Festival in Black Rock City, Nevada. August-September 2015.
I enjoyed all the sunsets but saw none of the sunrises. I loved wandering around by myself, reveling in my freedom to choose to go in any direction. It was a particularly dusty and cold burn with temps reaching down into the 30Fs. I was there for 2 weeks, arriving Monday pre-event to set up the Straightedge art installation with Ardent. At the end, my camp felt like my home and for once, I didn’t want to leave. Vacations are most successful when you forget completely about your “real” life.
Camera: Panasonic FZ1000
Aerial view of Black Rock City
Dust storm aerial view
Wed morning pre-event
Column of clouds
Straightedge build at dusk
Totem of Confessions
Exterior of Totem of Confessions
Peephole in Totem of Confessions
Peephole diorama in Totem of Confessions
Peephole diorama in Totem of Confessions
Ceiling inside Totem of Confessions
Doors to Totem of Confessions
Confession booth inside Totem of Confessions
Confession booth inside Totem of Confessions
The Ball
Temple of Promise
Temple of Promise
Temple of Promise interior
Temple of Promise walls
Temple of Promise walls
Temple of Promise walls
Clutch offering hugs outside Temple
Temple of Promise at night
Camp at sunset
Straightedge art installation
Straightedge during dust storm
Book on stand in deep playa
Tinspider
Wish you were here!
Caught in a white out
Storied Haven, a shoe house
Storied Haven, a shoe house
R-Evolution
Medusa Madness
Steampunk Saloon
Compound I
Dream Live
Arbour art installation
Metaheart
Octopus art car
Mazu Goddess of the Empty Sea temple
Fortune and peach bun from Mazu temple
Skydiver about to jump out over BRC
Skydiver in airplane above BRC
R-Evolution at night
Orage musical Tesla coil
Orage Tesla coil
White Ocean
Nexicon Portal
Serpent Mother at Steampunk Masquerade
The FUNnel of Creation
Mazu temple at night
Medusa Madness at night
Mayan Warrior art car in deep playa
Forest House art car
Airpusher art car
Chicken art car
Fire Tetris in Charnival
Francis the Fantastic, in the Charnival
RIskee Ball in Charnival
2Ï€r, in the Charnival
FLUX’s Dreamland
Firmament
Firmament
Geometric LED art installation
BAAAHS camp’s sheep bus
Akle the Dragon
Abraxas golden dragon art car
Art car with animated eyes
In the center of the Midway, under the Man.
Lumiphonic Creature Choir
Church Trap Organ in the Midway maze
Midway posters
The Man burns with fireworks
The Man burning
Sunday morning remnants of the Man burn
Cooking bacon at the site of the Man burn, the next morning
Deep playa, Straightedge behind Temple
Bug on the playa seeking shade
Simon with his motorcycle
Selfie
Self portrait during a dust storm in deep playa
Evan Goldstein’s pimped out bicycle
Sunday morning revelers
Bike basket with chilled drinks
Ian Baker on motorcycle working on Straightedge
Hiding out in a mongolian yurt from Friday’s cold dust storm
Giants in the yurt
Mongolian yurt decor
Kachina Gosselin, desert creature
Double tricycle
Cat lady on stilts
Cat lady on stilts
Burning Sky’s airport shuttle takes us to the BRC airport
BRC airport gate
Bunny art car
Straightedge on-site build with Ben Mossbarger and Simon Sutherland
Ben Mossbarger as Blau Claun
Bicycle towing a red covered bed
Bicycle towing a red covered bed
Ben as playa wanderer
Ben seeking shade
Michelle Lessans at the Beezus car, enticing me to try mead and honey
Samson post-burn dusty from strike