CORE design – Lighthouse

Lighthouse Proposal from Pyroglyphics: In the process of coming up with our proposal  for the CORE burn, we thought portraying an icon of Coastal life would be a fun theme to explore.  After considering several options, we decided a lighthouse would be an evocative and graceful sculpture to represent Northern California’s serrated coastal region.  Their …

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CORE design – Placentree

THE PLACENTREE UTEVOLUTION OVERALL CONCEPT A womb cradled in a tree, suspended above the playa Contrasts of openness and texture are explored: the tree form will be clad in a rough driftwood skin, and the womb sheathed with a smooth skin of thin veneer wood. The womb is closed, with only a few openings, while …

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CORE design – Redwood Ghost Tree

Redwood Ghost Tree proposal The Holy Redwood Ghost Tree includes a platform for performances, an interior space to display artwork and gather, and an interior ladder leading up to a topside viewing platform.  The piece would be lit at night to simulate flames, and feature a soundscape of nature and people. P.R.A. Stillman

Playa Resume – RLL

Kelly Walton aka Regyna Longlank the Duct Tape Diva 2004  Camped with the Department of Tethered Aviation at five o’clock and Esplanade.  Worked with Paperboy on sewing the projection screen for the Bok Globule with Leo Villareal and Carter Emmart. The theme was the Vault of Heaven, and the temple was David Best’s Temple of Stars.  Got Moylans to donate …

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History

The SF North Bay Region began in 1997 when Scott McKeown organized a fundraiser for the Burning Man organization at the Inn of the Beginning in Cotati. It was his first year attending Burning Man, and the organization was in financial trouble, so Scott decided to help out. Will Roger, Crimson Rose, and a few …

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