Burning Man is a free-for-all libertarian representation of different art forms. Everyone is welcome, and the breadth of art displayed is intriguing and continually changing. Throughout the week, you’ll overhear someone talking about a new installation that wasn’t there the night before, and you’ll bike a mile out onto the playa to try and find it (which you might not). Considering that most artists do not receive grants, and many have to foot all of the installation and transportation costs themselves, the quality is high; and where the “quality” is lacking, it’s still generally unusual and enlightening. Some people spend many tens of thousands of dollars to display their art here, and all just to be an integral and participating part of the Burning Man community.
Aural mouth, with moody electronic sounds emanating from its ears
Fish swing chair, with welcome shade
Mirror chairs elevated at the top of post ladders above the playa
50 foot wide chandelier sculpture, made to look as though it crashed from the ceiling of the sky (complete with to-scale broken bulbs and filaments, chain, and plaster lath torn from the “ceiling”)
Garden path of glowing bouquets
Glowing forest on the cracked lakebed, with The Man in the distance behind
Dust storm coming in over the Temple of Honor
Burners turning this massive hanging granite slab sculpture into a playground
Winged eyeball in flight over the playa flowers
The outer sphere revolved around the inner sphere, giving those who climbed up into it a kaleidoscopic 360 degree view of Burning Man
Contorted Moebius strip jungle gym, with the Temple of Honor in the distance