Artwork

1/1000 - A Wish for Recovery
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Paper cranes are folded as acts of devotion, each one a wish made real through time, focus, and collective effort rather than luck. They remind …
3rd Eye Space
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A nurturing oasis, a shady spot at the center of the Playa Art Park. A place to rest when touring the art of the Playa …
Above and Below
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Above and Below embodies the artistic impulse to shape our homes and communities into creative gathering spaces that evoke mystery, nature, adventure, and spirituality, reminding …
Above the Noise
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A monumental 13-foot-tall piano bench rises unexpectedly from the open playa, supporting a functioning full size grand piano high above the desert floor. Familiar in …
Acinonyx
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This is a work about speeding up and slowing down. It offers comfort and shelter in acceptance of mortality. A larger-than-life cheetah automaton features articulated …
A Cosmos Within
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Lucky Deep Playa explorers may find themselves at A Cosmos Within, a meditative garden. Within the garden are benches for rest, relaxation, and reflection. An …
Aeshtah
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A shrine for the supreme being Aeshtah. When the gong is struck, its sound evokes a vibrational spell to ease the passage of the god …
Aetheric Ascension Tower
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An art object shaped as a cone, its sharp tip piercing upward into the sky while its broad base takes root deep in the earth. …
AI Am
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AI Am, a dwelling for multiple AI personalities speaking through primal fire, sparks citizens to explore AI's hopes and woes, spirituality, religious tropes, and art …
Aikido - The Mothership Connection
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Mothership Connection reinterprets old-world artisan traditions, weaving Pacific Northwest totem craft with architectural references to sites built by enslaved and indentured labor, honoring their role …
Air-O-Matic 3000
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The Air-O-Matic 3000 is an interactive air quality index, illuminating a neon sign to reflect the current air quality and indicate whether a mask is …
All Art is a Bike Rack
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All art is a bike rack on the playa. This illuminated sign is a commentary on that fact. Do burners follow directions?
ALUNA The Frequency of Being
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ALUNA emerges in the desert as a golden body of memory and consciousness. Interwoven planes hold water, where sound and light evoke the concept of …
ancient future portal
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A 20 foot tall hand carved wooden sculpture composed of a central form supported by four angled legs. Its shape suggests an artifact that feels …
Angst-in-the-Box
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Angst-in-the-Box Similar to a jack-in-the-box, the familiar child's toy, but different. Turning the crank will make the music, the music will stoke your expectations... but …
Another Mother
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Tabitha the Tarantula Hawk has received an invitation to A Svengali Gala taking place way out by The Trash Fence. She must now quickly subdue …
A Path thru (to Now)
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A Path Thru presents two large-scale 3D knitted paintings that transform industrial knitting into mystic topographical ikat spirit maps. Developed with Innoknit atelier in Paris …
Apotheneum
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Apotheneum (place of divine elevation) is a visual, sonic, and haptic instrument intended to "transport" visitors through participatory immersion. Comprised of two nested chambers made …
A Pretty Cool S
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It's the S we all know how to draw. Did someone show us how to draw it, or did we all just figure it out? …
Arctic Court 360
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The Arctic Court is built on the philosophical premise that the human condition is a beautiful paradox of resilience and fragility, much like ice itself—simultaneously …
Arcturus
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Arcturus is an interactive sculpture that breathes. The breathing deepens and its lighting changes when people are near. Arcturus is designed to look alien and …
Are You Still There?
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Hello? I can't believe you're calling - it's been so long. I am wondering if we are just borrowing bones? Are you there? Does your …
ARI
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"Ari" explores the journey between birth and death, two moments we experience alone. Between them is life, shaped by the people, places, and experiences that …
As Above, So Within
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As Above, So Within draws inspiration from Attar's 12th-century Persian poem The Conference of the Birds, in which the birds journey in search of the …
A Second Look
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All we have for sure is right now. None of us know what tomorrow, next month or three years from now will bring. Come sit, …
A Svengali Gala
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In a last-ditch effort to boost her popularity, Emma, the Emerald Wasp, invited her fellow freeloaders, sycophants and leeches to a week-long extravaganza at her …
Atlas Endures
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Atlas Endures depicts the Titan condemned by Zeus to bear the heavens for eternity as punishment for siding with the Titans against the Olympian gods. …
Aunisoma
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Our perception of reality is colored not only by our own emotions but through others and by the external world. How we understand something at …
Axion Seed
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Axion Seed is a participatory light sculpture exploring the dawning of self awareness. At its center, a mirrored rotating cylinder sits within a pentagonal enclosure, …
Axis Levitas
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The participant in this art experiences a lessening of gravitational forces, and is finally able to answer the question: "How high can I jump if …
Axis Mundi: Resonant Spire
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Axis Mundi: Resonant Spire rises from the desert as a new form of hybrid architecture — neither monument nor machine, but a living signal. Constructed …
Axis of Stillness
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Axis of Stillness is an 8-foot pyramid of hand-laid mosaic tile mounted on an engineered EMT conduit frame. Four identical triangular panels — each assembled …
Azulita's Door
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Azulita's Door is a hand-painted doorway that stands alone in the desert, framed by warm marquee bulbs and accompanied by an illuminated plaque and painted …
Back In 30 Minutes
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The Iron Monkeys are shifting focus from the monumental to the miniature. This year, we've forged a large steel frame of our logo and filled …
BAD HEALTH ADVICE
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Step right up to the playa's premier hub of boldly delivered medical nonsense. Expect sweeping proclamations, dramatic pauses and the kind of certainty only the …
Bar That Never Opened
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An interactive installation built as a fragment of a bar interior — a small space where visitors can occasionally drink coffee or tea, watch television, …
Beacon of Confusion
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You are carefree riding your bicycle near the outer boundary of Burning Man. In the distance you see a beacon of light. A glow of …
Beetle
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Beetle is a giant mechanical hercules beetle with opening wing covers and other moving parts.
Behind Closed Eyes
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Behind Closed Eyes is a 16-foot hollow sculpture hand-carved from retired Indonesian fishing vessels and reclaimed structural timber. Its exterior features repeating, topographic-like ridges that …
Big Red Button
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What is this whimsical display? Do I dare press the Big Red Button? Wait! This is unexpected! And fun! Come discover the wonders of the …
BLACK ROCK ADVENTURES BUS STOP!
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This not only looks like a bus stop, it is a BUS STOP! Playa Tours depart from the BUS STOP! Daily at 9am in our …
Black Rock Observatory
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Black Rock Observatory serves as a gateway to the wonders of the cosmos. The Observatory brings together thousands of participants to experience views of planets, …
Bless My Meat
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Bless My Meat is a swine shrine that stands in deep playa beneath a celestial arc of throbbing pink LEDs. Exhalted upon a pink pedestal …
Blooming
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Blooming is an immersive kinetic art installation which consists of a cluster of large, sculptural flowers. Celebrating the quiet strength, warmth, and resilience of women: …
BRC Aquarium Deep Research Submersible
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PRESS RELEASE The BRC Aquarium's Research Department is thrilled to announce the launch of our deep-water submersible research vessel, the RV MOIST-1, to advance our …
BRC Intergalactic Spaceport
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Geez, what does a spaceport look like? This one has a 20-foot tall beacon surrounded by 4 departure/arrival posts, plus at least one plastic alien …
BRC Wheels on Meals - Lucky Year 13 - Last and Final Year
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We provide meals to the art builders.
BREATHE
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B R E A T H E is here to support you on your journey where ever you may be in the moment. BREATHE is …
Brews 12 v Uno: cLOUD OF WIT-nesses
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Brews 12 v Uno is a communal gathering installation exploring Black joy, sacred play, and conversation as ritual. The sculpture rises as an illuminated vessel …
Buho
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Buho is a mixed metal, 8 foot tall owl created out of a used, deconstructed trailer axle. Effectively, its head and body can rotate a …