: San Francisco, CA year: 2018 Debuting at Burning Man 2018, The Rainbow Bridge is a 100′ long walkable rainbow bridge that will rise from the morning mist and dazzle with LEDs at night. A great place for a contemplative walk, romantic stroll, to meet friends, or just to sit and embrace the moment. Rainbows represent love, magic, and wonder – some of our favorite aspects of Burning Man. URL: http://giantrainbow.com Contact: jazlink@gmail.com

Hexatron by: Mark Lottor from: Menlo Park, CA year: 2018 A forest of 486 20ft tall LED light poles, arranged in a hexagon shape of approximately 90ft diameter, displaying 3D computer contr’d effects.

Plantoid Garden: A Blockchain-based Life-form, Featuring the Photo-synthesizer by: Primavera De Filippi & Okhaos Creations from: Paris, France year: 2018

How To Burning Man Costume FTW

Kokomotive Mutant Vehicle

Name Unknown

With Open Arms We Welcomed That Which Would Destroy Us (Short: With Open Arms) by: Christian Ristow from: Berlin, Germany year: 2018 With Open Arms We Welcomed That Which Would Destroy Us is a robot deity. With one of her aspects she welcomes and seduces; with the other she voraciously devours. She promises everything you’ve been hoping for. All she needs in return is your humanity.

Altitude Lounge (thanks for the views Greg et al)

Neat little camp setup

The Top of Flower Tower by: Kevin Clark, Reared In Steel from: Petaluma, CA The Flower Tower is a 70 foot tall metal structure ornately decorated by thousands of painted metal flowers, some of which will blow fire. Contact: flowertower@rearedinsteel.com

Lovely Burner

Swingline Stappler Art Car / Mutant Vehicle by Jeff Rocke

Ei Robot by: Spencer Edgerton, Launchpad Artspace at 3113 Studios, and Camp Deep Orbit from: Tucson, AZ year: 2018

Big Dirty Secret by: Oz Wilcox from: Richland, WA year: 2018 Big Dirty Secret (BDS) is the second art piece in a series of Dirty Secret Art. Last year Little Dirty Secret was the first and was a huge sensation. BDS will be an 8’x8’x8′ Cube Box. A door will lead inside where Participants will find a rather large desk that accentuates the “Big” in BDS. In the drawers they’ll find, dirty mags, whiskey bottles, little black books with mistresses’ phones numbers, and other items that the office inhabitant would rather not divulge. Everyone has a secret. Most everyone has a job. Lots of folks are in mundane offices, laden with Motivation Posters, Calendars, and Pics of Family Members. This is where secrets are most often kept. LDS was the kids’ art, BDS is the Adult’s place to share their Dirty Secrets.

Desert Guard Build by: Lu Ming from: Beijing, China year: 2018 Fenghaizhen’s design is inspired by the armor of Genghis Khan whose Mongolian empire ruled China during a part of the 14th century. The Mongolian army resisted their enemies’ aggression thanks to Genghis Khan’s military tactics, a strong system of weapons and their special armor. It had a very primitive but effective shock absorbing and impact diverting system. This art piece enlarges the armor to a height of 15 metres weighing 10 tons and embedded the soul of a Mongolian warrior. It wants to remind everyone, that we must never use artificial intelligence for war. Otherwise, humanity creates weapons that kill us. We hope that this warrior makes us realise that we shouldn’t only worship technology, but also put restrictions in place. Contact: beijingburners@gmail.com

Kinesios by: ND Collective from: Nashville, TN year: 2018 Kinesios is an imposing steel colossus formed by two internally lit vertical steel planes set parallel to each other. Perforated with a binary code on one side and a chaotic pattern on the other side the two planes support a hanging sculpture that participants can swing by synchronizing their body movements, cooperation is the key. The internal lighting is affected by the pendulum’s movement, the higher the motion, the greater the pulsation, frequency, and synchronization of the lighting. It is a piece of contrast and conflict. Man vs. machine, order vs. chaos, a binary limitations vs. freethinking existence. By putting the human spirit in the center, mankind is the activator, only we can be the solution to our own creation. URL: https://www.ndcollective.net Contact: brad@norrisarchitecture.com

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Iron Horses Galore by: Adrian Landon from: NEW YORK, NY year: 2018 Metal sculptor Adrian Landon brings forth to you his expression, through steel and blood sweat and tears in the making, of his experience and close connection to the incredible and unique majestic animal that most people once knew, the symbiotic relationship with horses. One can feel the energy by looking into the eyes of these creations, the energy of these powerful beasts, and the energy that was put into their making, hours of pounding sheet metal by hand and with machines that the artist designed and built himself. Landon has been sculpting for 10 years now, beginning in New York City and is honored to be able to bring these works to one of the greatest and most real art gatherings of all time. URL: http://adrianlandon.com/adrian/sculpture.html Contact: adrianlandon@hotmail.com

Cosmic Voyager by: Martin Taylor and The Chromaforms Collective from: San Francisco, CA year: 2018

Limo and CROWN by: Charles Gadeken from: San Francisco, CA year: 2018 CROWN creates a space for shared experience with its gigantic scale, riotous light show, and impressive kinetic motion. My mission with this piece is mass hypnosis, wonder, and delight. It will be terrifyingly awesome! Four prismatic towers 30ft tall stand in a circle and bend and sway inwards and outwards in a hypnotic dance. Meanwhile, colors dance and swirl around the sculpture, within and amongst the towers on high density LED arrays. Participants can control the movement and lighting through an interactive interface. URL: http://www.charlesgadeken.com/crown Contact: info@charlesgadeken.com

HaHa… by: Laura Kimpton with Jeff Schomberg from: Reno, NV year: 2018 HaHa… is a celebration of life. With the loss of Larry, Dana, DJ, Ken, Laura’s brother and other burners , we want to take a moment to celebrate the time we had with them. To raise our proverbial glass in celebration to all they did to create this wonderful, joyful life we have as part of Burning Man. While we feel their losses keenly, mourn their parting from this physical life, we know that they, and Larry in particular, liked to revel in the moment, seize the day, and share laughter and fun whenever and wherever possible. Even in the darkest moments, the darkest times, we need to cling to this remembrance of joy and laughter. This sculpture is a reminder, a touchstone, and a celebration.

Name Unknown

Night at the Climb In by: Dustin Weatherford from: Reno, NV year: 2018

You Are Loved

Burners keeping the lights on.

Mural along Rod’s Road Various Aritsts

Pile o Yellow Bikes

Name Unknown

Resolute Arch by: Richard Rhodes, Sculptor from: Seattle, WA year: 2018

Man’s Best Friend by: Chris Mack and The Unintelligent Design Society from: Carmel, CA year: 2018

The Little Schoolhouse of Hope and Fear by: Gratis from: Vista, CA year: 2018

The Larry Memorial by: Dana Albany, Andrew Johnstone, David Best, Flash Hopkins from: San Francisco, CA year: 2019 A stepped pyramid crowned with a palanquin and large spire, flanked on each corner by lamplighter spires. It serves as a physical representation of Larry’s mind palace and contains some of Larry’s books and mementos. Contact: danaalbany@juno.com

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Robot Resurrection by: Shane Evans from: Denver, CO year: 2018 Robot Resurrection is towering 30 foot tall, human piloted, articulating sculpture made from reclaimed airplane parts and found objects. From the torso cockpit, the operator(s) manipulate the Robot’s motions and fire effects. This piece is a representation of we all have become… Robots. It is a wake-up call of how large these problems are. We have been controlled for too long. Robot Resurrection was born from what we as a society have discarded. Our hope is that this 28′ Robot will inspire reflection upon one’s self and be a reminder of the power we all hold. We hope it awakens some awareness of our situation and encourages some small change on a small scale that leads to big change in the massive system. Contact: ourbigrobot@gmail.com

Colorful

My friend Danee as he finishes setting up the tent.

Let U.S. Prey by: Mr and Mrs Ferguson from: Alameda, CA year: 2018

Rainbow Bridge build by: Josh Zubkoff from: San Francisco, CA year: 2018 Debuting at Burning Man 2018, The Rainbow Bridge is a 100′ long walkable rainbow bridge that will rise from the morning mist and dazzle with LEDs at night. A great place for a contemplative walk, romantic stroll, to meet friends, or just to sit and embrace the moment. Rainbows represent love, magic, and wonder – some of our favorite aspects of Burning Man. URL: http://giantrainbow.com Contact: jazlink@gmail.com

PlayAlchemist Build

All Power to All People by: Hank Willis Thomas – presented by Kindred Arts from: New York, NY year: 2018

FloBot by: Jessica Levine from: South Lake Tahoe, CA year: 2018

Not sure what the name of this camp is but I’m sure it has to do with lighthouses.

Welcome

Greeters

I guess I can turn this off now.

Hi John!

This friendly young lady tried to sell me some things.

Let’s go!

Yup we are doing this!

Wait, am I here again?

Rainbow Bridge by: Josh Zubko

http://www.bigimagination.org

Sonic Runway by: Lead Artist: Rob Jensen, Co-Lead: Warren Trezevant from: Oakland, CA year: 2018

Burner making art. Name Unknown.

Burners building a dome.

Lodestar by: Randy Polumbo from: New York, NY year: 2018

Step Forward – Joining Minds by: Miguel Angel Martin Bordera, founder of Carros de Foc from: San Vicente del Raspeig, Alicante, Spain year: 2018

Baba Yaga’s House build by: Jessi Sprocket Janusee and Baba Yaga’s Book Club from: Reno, NV year: 2018 The house of Baba Yaga will rise from the playa straddling it’s mechanical chicken legs. The crone’s house will be poised to run at the slightest provocation. Ascend her staircases to test the old witch if you dare. Are you able to walk through the veil of mortality into the space where the seer dwells? If you are strong of will, feeling bold and willing to show vulnerability she may allow you to venture within her sanctum. URL: http://jessisprocket.com/baba-yaga/

Box Office 2018

Step Forward by: Miguel Angel Martin Bordera from: Carros de Foc, San Vicente del Raspeig, Alicante, Spain year: 2017 Step Forward transmits the principles of consciousness and neighborly love, increased through Art. Euterpe is a giant teenage girl puppet who walks and talks, interacting with Burning Man’s participants to learn from them and to, tenderly, teach them her values. A young girl dreams of a better world in which everybody loves each other. One day she wakes up in an unknown place where she doesn’t really know if she is awake or in a wonderful dream. She watches in amusement all that takes place around her at the time she gets involved in Burning Man’s experience. Contact: info@carrosfoc.com

HARDWARE Mutant Vehicle

Burners

Don’t let the fire go out.

Larry Harvey and a few thousand friends watch The Man Burn 2017

The Man Burn 2017

Larry Harvey and a few thousand friends watch The Man Burn 2017

The Man Burn 2017

Fireworks at The Man Burn 2017

The Men

The flame reaches the inner circle.

The Man just before the burn.

Playa Panorama

Name Unknown

Tree of Ténéré by: Alexander Green, Zachary Smith, and Patrick Deegan from: San Francisco, CA year: 2017 An enormous lifelike tree, Ténéré offers shade to wanderers, adventure to climbers, and transcendent community to those gathered beneath its 15,000 LED leaves. Like its namesake – considered the most isolated tree on Earth until its destruction in 1973 – Ténéré serves as a place of refuge and ritual for desert wanderers. Standing more than three stories tall, it beckons to passersby with the promise of shade and adventure, conjuring spontaneous communities out of desert sand and sun. At night, LEDs hidden within each leaf begin to glow. The 15,000 leaves form a dome-shaped “canvas of light” that towers over the playa, spanning more than a thousand square feet. Participants lying under the tree experience sublime light shows set to ambient music or live performance. And they directly influence the canopy lights through their sounds and biorhythms, creating moments of transcendent oneness with each other and with nature. URL: https://www.treeoftenere.com Contact: contact.tenere@gmail.com

Name Unknown

The Playa is so fun at night!

Points If You Can Guess Where This Is

Skybar 2017 thanks for the views!

Atomic Cafe

Badlands Bordello

Let’s Play!

4 and B 2017

Esplanade 2017

The Man

Balanceville

Dusty and busy street

Name Unknown

X

The Temple by: Marish Farnsworth and Steven Brummond from: Oakland, CA year: 2017 The form of the Temple begins with life out of balance. Throughout the Sierra Nevada, species of pine trees are dying, compromised by a bark beetle which has proliferated due to human interruption of the cycle of forest fires, and climate change. The material of these trees, donated to our project, harvested and milled, becomes the basic building block of the Temple. Interlocking timber pieces in formation become a Temple that is both cloud and spire; inverted pyramidal columns suggest the negative-space of a forest canopy, simultaneously supporting a vast pagoda-like ‘cloud’ framework which in turn supports a central spire. In this way disorder gives way to harmony, and a group of dying trees is re-ordered into a cathedral of timbers stretching toward the sky; filtered sun rays will illuminate the intricate work of hundreds of hands building in unison; a collaboration that knits together a community as roots intertwine to give a healthy forest stability. URL: http://www.temple2017.org Contact: info@temple2017.org

Lovely Burner

Lee Burridge is a legend.

Pastel Skies just before sunrise.

Almost sunrise

Temple of Gravity by: Zachary Coffin from: Alameda, CA year: 2017 Gravity is a central component of all of Zachary Coffin’s massive, larger-than-life interactive kinetic sculptures and the only force that he believes he can truly have faith in. In 2003, Zachary Coffin built the Temple of Gravity as an expression of the year’s Burning Man theme – Beyond Belief – and this year, we’re bringing the massive 180,000 pound sculpture back for Radical Ritual. The Temple of Gravity is a 60-foot diameter steel dome with 5 arms, each arm supports a suspended granite stone slab (which weighs ~15,000 pounds) and is anchored by a granite base slab. URL: http://www.zacharycoffin.com/templeofgravity Contact: temple.of.gravity@gmail.com

ICARUS FTW

ICRARUS FTW

The Flower Tower by: Kevin Clark, Reared In Steel from: Petaluma, CA year: 2017 The Flower Tower is a 70 foot tall metal structure ornately decorated by thousands of painted metal flowers, some of which will blow fire. Contact: flowertower@rearedinsteel.com

Tree of Ténéré by: Alexander Green, Zachary Smith, and Patrick Deegan from: San Francisco, CA year: 2017 An enormous lifelike tree, Ténéré offers shade to wanderers, adventure to climbers, and transcendent community to those gathered beneath its 15,000 LED leaves. Like its namesake – considered the most isolated tree on Earth until its destruction in 1973 – Ténéré serves as a place of refuge and ritual for desert wanderers. Standing more than three stories tall, it beckons to passersby with the promise of shade and adventure, conjuring spontaneous communities out of desert sand and sun. At night, LEDs hidden within each leaf begin to glow. The 15,000 leaves form a dome-shaped “canvas of light” that towers over the playa, spanning more than a thousand square feet. Participants lying under the tree experience sublime light shows set to ambient music or live performance. And they directly influence the canopy lights through their sounds and biorhythms, creating moments of transcendent oneness with each other and with nature. URL: https://www.treeoftenere.com Contact: contact.tenere@gmail.com

La Victrola by: La Victrola Society from: Oakland, CA year: 2017 La Victrola is a 30-foot tall wood and steel sculpture celebrating the music of a bygone era. Built by a community of volunteer artists at American Steel Studios in Oakland California, its period details, musical curation, and live performances stand as organic counterpoints to modern digital culture. La Victrola entertains and educates the public by playing crackly forgotten recordings from the early 1900s, a time of great innovation in jazz, blues, bluegrass, and country & western. On select evenings, La Victrola’s cabaret stage hosts period appropriate vaudeville and music performances transporting participants back in time.

Phoenix Rising Burn by: nicholas palmer from: South Lake Tahoe, CA year: 2017 It is a large bird made up of many different sizes and types of wood. The bird has outstretched wings like it is trying to take off and rise above the playa.

SEXTANT FTW

Death Guild Thunderdome FTW

Fire Spinner by: Anton Viditz-Ward from: Telluride, CO year: 2017 Fire Spinner is a steel mechanical wheel 13′ tall, it has 2 steel baskets that hold wood. Those baskets are set on fire, the wheel is then set in motion via a 20′ long drive shaft and a hand crank mechanism. Fire Spinner is inspired from watching people spinning Poi, it is an interpretation of that art form. Black Rock City Participants will have the opportunity to spin the wheel via the crank mechanism. Contact: antonviditzward@gmail.com

The Pier and a Lighthouse

Lighthouse

The Pier, A Lighthouse, and a Boat

Electric Dandelions by: Abram Santa Cruz/Liquid PXL from: Los Angeles, CA year: 2017 Electric Dandelions will consist of 3 giant dandelions (27 ft tall) that double as fireworks at night. Each dandelion bulb is 8-16ft in diameter. The project also has 3 leaf-shaped seats around each dandelion base that act as benches. So the art project is also functional in that it can provide public seating. Each Dandelion will have controls built into the base of the project that people will be able to manipulate the LED lighting effects. Essentially, a Participant will be able to control their own firework.

The Man

you are beautiful

Rabid Transit Flames at Sunset

Lovely Burner

Name Unknown

The Flower Tower by: Kevin Clark, Reared In Steel from: Petaluma, CA year: 2017 The Flower Tower is a 70 foot tall metal structure ornately decorated by thousands of painted metal flowers, some of which will blow fire. Contact: flowertower@rearedinsteel.com

David Best’s Mutant Vehicle

David Best’s Mutant Vehicle and The Man

Rite Of Spring

Step Forward by: Miguel Angel Martin Bordera from: Carros de Foc, San Vicente del Raspeig, Alicante, Spain year: 2017 Step Forward transmits the principles of consciousness and neighborly love, increased through Art. Euterpe is a giant teenage girl puppet who walks and talks, interacting with Burning Man’s participants to learn from them and to, tenderly, teach them her values. A young girl dreams of a better world in which everybody loves each other. One day she wakes up in an unknown place where she doesn’t really know if she is awake or in a wonderful dream. She watches in amusement all that takes place around her at the time she gets involved in Burning Man’s experience. Contact: info@carrosfoc.com

The Temple by: Marish Farnsworth and Steven Brummond from: Oakland, CA year: 2017 The form of the Temple begins with life out of balance. Throughout the Sierra Nevada, species of pine trees are dying, compromised by a bark beetle which has proliferated due to human interruption of the cycle of forest fires, and climate change. The material of these trees, donated to our project, harvested and milled, becomes the basic building block of the Temple. Interlocking timber pieces in formation become a Temple that is both cloud and spire; inverted pyramidal columns suggest the negative-space of a forest canopy, simultaneously supporting a vast pagoda-like ‘cloud’ framework which in turn supports a central spire. In this way disorder gives way to harmony, and a group of dying trees is re-ordered into a cathedral of timbers stretching toward the sky; filtered sun rays will illuminate the intricate work of hundreds of hands building in unison; a collaboration that knits together a community as roots intertwine to give a healthy forest stability. URL: http://www.temple2017.org Contact: info@temple2017.org

Let’s go skydiving!

Lovely Burners

Party in the dust.

Dusty at the man base.

Tara Mechani by: Dana Albany from: San Francisco, CA year: 2017 Tara Mechani is a figurative sculptural installation that fuses representational aspects of the female Buddha, Tara, with future characteristics of the female robot in a contemporary way. The idea is to create a “being” that encompasses both the past and the future, melding worlds of ancient wisdom ideology and philosophy with future mechanics and technology. Its interaction and expression urges viewers to contemplate the other-worldly union of these two compelling and guiding forces usually at opposition now intertwined. Contact: danaalbany@juno.com

The Temple by: Marish Farnsworth and Steven Brummond from: Oakland, CA year: 2017 The form of the Temple begins with life out of balance. Throughout the Sierra Nevada, species of pine trees are dying, compromised by a bark beetle which has proliferated due to human interruption of the cycle of forest fires, and climate change. The material of these trees, donated to our project, harvested and milled, becomes the basic building block of the Temple. Interlocking timber pieces in formation become a Temple that is both cloud and spire; inverted pyramidal columns suggest the negative-space of a forest canopy, simultaneously supporting a vast pagoda-like ‘cloud’ framework which in turn supports a central spire. In this way disorder gives way to harmony, and a group of dying trees is re-ordered into a cathedral of timbers stretching toward the sky; filtered sun rays will illuminate the intricate work of hundreds of hands building in unison; a collaboration that knits together a community as roots intertwine to give a healthy forest stability. URL: http://www.temple2017.org Contact: info@temple2017.org

The Tomb of Nahtaivel by: Eric Coolidge and Eric Whitney from: Brooklyn, NY year: 2017 Ancient stories tell of the Leviathan, believed to be a great beast, a demon or one of the Four Princes of Hell. We believe that this branch of lore represents the individual struggle between right and wrong, physically manifested in the real world. Sometimes facing personal problems can feel like you’re battling a great beast. This temple is about the external and internal forces that bring people together to create the world in which we all participate whether it be good or evil. The very definition of ritual implies history and repetition. The visual telling of history is an ancient practice older than written lore. We want to encourage people to share their own histories and share their own battles within this space. URL: http://www.tombofnahtaivel.com Contact: tombofnahtaivel@gmail.com

The Flower Tower is a 70 foot tall metal structure ornately decorated by thousands of painted metal flowers, some of which will blow fire. Contact: flowertower@rearedinsteel.com

Lovely Burners

The Temple of Awareness by: Utah Builders Community from: Salt Lake City, UT year: 2017 Temples offer environments for us to immerse ourselves into an unworldly place of harmony and peace. The Temple of Awareness is an organic form, similar to a pine cone. Seen from above, it evokes aspects of a bloomed lotus. The Temple is a 13-sided dome structure that is 35 ft. in diameter at the base. It has seven levels that reach 35 ft. high, each level with projecting decorative wings encircling it. From a distance, the wings create a feeling of lightness, while the dome as a whole conveys a rooted presence. Participants enter the Temple through one of thirteen sizable inverted “V” openings. Inside is a welcoming, vaulted, airy interior defined by a series of shrinking, concentric circles soaring overhead. The dome top is left uncovered to allow for the participant’s connection with the cosmos. The open interior design incorporates hundreds of shelves lining every wall, as well as several freestanding sub-altars that provide many niches and ledges for objects of remembrance. URL: http://www.utahbuilderscommunity.com Contact: utahbuilderscommunity@gmail.com

Tree of Ténéré by: Alexander Green, Zachary Smith, and Patrick Deegan from: San Francisco, CA year: 2017 An enormous lifelike tree, Ténéré offers shade to wanderers, adventure to climbers, and transcendent community to those gathered beneath its 15,000 LED leaves. Like its namesake – considered the most isolated tree on Earth until its destruction in 1973 – Ténéré serves as a place of refuge and ritual for desert wanderers. Standing more than three stories tall, it beckons to passersby with the promise of shade and adventure, conjuring spontaneous communities out of desert sand and sun. At night, LEDs hidden within each leaf begin to glow. The 15,000 leaves form a dome-shaped “canvas of light” that towers over the playa, spanning more than a thousand square feet. Participants lying under the tree experience sublime light shows set to ambient music or live performance. And they directly influence the canopy lights through their sounds and biorhythms, creating moments of transcendent oneness with each other and with nature. URL: https://www.treeoftenere.com Contact: contact.tenere@gmail.com

The Flower Tower by: Kevin Clark, Reared In Steel from: Petaluma, CA year: 2017 The Flower Tower is a 70 foot tall metal structure ornately decorated by thousands of painted metal flowers, some of which will blow fire. Contact: flowertower@rearedinsteel.com

Fire Dancer and The Temple by: Marish Farnsworth and Steven Brummond from: Oakland, CA year: 2017 The form of the Temple begins with life out of balance. Throughout the Sierra Nevada, species of pine trees are dying, compromised by a bark beetle which has proliferated due to human interruption of the cycle of forest fires, and climate change. The material of these trees, donated to our project, harvested and milled, becomes the basic building block of the Temple. Interlocking timber pieces in formation become a Temple that is both cloud and spire; inverted pyramidal columns suggest the negative-space of a forest canopy, simultaneously supporting a vast pagoda-like ‘cloud’ framework which in turn supports a central spire. In this way disorder gives way to harmony, and a group of dying trees is re-ordered into a cathedral of timbers stretching toward the sky; filtered sun rays will illuminate the intricate work of hundreds of hands building in unison; a collaboration that knits together a community as roots intertwine to give a healthy forest stability. URL: http://www.temple2017.org Contact: info@temple2017.org

Step Forward by: Miguel Angel Martin Bordera from: Carros de Foc, San Vicente del Raspeig, Alicante, Spain year: 2017 Step Forward transmits the principles of consciousness and neighborly love, increased through Art. Euterpe is a giant teenage girl puppet who walks and talks, interacting with Burning Man’s participants to learn from them and to, tenderly, teach them her values. A young girl dreams of a better world in which everybody loves each other. One day she wakes up in an unknown place where she doesn’t really know if she is awake or in a wonderful dream. She watches in amusement all that takes place around her at the time she gets involved in Burning Man’s experience. Contact: info@carrosfoc.com

The Top of Flower Tower by: Kevin Clark, Reared In Steel from: Petaluma, CA The Flower Tower is a 70 foot tall metal structure ornately decorated by thousands of painted metal flowers, some of which will blow fire. Contact: flowertower@rearedinsteel.com

David Best

David Best’s Mutant Vehicle

Step Forward by: Miguel Angel Martin Bordera from: Carros de Foc, San Vicente del Raspeig, Alicante, Spain year: 2017 Step Forward transmits the principles of consciousness and neighborly love, increased through Art. Euterpe is a giant teenage girl puppet who walks and talks, interacting with Burning Man’s participants to learn from them and to, tenderly, teach them her values. A young girl dreams of a better world in which everybody loves each other. One day she wakes up in an unknown place where she doesn’t really know if she is awake or in a wonderful dream. She watches in amusement all that takes place around her at the time she gets involved in Burning Man’s experience. Contact: info@carrosfoc.com

Timeless.

Tree of Ténéré by: Alexander Green, Zachary Smith, and Patrick Deegan from: San Francisco, CA year: 2017 An enormous lifelike tree, Ténéré offers shade to wanderers, adventure to climbers, and transcendent community to those gathered beneath its 15,000 LED leaves. Like its namesake – considered the most isolated tree on Earth until its destruction in 1973 – Ténéré serves as a place of refuge and ritual for desert wanderers. Standing more than three stories tall, it beckons to passersby with the promise of shade and adventure, conjuring spontaneous communities out of desert sand and sun. At night, LEDs hidden within each leaf begin to glow. The 15,000 leaves form a dome-shaped “canvas of light” that towers over the playa, spanning more than a thousand square feet. Participants lying under the tree experience sublime light shows set to ambient music or live performance. And they directly influence the canopy lights through their sounds and biorhythms, creating moments of transcendent oneness with each other and with nature. URL: https://www.treeoftenere.com Contact: contact.tenere@gmail.com

Robot Heart Pano

The Man 2017

Project flashlight is the joy of light at grand scale. Pure, incredibly bright white beams like fingers of god in the dust, contrasts with the night sky, scale across the open playa, interplay of beams, light in motion. Military and NASA billion-candlepower searchlights, reanimated for art! Interactively controlled by smartphones, tablets and light-saber toys.

ILUMINA by: Pablo Gonzalez Vargas from: Mexico City, Mexico year: 2017 ILUMINA is the experience where a group of people connect to a giant interactive sculpture creating a communal coherence vibration where all participants vibrate in the same frequency along with mother earth. As members reach personal and communal coherence, it will be reflected on the sculpture, sounds and lights will follow through the whole process rising harmoniously as their frequency does. Delighted visually by mystical sounds, musical chords and magical lights. This experience will not only influence you personally, it will also contribute to the entire atmosphere and energy of playa.

Burner Bike and The Man 2017

Opening Fireworks 2017 (handheld oops!)

The Man 2017

Step Forward by: Miguel Angel Martin Bordera from: Carros de Foc, San Vicente del Raspeig, Alicante, Spain year: 2017 Step Forward transmits the principles of consciousness and neighborly love, increased through Art. Euterpe is a giant teenage girl puppet who walks and talks, interacting with Burning Man’s participants to learn from them and to, tenderly, teach them her values. A young girl dreams of a better world in which everybody loves each other. One day she wakes up in an unknown place where she doesn’t really know if she is awake or in a wonderful dream. She watches in amusement all that takes place around her at the time she gets involved in Burning Man’s experience. Contact: info@carrosfoc.com

The Temple of Awareness by: Utah Builders Community from: Salt Lake City, UT year: 2017 Temples offer environments for us to immerse ourselves into an unworldly place of harmony and peace. The Temple of Awareness is an organic form, similar to a pine cone. Seen from above, it evokes aspects of a bloomed lotus. The Temple is a 13-sided dome structure that is 35 ft. in diameter at the base. It has seven levels that reach 35 ft. high, each level with projecting decorative wings encircling it. From a distance, the wings create a feeling of lightness, while the dome as a whole conveys a rooted presence. Participants enter the Temple through one of thirteen sizable inverted “V” openings. Inside is a welcoming, vaulted, airy interior defined by a series of shrinking, concentric circles soaring overhead. The dome top is left uncovered to allow for the participant’s connection with the cosmos. The open interior design incorporates hundreds of shelves lining every wall, as well as several freestanding sub-altars that provide many niches and ledges for objects of remembrance. URL: http://www.utahbuilderscommunity.com Contact: utahbuilderscommunity@gmail.com

Tree of Ténéré by: Alexander Green, Zachary Smith, and Patrick Deegan from: San Francisco, CA year: 2017 An enormous lifelike tree, Ténéré offers shade to wanderers, adventure to climbers, and transcendent community to those gathered beneath its 15,000 LED leaves. Like its namesake – considered the most isolated tree on Earth until its destruction in 1973 – Ténéré serves as a place of refuge and ritual for desert wanderers. Standing more than three stories tall, it beckons to passersby with the promise of shade and adventure, conjuring spontaneous communities out of desert sand and sun. At night, LEDs hidden within each leaf begin to glow. The 15,000 leaves form a dome-shaped “canvas of light” that towers over the playa, spanning more than a thousand square feet. Participants lying under the tree experience sublime light shows set to ambient music or live performance. And they directly influence the canopy lights through their sounds and biorhythms, creating moments of transcendent oneness with each other and with nature. URL: https://www.treeoftenere.com Contact: contact.tenere@gmail.com

The Flower Tower by: Kevin Clark, Reared In Steel from: Petaluma, CA year: 2017 The Flower Tower is a 70 foot tall metal structure ornately decorated by thousands of painted metal flowers, some of which will blow fire. Contact: flowertower@rearedinsteel.com

Lovely Burner

The Temple by: Marish Farnsworth and Steven Brummond from: Oakland, CA year: 2017 The form of the Temple begins with life out of balance. Throughout the Sierra Nevada, species of pine trees are dying, compromised by a bark beetle which has proliferated due to human interruption of the cycle of forest fires, and climate change. The material of these trees, donated to our project, harvested and milled, becomes the basic building block of the Temple. Interlocking timber pieces in formation become a Temple that is both cloud and spire; inverted pyramidal columns suggest the negative-space of a forest canopy, simultaneously supporting a vast pagoda-like ‘cloud’ framework which in turn supports a central spire. In this way disorder gives way to harmony, and a group of dying trees is re-ordered into a cathedral of timbers stretching toward the sky; filtered sun rays will illuminate the intricate work of hundreds of hands building in unison; a collaboration that knits together a community as roots intertwine to give a healthy forest stability. URL: http://www.temple2017.org Contact: info@temple2017.org

Solipmission – An Initiation Into Future Realities by: Dadara from: Amsterdam, Netherlands year: 2017 A small crew of artists will be locked up inside a black box for the entire week of the event. They will create a virtual Burning Man on the inside walls without ever viewing the outside, just based on what visitors tell them. URL: http://www.solipmission.com Contact: dadara@dadara.nl

Sysimetsä by: LaynaJoy Rivas & Eva Reiska with The Landing Ravens Art Collective from: Ravens Landing, Clearlake Oaks, CA year: 2017 Beauty lies within the Burnt Forest. Sysimetsä is a memorial for the fires that destroyed Lake County, as well as a beloved art space by the name of Ravens Landing back in 2015. Participants walk through a burnt forest with trees that stand erected from the playa with huge ravens perched upon their branches. Pieces of burnt metal and scraps are hand crafted instruments of sound, bringing the forest back to life through interactivity. The sound sensitive lighting will dance to the beat of our hearts. This place is a temple for the old and new, a sacred piece of nature that is awoken to hold space to give thanks to what’s been given and what’s been taken. In the belief that change is the only constant grace given to Humankind, to embrace it in all ways is the only way to brighten our evolution. The philosophy of Sysimetsä is to Experience, Let Go, Accept, Be Thankful, and Recreate the world you want to live in.

Burner riding with shade.

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The Man Base 2017

Wonderful.

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Ascension by: Crimson Collective from: Los Angeles, CA year: 2017 In the Japanese culture the Crane is seen as a symbol of peace, luck, prosperity and health. It is believed that if you fold a thousand origami cranes, the universe will grant you a wish. We chose to build a giant crane (Coco) in the style and tradition of origami; so wherever it went it would bring with it the spirit and the energy of peace and wellness. Ascension (Coco), is a 150 ft wide and 45 ft tall giant white origami crane made of aluminum truss, white fabric, and tension wire. The aluminum structure is modular, making the crane a temporary installation, but completely mobile. The 100+ components and over 7000 sf of 80% mesh texilene sunshade material, that make up the crane, can be dismantled and shipped in one 40 ft shipping container.

Tree of Ténéré by: Alexander Green, Zachary Smith, and Patrick Deegan from: San Francisco, CA year: 2017 An enormous lifelike tree, Ténéré offers shade to wanderers, adventure to climbers, and transcendent community to those gathered beneath its 15,000 LED leaves. Like its namesake – considered the most isolated tree on Earth until its destruction in 1973 – Ténéré serves as a place of refuge and ritual for desert wanderers. Standing more than three stories tall, it beckons to passersby with the promise of shade and adventure, conjuring spontaneous communities out of desert sand and sun. At night, LEDs hidden within each leaf begin to glow. The 15,000 leaves form a dome-shaped “canvas of light” that towers over the playa, spanning more than a thousand square feet. Participants lying under the tree experience sublime light shows set to ambient music or live performance. And they directly influence the canopy lights through their sounds and biorhythms, creating moments of transcendent oneness with each other and with nature. URL: https://www.treeoftenere.com Contact: contact.tenere@gmail.com

Playa and things.

Temple of Gravity by: Zachary Coffin from: Alameda, CA year: 2017 Gravity is a central component of all of Zachary Coffin’s massive, larger-than-life interactive kinetic sculptures and the only force that he believes he can truly have faith in. In 2003, Zachary Coffin built the Temple of Gravity as an expression of the year’s Burning Man theme – Beyond Belief – and this year, we’re bringing the massive 180,000 pound sculpture back for Radical Ritual. The Temple of Gravity is a 60-foot diameter steel dome with 5 arms, each arm supports a suspended granite stone slab (which weighs ~15,000 pounds) and is anchored by a granite base slab. URL: http://www.zacharycoffin.com/templeofgravity Contact: temple.of.gravity@gmail.com

Valyrian Steel by Henry Chang Design

Charon by: Peter Hudson from: San Francisco, CA year: 2017 A gigantic 30′ spinning wheel with posed human skeletons mounted on its inner edge, Charon is fully powered by a minimum of 12 people working in unison. Participants are invited to pull a series of 6 ropes which cause the wheel to rotate progressively faster. When the rope pullers are coordinated enough to get the wheel spinning at the correct speed, a strobe is activated, revealing the skeletons’ animation. The animation tells the story of Charon, the mythological gondolier and ferryman of Hades who carried the souls of the recently departed across the river Styx, the last right of passage on the way to the afterlife. This piece debuted at Burning Man, 2011. URL: https://www.hudzo.com/charon/ Contact: peter@hudzo.com

Valyrian Steel by Henry Chang Design

The Burnstream Point Lighthouse

David Best’s Mutant Vehicle

Shaguar and Monaco

Firedancer at Methuselah is a 20′ metal sculpture of the world’s oldest tree. The tree’s bark is steel, patinated to blue, brown & white, and seams of glass reveal propane flames within the trunk, reflected in a mirror below. The tree’s roots form benches on which Burners can congregate. Ancestry and evolution are central themes for our work, whose namesake’s rings and branches bore witness to the entire span of recorded human history. Great trees gave their limbs and leaves as axles, paper, bows, hulls and roofs, and held space and time for our ancestors’ radical rituals. Black Rock City contains many altars of dance and ecstasy, and many more of learning and relaxation, but the city provides comparatively few spaces for contemplation and remembrance. Circular spaces, lone trees and eternal flames are all strong ritualistic symbols and joining them in Methuselah helps to dislocate Participants from the frenzy of present day time and re-anchors them in the still time of mythology. URL: http://www.graydavidson.com/art/methuselah Contact: msnaiman12@gmail.com

Christana as the sun goes down.

Sysimetsä by: LaynaJoy Rivas & Eva Reiska with The Landing Ravens Art Collective from: Ravens Landing, Clearlake Oaks, CA year: 2017 Beauty lies within the Burnt Forest. Sysimetsä is a memorial for the fires that destroyed Lake County, as well as a beloved art space by the name of Ravens Landing back in 2015. Participants walk through a burnt forest with trees that stand erected from the playa with huge ravens perched upon their branches. Pieces of burnt metal and scraps are hand crafted instruments of sound, bringing the forest back to life through interactivity. The sound sensitive lighting will dance to the beat of our hearts. This place is a temple for the old and new, a sacred piece of nature that is awoken to hold space to give thanks to what’s been given and what’s been taken. In the belief that change is the only constant grace given to Humankind, to embrace it in all ways is the only way to brighten our evolution. The philosophy of Sysimetsä is to Experience, Let Go, Accept, Be Thankful, and Recreate the world you want to live in.

I miss you all.

Solipmission – An Initiation Into Future Realities by: Dadara from: Amsterdam, Netherlands year: 2017 A small crew of artists will be locked up inside a black box for the entire week of the event. They will create a virtual Burning Man on the inside walls without ever viewing the outside, just based on what visitors tell them. URL: http://www.solipmission.com Contact: dadara@dadara.nl

Methuselah is a 20′ metal sculpture of the world’s oldest tree. The tree’s bark is steel, patinated to blue, brown & white, and seams of glass reveal propane flames within the trunk, reflected in a mirror below. The tree’s roots form benches on which Burners can congregate. Ancestry and evolution are central themes for our work, whose namesake’s rings and branches bore witness to the entire span of recorded human history. Great trees gave their limbs and leaves as axles, paper, bows, hulls and roofs, and held space and time for our ancestors’ radical rituals. Black Rock City contains many altars of dance and ecstasy, and many more of learning and relaxation, but the city provides comparatively few spaces for contemplation and remembrance. Circular spaces, lone trees and eternal flames are all strong ritualistic symbols and joining them in Methuselah helps to dislocate Participants from the frenzy of present day time and re-anchors them in the still time of mythology. URL: http://www.graydavidson.com/art/methuselah Contact: msnaiman12@gmail.com

Phoenicopterus Rex: Welcome Home by: Josh Zubkoff from: San Francisco, CA year: 2017 We are bringing our dream to life and that dream is a 40 foot tall flamingo! Inspired by Don Featherstone’s classic, Phoenicopterus Rex will feature climbable legs and a sitting area on the back of this massive lawn ornament. As an art piece, Phoenicopterus Rex is a physical manifestation of Americana pop-kitsch meets modern industry: all bubblegum pink, fiberglass and steel. It aims to make the familiar absurd, exciting participants with the iconic image and then drawing them in so that they may interact with the structure. In its final installed stages, fake grass and a white picket fence will surround the flamingo, transforming the immediate space into a hosted experience. The piece will be lit by spotlights mounted to the surrounding picket fence, to be a beautiful pink beacon in the night.

Free Range Animal Automata Menagerie by: Edward Crell from: Sonoma, CA year: 2017 We are bringing a menagerie of large animal automata to the Playa. Powered by humans, these colorful animals represent over 2,000 years of human fascination with animated mechanisms. Automatons (or automata if there are more than one) have been around for centuries. The art of animating human or animal form has fascinated mankind since before the birth of Christ. There is a personal catalyst in bringing our animal automata to the Playa. One of our artist’s brothers died young when he was overcome with cancer related to AIDS. He was a fantastic person and brought so much joy the lives of so many others. One of his most prized possessions included a collection of wooden automata animals. It is in his memory, and with great joy that we bring these pieces to life in Black Rock City. The automata will be large interactive sculptures that poke fun at and bring life to the radical rituals of animal playfulness and pleasure. Five or six free range animals will round out the menagerie.

Wayward Beasties

I will love this forever.

Lost Cargo by: Philip Barr from: New York, NY year: 2017 Lost Cargo exists frozen in time, an aircraft moments from crashing. In this moment, who are we? Where are we going? What have we accomplished? Are we afraid? URL: https://www.facebook.com/Lost-Cargo-a-Burnt-Imagination-project-279296762488001/ Contact: alostcargo@gmail.com

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The Tree of Ténéré builders pause for a brief moment to watch the sunrise. The Tree of Ténéré by: Alexander Green, Zachary Smith, and Patrick Deegan from: San Francisco, CA year: 2017 An enormous lifelike tree, Ténéré offers shade to wanderers, adventure to climbers, and transcendent community to those gathered beneath its 15,000 LED leaves. Like its namesake – considered the most isolated tree on Earth until its destruction in 1973 – Ténéré serves as a place of refuge and ritual for desert wanderers. Standing more than three stories tall, it beckons to passersby with the promise of shade and adventure, conjuring spontaneous communities out of desert sand and sun. At night, LEDs hidden within each leaf begin to glow. The 15,000 leaves form a dome-shaped “canvas of light” that towers over the playa, spanning more than a thousand square feet. Participants lying under the tree experience sublime light shows set to ambient music or live performance. And they directly influence the canopy lights through their sounds and biorhythms, creating moments of transcendent oneness with each other and with nature. URL: https://www.treeoftenere.com Contact: contact.tenere@gmail.com

Step Forward by: Miguel Angel Martin Bordera from: Carros de Foc, San Vicente del Raspeig, Alicante, Spain year: 2017 Step Forward transmits the principles of consciousness and neighborly love, increased through Art. Euterpe is a giant teenage girl puppet who walks and talks, interacting with Burning Man’s participants to learn from them and to, tenderly, teach them her values. A young girl dreams of a better world in which everybody loves each other. One day she wakes up in an unknown place where she doesn’t really know if she is awake or in a wonderful dream. She watches in amusement all that takes place around her at the time she gets involved in Burning Man’s experience. Contact: info@carrosfoc.com

XOXO by: Laura Kimpton and Jeff Schomberg from: Reno, NV year: 2017 XOXO is the latest sculpture created by Laura Kimpton and Jeff Schomberg. Letters written for generations are often signed with XOXO, signifying the sender is sharing hugs and kisses. This Monumental Word sculpture is Laura and Jeff’s love letter to the playa, and the thousands of burners who together make the event the most spectacular experience on the planet.

SEXTANT FTW

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Shark Mutant Vehicle

DMV Line

Tree of Ténéré Build by: Alexander Green, Zachary Smith, and Patrick Deegan from: San Francisco, CA year: 2017 An enormous lifelike tree, Ténéré offers shade to wanderers, adventure to climbers, and transcendent community to those gathered beneath its 15,000 LED leaves. Like its namesake – considered the most isolated tree on Earth until its destruction in 1973 – Ténéré serves as a place of refuge and ritual for desert wanderers. Standing more than three stories tall, it beckons to passersby with the promise of shade and adventure, conjuring spontaneous communities out of desert sand and sun. At night, LEDs hidden within each leaf begin to glow. The 15,000 leaves form a dome-shaped “canvas of light” that towers over the playa, spanning more than a thousand square feet. Participants lying under the tree experience sublime light shows set to ambient music or live performance. And they directly influence the canopy lights through their sounds and biorhythms, creating moments of transcendent oneness with each other and with nature. URL: https://www.treeoftenere.com Contact: contact.tenere@gmail.com

Jeep with trailer and Box Office

Burning Man 2017 sign by Mad Dog

Here We Go Again!