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If you'd like to apply your skills, resources or another kind of contribution to a project, browse the Spark system, which facilitates collaborative connections. Also, watch the Jackrabbit Speaks Email Newsletter and/or your local Regional announce list for requests from artists for assistance, take a look in the Art and Performance discussion area of the ePlaya, browse Burning Man's Facebook Page, or seek out specific projects in our list of Art Installations. Finally, once you're at Burning Man, visit the V-Spot near Center Camp.

 
 

Temple of the Heart: 2023 Burning Man Temple

Temple of the Heart is the official 2023 Burning Man Temple. A vessel for reconnecting with our hearts and a space for communal healing. Through flowers, Eastern European lacing, and warm feminine energy, the Temple induces the feelings of maternal love, acceptance, and protection.

Fundraising goal: $100,000

DONATE HERE!

 

1000 & 1

We were lucky enough to receive an Honoraria art grant from Burning Man Project to build two giant robots — one made of metal and one made of wood. We are calling it "1000 & 1" for this will be Mechan 1 and Mechan 1000. At some point during the week we will light the wooden robot on fire! (We have never had a burnable project before so we are super excited about this.)

The metal robot, Mechan 1000, will be all shiny and look as if it is fresh off of the factory floor. The wooden one, Mechan 1, will be made of wood and was the first-ever prototype from Mechan Inc..

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Fundraising goal: $10,000 DONATE HERE!

 

Andas

“Andas” meaning breathe in Swedish, is a delightful luminescent turtle with a sensory deprivation room representing its heart, located underneath its shell. "Andas" aims to bring a sense of otherworldliness yet serenity, while also cast light on our carbon footprint via its solar-powered fulcrum. 

This is a cross-border, multi-cultural project from Sweden. The construction is made so that the unskilled builder can join in and make a difference, part of the responsibility as an artist is to promote participation, that means facilitating accessibility which we do through our construction plan. Another important aspect of our work has been to minimize our carbon footprint by creating a solar-powered piece. Once the installation is done, we will offer up our solar battery to other artists in the coming years of BRC.

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Fundraising goal: $7,000 DONATE HERE!

 
 

ATABEY's Treasure

Representing Puerto Rico again, ATABEY's Treasure is a fun, solar powered, interactive installation in the shape of an oversized fish emerging from the dry lakebed of the Playa. She is made from recycled steel, aluminum and wire mesh. We chose to honor ATABEY, goddess of freshwater spirit and its dedicated to the resilient people of Puerto Rico to express the immediacy of taking action to conserve and protect our precious resources. We hope to continue promoting climate change awareness.

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Fundraising goal: $8,000 DONATE HERE!

 
 

Axolotl: A Spirit Guide

This is an Honoraria project from Belgium, created by a Mexican artist and first-time Burner. "Axolotl: A Spirit Guide" is a massive, luminescent sculpture that will bring the colors and mythology of Mexico to Black Rock City. In the day, an enormous aluminum structure measuring over 20 feet long stretches out across the playa, casting shadows across the desert. Then at night, external gills and the entire tail light up, dazzling spectators as the colorful lights ebb and flow. That's not all: the lights react to sounds and music in their environment, so citizens of Black Rock City are encouraged to interact with the axolotl to unleash its full potential.  

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Fundraising goal: $16,491 DONATE HERE!

 

Barrel Oh' Monkeys: The Great Escape

Barrel Oh Monkeys 'The Great Escape' is a 15’ tall climbable steel & leather barrel with shade, lighting, & tiered seating. Windows provide a portal to enjoy the world outside. It has benches inside and outside, and occasionally a wood burning fire pit may appear.

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Fundraising goal: $6,500 DONATE HERE!

Be Here Meow

"Be Here Meow" is 12' tall and resembles a cat tree that’s scaled to human size, complete with immersive rooms, rope net ladder, scratching post, rolling pin slide, and a viewing platform.

“With the right cattitude, anything is pawsible!”

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Fundraising goal: $5,000 DONATE HERE!

     

Big Spinning Wheels

Simple, yet complex! "Big Spinning Wheels" are not for the faint, but rather the open of heart. From near or far, these kinetic sculptures evoke a secret and sacred tantalizing beauty. Placed at the bounds of BRC and the edge of reality ... patience is a virtue.

We are small team based out of the Catskill Mountains in New York. We have been building and displaying large scale art since 2016, and it has been an absolute dream of ours to display at the burn. We are seeking funding to make this dream a reality and yearly tradition.

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Fundraising goal: $10,000 DONATE HERE!

 

BLACK ROCK ADVENTURES BUS STOP!

Hi! We are BLACK ROCK ADVENTURES BUS STOP! We provide daily tours from our BUS STOP! in our adventure rig, departing 9am. The BUS STOP! is usually located around 3 o'clock off Esplanade. We also provide tours by request to mobility challenged + sometimes otherwise, including nighttime. Tours are pretty popular, some Burners are not comfortable with bikes, or don't feel confident to hitch on an artcar, or perhaps want to know where + when they will end up. Some people scared of the Playa- weather or getting lost, or can't get around. We hope to fill that gap somewhat. )'(

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Fundraising goal: $6,000 DONATE HERE!

 
 

Blastoff

"Blastoff" is a large-scale tower plane, breaking free from the ground and exploring new worlds. (It is a follow-up of the art object the "Airfield for Walking in the Clouds," successfully created by Weld Queen team at Burning Man 2019.)

The residents of Black Rock City are welcome to manage the flight of their fantasies during dawns and sunsets, enjoy views from the tower, and find shelter in the clouds of the tower’s flaming tail tent. Come at night and check out the interactive illumination.

At the top of "Blastoff," there will be exits to the wings through the aircraft cabin, and the residents of Black Rock City will be able to look at playa from above, dance, and enjoy unforgettable views of "Burn Universe." At the bottom of "Blastoff," in the fiery color tail, which is also a tent shelter from the sun, there will be a small tea room and a chillout area. It is a place where any resident of Black Rock City will be able to quench their thirst or try to be a tea master. There will be several rope swings on the wings of the aircraft available to people, where they will literally be able to fly under the wings of the shuttle rushing into the sky.

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Fundraising goal: $50,000 DONATE HERE!

 

BRC Snow Club's Ski Slope!

We're bringing exciting new (w)interactivity to the Burn! Our slope uses innovative, sustainable building materials and an artificial ski surface to bring skiing, snowboarding, and sledding to the playa.  See you on the dusty slope!

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Fundraising goal: $35,000 DONATE HERE!

 
 

Complexahedron

The "Complexahedron" is a geometric structure showcasing the cube's hexagonal systems of symmetry and balance with the universe. 55 cubes fractalizing out of each others' vertices offer unique perspectives of this six-sided polyhedron and honor this year's theme of ANIMALIA by symbolizing cellular division and thus the birth of the animal kingdom. Three sculptures surrounding the structure pay tribute the continuing evolution of this magnificent kingdom.

Rising to over 20' above the playa, the "Complexahedron" can be experienced from both in and outside. Climb inside and enjoy comfortable seating and feast your eyes on more hypnotizing geometric forms. Gather here with friends for late night fun or alone for some calming day time meditation. Whatever your vibe is, you'll find it here.

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Fundraising goal: $15,000

DONATE HERE!

     

DraGong

"DraGong" is a 1,200lb. gong with an 800lb. oak log striker and a slight dragon attitude. The art piece will bring calming vibrational energy to be cast out into the world and across the playa at Burning Man in 2023.

Intimidating at over 20 feet in height, you along with others will be able to draw back the striker sending out a vibrational long, deep tone.  At night the ringing of the gong will alter the lighting, creating rotating encircling bands of light with the look of stop action photography or slow-motion effect on all within its illumination.

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Fundraising goal: $10,000 DONATE HERE!

 

Exquisite Animalus

This is an Honorarium project, it is made for all abilities, all ages, and it is a green project. A colorful, revolving layer cake of illustrated animal charm and whimsy. The structure consists of 4 wheel frames mounted on a structure. Think of it like a heavy duty lazy susan where each layer clicks into place yet spins independently by human power. Steel handles on the 8 outer corners of each layer allow participants to rotate each octagon. Upper layers have ropes attached to the handles to help each layer move, and the lowest will be within a child's reach.

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Fundraising goal: $40,000 DONATE HERE!

 

Field of Flowers

In "Field of Flowers," you'll notice a beautiful garden of approximately 150 electronic singing flowers, ringed by a garden fence and entered through a garden gate. Walking through the garden, you'll realize that the flowers are reacting to your movements with waves of color and sound, creating a truly immersive experience. By changing direction and walking at different speeds, you can guide the waves and create beautiful interference effects with other people. It's as if you're a pollinator gliding through these Nevada native flowers. With its emphasis on movement and cooperation, "Field of Flowers" provides a unique and interactive experience that is sure to leave a lasting impression on all who encounter it.

Each flower stands 3-4 feet tall and has between 4-6 leaves. The stems of the flowers are PVC, while the heads and leaves are resin casts. The flowers are modeled on 3 types of native plants — asters, geraniums, and poppies — which provide a variety of colors and shapes to the installation. The flowers contain individually controlled LED lights, which illuminate the head and petals of the flower with a rainbow array of color. Additionally, each leaf contains LEDs.

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Fundraising goal: $30,000 DONATE HERE!

 
 

The Flamingo Project

The Flamingo Project is a large-scale interactive structure with multiple rooms & spaces representative of different facets of everyone's personalities. Using color, texture, lighting, and sound, each of the distinct spaces is designed to invoke a different set of emotions. There are designated areas of the structure for participants to add onto or otherwise modify the piece, making it a constantly evolving work in progress. Just like you.

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Fundraising goal: $20,000 DONATE HERE!

 
 

The Fortune Fish Temple

"The Fortune Fish Temple" (FFT) is an immersive divination temple based on the I-Ching, the ancient Chinese divination text, and Human Design. Inspired by traditional East Asian temple architecture, its sweeping curved roof line and cantilevered roof joinery will interplay organically with the contours of the mountains surrounding Black Rock City. Within the temple, a wheel circumscribed with all 64 hexagrams of the I-Ching can be spun — when the wheel comes to a stop, a unique fortune is communicated to the participant. The FFT inspires people to consider themes of free will, predestination, and the illusion of reality. How does one face the invariably changing seasons of life? How do we have free will if there is no self?

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Fundraising goal: $11,000 DONATE HERE!

 

"Go Fish!" Flying Fish MUTANT VEHICLE

In 2023, we decided to step up our offering for others to experience by way of Communal Effort in designing and building an art car to bring to the Burn. The "Go Fish!" flying fish Mutant Vehicle concept will offer a mobile oasis of shade and cooling mist to hot and weary Burners on their bikes as they traverse the playa, as they call the dusty ground. "Go Fish!" will have the ability to cruise deep Playa during the heat of the day, and create much-needed shade during art tours when daytime temperatures push upwards of 100 degrees, as well as make surprise visits to camps throughout the event.

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Fundraising goal: $20,000 DONATE HERE!

 

Justice

"Justice" is a 20' steel sculpture of Lady Justice, a blindfolded woman holding scales and a sword, all highlighted with flame effects. She stands upon a pedestal with bars for ambulatory participants or in wheelchairs to push, turning the base making the halo disc behind her head turns, creating a moire effect and setting off a "poofer" in her sword.

"Justice" stands as a beacon of hope with her raised sword flickering with flame, a call to action to lead the way and bring light to the state of our justice system. The pedestal is adorned with words about justice to inspire and remind us of what this concept means: equality, dignity, rights, respect, hope, and liberty. Braille type is also used below, visually stopping cracks of the pedestal from creeping up the sides. The project is meant to draw in the viewer to contemplate the role of the justice system, women, equality, and icons in today's society.

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Fundraising goal: $20,000 DONATE HERE!

 
 

Kinki Yokai

This is our Kinki Yokai, an interactive, multi-sensory adventure created to change one's perception of intercommunication with art. The acrylic Yokai is a fusion of Demon and protector-Mother, inviting you to explore the mythic duality of good and evil in a captivatingly tactile way. Beneath the Yokai's soft, welcoming belly, discover an intimate oasis of reflection and play. This velvet chill-out zone invites you to sit, lie down, and let go. The Yokai's nipples - five spheric "moons" bound in Shibari ropes - beckon you to engage. Pull the ropes and watch the moons respond with a symphony of lights and sounds that dance in harmony with you. Ready to move on? The Sandbox-altar awaits. This interactive oracle, a moving tableau of playa dust, responds to your touch with a multitude of lights and sounds, offering up its own cryptic answers to your silent questions.

 

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Fundraising goal: £30,000 DONATE HERE!

 
 

The Lite of Spring

"The Lite of Spring" is a 2023 Burning Man Honorarium art installation that will feature a pair of imposing back-to-back thrones with a 12-foot wingspan made of wood and antlers. During the day, the wings appear as a natural extension of the thrones, but at night, they come alive with fire from a propane fire system built into the structure, creating a warm and inviting glow.

The installation is designed to make visitors feel powerful and in control, inviting them to engage with the piece on multiple levels. The use of natural materials like antlers is meant to convey the fleeting power of nature and challenge visitors to consider their relationship to power and control.

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Fundraising goal: $5,000 DONATE HERE!

Living Knitwork Pavilion

The "Living Knitwork Pavilion" is a customized and modular textile shade structure (dodecagonal pyramid: 19.6' high and 26' wide) consisting of 3D-knitted optically and electrically-active yarns that sense activities and dynamically change color and light up through the day and night. The functional yarns, intricately embedded within the twelve petals of the knitwork are able to detect physical interactions through an array of electric-field and resistive-based proxemic, touch, and strain sensors and drive an immersive lighting network in real-time. During sunny days, hidden patterns of humans, nature, flora-fauna, and synthetic beings inspired by our history and the future worlds are revealed through photochromism. The pavilion, working as a shade structure by day and responsive lantern by night, serves as a communal place. Our presence, movements, and environmental changes constantly contribute toward the entire glow, visual effects, and ambiance of the space, as they are reprojected onto the pavilion as living memories, fostering and amplifying moments of discovery, reflection, and connectedness.

By seamlessly integrating sensing, computation, and interactivity into the knitwork, we aim to create a dynamic, engaging, and immersive space that will take the audience into a storytelling journey, while also responding to their movements and activity. The pavilion demonstrates a creative interplay between art, architecture, and technology, evoking our relationship with nature and the built environments through augmented textiles as media for artistic expression, mediation, and protection.  

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Fundraising goal: $20,000 DONATE HERE!

 

Loophole

"Loophole" is an art installation designed especially for Burning Man. It is inspired by the geometrical torus shape, which is the shape of the magnetic shield that protects life on earth. A central platform represents the earth and is a space where people can celebrate life!    

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Fundraising goal: €10,000 DONATE HERE!

 

Loss in Translation

"Loss in Translation" is a sound project containing non-English recordings from Persons of Color and other minority artists, spoken in their native languages. This installation will be housed in a wooden structure, inspired by şadirvan (cleansing fountains) across the world — from Algiers to Istanbul to Linxia — reflecting the artists' own roots in China, Turkey, and Algeria.

In a white, English-speaking world, artists from other backgrounds are pressured to make themselves legible to the dominant audience, often at the cost of deep expression of their culture. With "Loss in Translation" we  hope to evoke a vision of a world without a lingua franca, or a dominant language. At a time where the machine of global capitalism commodifies and homogenizes culture, accelerating the death of languages around the world for the sake of standardized communication, we seek to preserve the beauty in the diversity of human expression.

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Fundraising goal: $10,000 DONATE HERE!

   

Mutopia Evolution

Flaming Lotus Girls presents "Mutopia Evolution" — a reimagined interactive fire and light sculpture for Burning Man 2023.

"Mutopia" is a series of evolving plant beasts organized in a golden spiral. As a being, it has germinated and is evolving, creating a zone of growth, mystery and possibility in its wake. Starting as one strange little seed pod, each successive plant evolves as it matures and adapts, willfully incorporating features and forms of the plants, animals, and machines it interacts with in its surroundings.

Last brought to the playa in 2008, "Mutopia" is one of the Flaming Lotus Girls largest and most interactive sculptures, creating an overwhelmingly immersive experience. There are kinetic propane driven pneumatics that tie flame to movement, swinging fiery flowers, and a flaming canopy overhead to tie it all together. The extensive "roots" both partially enclose a space as well as offer seating.

This year’s project, "Mutopia Evolution," will consist of four pods with a focus on evolving her interactivity and ecosystem into something even more spectacular. We will be upgrading her lights and non-fire interactive features to ensure her lair continues to be a welcome destination even when the fire is out. We are also exploring the addition of new creatures and growths that will keep everyone on their toes!

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Fundraising goal: $25,000 DONATE HERE!

 

Millefera @ The ARTery

Millifera @ The ARTery is an installation in the space where every artist of Black Rock City comes for support, guidance, and logistics. For this reason, the space we want to create for The ARTery will be a garden for the hive. We will incorporate greenery and flowers to create an environment where bees thrive, creating a path that will lead to an installation of a hive. Visitors will be able to walk through the "field of flowers" and will be able to enter "the hive" acting as the bees.  

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Fundraising goal: $18,000 DONATE HERE!

 

My Body, My Home

Built by a first-time project lead, "My Body, My Home" will be a wooden coyote skeleton sculpture, a place to release body trauma.

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Fundraising goal: $5,000 DONATE HERE!

 

Oracle io

The sculpture will be a large-scale, realistic representation of an artificial philosopher, created in metal and other durable materials. The figure will be depicted in a contemplative pose, with a look of deep concentration on its face. The sculpture will be interactive, with a touchscreen display embedded in the base that allows visitors to engage with the figure and explore different philosophical ideas and questions. Additionally, the sculpture will be equipped with AI technology that will allow it to respond to visitors' questions and engage in conversation. As technology advances, the question of what it means to be human and the relationship between humans and machines is increasingly relevant. The concept of an artificial philosopher, a machine capable of deep thought and contemplation, raises important questions about the nature of consciousness, intelligence, and the meaning of existence. This sculpture will be an engaging and thought-provoking representation of these questions, inviting viewers to contemplate their own relationship to technology and their place in the world.

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Fundraising goal: $44,000 DONATE HERE!

 

Prairie of Possibilities

It’s here you meet the Entity, who connects us through story. Offer your pain, your love, your authenticity, your vulnerability—and in turn, the Entity gifts you the truths of others. In this mutual exchange of humanness is loneliness’s balm. As you wander the prairie and beyond, back into the playa, in lumina lunar es renascentis ... in moonlight you are reborn. The "Prairie of Possibilities" uses the power of storytelling to connect us to the collective human experience. Find yourself in a realm between realms as you pass under glowing portals that invite you with the whisper of truths. Shimmering grasses sway gently in the night as serenity’s manifestation under midnight’s velvet curtain.

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Fundraising goal: $10,000 DONATE HERE!

Queen Cobra

"Queen Cobra" is a large art installation made of gleaming powder-coated tubular steel and hand-beaten copper. It takes the form of a huge rearing cobra with a coiled body, a beautiful copper-scaled head topped with a magnificent crown, and a spreading hood. Her body is a hooped structure that invites climbing and play, appealing to the child in us all.

Snakes symbolize rebirth, transformation, immortality, and healing as a result of their ability to repeatedly shed their skin. In many cultures they are revered and celebrated, and this artwork references these ancient shared mythologies. Specifically, "Queen Cobra" represents the awakening of Kundalini, a form of divine feminine energy believed to rest at the base of the spine and symbolized by a coiled serpent, which can be awakened and cultivated through tantric practice. This feminine spiritual force has a strong connection to bliss and pleasure — both pure physical pleasure and the bliss of spiritual liberation. This is visualized as the uncoiling of the serpent while it ascends through different levels of mystical experience until it reaches the top of the head, leading to a profound transformation of consciousness. Burners can take a journey through "Queen Cobra" from the tip of her tail to the crown on her head, representing their own progress towards achieving spiritual liberation. She is intended to inspire awe and fun in equal measure.

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Fundraising goal: £50,000 DONATE HERE!

Quetzalcóatl Reborn

Quetzalcóatl is a prehispanic god, the feathered serpent, the creator of men and giver of corn — the most powerful god in Mesoamerica, he is a representative of our prehispanic legacy that lives inside of us as Mexicans.

This large-scale installation of Quetzalcóatl will be made out of 1⁄4-inch metal sheets with prehispanic symbols plasma-cut all over his serpent body, adorned with jewelry bracelets and a drum corn tail. The bracelets will be stained glass with some of the prehispanic symbols, so the light of the sun will transfer the colors onto the playa ground and visitors.

The Quetzalcóatl piece will be an interactive space for the Burner community, a playground for the senses, allowing Burners to come, play and have fun around the piece, reflecting in each Burner the prehispanic symbols that will translate in light and color over the playa and everyone in front of it. The corn tail will be an interactive musical instrument for Burners to create percussive sounds.

The philosophy of the piece is to express the rich ancestral heritage Mexico has as a country, full of diverse cultures, tribes and traditions, and to honor that heritage through sharing a bit of it through one of its most important gods and intriguing mythological creature: the Quetzalcóatl.

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Fundraising goal: $20,000 DONATE HERE!

Respirator

"Respirator" is a living embodiment of the playa's respiratory system. Encased within a transparent cube structure, its translucent, multi-colored bubble interior creates a mesmerizing interplay with the surrounding environment. The installation beckons visitors to pause and feel the wild breath of the land captured and coalesced within its walls. As one steps inside, the wind squeezes from different directions, a reminder of the untamed force that shaped this ancient terrain. With every breath, visitors inhale the same frequency as the playa, and the original heartbeat of the land is felt within. The installation invites all to embrace the magic of the playa, to surrender to its power, and to emerge transformed.

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Fundraising goal: $8,000 DONATE HERE!

Sanctuaria

"Sanctuaria" is an awe-inspiring immersive experience for renewal in all forms, from the human spirit to the energy of the sun. A solar crystal cave on playa, "Sanctuaria" aims to push the boundaries and expand what’s possible for regenerative art. The façade of the cave structure as well as the LED-lit inner sanctum will use photovoltaic tiles (BIPV) as part of the design. The artful solar harvest from the facade to tree leaves will be used to power lighting, sound systems, and maybe even public e-bike charging.

Our hope is that "Sanctuaria" inspires the artists of Burning Man and beyond the creative possibilities of renewable art. It is a BIPOC and female-led project.

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Fundraising goal: $75,000 DONATE HERE!

Snailing Around Splayrograph

With this social art, Burners draw a gigantic spiral-graph design continually onto the playa, without any lasting impact to the environment. Based on community efforts for change, the snail art reminds us of the path of social change, begs us to consider our contributions, and to work together.

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Fundraising goal: $9,348 DONATE HERE!

The Solar Library

"The Solar Library" provides charging infrastructure to artists to eliminate the fumes, noise & spilled gas of generators. They buy batteries instead of generators and we charge them at the library. Funds will help us expand the number of units and artists served.

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Fundraising goal: $30,000 DONATE HERE!

 SUPERIOR (MOTHER)

"SUPERIOR (MOTHER)" is an optical illusion, with ripples of light reflected in the hot desert air. She consists of a series of rotating, reflective, stainless steel stems. Her poles are bent to create organic, asymmetrical shapes; these create a pattern of disruption along the horizon line. With all her arms moving, "SUPERIOR (MOTHER)" will be Black Rock City’s first three-dimensional moving mirage.

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Fundraising goal: $6,000 DONATE HERE!

The Star Kingdom of Oba

The Star Kingdom of Oba is an art installation that celebrates the origins of humanity and the inter-species connection between man and animal.This multi-sensory star-shaped installation will marry the inter-species connection between man and animal with African heritage. Using mythical creatures in Benin cosmology, this work emphasizes that humans and animals are born of the same consciousness. It is a celebration of the origins of humankind and a homage to all that connects us. In uplifting the legacy and mysticism and magic of ancient Benin, the Star Kingdom of Oba will be a true masterpiece at Burning Man.

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Fundraising goal: $90,000 DONATE HERE!

 

Tip of the Iceberg

A large-scale sculpture about women's empowerment — to be revealed at Burning Man 2023.

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Fundraising goal: $52,000 DONATE HERE!

 

Trust

100% solar, "Trust" is a ring of 5 large, metal cat sculptures with their booties facing inward, creating a "ring of trust." Each cat has a decorative butthole. Yay buttholes! "Trust" provides comic relief to help people let down their guard and feel safe.

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Fundraising goal: $20,000 DONATE HERE!

 

Unfolding Humanity

We are thrilled to bring "Unfolding Humanity" back to Black Rock City in 2023 as an Honoraria project. Originally exhibited in 2018, the piece is undergoing a full makeover. The interactive sculpture, a steel dodecahedron covered in over 17,000 LEDs, highlights the tension between technology and humanity. One of the pentagonal walls of the sculpture unfolds under human power – inviting visitors to experience infinity reflections in the mirrored interior. The piece alludes to both Albrecht Dürer’s 500-year-old unsolved math problem on unfolding polyhedra and a possible shape of the universe.

While the skeleton of the piece will be the same, we are rebuilding much of the structure to be lighter, easier to interact with, and even more fun! We can't wait to share it with you.

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Fundraising goal: $5,500 DONATE HERE!

 

We Must Sleep in It

"We Must Sleep in It" is a tiny home made out of repurposed fashion and furniture waste. As an introspective into the detriments of our consumerism, the home reflects the living conditions of garment workers worldwide, often supporting entire families on a few dollars a day. The walls will be made of bricks of folded garments, with a quilted clothing canopy for a roof. Inside participants can find nest eggs of information about the costs of consumption on our planet and people, and ideas to incite changes in the way we express ourselves sartorially. We are building a home of waste here on earth, and "We Must Sleep in It."

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Fundraising goal: $10,000 DONATE HERE!

 

Yuluka: Duality

Join us on a journey to explore the fascinating theme of duality that has long been a fundamental principle in Tayrona pre-Columbian culture.

Indigenous communities descendant of the Tayrona, such as the Kogi and Arahuac of the Colombian Caribbean region, attributed great relevance to animals in their beliefs, imbuing them with personalities and unique character. Our upcoming Burning Man art installation, featuring a large scale double-headed cayman, will transport you to a space of contrasts and natural opposites, which alludes to the concept that every element in the universe is composed of two opposing but complementary forces.  
 

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Fundraising goal: $45,000 DONATE HERE!

 

Zhina

"Zhina" is designed to honor the women and the freedom movement they are leading; Zhina (Mahsa) Amini was a 22-year-old Kurdish woman whose death in September of 2022 sparked one of the most powerful female-led uprisings in history.

The installation represents the freedom expressed by hair flowing in the wind — a symbol of the movement from the very start. Panels of hanging red fabric covered with paintings, messages, poetry, and content created by a large number of artists from around the world — including some from Iran — create passages for the audience to explore, interact with, or add their own content to.

As Burners walk through the passages of the installation, they'll hear immersive sounds from Iran to provoke a deeper emotional connection and tell a more personal story of the movement. At the heart of the installation there will be an intimate space that will be a place to connect, reflect, share, and heal. "Zhina" honors anyone that has ever experienced oppression and stood up with courage to defend their rights.

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Fundraising goal: $19,000 DONATE HERE!