2003 Art Installations

All artworks in these listings will be presented by these artists on the open playa in Black Rock City. Honoraria Art H has been awarded a grant by Burning Man Project. Registered Art includes all other projects that have registered for placement on the open playa in BRC. You can learn more about the BRC Art program here.

BurningSNOW Center

by: Eric Griswold
amount granted: $2000
placement: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
year: 2003

Eric Griswold, regional coordinator for Burning Man and community builder in his own right, maintains a gallery and workspace which he uses to bring folks together for workshops for building art and learning.

Dreamspace

by: Jeff Hoefs & Peter Chester (Sound Analogous)
amount granted: $1000
year: 2003

Jeff & Peter initially constructed a sculpture that embodied a terminal which responded with sound to the movement of a person around it. With their grant in 2003, a second sculpture was created and placed in a location remote to the first sculpture. The sculptures were linked, and participants “communicated” with one another by responding to the each other’s sounds.

Madagascar Institute East

by: Chris Hackett
amount granted: $1000
placement: Berlin
year: 2003

Chris Hackett, director of Madagascar Institute in Brooklyn New York, has secured a workshop and living quarters in Berlin. For those of you who attended Burning Man in 2002, you are likely familiar with their piece Creature of the Deep

The Tunnel of Transformation

by: Michael Moss, Charlie Smith
amount granted: $1000
year: 2003

Michael Moss brought Charlie Smith’s latest sculptural delight, the Tunnel of Transformation, on its maiden voyage to Burning Man. After the event, Michael & Charlie took the Tunnel of Transformation to it’s next stop-over with the help of a Black Rock Arts Foundation grant in 2003.