This is Black Rock City

52/ Metal Frames

Easy to set up with multiple variations of fittings, metal frame structures leave a lot of room to imagination.

Camp Loulou.

Devachan Lounge.

Devachan is a state of existence between incarnations, and the abode where souls find spiritual fulfillment not attained in the previous incarnations. State of "blissful imagination where you reflect
peacefully on the possibilities and potentialities of life.

Camp Cult of Cargo Pants.

Stiff rods for the behind of Camp GlamCocks.

Minimalism.

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53/ Carports

Sometimes one image is really worth a thousand word and this one expresses my feelings towards

these carports that we see, unfortunately by the thousands.

This is a sad neighborhood.

With a bit of imagination, improvement is not too far away.

White fences and a mailbox: this is home.

Carport by Rosario Dawson. See, sometimes carport can be enticing.

54/ Tension-Fabric Structures

Tension-Fabric Structure simply known as Starshade are more visible year after year, plus they come in bold colors here.

Camp Homepage the Human internet Powered, these guys they knew how to have fun, guaranteed!

Was it Truth is Beauty camp?

WOAW, again, WOAW!

Name, PLZ.

55/ Containers and Prefabs

I never thought that one day I will have nice comments to do about contenairs which are extremely useful but also extremely ugly.

This year a lot of them on the playa were decorated like the one below, we approve and encourage this way of dealing with an eyesore. Hope to see more next year.

T.I.N.Y camp on Rod's road.

Great yellow contenair and PB&J food cart at Camp Rancho Amarillo Collective.

Near Artica camp at Center camp.

Well, here someone is having a pretty good business.
Here goes the neighborhood!

56/ PVC Pipes

Is this a variant of a basket weave design?

Nice structure made of PVC pipes

57/ Art Installations 1

The 4:20 Spire DPW Multi Media Installation.

It was rumored that this fine Pre-Raphaelite piece was defaced by Banksy and was promptly restored to its magnificent-self by a team of volunteers dedicated to make it the centerpiece of Art Basel 2013.

Zonotopia and the Quasicrystalline Conjunction by Rob Bell.
At the center, The Crystal Chalet is a four frequency Spirallohedron using 44 Rhombic panels.
On each side there is a Daystar Zome.
On the left The Man, on the right Church Trap by Rebekah Waites, Art car by Jamie Vaida.

Excess Baggage by Warren Lisser, Susie Lisser and Anita Grunder

Unmarked Art Installation about which, as a European, I have one remark to address: whatever their ancient or folk meanings, some signs must be retired to the dumpsters of history.

58/ Art Installations 2

Black Rock Bijou Movie Theatre by Release Neuman and Sam Gipson

A tradition since 2010, this movie theatre modeled on the "Royal Theater" of Archer City, TX featured in the "Last Picture show".

The mission of the Black Rock Bijou is to "mindfuck" the Burning Man community by creating a fully-functioning, old-fashioned, run-down movie theater, for Burners to stumble across and enjoy in the deep playa (very deep).

The Bijou serves as an avatar of the Playa -as-theater, a meta-playa within the Playa.

The marquee for the films does not display the title of the movie shown, it is a title that relates to the BM theme.

Thursday night, a comedy.

Friday night, a western.

Saturday night, a crowd pleaser.

There is a real candy counter in the lobby.

The Marque is lit up prior to the showing and stays up for the duration, after the theater is locked during daytime.

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Desert Forest by Phoenix Ocianna
This is the perfect place to lay down, chill out, relax and feel on your skin the slight touch of this "Sea of Leaves".

The Helix by Charles Gadeken

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59/ Art Installations 3

Control Tower by International Arts Megacrew.

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Hyperboloid Tower composed of 16 Bamboo Beams arranged as two interlinked circles of 8.
Developed in the early 1900 for radio towers in Russia, hyperbolic paraboloids are known for exceptional strength and minimalist use of materials. More data.

The Cradle of "Mir" (meaning "Peace" and "World") a 36 feet tall pyramid housing a 1:3 scale model of Space Station "Mir" created by Alexander Mironov and his Russian team.

Terrific 360 panoramic view by Michael Holden.

The Mir Station inside its Cradle.

Balloon Chain by Robert Bose
More photos.

60/ Art Installations 4

Truth is Beauty by Marco Cochrane and the Bliss Dance Crew

Model is Deja Solis

Taken from the Indiegogo page some data:

Standing 55 feet tall and weighing 7,000 pounds Truth is Beauty is constructed using

55,000 single welds
25,000 feet of steel rod and pipe
6,500 steel ball connection points
2,000 square feet of stainless steel mesh