The Big Art Collections / 04
From the playa.
Discover works with a recorded Burning Man or Black Rock City installation. These are historical project references; some works were temporary or have since changed form.
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RadiaLumia ↗
FoldHaus
kinetic light installation
Project details & references
- Materials
- corrugated polypropylene, LEDs
- Year / version
- 2018
- Documented at
- Burning Man playa, Nevada
- Project context
- Development of the 2018 Burning Man installation; RadiaLumia team organization, described by its cofounder
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(In)Visible ↗
Kirsten Berg
reflective sculptural installation
Project details & references
- Materials
- spectral mirror, steel
- Documented at
- Black Rock City, Nevada
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12:21 Turquoise Portal ↗
Harlan Emil Gruber
interactive geometric sound sculpture
Project details & references
- Year / version
- 2012
- Documented at
- Rainbow Serpent festival, Australia; first Australian version
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2:22 Amethyst Portal ↗
Harlan Emil Gruber
participatory geometric sound sculpture
Project details & references
- Materials
- plywood, wood, steel, LED lighting
- Year / version
- 2009
- Documented at
- Burning Man, Nevada
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Aqueous ↗
Jen Lewin
interactive light installation
Project details & references
- Materials
- LEDs
- Year / version
- 2017
- Documented at
- Burning Man, Black Rock City, Nevada
- Project context
- Aqueous platform system, developed in 2017; Campbell Art Park, Oklahoma City, August–October 2020
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Aurora ↗
Charles Gadeken
illuminated tree sculpture
Project details & references
- Materials
- hand-beaten copper leaves, LED lights
- Year / version
- 2011 (documented Burning Man installation)
- Documented at
- Burning Man
- Project context
- Studio account and multi-site exhibition history; King Plaza, Palo Alto, 2013–2015
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Autumn Spire ↗
Eric Coolidge; Zach Caruso also credited by Robot Heart Foundation
illuminated steel sculpture
Project details & references
- Materials
- steel, CNC plasma-cut panels, mixed metals
- Year / version
- 2022 debut
- Documented at
- Black Rock City, Nevada
- Project context
- Undated Art City presentation in Tucumcari, New Mexico.; Autumn Spire grant entry, page 22.
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Bee Dance ↗
Andrea Greenlees; digital design Josh Haywood; fabrication Andy Tibbetts
public sculpture
Project details & references
- Materials
- copper (shoes and ribbons; partial material description)
- Year / version
- 2019
- Documented at
- Burning Man, Nevada
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outdoorBright Eyes ↗
Michael Christian
art installation
Project details & references
- Year / version
- 2022 (documented event year)
- Documented at
- Black Rock City, Nevada
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Caged Pulse Jets ↗
Christina Sporrong
interactive kinetic sound and fire sculpture
Project details & references
- Year / version
- 2010; a Rev2 is listed for 2011
- Documented at
- Burning Man, Nevada
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Catharsis ↗
Arthur Mamou-Mani and the Catharsis Crew
participatory architectural installation
Project details & references
- Materials
- timber, metal hinges, nets
- Year / version
- 2022
- Documented at
- Black Rock City, Burning Man
- Project context
- Studio documentation for Catharsis, Black Rock City, 2022; 2020 virtual Catharsis, described in March 2021
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Char Wash ↗
Christopher Schardt
participatory kinetic fire installation
Project details & references
- Year / version
- 2012; also listed for Burning Man 2013
- Documented at
- Burning Man, Black Rock City, Nevada
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Charon ↗
Peter Hudson (Hudzo)
interactive kinetic zoetrope
Project details & references
- Materials
- steel, recycled plastic
- Year / version
- 2011
- Documented at
- Burning Man, Black Rock City, Nevada
- Project context
- London presentation planning, September 2022; Charon’s London and Nantes presentations, reported January 2023
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Cirque de Reflexions ↗
Andrea Greenlees; technical collaboration Hylemo and Zone Creations
inhabitable architectural installation
Project details & references
- Year / version
- 2015
- Documented at
- Black Rock City, Nevada
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Colossus ↗
Zachary Coffin
interactive kinetic sculpture
Project details & references
- Materials
- rock, metal
- Year / version
- 2005
- Documented at
- Burning Man, Black Rock City
- Project context
- Artist’s construction and exhibition account.; Completed 2005 presentation.
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Compound eye/“I” ↗
Kirsten Berg
reflective sculptural installation
Project details & references
- Materials
- convex mirrors
- Year / version
- 2015 Honorarium presentation; other iterations documented
- Documented at
- Burning Man, Black Rock City, Nevada
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outdoorContainerisation ↗
Clayton Blake with Fake Moon Factory
shipping-container sculpture
Project details & references
- Materials
- shipping containers
- Year / version
- 2019
- Documented at
- Burning Man, Nevada
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Crown ↗
Charles Gadeken
kinetic robotic light sculpture
Project details & references
- Materials
- structural steel armature, laser-cut wooden panels, diffusion plastic, LEDs, mild steel base
- Year / version
- 2018 (documented Burning Man installation)
- Documented at
- Burning Man
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Drishti ↗
Kirsten Berg
reflective sculptural installation
Project details & references
- Materials
- mirrored steel
- Year / version
- 2022 Burning Man presentation
- Documented at
- Burning Man, Black Rock City, Nevada
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EMPIRE ↗
Jon Sarriugarte and Kyrsten Mate
sculptural mutant vehicle
Project details & references
- Year / version
- 2015; rebuilt variant announced for 2023
- Documented at
- Black Rock City, Nevada
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Fire Kethedral ↗
Reared In Steel / Kevin Clark
interactive fire installation
Project details & references
- Materials
- steel tubing, CNC-cut sheet metal, stained glass, LED lighting
- Year / version
- 2019 event listing
- Documented at
- Black Rock City, Nevada
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Firmament ↗
Christopher Schardt
immersive audiovisual LED canopy
Project details & references
- Materials
- LEDs
- Year / version
- 2015
- Documented at
- Burning Man
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Future's Past ↗
Kate Raudenbush
illuminated inhabitable sculpture
Project details & references
- Materials
- black steel, aluminum, mirror
- Year / version
- 2010
- Documented at
- Burning Man, Nevada
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Gaia ↗
Marco Cochrane; Julia Cortell also credited by Burning Man
monumental figurative sculpture
Project details & references
- Materials
- stainless steel rod, stainless steel mesh
- Year / version
- 2022 (documented in Burning Man’s art map)
- Documented at
- Burning Man, Black Rock City, Nevada
- Project context
- Artist account of the sculpture and model; Black Rock City, 2022
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