And Richard Long’s Autumn Circle Originaly posted on Medium August 20, 2021 Have you had moments with beautiful strangers that remain with you? My moment happened in 1995. The new Mario Botta-designed SFMOMA building had just opened. My friend Rob and I were set to explore it with our photography class. We were young and impetuous, which made us, ever so slightly, very obnoxious museum visitors. We explored all the floors making our way finally […]

Original post August 7, 2009 in the Burning Man Jornal The Shipyard has been home, storage, or workspace for many Burning Man installations; Kiki Petit’s Eugiera, Nates Smiths first Fire Vortex, Ryon Gesink’s Eye Arch, Jim Mason’s Stockpuppets v2 and ICP, Jake Lyall’s Riot wheel, Borg 2, Liam McNamara’s Clocktower,  Neverwas Haul, Lepidodgera by Rachel Norman, Mike Thielvoldt, Lira Filippini, and Jake Haskell.  Currently, projects for this year’s Burning Man, FishBug and Gee-Gnome, are busily being completed.  Non-Burning Man projects abounded here as well: Girlmark’s Jonny Appleseed processor, Kristie’s Flyer by Liam Mcnamara, Matt Synder, Peter Luka, Shannon O’Hare […]

As an artist who has been creating work to display at the dust fest for well over a decade, I am fascinated by the process of playa art-making.  You might not know this but it is truly a unique process that you will not find replicated in the Artworld (capital A artworld).  My Black Rock City artmaking process has been something like this: initial inspiration happens; next, the evolution of the conceptual framework; followed by […]