2013 Honorarium Art Grants

[trilobyte]

Below is a list of the funded projects for 2013. Burning Man had a huge response to the call out for art, 326 grant applications. An official post will be going up soon on the main site with more info and web links where applicable, in the meantime take a look at the list below. Congratulations to all the recipients, I look forward to seeing these on the playa!

Honoraria  

• Ancient Intelligence by Erica Halpern
• Aux Folles Altar by Anna Bruinsma
• Bat Country by Gwen Fisher and Paul Brown
• Bathroom Beacons Welcome to Fabulous by Beacon Arts
• Believe by Laura Kimpton and Jeff Schomberg
• Big Bully by Charlie Smith
• Cargo Cult Youth Spaceship by Dana Albany
• A Chaotic Affair by Nathan Kandus
• Char Wash by Christopher Schardt
• Charcade by Christopher Guard and Site 3 coLaboratory
• The Church Trap by Rebekah Waites
• City Lights 13 by Gary Long
• Claude the Dragon by Gabe Zanotto
• Coyote by Bryan Tedrick
• Cradle of Mir by Alexandr Mironov, Denis Lykhin, Simeon Payain
• Crash Site Alpha 13 by Aphodoidea
• Cult of the Can Opener by Jana Olson and Roger Carr
• DEM (Desert Expedition Module) by Matthew GT, Sam Alcorn, Justin Buendia,
• Rich Busby, Andy Hoem, Ben Kalenik
• Desert Spirits by Spencer Tunick
• Dragon Smelter: Cargo Cult by Daniel Macchiarini
• Drifts by Michael Christian
• Dust City Diner by Michael Brown and David Cole
• Eternal Return by Peter Hudson
• Experience Vending Machine by Earthling Research Group
• Flamethrower Shooting Gallery by Matisse Enzer
• Fractal Cult by Athanasios Korras
• Galileo's Uvula by Jeddin White
• Garden of Gravity (Universe Revolves Around YOU) by Zach Coffin
• Guardian of Dawn by Iron Monkeys
• Hands by Dave Gerler
• Helicopter Dragonfly on Mechanical Plant by Barry Crawford
• Helix by Charles Gadeken
• Homegrown Technology Chatty Interactive Robot by Ronald Simmer
• Ibis Maximus by J Nick Taylor
• iPhone Cult by Abraham Raphael
• Light Mandala by Tyler Lauren Buckeim
• Like 4Real by Dadara
• Matahari Riset by Dang
• Mens Amplio by Don Cain (DSC)
• Mizaru by Aaron Sherwood and Kori Kawai
• Neverwas Haul by Shannon and Kathy O'Hare
• The Penrose Triangle by Blake Courter and Blake Courtney
• Photo Chapel by Michael Garlington
• Pimpsnaxx: The Door to Another Dimension by Eleanor Lawson and Chris Carey
• Project Insanity by Jessica Panuccio
• Psychokinetic Child by David Karave
• The Racken by Tyler Fuqua
• RVFMTV2 by Robots Vs Future (Clint Sleeper and Audrey Love)
• Serpent Twins by John Sarriugarte and Kyrsten Mate
• Shipwreck by Georgia Collard-Watson
• Sparky's Wheel of Tesla by Kathleen and Jess Green
• Star Stuff by Christopher Cianciarulo
• Temple of Whollyness by Gregg Fleishman (Artist) and Melissa Barron and Terry Gross (Conceptors)
• Tesseract 2.0 by James Reinhardt and William Gibb
• The Cathedral of Celestial MAthGIC by Ilya Pieper
• Totem, Notem, Tonem aka TNT by Priscilla NocuaYu (sculpture), Luke Marston (First Nation Drawings), Brendan Baudat (Illumination)
• Touch Me by Noah Rosenthal and Nathan Clark
• Truth is Beauty by Marco Cochrane
• What Came First? Your Tribute or Your Gift? by Jamie Joyce
• Xylophage by the Flaming Lotus Girls
• You Are The Key by Ralitsa Invanova
• Zonotopia and The Quasicrystalline Conjunction by Rob Bell

2013 CORE

• Altar of the Wetlands: Recreating Nature in a Post-Industrial Society by New Orleans
• The Anti-Monument to DC Art Culture and Former President John Frum aka DC
• Pyramid Scheme by Washington DC
• Artifactuary by Vancouver
• The Cargo Mother by Houston
• Czech Oasis by Czech Republic
• Dutch Windmill by Netherlands (Dutch Burners)
• First House Project by East Bay
• Flor de Muerto - Flower of the Dead by Victoria
• The Good, the Bad and the Naughty by Reno
• Hand of Inspiration by Israel ("Midburn")
• INchanted Forest by Indiana
• Lituanica Birds by Lithuania
• Ludum Et Refugium by Portland
• Marvin by Idaho
• Meditation by China/Taiwan
• Playa Queen by Sacramento
• PsycheDelicate Arch by Salt Lake City
• Source Maui "Kavai Ahi" by Maui
• 2013 South Bay CORE by South Bay
• Stairway to Heaven by France
• Starfish by San Diego
  [*[ Star of the City by New York
• Temple of Times by Austin
• The Year the Playa Stood Still by Minnesota

[lemur]

thats a lot of kickstatrs.

[trilobyte]

As always (and was also the case before sites like kickstarter came along), contribute only to the projects you care to contribute to.

[9ah]

Didn't see the NYC Core... Maybe that message was a lil mistake from them...

[trilobyte]

Good catch, it was in the draft but omitted in the revised list that went out. I've added Star In The City from NYC core, can't wait to see it

[9ah]

Phew!!! The NYC Core sent a message the other day calling for volunteers so you got me nervous.

I'm excited for it and looking forward to helping out with it.

[trilobyte]

The CORE projects got a nice write-up in Visual News. The piece also features some of the art/renders on the designs. The Huffington Post did a reblog here.

[trilobyte]

The Honorarium Art Grants page has gone live on the main site. If you'd like to find out more about some of these awesome projects, check it out!

[trilobyte]

I've happened across a couple really cool videos about Cradle Of Mir, coming from Moscow, Russia - check 'em out! Clip 1 Clip 2

[tim.dim]

I've happened across a couple really cool videos about Cradle Of Mir, coming from Moscow, Russia - check 'em out! Clip 1 Clip 2

Thank you, trilobyte, from the Cradle of Mir!
Our team is very new to the Playa and we are coming all the way from Russia to build it!

[smittydc]

I was surprised by the number of past projects that received honorariums this year. Sure, it's nice to bring back past art, but I would have thought more preference would have been given to new projects - or that they could fund transport on their own.

[trilobyte]

I'm surprised at your being surprised. Burning Man has been providing grant money to help artists bring new iterations of old favorites for the last several years. Preference is given for new art (and there's plenty of it), though nobody gets fully funded by Burning Man (everyone raises the majority of the funds they need themselves). I'm not sure if you've ever built or brought art to the playa, but your post makes it seem like you might think all the returning art teams need to do is put it on a truck and haul it out there. That's generally not the case - most teams I know who bring an existing project back out end up spending months working on it (repairs, upgrades, etc).

[trilobyte]

I've got a couple tidbits to share....

This year is shaping up to have more art than ever! In the funded department, nearly $900K in funding is going out to 90 funded projects (including the CORE, 4-5 altars around the man, and pieces installed inside the man pavilion). In the overall/non-funded department, ARTery has received more registrations for art placement than ever before. Last year was a record-breaker in in the number of registered projects department, and this year that record was broken back in May!

Also, there will be 102 pieces of burning art on the playa (either structures to be burned or with flame and fire effects) - holy crap, that's gonna be awesome!

And of course, that info is just from the projects that have registered. There's lots of additional art that's within camps, and walk-up art is always welcome. Dream it up, build it, and bring it to Burning Man. You can stop by the ARTery and they'll be happy to get you placed on the playa. See this page for more information about creating art for the playa.