Burning Man 2012 Honorarium Art Projects Announced
This year, a record 349 applicants submitted grant proposals seeking almost $5 million in total funding. The grant committee did the difficult work to winnow down this list to 47 projects, awarding more than $700,000 – the most ever, and a $100,000 increase over last year. This year’s list of artists includes many returning artists, as well as some new blood. We’re also very excited to announce that David Best — Burning Man’s original Temple builder — will return after a three-year hiatus to build the Temple of Juno this year.
Thank you to all who submitted grant proposals, and congratulations to this year’s honorarium artists … we’re very excited by this year’s artistic offering. Here’s the full list of the honorarium art projects for 2012:
Almost — Michael Christian — Berkeley, CA — http://michaelchristian.com/
Arc Harps — Jen Lewin — Boulder, CO — http://jenlewinstudio.com/community-sculpture/the-arc-harps/
Bapteme De Feu 2.0 — Anton Viditz-Ward — Telluride, CO — http://www.totallyawesomewow.com/Baptemedefeu/bapteme_du_feu.html
Bicycle Arpeggio — George Rahi — Bellingham, WA — http://publiksecrets.wordpress.com/bicycle-arpeggio-a-burning-man-art-project/
Burn Wall Street — Otto Von Danger — Oakland, CA — http://burnwallstreet.net/
Char Wash — Christopher Schardt — Oakland, CA — http://schardt.org/
City Of Lights — Gary Long — Los Angeles, CA — http://burningtribe.com/
Dragon Smelter — Daniel Macchiarini — San Francisco, CA — http://www.macreativedesign.com/public/bm.html
EGO — Laura Kimpton & Michael Garlington — Vineburg, CA — http://laurakimpton.com/about/
Front Porch — Zac Carroll — Mill Valley, CA — http://www.thefrontporchandbessie.com/
Fusion Fire — Team What-Dat-Do — Seattle, WA — http://fusionfireart.tumblr.com/
Harmonic Fire Pendula — Matthew Dockrey — Seattle, WA — http://attoparsec.com/artifacts/harmonicfirependula.html
Labyrinth Of Colorful Cloud — Rob Fischer — Brooklyn, NY — http://www.gofundme.com/fvh50&aff=GFMse
Luminous Passage 2.0 — Predock Frane Architects vs. Anderson — San Francisco, CA
Lune & Tide — Sarah Cockings & Laurence Symonds — London, UK
Man Pavilion Pistil — Gregg Fleishman — Oakland, CA — http://www.greggfleishman.com/
MetaMorph — Chelsea Jenkins — Alta Loma, CA
Mooving Sculpture — David Boyer — Reno, NV — http://www.boyersculpture.com/index.html
Murmuration — Jeff Maguire — Santa Monica, CA — http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0spySCNqfoM
Neverwas Haul — Shannon O’Hare — Vallejo, CA — http://neverwashaul.com/
Otic Oasis 2.0 — Gregg Fleishman (Artist) & Melissa Barron (Concept) — Oakland, CA — http://www.greggfleishman.com/
Perception In The Absence Of Reality — David Clay (playa name Egg Shen) — Seattle, WA — http://daveclay.com/blackrockcity/
Pier 2 — Matt Schultz/The Pier Group — Carnelian Bay, CA — http://photoscribbles.tumblr.com/
Pins — Tom Woodall — Kennewick, WA
Pyropodium — Noah Rosenthal and Nathan Clark — Cleveland Heights, OH
Remembering Cap’n Jim — Dave Power — Pagosa Springs, CO
Reno Star — Mark Szulgit — Sebastapol, CA
Serpent Twins — Jon Sarriugarte & Kyrsten Mate — Oakland, CA – http://formandreform.com/wordpress/?page_id=4444
Singularity Transmissions — Troy Stanley and TEAM RX/TX — Houston, TX — http://www.singularitytransmissions.com/
Star Seed — Kate Raudenbush — New York, NY — http://www.kateraudenbush.com/
Starport 2.012 (Cafe Portal) — Carey Thompson — Novato, CA — http://www.galactivation.com/
Sub-Sonarium — Benjamin Carpenter & Daniel Yasmin — Oakland, CA — http://www.benjamincarpenter.com/backbone-radiation/the-sub-sonarium/
Sun Bugs — Adel Kerpely — Brooklyn, NY — http://adelkerpely.com/
Super Street Fire — Seth Hardy & Site 3 coLaboratory — Toronto, Canada — http://site3.ca/projects/superstreetfire/
The Temple Of Juno — David Best — Petaluma, CA — http://thetemplecrew.org/juno.html
Tesseract — James Reinhardt & Scott Chico Raskey — Seattle, WA
Third Space at Burning Man — Alexander Rehn & Greutmann & Bolzern — San Francisco, CA
Through The Gorilla Glass — GUILD – Spencer Rand, Johnathan Wong, Andrea Ling, Patrick Svilans and Jonah Humphrey — Toronto, Canada — http://www.scotiabanknuitblanche.ca/exhibition.aspx?zone=B&mapID=6
Timing Is Everything — Charlie Smith — Atlanta, GA — http://www.howhowhow.com/
Transcendental Cube — Joseph Quinn — Los Angeles, CA
Transformoney Tree – Dadara — Amsterdam, Netherlands — http://blog.artasmoney.com/blog/transformoney-tree-burning-man-2012/
Tree Of Transmutation — Kevin Christman — Talent, OR — http://kevinchristman.com/
Universe Revolves Around You — Zachary Coffin — Atlanta, GA — http://www.zacharycoffin.com/
Yoga Robot — Scott Harris — Telluride, CO
Zoa — Flux Foundation — San Francisco, CA — http://fluxfoundation.org/zoa/
Zonotopia and the Two Trees — Rob Bell — San Francisco, CA http://www.indiegogo.com/Zonotopia




May 2nd, 2012 at 8:49 am
Beautiful!!
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May 2nd, 2012 at 11:59 am
THE TEMPLE IS SOOO BEAUTIFUL! <3
like all the ones david best & co built. the attention to detail and all the squiggly forms and patterns… it's just… MIND BLOWING!!! can't wait :)
see you on the playa!
)'(
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May 2nd, 2012 at 7:51 pm
The Temple seems to be a perfect balance to last years. So good. Is it Pier 30 yet?
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May 3rd, 2012 at 10:33 am
AWESOME — i really hope that the concept for the man illustrated on the home page is a joke. If it isnt i would recommend stepping it up – looks lame, to be brutaly honest
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May 3rd, 2012 at 5:24 pm
Ok Mr. Best, let’s try our Best not to get a DUI this time around. LOL
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May 8th, 2012 at 11:47 am
David , the one and only . Thank you that you are coming back home ,
and what a stunning creation!! Only a genius like you is able to create such beautiful art , and give us, the small Grain ,to be , and see , and feel it , on tha playa .
Right now ( After I saw the drawings) I cannot wait , until I could see it
on the playa.
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May 9th, 2012 at 1:49 pm
Why does Burning Man give grants to projects that have already been created and have already been out there? And, more importantly, why would anyone give a grant to an art project that already got a grant just last year for the SAME art project? I am very confused here. If a record 349 people submitted grant applications, there were obviously plenty of new ideas. Why not give someone else a chance?
grumble grumble.
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