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Flaming Lotus Girls

San Francisco, California, United States

Flaming Lotus Girls is a volunteer, women-led collective producing large interactive metal and fire installations through collaborative design and fabrication.

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Practice
interactive sculpture, fire art, metal sculpture
Based in
San Francisco, California, United States
Profile
collective
Project participation
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Interactive fire sculpture

Pulse: interaction through a participant’s heartbeat

The collective describes Pulse as a steel heart surrounded by rib-like structures with LED lighting. Flame effects can respond to buttons or a biosensor measuring a participant’s pulse. The relationship between input and visible response is central to the work; a new presentation would need a venue-specific operational and permitting review.

Flaming Lotus Girls — Pulse ↗ · Reviewed 2026-09-25

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Would the host support flame effects, and who would develop the operating plan with the relevant authorities?

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Interactive civic installation · San Francisco and Vallejo, California

Soma: adaptation from fire to a longer public display

Soma links two neuron forms with an arch. Flaming Lotus Girls documents replacing its original fire effects with interactive LEDs for long-term display. The project history lists San Francisco’s Pier 14 from 2014 to 2016 and a later Vallejo placement. This is a concrete example of adapting an artwork for a different public setting.

Flaming Lotus Girls — Soma ↗ · Reviewed 2026-09-25

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Which original effects could remain, and which might need redesign for the intended duration and location?

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The documented work

Art out in the world.

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Pulse ↗

Flaming Lotus Girls

interactive fire sculpture

Project details & references
Materials
steel, LEDs
Year / version
2016
Documented at
Burning Man, Black Rock City, Nevada
Project context
Collective’s description of Pulse, dated 2016.; Documented 2024 configuration change.
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Sea of Dreams ↗

Flaming Lotus Girls

immersive fire installation

Project details & references
Materials
steel, wood, light, sound
Year / version
2022
Documented at
Burning Man, Black Rock City, Nevada
Project context
Full work, 2022; single-Elder presentation, 2023.; July 11, 2022 announcement, preceding installation.
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Serenity ↗

Flaming Lotus Girls

interactive fire and light installation

Project details & references
Materials
LEDs
Year / version
2019
Documented at
Burning Man, Black Rock City, Nevada
Project context
Full composition and documented single-firefly presentation.; Program entry for October 13–22, 2023.
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The Angel of the Apocalypse ↗

Flaming Lotus Girls

interactive fire sculpture

Project details & references
Materials
stainless steel, mild steel, driftwood (original body), fuel
Year / version
2005; steel body recreated in 2010
Documented at
Burning Man, Black Rock City, Nevada
Project context
Original 2005 work and 2010 reconstruction.; Organizer’s retrospective on the five-work grouping.
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The Serpent Mother ↗

Flaming Lotus Girls

interactive kinetic fire sculpture

Project details & references
Year / version
2006
Documented at
Burning Man, Black Rock City, Nevada
Project context
Artist technical description of the 2006 work; White Night Melbourne program map, 2018
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Flaming Lotus Girls is based in San Francisco, California, United States. Documented disciplines include interactive sculpture, fire art, metal sculpture.

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