Here are my Burning Man 2019 Photos!
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Rough Shape
Raising two small children is taking a toll on me. My kids are now 2 and 4 years old and I’m pretty much exhausted all the time and I’ve gained quite a bit of weight. So I started the 2019 Burn mentally fried, physically exhausted, and totally out of shape. I also injured myself just before the burn. I reached back behind the passenger seat of my car to lift a very heavy camera bag (duh!) and destroyed my forearm. Something pulled or tore in my right forearm and it hasn’t been the same since. Fun! When I arrived on playa after driving over 2000 miles in an RV I was in pretty rough shape. So bear with me.
Wifi is Stupid
I had the brilliant idea of running a Wifi network for my camp this year. In previous burns I had wasted lots of time seeking connectivity to send an ALL OK message back and forth to my family home. So I did what you do, I built a bigass wifi network. I then opened the network to everyone in the spirit of radical inclusion. No password or captive portal or anything. (Just throttled speed) The network performed well thanks to the work of the Burning Man IT team and my friend Sarge. That said, it was shocking to see how quickly people went from being thrilled to find out they have connectivity to complaining about it. The network would sometimes be down early in the morning when I wasn’t even in camp (batteries would run down at night) and folks would bug me about it upon my return. The last thing I wanted to do was deal with tech support when all I wanted was rest. At peak there we’re 131 devices connected to my network at any one time. The most essential use of the network (other than me talking to my family) was a person who used the network to call Switzerland. This person’s mother had recently gone into hospital and had been diagnosed with Cancer. Some people we’re people streaming Netflix despite me asking them not to abuse the network. They then wondered why they got blocked. You give an inch…
Tried My Best
What follows is the best I could do given the state of my mind and body. I hope it’s enough. I worked for the entire burn so the Burning Man community could enjoy these images.
Wait HALP!
I tend to make lots of mistakes here with captions and I would be really appreciate any comments (very bottom of page) or direct emails telling me how about it. For example you could tell me the names of various unknown pieces or art. Or just how I’m doing it wrong. I will then update this post to reflect your comment or email. Just copy the link to the photo or email the photo to me so I’ll know which photo you’re talking about.
More Useless Information:
The images below are in chronological order starting with the builds and ending with the man burn. This was first published October 18th, 2019. These images are also be on Flickr (soon) and Photo.Duncan.co if you want a different viewing experience.
Updates
Update 1: Added Reddit thread and updated a bunch of captions.
Update 2: Fixed a whole bunch of captions and typos via le Reddit.
Update 3: Added a link to Burning Man 2019 Flickr gallery.
Click on any photo to see it at full resolution and enjoy!
Convoying onto the playa with friends.
Burning Man 2019 sign by Mad Dog
No traffic.
Harold is a badass. He drove this thing like a champ and made it look easy. Shout out to Sarge for the handoff here as well.
The anticipation builds.
Rad van.
Guy at gate asks me if I have a drone. I tell him yes I have one. I also tell him I’ve registered with Media Mecca but won’t be shooting with the drone and hand him paperwork. So they send me to DLOT. I spent a few minutes in DLOT and one of the gentlemen tells me they know who I am and that they don’t have to worry about me and they let me out immediately. If someone has a drone and they plan on doin it wrong, they ain’t gonna tell ya they have one… Just sayin.
Gear dump.
Nice Robot hauler.
Portal Build
by: David Oliver and the Art City Monsters
from: Ventura, CA
year: 2019
A Portal possible of transformation… not to that which is coming, but to things here. With a ring 12′ in diameter made from 4,608 stained glass tiles with a total of 24 colors, graduating the color wheel in a flowing mosaic that is two sided. Two 7-thousand-pound basalt stone columns stand guard from the left and from the right. Portal will also be lit with an increasing laser light show controlled on a theremin device, with sound effects that go off when one enters.
Symbiosis.
The color in harmony attracts vitality through beauty, like a flower does a bee. The bee gets food in exchange for spreading pollen. In the same manner one attracts to Portal. Coming out with powerful frequencies, to bounce off their friends, their family, the animals, EARTH, and even so called… “enemies.”
URL: http://www.facebook.com/PORTALbrc/
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=H#a2I0V000001AVueUAG
Portal Build
by: David Oliver and the Art City Monsters
from: Ventura, CA
year: 2019
A Portal possible of transformation… not to that which is coming, but to things here. With a ring 12′ in diameter made from 4,608 stained glass tiles with a total of 24 colors, graduating the color wheel in a flowing mosaic that is two sided. Two 7-thousand-pound basalt stone columns stand guard from the left and from the right. Portal will also be lit with an increasing laser light show controlled on a theremin device, with sound effects that go off when one enters.
Symbiosis.
The color in harmony attracts vitality through beauty, like a flower does a bee. The bee gets food in exchange for spreading pollen. In the same manner one attracts to Portal. Coming out with powerful frequencies, to bounce off their friends, their family, the animals, EARTH, and even so called… “enemies.”
URL: http://www.facebook.com/PORTALbrc/
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=H#a2I0V000001AVueUAG
Portal Build
by: David Oliver and the Art City Monsters
from: Ventura, CA
year: 2019
A Portal possible of transformation… not to that which is coming, but to things here. With a ring 12′ in diameter made from 4,608 stained glass tiles with a total of 24 colors, graduating the color wheel in a flowing mosaic that is two sided. Two 7-thousand-pound basalt stone columns stand guard from the left and from the right. Portal will also be lit with an increasing laser light show controlled on a theremin device, with sound effects that go off when one enters.
Symbiosis.
The color in harmony attracts vitality through beauty, like a flower does a bee. The bee gets food in exchange for spreading pollen. In the same manner one attracts to Portal. Coming out with powerful frequencies, to bounce off their friends, their family, the animals, EARTH, and even so called… “enemies.”
URL: http://www.facebook.com/PORTALbrc/
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=H#a2I0V000001AVueUAG
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
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=H#a2I0V000001AVqhUAG
Mariposita Build
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
Mariposita Build 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
Mrs Ferguson putting the finishing touches on:
Bee or Not to Bee
by: Mr & Mrs Ferguson
from: Alameda, CA
year: 2019
This bee is big. Comparing a person to this sculpture yes, but so is the contribution the honey bee brings to the world’s food supply. Don’t be intimidated by its size. Get close. Draw your hands through its hair. Feel the limbs. Sit on its flower. You’re not vulnerable at all, but the bee species is.
URL: https://www.mr-and-mrs-ferguson.com/
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=H#a2I0V000001AVu0UAG
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
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 Monumental Mammoth Build
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
LOVE
by: Laura Kimpton with Jeff Schomberg
from: Venice, CA and Reno, NV
year: 2019
Rainbow LOVE is celebration of love — reminding us that everyone should have the right to love who they love, and to love themselves.
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=B#a2I0V000001TAJuUAO
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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
Love’s Hug
by: Anna Mok
from: Palo Alto & San Francisco, CA
year: 2019
Love’s Hug rises from the desert as a protected space where one can be extrospective and introspective. It will invoke individual and collective reflections and thoughtful dialogue of the love, happiness and joy that humans create for ourselves and each other.
Love’s Hug invites us to take a rest from the chaos, share an embrace, cuddle with others and be engulfed by human love and warmth in this safe place where we can (re)connect with our own hearts and those of others around us. These connections allow us to remember the limitless powers of the human heart and is a catalyst for transformations.
URL: https://www.facebook.com/groups/306358213575925/
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=h#a2I0V000001AX9kUAG
The Temple of Direction Build
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 Temple of Direction Build
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 Temple of Direction Build
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 Temple of Direction Build
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
Thank you for all those Man Bases. It was lovely to meet you guys.
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
BYTE Build
by: Jason Blanda
from: Guttenberg, NJ
year: 2019
B.Ÿ.T.E. (Burners for Ÿntelligent Technology Emancipation) consists of two monolithic, anthropomorphic microchips representing the very first sentient robots to be freed from slavery, Chip and Terra.
Chip and Terra were first set free to play on the dusty dance floor of deep playa at Black Rock City in 2018. Their virgin year home was one of exploration as they adapted to their newly found liberation.
This year, they hope to enter the imago stage of their evolution and return home to embrace the magical whimsy, radical self expression and symbiotic love as they emerge from their chrysalis and blossom into the colorful, loveable creatures they were always meant to embody. They hope to fully complete their Metamorphoses.
URL: https://www.cleaveranimated.com/byte-art-installation
Contact: jay@cleaveranimated.com
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=B#a2I0V000001AY6XUAW
BYTE Build crew! by: Jason Blanda from: Guttenberg, NJ year: 2019 B.Ÿ.T.E. (Burners for Ÿntelligent Technology Emancipation) consists of two monolithic, anthropomorphic microchips representing the very first sentient robots to be freed from slavery, Chip and Terra. Chip and Terra were first set free to play on the dusty dance floor of deep playa at Black Rock City in 2018. Their virgin year home was one of exploration as they adapted to their newly found liberation. This year, they hope to enter the imago stage of their evolution and return home to embrace the magical whimsy, radical self expression and symbiotic love as they emerge from their chrysalis and blossom into the colorful, loveable creatures they were always meant to embody. They hope to fully complete their Metamorphoses. URL: https://www.cleaveranimated.com/byte-art-installation Contact: jay@cleaveranimated.com https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=B#a2I0V000001AY6XUAW
Expansion Pavilion
by: Shrine
from: Pasadena, CA
year: 2019
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=H#a2I0V000001T9HSUA0
Expansion Pavilion
by: Shrine
from: Pasadena, CA
year: 2019
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=H#a2I0V000001T9HSUA0
Expansion Pavilion
by: Shrine
from: Pasadena, CA
year: 2019
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=H#a2I0V000001T9HSUA0
Expansion Pavilion
by: Shrine
from: Pasadena, CA
year: 2019
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=H#a2I0V000001T9HSUA0
Expansion Pavilion
by: Shrine
from: Pasadena, CA
year: 2019
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=H#a2I0V000001T9HSUA0
Expansion Pavilion
by: Shrine
from: Pasadena, CA
year: 2019
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=H#a2I0V000001T9HSUA0
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 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
Final Touches around 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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
Deep playa builds
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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The InnerSun Project
by: The InnerSun Crew
from: The World
year: 2019
This monumental art structure is an eight-story wooden globe gently cradled by a giant pair of hands. Within, the space is lit by a sacred light: the InnerSun. A series of wheelchair accessible ramps wind up the curved walls to an equatorial terrace, where participants will gather inside the sphere.
The InnerSun Project: A global art collaboration. Each massive hand on the structure is comprised of individual human-sized hands with messages from across the world written on them — our collective answer to “what’s your InnerSun?” In this way, thousands of people from anywhere in the world can take part in the artwork itself.
Many hands, one light, a better world.
URL: http://www.theinnersun.org
Contact: hello@theinnersun.org
Donate To This Project
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=B#a2I0V000001AXiaUAG
The InnerSun Project
by: The InnerSun Crew
from: The World
year: 2019
This monumental art structure is an eight-story wooden globe gently cradled by a giant pair of hands. Within, the space is lit by a sacred light: the InnerSun. A series of wheelchair accessible ramps wind up the curved walls to an equatorial terrace, where participants will gather inside the sphere.
The InnerSun Project: A global art collaboration. Each massive hand on the structure is comprised of individual human-sized hands with messages from across the world written on them — our collective answer to “what’s your InnerSun?” In this way, thousands of people from anywhere in the world can take part in the artwork itself.
Many hands, one light, a better world.
URL: http://www.theinnersun.org
Contact: hello@theinnersun.org
Donate To This Project
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=B#a2I0V000001AXiaUAG
The InnerSun Project
by: The InnerSun Crew
from: The World
year: 2019
This monumental art structure is an eight-story wooden globe gently cradled by a giant pair of hands. Within, the space is lit by a sacred light: the InnerSun. A series of wheelchair accessible ramps wind up the curved walls to an equatorial terrace, where participants will gather inside the sphere.
The InnerSun Project: A global art collaboration. Each massive hand on the structure is comprised of individual human-sized hands with messages from across the world written on them — our collective answer to “what’s your InnerSun?” In this way, thousands of people from anywhere in the world can take part in the artwork itself.
Many hands, one light, a better world.
URL: http://www.theinnersun.org
Contact: hello@theinnersun.org
Donate To This Project
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=B#a2I0V000001AXiaUAG
The InnerSun Project
by: The InnerSun Crew
from: The World
year: 2019
This monumental art structure is an eight-story wooden globe gently cradled by a giant pair of hands. Within, the space is lit by a sacred light: the InnerSun. A series of wheelchair accessible ramps wind up the curved walls to an equatorial terrace, where participants will gather inside the sphere.
The InnerSun Project: A global art collaboration. Each massive hand on the structure is comprised of individual human-sized hands with messages from across the world written on them — our collective answer to “what’s your InnerSun?” In this way, thousands of people from anywhere in the world can take part in the artwork itself.
Many hands, one light, a better world.
URL: http://www.theinnersun.org
Contact: hello@theinnersun.org
Donate To This Project
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=B#a2I0V000001AXiaUAG
The InnerSun Project
by: The InnerSun Crew
from: The World
year: 2019
This monumental art structure is an eight-story wooden globe gently cradled by a giant pair of hands. Within, the space is lit by a sacred light: the InnerSun. A series of wheelchair accessible ramps wind up the curved walls to an equatorial terrace, where participants will gather inside the sphere.
The InnerSun Project: A global art collaboration. Each massive hand on the structure is comprised of individual human-sized hands with messages from across the world written on them — our collective answer to “what’s your InnerSun?” In this way, thousands of people from anywhere in the world can take part in the artwork itself.
Many hands, one light, a better world.
URL: http://www.theinnersun.org
Contact: hello@theinnersun.org
Donate To This Project
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=B#a2I0V000001AXiaUAG
Island of Lost Buoys
by: Lillian Heyward and The Island of Lost Buoys, a Create Change Project
from: Bluffton, SC
year: 2019
On the playa is an Island, a wooden tree dominates the center made of recycled pallets, crates and drift wood. Leaves of sculpted plastic bottles rustle in the wind. Strung from a branch is a hammock made of fishing net attached to a ocean buoy marooned on the beach. Hanging from the branches are sea buoys and balls providing a place to write names or leave a message to those who will come after.
Hanging from branches are bamboo wind chimes that softly clatter in the breeze. It is an island, a refuge, a place of calm and childhood in the stormy seas of life. It appears out of the playa as a mirage, the fantasy playground of youth. Discarded materials transform into an oasis, as our adult lives transform back to childhood. Bangarang!
URL: http://www.createchangeproject.com
Contact: islandoflostbuoys@gmail.com
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=B#a2I0V000001AVsTUAW
Island of Lost Buoys
by: Lillian Heyward and The Island of Lost Buoys, a Create Change Project
from: Bluffton, SC
year: 2019
On the playa is an Island, a wooden tree dominates the center made of recycled pallets, crates and drift wood. Leaves of sculpted plastic bottles rustle in the wind. Strung from a branch is a hammock made of fishing net attached to a ocean buoy marooned on the beach. Hanging from the branches are sea buoys and balls providing a place to write names or leave a message to those who will come after.
Hanging from branches are bamboo wind chimes that softly clatter in the breeze. It is an island, a refuge, a place of calm and childhood in the stormy seas of life. It appears out of the playa as a mirage, the fantasy playground of youth. Discarded materials transform into an oasis, as our adult lives transform back to childhood. Bangarang!
URL: http://www.createchangeproject.com
Contact: islandoflostbuoys@gmail.com
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=B#a2I0V000001AVsTUAW
Playa Potato Chips
Playa Surface
Playa Surface
Playa Surface
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
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Niloticus Build
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
Chroma Commons
by: Dusty Nation, Lead Artist Cameron Anne Mason
from: Seattle, WA
year: 2019
In a temporary city in a constant state of metamorphosis, Chroma Commons creates a sense of place using ephemeral materials: Silk, color, and air. Beckoning from across the playa, a circle of banners dyed along the color wheel creates a kinetic silken environment and provides ever-changing views of the city from a dynamic interior.
In the center is the Prism, a triangular tower with a sound installation using noise-reducing technology to create a sanctuary of quiet. Benches provide places to gather, rest, and commune with other Burners.
At night, the spectrum of color expands. Images are rear-projected onto a band of acrylic panels at the top of the Prism, color-changing lighting bathes the banners, and ambient light glows around seating.
URL: http://alibipictures.com/blog/2019/04/21/dusty-nation-color-commons-at-brc-2019/
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=B#a2I0V000001T9HDUA0
LOVE
by: Laura Kimpton with Jeff Schomberg
from: Venice, CA and Reno, NV
year: 2019
Rainbow LOVE is celebration of love — reminding us that everyone should have the right to love who they love, and to love themselves.
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=B#a2I0V000001TAJuUAO
I had intentions of coming back to shoot this when it was complete. But I never did. Darn!
Cloud Swing / Cloud Swing Storm (build before the swings are mounted)
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
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
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
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Trippity Twitchit
by: True North Absurdities
from: Calgary, Canada
year: 2019
A cluster of giant steel stems, wrapped around each other and swirling upwards, will form the base of the main structure and its support. The stems will be segmented to show definition as well as hug the curves. Atop the stems, at approximately 10′-12′, sit three massive heads, sharp-toothed and spiky, looking in different directions. These will be the fire breathers, each independently controlled from the ground.Flanking the main structure will be three smaller plants, all with similarly twisted stems and spiky, toothy heads. Inside these heads will be LED par cans, focused on the main structure for extra illumination.
Contact: truenorthabsurdities@gmail.com
https://burningman.org/culture/history/brc-history/event-archives/2019-event-archive/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=B#a2I0V000001AVkFUAW
(Thanks to Reddit user Mookyhands for the caption update here.)
BMIR
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
Expansion Pavilion
by: Shrine
from: Pasadena, CA
year: 2019
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=H#a2I0V000001T9HSUA0
The Shrine of Sympathetic Resonance Build
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
One of my campmates who also happens to be a total badass. He’s often out there buildin temples and working his tail off.
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 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 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 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
A small part of The Folly build crew at work
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
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 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 Shrine of Sympathetic Resonance Build
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
Expansion Pavilion and The Folly
Always a pleasure to run into Mark while he’s out doing some Burning Man.
Always a pleasure to run into Mark while he’s out doing some Burning Man.
I like seeing more and more things powered by solar. Less generator noise etc. Just awesome.
I like how it looks like there is tiny person leaning on this on the right.
Portal
by: David Oliver and the Art City Monsters
from: Ventura, CA
year: 2019
A Portal possible of transformation… not to that which is coming, but to things here. With a ring 12′ in diameter made from 4,608 stained glass tiles with a total of 24 colors, graduating the color wheel in a flowing mosaic that is two sided. Two 7-thousand-pound basalt stone columns stand guard from the left and from the right. Portal will also be lit with an increasing laser light show controlled on a theremin device, with sound effects that go off when one enters.
Symbiosis.
The color in harmony attracts vitality through beauty, like a flower does a bee. The bee gets food in exchange for spreading pollen. In the same manner one attracts to Portal. Coming out with powerful frequencies, to bounce off their friends, their family, the animals, EARTH, and even so called… “enemies.”
URL: http://www.facebook.com/PORTALbrc/
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=H#a2I0V000001AVueUAG
The Wheels of Zoroaster Resurrection Build
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
The Wheels of Zoroaster Resurrection Build
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
I see these friendly folks every year and I always forget the name of their amazing vehicle. Name unknown.
I’ve been really enjoying the smaller mutant vehicles like this. Name unknown.
So awesome! I love the small mutant vehicles. Name unknown.
DMV line.
DMV line.
DMV line.
Mutant Vehicles in the DMV line. Stardust in front here.
Fish Mutant Vehicle Name Unknown
Fish Mutant Vehicle Name Unknown
Fish Mutant Vehicle Name Unknown
Electric Wrecker Mutant Vehicle, by Keith Johnson and Merrilee Proffitt
The Man and The Dust
Wonderful colors on this mutant vehicle. Name unknown.
Wonderful colors on this mutant vehicle. Name unknown.
WHOOHA1 Cross Into The Blue Mutant Vehicle
Mutant Vehicle Name Unknown
Musical note and plastic Flamingos atop mutant vehicle. Name Unknown
Cute red mutant vehicle. Name Unknown.
Shutterbuggy Photo Booth Mutant Vehicle FTW
Steely T Mutant Vehicle (Thanks to Reddit user Macrobridge for the update)
Therolin no2 Build Crew working in the dust.
Therolin no2
by: Ryan Elmandorf
from: Denver, CO
year: 2019
Therolin is a Theremin but instead of playing from a speaker the instrument is a very large guitar string electronically strummed, using an 8 inch X 20 ft pipe as a resonating body. The large pipe juts up from the playa at a very low angle. It ends at eye height. Below it’s opening a small podium awaits. As the participant reaches out to touch the podium, they will notice a soft musical sound starting to emit. If they move their hand closer to the antenna, the pitch of the sound will rise, and as they move their hand away the pitch will fall. The experience will be the interface of a traditional theramin, but with a more real, physical sound in lieu of the traditional synthesized sound.
URL: http://www.elmendorfgeurts.com/project/therolin
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=B#a2I0V000001AY6hUAG
The Flybrary Build
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
The Flybrary Build
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
The Phoenix and The Butterfly: A story of metamorphosis Build
by: swig miller
from: Topanga, CA
year: 2019
Imagine walking across the playa, looking up to see a huge flaming Phoenix flying high in the night sky facing its partner, a beautiful glowing Butterfly. Twenty-five-foot pyramids made of spheres connect you to them and a staircase invites you to share their view.
Imagine returning the next day to find these pyramids filled with interactive elements like places to connect, find shade, swing, climb, and view the playa.
Contact: swigmiller@gmail.com
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=B#a2I0V000001AX4uUAG
The Phoenix and The Butterfly: A story of metamorphosis Build
by: swig miller
from: Topanga, CA
year: 2019
Imagine walking across the playa, looking up to see a huge flaming Phoenix flying high in the night sky facing its partner, a beautiful glowing Butterfly. Twenty-five-foot pyramids made of spheres connect you to them and a staircase invites you to share their view.
Imagine returning the next day to find these pyramids filled with interactive elements like places to connect, find shade, swing, climb, and view the playa.
Contact: swigmiller@gmail.com
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=B#a2I0V000001AX4uUAG
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
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
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
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
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
Climbing up here with flip flops and a camera was dumb! Going up was easy. Going down, not so much. Fun though.
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
#TILT Build
by: Tomas Neumann
from: Santa Ana, CA
year: 2019
Inspired by surreal photographs by French artist Philippe Ramette, TILT allows you to see the world differently. Not only participants who interact with TILT by stepping onto the balcony shift their perspective. Even observers are intuitively and playfully urged to act to make sense of contradictory visuals. What is real and what is fake? What does it take to change reality?
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=B#a2I0V000001T9uAUAS
#TILT Build
by: Tomas Neumann
from: Santa Ana, CA
year: 2019
Inspired by surreal photographs by French artist Philippe Ramette, TILT allows you to see the world differently. Not only participants who interact with TILT by stepping onto the balcony shift their perspective. Even observers are intuitively and playfully urged to act to make sense of contradictory visuals. What is real and what is fake? What does it take to change reality?
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=B#a2I0V000001T9uAUAS
When I suggested they bring in some equipment to dig this trench they we’re like “we don’t want to bother HEAT, they’re super busy right now”. I was like how considerate of them. So they dug the trench by hand with whatever tools they had. Sadly I never found this piece again.
#TILT
by: Tomas Neumann
from: Santa Ana, CA
year: 2019
Inspired by surreal photographs by French artist Philippe Ramette, TILT allows you to see the world differently. Not only participants who interact with TILT by stepping onto the balcony shift their perspective. Even observers are intuitively and playfully urged to act to make sense of contradictory visuals. What is real and what is fake? What does it take to change reality?
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=B#a2I0V000001T9uAUAS
The Folly and the Dust,Dave Keane,The Folly Builders
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 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 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
El Pulpo Mecanico
I’m not sure who is boosting who here but kinda fun regardless. How often do you boost or get boosted from a vehicle like this?!
2019 Black Rock City Camps and Villages for your reference.
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
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
ICHY
Small mutant vehicle. Name unknown.
El Pulpo Mecanico and other Mutant Vehicles in the DMV line.
Mutant Vehicle Name Unknown
Some of the vehicles people bring are just incredible.
Dusty mountain sunset
Cosmo
by: Roger Heitzman
from: Scotts Valley, CA
year: 2019
Rising out of a tower of hand-bent deep rust patina steel flames is a contrasting stainless steel kinetic wind sculpture. The sculpture’s center steel tube supports the 6 axes on which the hand-hammered stainless steel wind-catching cups spin via straight and bent stainless steel tubing. Precisely balanced and using stainless steel ball bearings, the piece will react to gentlest of breezes yet withstand the most intense winds. At the very top sits the sun, made of a stainless steel sphere surrounded by rusted steel flames. This piece gives the illusion of the heat generated by upward-moving flames rising to activate the sculpture. The randomness of flame heat is reflected in the randomness of the sculpture’s movement.
Contact: roger@heitzmanstudios.com
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=H#a2I0V000001AVpUUAW
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
LOVE
by: Laura Kimpton with Jeff Schomberg
from: Venice, CA and Reno, NV
year: 2019
Rainbow LOVE is celebration of love — reminding us that everyone should have the right to love who they love, and to love themselves.
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=B#a2I0V000001TAJuUAO
Nice to see you again!
Chroma Commons
by: Dusty Nation, Lead Artist Cameron Anne Mason
from: Seattle, WA
year: 2019
In a temporary city in a constant state of metamorphosis, Chroma Commons creates a sense of place using ephemeral materials: Silk, color, and air. Beckoning from across the playa, a circle of banners dyed along the color wheel creates a kinetic silken environment and provides ever-changing views of the city from a dynamic interior.
In the center is the Prism, a triangular tower with a sound installation using noise-reducing technology to create a sanctuary of quiet. Benches provide places to gather, rest, and commune with other Burners.
At night, the spectrum of color expands. Images are rear-projected onto a band of acrylic panels at the top of the Prism, color-changing lighting bathes the banners, and ambient light glows around seating.
URL: http://alibipictures.com/blog/2019/04/21/dusty-nation-color-commons-at-brc-2019/
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=B#a2I0V000001T9HDUA0
Pastel Playa at dusk
The Phoenix and The Butterfly: A story of metamorphosis
by: swig miller
from: Topanga, CA
year: 2019
Imagine walking across the playa, looking up to see a huge flaming Phoenix flying high in the night sky facing its partner, a beautiful glowing Butterfly. Twenty-five-foot pyramids made of spheres connect you to them and a staircase invites you to share their view.
Imagine returning the next day to find these pyramids filled with interactive elements like places to connect, find shade, swing, climb, and view the playa.
Contact: swigmiller@gmail.com
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=B#a2I0V000001AX4uUAG
Andromeda Reimagined
by: Playa Muses
from: Bay Area, CA
year: 2019
In myth, Andromeda earned the god’s respect by her earthly deeds and was rewarded with celestial immortality as a constellation. We reimagine the Andromeda Myth, evolving it from a classic male hero focus to a strong feminine and collaborative paradigm.
This art piece brings Andromeda back to earth, and asks, should we aspire to immortality? Can our fleeting actions ultimately stack up to monumental outcomes?
The piece, built by first-time playa artists, consists of a 26 ft spire, with ornate star-patterned walls. It shines like a Moroccan lantern at night, and beckons viewers to rest in a plush interior, seek shade, duck a windstorm. It incubates change. People come to reflect on their course, and to feel inspired to set their sights higher.
URL: http://www.projectandromeda.org
Contact: bigart.andromeda@gmail.com
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=B#a2I0V000001T9r6UAC
The Phoenix and The Butterfly: A story of metamorphosis
by: swig miller
from: Topanga, CA
year: 2019
Imagine walking across the playa, looking up to see a huge flaming Phoenix flying high in the night sky facing its partner, a beautiful glowing Butterfly. Twenty-five-foot pyramids made of spheres connect you to them and a staircase invites you to share their view.
Imagine returning the next day to find these pyramids filled with interactive elements like places to connect, find shade, swing, climb, and view the playa.
Contact: swigmiller@gmail.com
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=B#a2I0V000001AX4uUAG
Transmutation
by: Arturo Gonzalez
from: Saltillo, Coahuila Mexico
year: 2019
Is extinction forever? This work seeks to generate a reflection on the increasingly possible cloning of extinct species. Since the origin of life, evolution has never returned to a vanished species. However, human science is about to break this rule. Is it ethical and moral to play gods? Through scientific reproductions of a neanderthal and a saber-toothed tiger that emerge from the earth (extinction) to cross a DNA helix and reach our present with a paleo-reconstruction where the visitor can interact and then go through a series of circles that forms the geometry of life arrive at a mythical alebrije that represents the transmutation of our matter.
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=H#a2I0V000001AVujUAG
Painted Trailer Artist Name Unknown
BYTE
by: Jason Blanda
from: Guttenberg, NJ
year: 2019
B.Ÿ.T.E. (Burners for Ÿntelligent Technology Emancipation) consists of two monolithic, anthropomorphic microchips representing the very first sentient robots to be freed from slavery, Chip and Terra.
Chip and Terra were first set free to play on the dusty dance floor of deep playa at Black Rock City in 2018. Their virgin year home was one of exploration as they adapted to their newly found liberation.
This year, they hope to enter the imago stage of their evolution and return home to embrace the magical whimsy, radical self expression and symbiotic love as they emerge from their chrysalis and blossom into the colorful, loveable creatures they were always meant to embody. They hope to fully complete their Metamorphoses.
URL: https://www.cleaveranimated.com/byte-art-installation
Contact: jay@cleaveranimated.com
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=B#a2I0V000001AY6XUAW
Circus Fabulae Build
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
The Man Base
Up close with the man.
The Man Base
Impressive shade structure over a big RV.
Dusty Waffle Dome Build
Drink Water Build
Colorful paint on RV called The Pinnacle of Love
Name Unknown
Sweet DIY Figjam Cooler AC here
Camp Walter’s Tower of Terror, Playa Harvey by Steve Landis, and Stacey Newman Weldon’s Adventure Mobiles (Thanks to Steve for the caption update)
Lucy S. Cargo Mutant Vehicle
(Thanks to Cait for the caption update here)
Lucy S. Cargo Mutant Vehicle and the Man in the dust
(Thanks to Cait for the caption update here)
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
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 Man base before dawn
The Monumental Mammoth at Dawn
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
LOVE
by: Laura Kimpton with Jeff Schomberg
from: Venice, CA and Reno, NV
year: 2019
Rainbow LOVE is celebration of love — reminding us that everyone should have the right to love who they love, and to love themselves.
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=B#a2I0V000001TAJuUAO
#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
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 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 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
Positive Reactor
by: Assaf Allouche
from: El Sitio de Playa Venao, Panama Republic
year: 2019
The Reactor is a large complexed geometric structure made of endless triangles. From the ground it looks like a crown or a pomograne, but from its center it forms the sacred geometrical shape of the Merkaba.
Its purpose is to remind us that acts of kindness reward the giver, the receiver and the witness of the good acts, with a boost of oxytocin, producing good feeling to all and taking nothing in return. Therefore creating energy — a Reactor!
URL: https://www.thereactorproject.com
Contact: onlylove@thereactorproject.com
(Thanks for Reddit user jlev for the caption update here)
Temple of Brad Pitt
by: Geodesic Temple
from: Upstate NY
year: 2019
The Temple of Brad Pitt channels the famous Hollywood actor. It captures Brad Pitt’s aura, extracts the essence of his being through data gathering and redisplays it as a data portrait and performative sculpture enabling Burning Man 2019 participants who enter a special apparatus to briefly experience what it is to be him.
URL: http://tobrit.geodesictemple.com/
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=B#a2I0V000001T9nYUAS
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 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 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
Black Rock Public Library Deep Playa Branch
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
Transmutation
by: Arturo Gonzalez
from: Saltillo, Coahuila Mexico
year: 2019
Is extinction forever? This work seeks to generate a reflection on the increasingly possible cloning of extinct species. Since the origin of life, evolution has never returned to a vanished species. However, human science is about to break this rule. Is it ethical and moral to play gods? Through scientific reproductions of a neanderthal and a saber-toothed tiger that emerge from the earth (extinction) to cross a DNA helix and reach our present with a paleo-reconstruction where the visitor can interact and then go through a series of circles that forms the geometry of life arrive at a mythical alebrije that represents the transmutation of our matter.
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=H#a2I0V000001AVujUAG
Puzzles and Prayers- Reinventing the Prayer Wheel
by: Gwen Darling with Gwen and Josh Art
from: Santa Cruz, CA & Reno, NV
year: 2019
“Puzzles and Prayers” is a large scale interactive mixed media sculpture serving as a shaded gathering space for participants to explore, discover, to pray and play. Prayer wheels are typically seen as individual wheels aligned in long rows, but the “Puzzles and Prayers” wheel components will be arranged in a grid. Each ceramic wheel will be a puzzle piece. When spun into alignment with the rest, the wheels will compose a beautiful mural. It will give the participant a unique opportunity to interact with this spiritual tradition as well as discovering the hidden image of the contemporary mural.
URL: https://hairypotter1008.wixsite.com/website
Contact: puzzlesandprayers@gmail.com
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=H#a2I0V000001AVvhUAG
Mutant Vehicle Name Unknown
Nice colors! Camp Name Unknown
Wonderful burner. The tour of your camp was fun. Thank you!
Roasted Breaux & Coffee Heaux Coffee Camp has a spectacular facade, camp, and solar array. Thanks for the tour!
Wonderful camp setup.
Room with Teddy Bears!
Large solar array that also functions as a shade structure.
Yellow Bikes
HEAT part of the large behind the scenes Burning Man Infrastructure
RV with sunflowers and solar panels.
RV with Zebra paint job.
RV with amazing artwork. Love the colors here. Art by = Sector 17 = sectr17@gmail.com
BURN Artist Unknown
Mansonian Museum
Mansonian Museum
Vaike is one of my all time favorite people. She has always been friendly, gracious, and just an all around spectacular human being. Love you Vaike.
Cone Down Buid
by: Looking Up Arts
from: San Francisco, CA
year: 2019
Cone Down is a whimsical acknowledgment of life’s little indignities. This fallen ice cream cone has a steel frame, with vacuum formed polycarbonate panels lit with LEDs. Cone down is climbable with a viewing deck on top. Inside of the ice cream scoop will be a padded ‘chill’ area which will be a delightful respite during the day. The LEDs will illuminate the scoop from the inside and out, so at night the ‘chill’ area will be a beautiful glowing room as you watch folks ascend and descend this tipped-over tasty treat. Ice cream to be served.
URL: https://www.lookingup.art/icecream
Contact: info@lookingup.art
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=B#a2I0V000001AXhwUAG
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
When your camp itself is art (Name Unknown)
When your camp itself is art (Name Unknown)
When your camp itself is art (Name Unknown)
Mutant Vehicle Name Unknown (Thanks for being cool with me taking a photo like this!)
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 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 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 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 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 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 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
Luminous Waveforms by Phil Spitler & Victoria Mara Heilweil
http://philspitler.com/luminouswaveforms/ (Thanks to Phil for the caption update here)
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 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 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
From There to Here & Here to There
by: Teri Bevelacqua
from: Olympia, WA
year: 2019
Reminiscent of a bygone era of interstate highways… From There to Here & Here to There, is a playa specific ever changing large road sign, crafted to resemble a farm stand type billboard. Closer examination reveals a large scale painting made up of ten painted panels. The paintings, encaustic mixed media, are layers of images, marks and paint creating an ever changing image of journeys, a map. This map will consider time and experiences as additional orienting tools. The images are both personal and universal and like memories you think you have neatly tucked away, they emerge and fade in the strangest ways.
Contact: teribevelacqua@gmail.com
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
Some of The Man’s Army Build Crew
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 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
Wizard’s piece got bent out of shape so he didn’t seem to be in the best mood when I was chatting with him.
Wizard’s piece. (Bent out of shape.)
I like these pavillions at the man base.
Under the Man
Under the man and Beyond.
Up close with the Man
Camp MisBeehive solar powering all the things!
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
Therolin no2
by: Ryan Elmandorf
from: Denver, CO
year: 2019
Therolin is a Theremin but instead of playing from a speaker the instrument is a very large guitar string electronically strummed, using an 8 inch X 20 ft pipe as a resonating body. The large pipe juts up from the playa at a very low angle. It ends at eye height. Below it’s opening a small podium awaits. As the participant reaches out to touch the podium, they will notice a soft musical sound starting to emit. If they move their hand closer to the antenna, the pitch of the sound will rise, and as they move their hand away the pitch will fall. The experience will be the interface of a traditional theramin, but with a more real, physical sound in lieu of the traditional synthesized sound.
URL: http://www.elmendorfgeurts.com/project/therolin
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=B#a2I0V000001AY6hUAG
Therolin no2
by: Ryan Elmandorf
from: Denver, CO
year: 2019
Therolin is a Theremin but instead of playing from a speaker the instrument is a very large guitar string electronically strummed, using an 8 inch X 20 ft pipe as a resonating body. The large pipe juts up from the playa at a very low angle. It ends at eye height. Below it’s opening a small podium awaits. As the participant reaches out to touch the podium, they will notice a soft musical sound starting to emit. If they move their hand closer to the antenna, the pitch of the sound will rise, and as they move their hand away the pitch will fall. The experience will be the interface of a traditional theramin, but with a more real, physical sound in lieu of the traditional synthesized sound.
URL: http://www.elmendorfgeurts.com/project/therolin
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=B#a2I0V000001AY6hUAG
DreamWEaver
by: Friends of a Feather
from: Reno/Tahoe, NV and Western Canada
year: 2019
Dream WEaver is Intended to display non-physical concepts in physical form. To show the invisible connection between our minds and our hands. To show that our hands can be the guide to bring our dreams into light. The dreamweaver is not one, but many beings working together to create something beyond what any single human can accomplish on their own.
Island of Lost Buoys and Skywhale: The Not ShyWhale
Island of Lost Buoys
by: Lillian Heyward and The Island of Lost Buoys, a Create Change Project
from: Bluffton, SC
year: 2019
On the playa is an Island, a wooden tree dominates the center made of recycled pallets, crates and drift wood. Leaves of sculpted plastic bottles rustle in the wind. Strung from a branch is a hammock made of fishing net attached to a ocean buoy marooned on the beach. Hanging from the branches are sea buoys and balls providing a place to write names or leave a message to those who will come after.
Hanging from branches are bamboo wind chimes that softly clatter in the breeze. It is an island, a refuge, a place of calm and childhood in the stormy seas of life. It appears out of the playa as a mirage, the fantasy playground of youth. Discarded materials transform into an oasis, as our adult lives transform back to childhood. Bangarang!
URL: http://www.createchangeproject.com
Contact: islandoflostbuoys@gmail.com
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=B#a2I0V000001AVsTUAW
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
https://burningman.org
Skywhale: The Not ShyWhale and The Dollhouse
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
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=H#a2I0V000001AW6pUAG
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
Last light on the mountains.
Star Duster
The Dollhouse
by: House of Strange Rituals
from: Eugene, OR
year: 2019
The Dollhouse is a life-size dollhouse replica, modeled after a turn of the century Victorian home, where participants are encouraged to discover haunted elements by interacting with objects that trigger lights and sound. The back side of the home has the illusion of being completely exposed to open playa, but is enclosed with clear acrylic paneling. This allows citizens of Black Rock City to see the illuminated structure, and the people inside, from afar. Each room has a unique interactive sound installation, which plays off the concept of a seance gone wrong. The Dollhouse transports participants to an ethereal world on playa, captivating and enticing all to play and discover more secrets within.
URL: https://www.houseofstrangerituals.com/the-dollhouse
Contact: thedollhousecrew@gmail.com
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=H#a2I0V000001AVxYUAW
The Dollhouse
by: House of Strange Rituals
from: Eugene, OR
year: 2019
The Dollhouse is a life-size dollhouse replica, modeled after a turn of the century Victorian home, where participants are encouraged to discover haunted elements by interacting with objects that trigger lights and sound. The back side of the home has the illusion of being completely exposed to open playa, but is enclosed with clear acrylic paneling. This allows citizens of Black Rock City to see the illuminated structure, and the people inside, from afar. Each room has a unique interactive sound installation, which plays off the concept of a seance gone wrong. The Dollhouse transports participants to an ethereal world on playa, captivating and enticing all to play and discover more secrets within.
URL: https://www.houseofstrangerituals.com/the-dollhouse
Contact: thedollhousecrew@gmail.com
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=H#a2I0V000001AVxYUAW
The Dollhouse
by: House of Strange Rituals
from: Eugene, OR
year: 2019
The Dollhouse is a life-size dollhouse replica, modeled after a turn of the century Victorian home, where participants are encouraged to discover haunted elements by interacting with objects that trigger lights and sound. The back side of the home has the illusion of being completely exposed to open playa, but is enclosed with clear acrylic paneling. This allows citizens of Black Rock City to see the illuminated structure, and the people inside, from afar. Each room has a unique interactive sound installation, which plays off the concept of a seance gone wrong. The Dollhouse transports participants to an ethereal world on playa, captivating and enticing all to play and discover more secrets within.
URL: https://www.houseofstrangerituals.com/the-dollhouse
Contact: thedollhousecrew@gmail.com
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=H#a2I0V000001AVxYUAW
eye of metamorphosis
by: music vizards
from: San Luis Obispo, CA
year: 2019
Metamorphosis is our projection on us self. We provide a unique experience at night with the Eye of Metamorphosis: A body-projection art installation creating an individual metamorphosis to be projected on the moving or dancing body. Butterflies, which morph into watchful eyes reminding us that wishful ideals come with the cost of exposition; or flowers, which burn away from the inside, or fire that freezes to ice. A mirror at the bottom of the eye lets participants experience their own metamorphosis.
URL: http://musicvizards.io
Contact: mixedrealitylabio@gmail.com
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=B#a2I0V000001AXyEUAW
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
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
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
Paraluna
by: Christopher Schardt
from: Oakland, CA
year: 2019
Paraluna is a giant, spinning disc of LEDs. Classical music plays from speakers on the ground while complementary animated patterns are displayed on the disc above. The disc is held up by a boom lift, allowing the disc to be raised, lowered, and tilted, to dramatic effect.
URL: http://ledlabs.co/paraluna
Contact: paraluna_bman@ledlabs.co
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&aq=paraluna#a2I0V000001AVlcUAG
The Flybrary at Night Under the Moon
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
The Flybrary, The Flybrary at night, Christina Sporrong, Christina Sporrong
Cocoonap
by: Artmisto
from: Dnipro, Ukraine
year: 2019
Cocoonap is a combination of two words: cocoon and nap. Installation-transformer, which smoothly changes its appearance and tells a small parable. This is a visualization of a metaphorical dream about the changing and cyclical nature of life, about what is its basis. Birth, flourishing, development, dissolution in eternity.
The 3×4 meter installation will be made of wood, vividly decorated with LED-stripes for a spectacular show during the night, and the surface of the cocoon itself will be covered with stencils that will project metaphorical illustrations onto the surface of the desert.
URL: https://artmisto.com/cocoonap/
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=B#a2I0V000001AVq3UAG
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 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 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 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 Phoenix and The Butterfly: A story of metamorphosis
by: swig miller
from: Topanga, CA
year: 2019
Imagine walking across the playa, looking up to see a huge flaming Phoenix flying high in the night sky facing its partner, a beautiful glowing Butterfly. Twenty-five-foot pyramids made of spheres connect you to them and a staircase invites you to share their view.
Imagine returning the next day to find these pyramids filled with interactive elements like places to connect, find shade, swing, climb, and view the playa.
Contact: swigmiller@gmail.com
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=B#a2I0V000001AX4uUAG
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 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 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 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 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
Expansion Pavilion
by: Shrine
from: Pasadena, CA
year: 2019
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=H#a2I0V000001T9HSUA0
Expansion Pavilion
by: Shrine
from: Pasadena, CA
year: 2019
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=H#a2I0V000001T9HSUA0
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
Temple of Brad Pitt
by: Geodesic Temple
from: Upstate NY
year: 2019
The Temple of Brad Pitt channels the famous Hollywood actor. It captures Brad Pitt’s aura, extracts the essence of his being through data gathering and redisplays it as a data portrait and performative sculpture enabling Burning Man 2019 participants who enter a special apparatus to briefly experience what it is to be him.
URL: http://tobrit.geodesictemple.com/
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=B#a2I0V000001T9nYUAS
Nice piece on the 50th anniversary of the moon landing!
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Dang Gang Imperial Cruiser from Disorient (Thanks to Reddit user decktech for letting me know.)
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Platonic Two: Tesseract
by: gnArt – Prime & Kerri
from: Calgary, Canada
year: 2019
A shimmering cube of wonder. What will one see when one gazes upon it?
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=B#a2I0V000001T9uKUAS
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Chapel of the Chimes
by: Infinity Gathered
from: Washington, D.C.
year: 2019
You happen upon this beautiful and curvaceous hand-cut building of wood and steel chimes. The love and care that went into each cut is visable. The Chapel of the Chimes awaits you.
The love poured into the structure makes it a perfect place to have a ceremony with loved ones. There is an arch inside and platform to stand. Share your vows, commitments, and devotion here.
You may also simply take shelter here from the hot sun and relax to the sound of the wind breezing through, giving the wind a different voice and experience. The chimes harmonize and sing you a song you’ve not yet heard.
Come and learn of the playa-adjacent origins of the structure! It has quite a story to share. Come early, it burns before the end of the event!
URL: http://www.infinitygathered.com
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=B#a2I0V000001AXizUAG
(Thanks to reddit user sachin571 for the caption update)
Chapel of the Chimes
by: Infinity Gathered
from: Washington, D.C.
year: 2019
You happen upon this beautiful and curvaceous hand-cut building of wood and steel chimes. The love and care that went into each cut is visable. The Chapel of the Chimes awaits you.
The love poured into the structure makes it a perfect place to have a ceremony with loved ones. There is an arch inside and platform to stand. Share your vows, commitments, and devotion here.
You may also simply take shelter here from the hot sun and relax to the sound of the wind breezing through, giving the wind a different voice and experience. The chimes harmonize and sing you a song you’ve not yet heard.
Come and learn of the playa-adjacent origins of the structure! It has quite a story to share. Come early, it burns before the end of the event!
URL: http://www.infinitygathered.com
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=B#a2I0V000001AXizUAG
(Thanks to reddit user sachin571 for the caption update)
Some new friends. I was playing around with a super wide lens here so they look like giants. They’re on the Air Pusher crew. Love that thing. Nice to meet you.
Nice to see you again George! George is a great photographer and you can see some of his work here: https://www.georgepostphotography.com/
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Name Unknown
Name unknown.
Black Rock City and Center Camp. (Please do a better job of covering or altering logos. Only because cloning them out takes forever.)
You can see the airport from here.
HEAT and beyond.
Panorama 1/3 from roughly 510 and D. Cannot remember the name of the camp for the life of me.
Panorama 2/3 from roughly 510 and D. Cannot remember the name of the camp for the life of me.
Panorama 3/3 from roughly 510 and D. Cannot remember the name of the camp for the life of me.
Black Rock City Views
Didn’t notice it at the time but look at this megayurt in the lower right.
Black Rock City Views
Well done on the rental logo here!
I was complaining about the pain in my arm and this lovely man tried to make me feel better. It was nice.
Wonderful painting artist name unknown.
Mansonian Museum (apologies for the distorted pano)
The Mansonian Institute
Always fun to play with you Bonnie!
Mutant Vehicle Name Unknown with dusty beard.
Getting a Tow
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
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=H#a2I0V000001AVyvUAG
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
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=H#a2I0V000001AVyvUAG
Golden Gate Bridge Mutant Vehicle and the Man
The Word on The Street
by: Scott Froschauer
from: Los Angeles, CA
year: 2019
From a distance, one imagines that they are being told that the circular space defined by this piece is inaccessible. Eight signs appear to proclaim “Do Not Enter.” But on closer inspection, the message is much different.
URL: http://scottfroschauer.com/?cat=14
Contact: sf@scottfroschauer.com
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=B#a2I0V000001T9rzUAC
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
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
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=H#a2I0V000001AW74UAG
Chapel Perilous
by: Rob Leifheit & the Enchanted Booty Forest
from: Los Angeles, CA
year: 2019
Only two walls of the ruins of Chapel Perilous still stand, sunken heavily into the ground over time. From the Black Rock City, the chapel appears dark and mysterious, but from inside, four stained glass windows and a large rosette illuminate the piece. Custom light patterns and ambient sounds engage visitors to learn more about the eight circuits of consciousness and the trappings of Chapel Perilous — a state one enters when facing truth that disagrees with their notion of reality. Once you enter, will you ever leave Chapel Perilous?
URL: http://enterchapelperilo.us
https://burningman.org/culture/history/brc-history/event-archives/2019-event-archive/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=H#a2I0V000001AW7JUAW
(Thanks to Reddit user sirduke63 for the caption update here.)
Chapel Perilous
by: Rob Leifheit & the Enchanted Booty Forest
from: Los Angeles, CA
year: 2019
Only two walls of the ruins of Chapel Perilous still stand, sunken heavily into the ground over time. From the Black Rock City, the chapel appears dark and mysterious, but from inside, four stained glass windows and a large rosette illuminate the piece. Custom light patterns and ambient sounds engage visitors to learn more about the eight circuits of consciousness and the trappings of Chapel Perilous — a state one enters when facing truth that disagrees with their notion of reality. Once you enter, will you ever leave Chapel Perilous?
URL: http://enterchapelperilo.us
https://burningman.org/culture/history/brc-history/event-archives/2019-event-archive/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=H#a2I0V000001AW7JUAW
(Thanks to Reddit user sirduke63 for the caption update here.)
Chapel Perilous
by: Rob Leifheit & the Enchanted Booty Forest
from: Los Angeles, CA
year: 2019
Only two walls of the ruins of Chapel Perilous still stand, sunken heavily into the ground over time. From the Black Rock City, the chapel appears dark and mysterious, but from inside, four stained glass windows and a large rosette illuminate the piece. Custom light patterns and ambient sounds engage visitors to learn more about the eight circuits of consciousness and the trappings of Chapel Perilous — a state one enters when facing truth that disagrees with their notion of reality. Once you enter, will you ever leave Chapel Perilous?
URL: http://enterchapelperilo.us
https://burningman.org/culture/history/brc-history/event-archives/2019-event-archive/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=H#a2I0V000001AW7JUAW
(Thanks to Reddit user sirduke63 for the caption update here.)
Chapel Perilous
by: Rob Leifheit & the Enchanted Booty Forest
from: Los Angeles, CA
year: 2019
Only two walls of the ruins of Chapel Perilous still stand, sunken heavily into the ground over time. From the Black Rock City, the chapel appears dark and mysterious, but from inside, four stained glass windows and a large rosette illuminate the piece. Custom light patterns and ambient sounds engage visitors to learn more about the eight circuits of consciousness and the trappings of Chapel Perilous — a state one enters when facing truth that disagrees with their notion of reality. Once you enter, will you ever leave Chapel Perilous?
URL: http://enterchapelperilo.us
https://burningman.org/culture/history/brc-history/event-archives/2019-event-archive/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=H#a2I0V000001AW7JUAW
(Thanks to Reddit user sirduke63 for the caption update here.)
Chapel Perilous
by: Rob Leifheit & the Enchanted Booty Forest
from: Los Angeles, CA
year: 2019
Only two walls of the ruins of Chapel Perilous still stand, sunken heavily into the ground over time. From the Black Rock City, the chapel appears dark and mysterious, but from inside, four stained glass windows and a large rosette illuminate the piece. Custom light patterns and ambient sounds engage visitors to learn more about the eight circuits of consciousness and the trappings of Chapel Perilous — a state one enters when facing truth that disagrees with their notion of reality. Once you enter, will you ever leave Chapel Perilous?
URL: http://enterchapelperilo.us
https://burningman.org/culture/history/brc-history/event-archives/2019-event-archive/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=H#a2I0V000001AW7JUAW
(Thanks to Reddit user sirduke63 for the caption update here.)
Chapel Perilous
by: Rob Leifheit & the Enchanted Booty Forest
from: Los Angeles, CA
year: 2019
Only two walls of the ruins of Chapel Perilous still stand, sunken heavily into the ground over time. From the Black Rock City, the chapel appears dark and mysterious, but from inside, four stained glass windows and a large rosette illuminate the piece. Custom light patterns and ambient sounds engage visitors to learn more about the eight circuits of consciousness and the trappings of Chapel Perilous — a state one enters when facing truth that disagrees with their notion of reality. Once you enter, will you ever leave Chapel Perilous?
URL: http://enterchapelperilo.us
https://burningman.org/culture/history/brc-history/event-archives/2019-event-archive/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=H#a2I0V000001AW7JUAW
(Thanks to Reddit user sirduke63 for the caption update here.)
Chapel Perilous
by: Rob Leifheit & the Enchanted Booty Forest
from: Los Angeles, CA
year: 2019
Only two walls of the ruins of Chapel Perilous still stand, sunken heavily into the ground over time. From the Black Rock City, the chapel appears dark and mysterious, but from inside, four stained glass windows and a large rosette illuminate the piece. Custom light patterns and ambient sounds engage visitors to learn more about the eight circuits of consciousness and the trappings of Chapel Perilous — a state one enters when facing truth that disagrees with their notion of reality. Once you enter, will you ever leave Chapel Perilous?
URL: http://enterchapelperilo.us
https://burningman.org/culture/history/brc-history/event-archives/2019-event-archive/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=H#a2I0V000001AW7JUAW
(Thanks to Reddit user sirduke63 for the caption update here.)
Friendly burner. We traded cameras for a while and played around. It was fun.
Skywhale: The Not ShyWhale and The Temple
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
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=H#a2I0V000001AW6pUAG
Friendly burner on the Skywhale: The Not ShyWhale crew.
The Dollhouse
by: House of Strange Rituals
from: Eugene, OR
year: 2019
The Dollhouse is a life-size dollhouse replica, modeled after a turn of the century Victorian home, where participants are encouraged to discover haunted elements by interacting with objects that trigger lights and sound. The back side of the home has the illusion of being completely exposed to open playa, but is enclosed with clear acrylic paneling. This allows citizens of Black Rock City to see the illuminated structure, and the people inside, from afar. Each room has a unique interactive sound installation, which plays off the concept of a seance gone wrong. The Dollhouse transports participants to an ethereal world on playa, captivating and enticing all to play and discover more secrets within.
URL: https://www.houseofstrangerituals.com/the-dollhouse
Contact: thedollhousecrew@gmail.com
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=H#a2I0V000001AVxYUAW
Jay doing a fun pose for me.
Good times. Mutant vehicle name unknown.
Great to meet you and thank you for our little chat!
Great to meet you and thank you for our little chat!
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
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=B#a2I0V000001TAiBUAW
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
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=B#a2I0V000001TAiBUAW
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
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=B#a2I0V000001TAiBUAW
Nice to meet you Benjamin and thanks for the 27 Stones! It scared me!
The gentlemem was standing there when someone walked up and appended the yellow “cutie” badge on him. Cuteness confirmed!
Garage Mahal Mutant Vehicle from the Bay Area (Thanks to Phil for the caption update)
Robot Wedding 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
Robot Wedding 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
Robot Wedding 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
This fellow built himself a remote controlled fridge.
Hani’s Deep Playa Taxi at The Folly
I’m always out shooting alone so it’s really nice when I run into friends. In this instance some friends we’re going on a little cruise!
Bon voyage!
The Phoenix and The Butterfly: A story of metamorphosis
by: swig miller
from: Topanga, CA
year: 2019
Imagine walking across the playa, looking up to see a huge flaming Phoenix flying high in the night sky facing its partner, a beautiful glowing Butterfly. Twenty-five-foot pyramids made of spheres connect you to them and a staircase invites you to share their view.
Imagine returning the next day to find these pyramids filled with interactive elements like places to connect, find shade, swing, climb, and view the playa.
Contact: swigmiller@gmail.com
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=B#a2I0V000001AX4uUAG
Andromeda Reimagined
by: Playa Muses
from: Bay Area, CA
year: 2019
In myth, Andromeda earned the god’s respect by her earthly deeds and was rewarded with celestial immortality as a constellation. We reimagine the Andromeda Myth, evolving it from a classic male hero focus to a strong feminine and collaborative paradigm.
This art piece brings Andromeda back to earth, and asks, should we aspire to immortality? Can our fleeting actions ultimately stack up to monumental outcomes?
The piece, built by first-time playa artists, consists of a 26 ft spire, with ornate star-patterned walls. It shines like a Moroccan lantern at night, and beckons viewers to rest in a plush interior, seek shade, duck a windstorm. It incubates change. People come to reflect on their course, and to feel inspired to set their sights higher.
URL: http://www.projectandromeda.org
Contact: bigart.andromeda@gmail.com
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=B#a2I0V000001T9r6UAC
J, bring yur dad back and keep going with the real videos my man! Nice to see you again T.
Hundroid Mutant Vehicle at Night
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
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
I love meeting friendly burners who have nothing but good vibes like these dudes.
Mutant vehicle driver
Elections Fucking Matter (artist name unknown)
Elephant Mutant Vehicle Name Unknown
Fireworks by DaveX and 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 Man Base
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
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=H#a2I0V000001AW74UAG
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 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 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
Positive Reactor
by: Assaf Allouche
from: El Sitio de Playa Venao, Panama Republic
year: 2019
The Reactor is a large complexed geometric structure made of endless triangles. From the ground it looks like a crown or a pomograne, but from its center it forms the sacred geometrical shape of the Merkaba.
Its purpose is to remind us that acts of kindness reward the giver, the receiver and the witness of the good acts, with a boost of oxytocin, producing good feeling to all and taking nothing in return. Therefore creating energy — a Reactor!
URL: https://www.thereactorproject.com
Contact: onlylove@thereactorproject.com
(Thanks for Reddit user jlev for the caption update here)
Maxa Xaman Mutant Vehicle
Robot Heart, Broken But Together, and a Polar Bear (Bear name unknown)
Mutant Vehicle Name Unknown
Mayan Warrior
Nice flamethrower! Name unknown
Lovely burner
Deep playa sunrise
Nice contact lenses. This fellow mentioned they actually worked as lenses!
Deep playa sunrise
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
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=H#a2I0V000001AVwVUAW
Name unknown (remote controlled couch thing)
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.
Contact: oxanavfursenko@gmail.com
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=B#a2I0V000001TABCUA4
(thanks to Reddit user petrograd for the caption update)
Lovely burner
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
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
Lovely burner
Couple of classy gentlemen and a cool bike.
Lovely burner
Name unknown
Wonderful Burner
Tatanka
by: Peter Hazel
from: Reno, NV
year: 2019
Tatanka is an Indian word for buffalo. For the Northern Plains people Tatanka meant life. Ceremonies and daily life revolved around sacred reverences to Tatanka. They relied upon the bison for food, clothing, housing, tools, just to name a few. This piece is a 9′ tall mosaic buffalo created in Reno, NV by large scale sculpture artist Peter Hazel. The piece is made up of thousands of handmade tiles of various colors, textures, and sizes.
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=B#a2I0V000001T9wBUAS
Wonderful Burner
The Temple of Direction and the Larry Memorial
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 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 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 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
Name Unknown
Name Unknown
Name Unknown
doin it right. 1800 go pudgey.
747
It was a pleasure to meet you.
Name unknown
Performance at the Folly
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
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
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
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
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
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
Name Unknown
Nice to see you Takeshi!
Lovely Burners
Lovely Burners
Transmutation
by: Arturo Gonzalez
from: Saltillo, Coahuila Mexico
year: 2019
Is extinction forever? This work seeks to generate a reflection on the increasingly possible cloning of extinct species. Since the origin of life, evolution has never returned to a vanished species. However, human science is about to break this rule. Is it ethical and moral to play gods? Through scientific reproductions of a neanderthal and a saber-toothed tiger that emerge from the earth (extinction) to cross a DNA helix and reach our present with a paleo-reconstruction where the visitor can interact and then go through a series of circles that forms the geometry of life arrive at a mythical alebrije that represents the transmutation of our matter.
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=H#a2I0V000001AVujUAG
Transmutation
by: Arturo Gonzalez
from: Saltillo, Coahuila Mexico
year: 2019
Is extinction forever? This work seeks to generate a reflection on the increasingly possible cloning of extinct species. Since the origin of life, evolution has never returned to a vanished species. However, human science is about to break this rule. Is it ethical and moral to play gods? Through scientific reproductions of a neanderthal and a saber-toothed tiger that emerge from the earth (extinction) to cross a DNA helix and reach our present with a paleo-reconstruction where the visitor can interact and then go through a series of circles that forms the geometry of life arrive at a mythical alebrije that represents the transmutation of our matter.
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=H#a2I0V000001AVujUAG
Name Unknown
Expansion Pavilion
by: Shrine
from: Pasadena, CA
year: 2019
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=H#a2I0V000001T9HSUA0
These guys we’re so nice.
These guys we’re so nice.
These guys we’re so nice.
Love this one.
Playa hug.
Tzompantli
by: T. Booth Haley
from: Berkeley, CA
year: 2019
Tzompantli were skull racks that were built in front of temples in a number of Mesoamerican civilizations to demonstrate the power of the ruling elite and their gods. The sacrificial victims are thought to have been mostly captives of war.
Each victim was skinned and had a hole cut in the cranium by an expert using obsidian blades. Tzompantli is a Nahuatl word, the language of the Aztecs, and the largest one was in the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan. It was 60 by 30 meters, several meters tall, and contained an estimated 60,000 skulls.
This BRC tzompantli is a replica of the ancient ones. The historical tzompantli stood outside the oldest temples of the Americas and here the skull rack stands outside the newest temple of the Americas.
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=B#a2I0V000001AXAxUAO
These ladies we’re very excited about breastfeeding.
Lovely burners.
Lee Burridge at DISTRIKT
These folks stopped me and said hey can you take our picture. I was like hell yeah I can!
Lee Burridge at DISTRIKT
Lee Burridge at DISTRIKT
Lee Burridge at DISTRIKT
Lee Burridge at DISTRIKT
Lee Burridge at DISTRIKT
Lee Burridge at DISTRIKT
Lee Burridge at DISTRIKT
Lee Burridge at DISTRIKT
Lee Burridge at DISTRIKT
Lee Burridge at DISTRIKT
Lee Burridge at DISTRIKT
Lee Burridge at DISTRIKT
Lee Burridge at DISTRIKT
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
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
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
The Artery
The Man Base before sunrise.
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 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 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
Expansion Pavilion
by: Shrine
from: Pasadena, CA
year: 2019
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=H#a2I0V000001T9HSUA0
Temple of Brad Pitt
by: Geodesic Temple
from: Upstate NY
year: 2019
The Temple of Brad Pitt channels the famous Hollywood actor. It captures Brad Pitt’s aura, extracts the essence of his being through data gathering and redisplays it as a data portrait and performative sculpture enabling Burning Man 2019 participants who enter a special apparatus to briefly experience what it is to be him.
URL: http://tobrit.geodesictemple.com/
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=B#a2I0V000001T9nYUAS
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
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
Elevation at sunrise
by: michael christian
from: Berkeley, CA
year: 2019
Contact: mc@michaelchristian.com
Drinking from the gas pump at 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
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=H#a2I0V000001AVwVUAW
Name Unknown
Love this Burner’s whole vibe. He was so nice.
So great to meet you and thanks for being such a great person to photograph!
Some of the people who make Burning Man so great.
Mayan Warrior
One of my favorite moments from the burn was when this little one came to me and reached out her hand. She was just learning to walk and was curious about my camera. She grabbed my hand and played with all the buttons on my camera! It was so such a sweet little moment.
Out Of Band III mutant vehicle.
Shout out to the people who maintain their fitness out there. I can’t even stay fit in the default world so it always impresses me when I see folks staying active out there.
This guy was about the healthiest looking person I’ve ever seen. So I struck up a conversation with him about health. I’ve got a major dadbod going on these days and he was a doctor. So we had a lovely little chat.
BLM Ranger
These pink cowgirls we’re SUPER fun.
I took a rest sitting up here. I love pieces with chairs…
The Bard’s Branch
by: Pam Ward
from: San Francisco, CA
year: 2019
I would like to bring my childhood joy of books and climbing trees to the playa by building a tree library. A comfy armchair will be in the nest at the top for folks to read in, shaded with branches. It will look like an old organic library with bookshelves, staircases and books stacked all over it. Recessed shelves will be hidden in the trunk and books will have light up letters, inspiring words and pop-up images inside. There is a playful childlike energy to the piece. The Bard’s Branch will bring joy & stir the imagination.
Contact: thebardsbranch@gmail.com
https://burningman.org/culture/history/brc-history/event-archives/2019-event-archive/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=H#a2I0V000001AVqXUAW
(Thanks to Annelise for the caption update here)
Black Rock City
Black Rock City
Black Rock City
Some of my friends discussing their various creative endeavors. Not sure who that interloper is in the back. Just kidding. I freakin love you Mr. Wonderful!
Name Unknown
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
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
Expansion Pavilion
by: Shrine
from: Pasadena, CA
year: 2019
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=H#a2I0V000001T9HSUA0
Expansion Pavilion
by: Shrine
from: Pasadena, CA
year: 2019
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=H#a2I0V000001T9HSUA0
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
Name Unknown
Lingerie 3rd floor
IN CASE OF EMERGENCY USE STAIRS
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
https://www.michaelbenisty.com
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
https://www.michaelbenisty.com
Nice to meet you!
If memory serves this is called The Oasis. Random passerby burners get pampered and fanned. You get misted and they hand feed you fruit in the chair while you recline. Some people we’re trying to do one of those colorful smokebomb photoshoots upwind from us. The smoke was so thick we could barely breath. I went over and politely asked them if they could take their photoshoot elsewhere. I also asked them to think about whether or not smokebombs are MOOP…
Burning Man Is Stupid.
Tulpa Ashrams
by: One Art Museum
from: Peking, China
year: 2019
TULPA ASHRAMS is a tower group represents the fusion of senses. Tulpa is a concept in mysticism and the paranormal of a being or object which is created through spiritual or mental powers. It was adapted by 20th century theosophists from Tibetan: སྤྲུལ་པ་ which means “emanation” or “manifestation”.
Emerging from a study into the geometry of Chinese art and architecture, the tower group references motifs and elements traditionally found in Tibetan Buddhism, chanting music, sacred places, and daily objects though in itself.
Tulpa Ashrams has ties to no religion. It transcends time and space, memories and culture.They are chaotic eons of the past and a distant future of the unknown.
URL: http://bit.ly/2pFBH0Q
Contact: jinxu0924@hotmail.com
Name Unknown
Name unknown
Wing Portal
by: Suki Somersall, Sven Eberwein, John Briscella, Maria Dubrovskaya, Alexander Green, Stephan Rodan, Josh McFarland, Glenn Fischer, Vincent Lauenstein
from: California
year: 2019
Built as a gift for California, a sculpture of transcendence made from the ruins of the 2018 fires. This past fall our community here in California was hit by the devastating fires that destroyed hundreds of homes and affected so many lives. These events have deeply changed us.
As a visual metaphor to transcendence and metamorphosis, our team is building a sculpture out of the ruins from the fire and is bringing it to another place of deep personal transformation: Burning Man. And after the Burn, the sculpture will be publicly installed in California.
The wings span 60 feet across, and are built out of recycled metal, iridescent dichroic acrylic panels and thousands of LED lights.
URL: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/wing-portal-debuting-at-burning-man-2019#/
Contact: suz@kirakira.com
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=B#a2I0V000001AXjOUAW
Mutant Vehicle (name unknown) and the Head Maze
Head Maze
by: Matthew Schultz and The Pier
from: Reno, NV
year: 2019
The Head Maze is a purposeful juxtapositions of two forms, a peaceful meditative reflection and our inevitable struggle with the nature of cognition; a monolithic mind caught in time between multiple selves. The head towers four stories over the playa floor, encased in mulberry paper and epoxy modeled after the work of Yoshio Ikezaki. The head rests in repose while its left hand claws at its mind fighting to reveal a crystalline stained glass structure akin to the “Space Whale” inside.
A series of hidden doors in the mouth, wrists and head open into a four story, 18 room maze. Each modular room creates a unique space dedicated to the nature of our minds, our struggles with being and the weird and fanciful process of dreaming.
URL: http://www.headmaze.com
Contact: headmaze2019@gmail.com
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=B#a2I0V000001AVtbUAG
Playa at dusk
Shewolf
by: Chris Mack
from: Monterey, CA
year: 2019
The Shewolf is nature, constantly giving and directing our growth for thousands of years. Only recently has man conquered nature by what we think is a smart and clever manipulation for our benefit. “What nature can do, man can do better.”
Or can we? Has man depleted our mother or is she still willing to nurture us? Come out and drink from the elixir from nature’s breasts. Lay in her shadow, protected from harm.
Shewolf now has a partner wolf. Can he keep up? Can we keep up?
https://burningman.org/event/brc/2019-art-installations/?yyyy=&artType=B#a2I0V000001T9rfUAC
Transmutation
by: Arturo Gonzalez
from: Saltillo, Coahuila Mexico
year: 2019
Is extinction forever? This work seeks to generate a reflection on the increasingly possible cloning of extinct species. Since the origin of life, evolution has never returned to a vanished species. However, human science is about to break this rule. Is it ethical and moral to play gods? Through scientific reproductions of a neanderthal and a saber-toothed tiger that emerge from the earth (extinction) to cross a DNA helix and reach our present with a paleo-reconstruction where the visitor can interact and t
