2008 Art Projects announced!!
ANNOUNCING ... THE 2008 BURNING MAN HONORARIUM PROJECTS
The Burning Man Art Department is pleased to announce the funded projects for 2008. This year we are funding 38 projects, an increase from our usual 30 or so, as we are funding more small projects. Less than 1/3 of the projects are from the Bay Area, and we received many more proposals from abroad than ever before. We have four overseas projects this year: two from London, one from Amsterdam, and one from Wales. (Note: grants for the Man Base art installations will be announced in a future JRS.)
The funded projects are:
Altered State, by Kate Raudenbush, New York, NY
http://www.kateraudenbush.com (Click on New: Altered State)
Amazing Jellyfish from Y12K, by Jared Gallardo, Salt Lake City, UT
http://www.jellyfish12000.com/jf12k_2008.pdf
Basura Sagrada, by Shrine, Tuktuk, and the Basura Sagrada Collaboratory - Pasadena, CA and Portland,
http://www.basurasagrada.org
Bummer, by Myk Henry, New York, NY/Geneva, Switzerland
"Bummer" is a super size Humvee measuring 38 feet long x 18 feet wide x 16 feet high. Half of the Hummer will be painted in military khaki and the other half a bright sporty color. This sculpture epitomizes this country's obsession with power and the Jekyll and Hyde nature of the American dream.
mykrodot@yahoo.com
Celtic Forest, by Laura Kimpton, Bob Hoffman and Jeff Schomberg, Nicasio, CA
http://www.celticforest.net
Chasing the American Dream, by Hedy Siroco, Wynnewood PA
http://hedysirico.com/burningman08art.html
Checkpoint DreamYourTopia, by DADARA, Amsterdam, Netherlands
http://www.dreamyourtopia.com
http://eplaya.burningman.com/viewtopic.php?t=23658
Drum Wagons, by Quill Hyde, Brooklyn NY
http://www.acavallo.org/main/index.html#Drum_Wagons
Elevation, by Michael Christian, Berkeley, CA
Elevation is a fully climbable sculpture constructed of winding tube steel ladders that elevate to a seated perch for one, on its peak. The height of the piece will be 56 feet.
http://xianspace.com/bm2008/
Fleeble Flobbler, by Charlie Smith and Jaime Laudet, Atlanta, GA
http://www.howhowhow.com/fleebleflobble.html
Free Flight, by David Boyer, Reno NV
"Free Flight" is a sculpture that celebrates the ultimate freedom, the escape from the bounds of earth. Consisting of six wind-driven kinetic birds, this sculpture is in constant flux as the winds of the Black Rock grow, recede, shift and change.
http://www.boyersculpture.com
Hand of Man, by Christian Ristow, Taos, New Mexico
http://www.christianristow.com/handofmanproposal.html
Harmonic Geometry, by Glenn Easley and Rikk Carey, Vashon, WA
glenn.Easley at gmail.com
http://harmonic.geometry.googlepages.com/
Hydrogen Economy, by False Profit Labs, San Francisco, CA
http://labs.false-profit.com/hydrogeneconomy
Illusion, by Benson Trent, Provo, UT
http://illusion.eyetrap.com/
Ketchup, by Bruce Bender, Marshall, NC
http://www.mark.shiflett.com/
Legends of America, by James Cole, Auburn, CA
http://www.jamescolephoto.com/burningman
Lepidodgera, by Rachel Norman, Mike Thielvoldt, Lira Filippini, and Jake Haskell, Palo Alto, CA
http://www.lepidodgera.com
Man Gwyn Man Draw?, by Defaid Daf a Joe, Wales
bleiddes at googlemail.com
http://www.radioamgen.com/mangwyn.html
McEnlightenment, by Michael Brown and Violet McKeon, San Diego, CA
http://www.mclightenment.com
Mutopia, by the Flaming Lotus Girls, San Francisco, CA
http://mutopia.wordpress.com
Net Work, by David Bengali, New York, NY
http://www.davidbengali.com/burningman/network
Nowhere Ominibus, by Pete Johnson, London, UK
http://nowhereomnibus.wordpress.com
Pictures of You – Images from Iran, by Yechdosay Chahar, Crested Butte, CO
http://www.picturesofyouiran.org/burningman
Pool, by Jen Lewin, Boulder, CO
http://www.blueink.com/ThePool/2008/ThePool2008.htm
Popaver Rubrum Giganticum, by Gary Miller, Wyndmoor, PA
Popaver rubrum giganteum (giant red poppy) consists of three hundred 10' tall poppies in various shades of red. The design allows for variation in the layout and placement of the individual elements.
Pswarm, by the Dept. of Spontaneous Combustion, Oakland, CA
http://www.nakedsteel.net/PswarmDSC.pdf
Pyrocardium, by False Profit Labs, San Francisco, CA
http://labs.false-profit.com/pyrocardium
Shiva Vista, by Dave King, Reno, NV
http://shivavista.controlledburnreno.com/
Shrine of Fortuna, by Art Farm, Graton, CA
http://www.artfarmmotel.blogspot.com/
Shrine to the Oven Mitt, by Steven Goodman, Mountain View, CA
http://tinyurl.com/2a9jal
Spaghetti West Ten, by the Mutoid Waste Co., London, UK
A 12' long, by 15' tall motorized apocalyptic horse, part beast, part rust-ravaged machine, pulls a punked-out parody of a pioneer's covered wagon, which contains a stage for musical acts and performance.
ohmissblues@googlemail.com
Swarm, by Michael Prados, San Francisco, CA
http://www.orbswarm.com/
Tantalus, by Peter Hudson, San Francisco, CA
Tantalus is Peter's fourth large scale zoetrope. Participants must engage a laboriously intense mechanism that puts a modern spin on the myth of Tantalus while reflecting on the seemingly dwindling fruits of such labor.
hudzo@earthlink.net
The Cave, by Chassy Cleland and Henya Emmer, New York, NY
http://thecave.devildream.com/
Wheel of Thwarted Ambition, by Anton Viditz-Ward, Telluride, CO
This kinetic fire sculpture represents change, rebirth and creation. Driven by a hand crank, a wheel containing buckets of burning wood is spun around, creating a ring of fire and producing lots of fireflies.
antonviditzward@hotmail.com
You are All so Many of Me, by Michael Emery, Santa Cruz, CA
A multitude of small cut mirrors provides the opportunity for both literal and metaphorical reflection. During the day, the viewer perceives a cubist self-portrait smiling back. At certain points during the night this reflection will be enhanced with a variety of images projected by LCD upon the mirrors. The viewer is invited to interact with images of fire and water as well as a racial/gender spectrum of other humans. The viewer is invited to contemplate, and perhaps to help create the American Dream of FREEDOM FOR ALL.
miko111@comcast.net
ZsuZsu, by Mister Jellyfish, Sparks, NV
http://www.MutantVehicle.com/zsu_zsu.htm
Congratulations to all the artists and crews!