BLACK ROCK CITY 2019
Black Rock Desert with one car
Old Razorback Mountain
on the left before Selenite Range
The town of Gerlach before Fox Range
is top right near the railroad
BRC 19
80 000 participants
The Playa
LEAVE NO TRACE
Larry, mon ami, our friend Louis Brill joined you recently
Black Rock City 2019 hosted once again
a magnificent Burning Man event
This year theme "Metamorphosis" brought a record number
of art installations and mutant vehicles reaching
new levels of participation, creation and construction skills
One wondered at the beauty of the Man base,
the audacity of the Temple of Direction,
the whimsical world and structural integrity of The Folly,
the massive effort put into The Head Maze,
the sturdy carpentry of Mega Cake,
the dangerous-but-not-too-dangerous elegant Stone 27
and the hundreds of other art interventions
SFW
The 2019 entry has around 300 images
spread over two pages,
this page with The Golden Rebar Awards and Camps,
followed by page 2 with art installations, mutants and participants
For a slideshow with higher resolution
double-click the images
Member of the Burning Man Documentation Team
and burner for 23 years
I focus on the habitat and the architectural solutions
developed to live in harmony with the Burning Man Principles
This blog was created to inspire and grow
a community of like-minded participants building a functioning city
in an inhospitable environment while having fun, mostly
The Golden Rebar Award recognizes the value of
creativity and participation as the fabric of Black Rock City
It showcases builders and makers coming up
with innovative shelters or just clever upgrades
shared with the community
as well as humorous and imaginative
camps randomly entertaining and beautifying
the streets of the city with a smile
Golden Rebar for Form Follows Function
Steam of Life Pavilion
The teams of JKMM architects and Sauna on Fire
wanted to bring the healthy experience of the sauna,
a mainstay of the Finnish lifestyle
The hollow round shape was chosen to create
an intimate courtyard, a shaded atrium, where participants
could take their cloths off and relax after the steam room
For ease of transportation, reusability and construction,
the number of wooden components was minimized
to 3 lengths of slats stacked up on long rebars for stability
construction timelapse
The passageway toward the steam room
with a sound installation by Atte Olsonen
creating a soothing soundscape,
a bubble away from the playa noise
The Kiuas, sauna stove, heated 1100 pounds (500kg)
of Finnish stones on which water
was thrown liberating the steam, Löyly
Golden Rebar for Intent Precedes Design
Fireside Circle
Fireside Circle designed by Dominic "D.A." Tinio
build by DPW with Joe the Builder
Dominic's goal was to provide a reusable gathering place
around a fire without MOOPing the playa.
Head of the Restoration Team, he knew he had to come up
with a simple, sturdy, user-friendly and stackable design.
There are countless love and friendship stories
born out of these concret shapes
Golden Rebar for Modular Building
Hotel California Camp
This multi-story structure uses the famous node
modified by Scott Mahoney for the Lost Hotel Camp (2014)
and recently fine-tuned by Matthias Wagner
who open-sourced it as DÜXEL
A must-read for anyone looking
Communal space
This design is slowly spreading across the city
with the large Ideate Camp
using it for its communal space
Ideate Camp at sunset
Golden Rebar for Neighborhood Spirit
Golden Guy Alley
Graham Linn owner of the Scottish Pickle and Eggs bar
A gem tucked away deep in the city
between two streets, known only by neighbors
and now with this blog by seven more,
Golden Guy Alley is a series of micro bars
modeled after the Golden Gai district
in the Shinjuku area of Tokyo
The camp rapid growth from 4 bars last year to 25 now
crowns the initial idea that participation thrives in
immediacy and proximity mixed with a good sense of humor
hosted and bartended by connoisseurs
Golden Guy Alley with Gecko Rum Bar
facing Tim’s Topsy Tavern and Micrarium
Golden Guy Alley with White Dragon Noodle Bar
Golden Guy Alley with
The Spa at Lake Lahontan and Black Rock City Lights
Golden Rebar for Chilliest Spot
Shackleton
A nondescript semi-trailer with participants
lining up to get inside is always intriguing
Passed an airlock you enter the Endurance,
the sunken ship of the
Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917)
led by Sir Ernest Shackleton,
that beset in the ice before reaching
the South Pole drift for months and sunk
In this desert iteration the atmosphere
was more festive thanks to DJ Anycha
who kept the barely clothed explorers bouncing
in a relatively warm temperature of 40°F = 4°C for Antartica
Daryl Henderson aka DJ Anycha
at the Shackleton Camp
in (almost) polar conditions
Tie Golden Rebar for Water Solutions
Water Temple Camp
Water Temple Camp misting and hand washing area
The water temple had a communal misting space,
not uncommon on the playa but also real sinks
with faucets and running water
Water Temple Camp plumbing
The entire plumbing system
was fairly elaborate and dependable
Water Temple Camp
gray water storage and evaporation system
The evaporation pond eliminates 100gal/day
Tie Golden Rebar for Water Solutions
Brainy Bar Camp
Water wheel evaporator
With such a name Brainy Bar Camp had to reinvent the wheel
and makes it evaporate 120gal/day on a tiny area
in a camp with several dozen participants
Tie Golden Rebar for Water Solutions
The Unknown Camp
in this camp shaded by a broken-down instant canopy
a lovely couple uses a basin to catch
the shower water and dips in the
the blue huck towels (for operating room)
that are clipped to the cloth hanger to dry
Cheap - Easy - Reliable
A must read about Gray water
for big or small camps
Golden Rebar for Hexa Melioration
Camp Dusty Frogz
In the prolific hexayurt family, every year brings a novelty.
The French designers of the camp aptly named Dusty Frogz
eschewing the hinged door that stresses the non-structural
insulation boards, came up with a sliding door,
offering ample elbow room while being surprisingly dust-proof.
Bravo!
Golden Rebar for Ad Modification
Decommodified rental at Camp Déjà View
Decommodified rental at Camp Déjà View
Golden Rebar for
Please Keep Burning Man Weird Again
Kegel Kommandos Camp
Kegel Kommandos Camp
with Black Rock City's
(and probably of the world)
tallest horizontal climbing wall
Golden Rebar for Booming and Lifting the City
The HEaT
Heavy Equipment and Transportation Camp
Without the hard work of these guys
there is no big art installations nor city
A city to explore
Exceptional Gigapan
by
Jamen Percy
A colorful camp brings life and landmarks a neighborhood
Comfort and Joy Camp flower
Comfort and Joy Camp
Camp Flamingo
Camp with garden and pink Flamingos
Lanterns at 50 Shades of Spam Camp
Kaleidoscope Collective Camp installation
Loveland Camp
Loveland Camp canopy
Pink Heart Camp inside
The Red Bar Camp
inside the Red Bar
The Twilight Zone Camp
Lucky's Camp with orange parachute
Container with Sea Horses mural
Camp Square One with Epic-space containers
Larry's Lounge and Library container
Larry's Lounge and Library inside
Larry's Lounge stage
Temple UV Enlightenment at 3:00@G plaza
Destiny Lounge 3D at night with blacklight
Camp Destiny Lounge 3D
Star Star Roadhouse Camp
Camp Star Star Roadhouse trusses
Camp Star Star Roadhouse
Shot Fired Expresso Service by Joe Miller
Black Rock Explorers Camp with mutant vehicle
The Pink Igloo Camp
Gypsy Nebula Village
with the Jittery Jester Arcade camp
BRC3PO
Hot Mess Camp Temple
(ex Electric Oasis Camp)
by Adam Christoff
Camp Club Bambooze
made with bamboos grown in the camp's designer
Sacbe Camp portal and hexayurts
Aside the magnificent portal designed by Spora
notice the hexayurts tips protected with a wood cone
Monks of Funk Camp
Camp Dusty Mermaid
DISTRIKT with aerialist
and Star Star Roadhouse Camp
Camp Root Society Cathedral dancefloor
Pillar of the Root Society Cathedral
Camp Contraptionist
The Lookout Camp scaffolding with living spaces
Camp Questionmark )?(
Tipis of Camp One Tribe
Kazbah tower and PlayAlchimist pyramids
Metal Pod Camp by Scott Parenteau
Inflatable shelter
Camp RX Osmos pavilion
Happy camper bouncing off the floor
inside the Osmos pavilion at RX camp
Camp RX Osmos pavilion parachute on top
Camp with parachute part of Gifter's Brainiac camp
Camp of the Folly builders
there, I met Dave Keane
who years ago
bought my book, kudos!
Camp FERN
Each cone signals and protects a paracord
Camp with parachute shade
The Pineapple Motel camp with mutant
The Airpusher passing by Dusty Frogz Camp
with misting Eiffel Tower
Deco Fish Twin #1 and #2
by Sean Orlando and engineered-artworks
at Star Star Roadhouse camp
The Mary Ellen Carter (ex The Island)
mutant vehicle at the 3 Mile Rock Camp
Giving Tree Mutant Vehicle at camp
Cosmic Conversation Mutant Vehicle
by Halliday Dresser at Amberland Camp
Pam's Parlor Camp
Quad-decker mutant at Camp Tetris
Yurt frame
Tiny houses made of Plywood panels
Tiny House on wheels
Gypsy wagon trailer
Gypsy wagon trailer with the owner
Perennial gypsy wagon trailer
Hermtt the HEMTT
Oshkosh M978 HEMTT
Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck
with toy hauler
8x8 expedition vehicle
18 tons empty
4mpg
Volvo C303 Military TGB11
of Phil Raymond
at Dome Sweet Dome Camp
Old school RV's
Row of RV's covered with red fabric
Lipstick on a pig
Well protected RV
impressive
Ghetto bike trailer at the Art Car Camp
Camp with Airstream trailers
Tiny Airstream trailer
Airstream trailer facing Old Razorback Mountain
only a cowboy could enjoy such a great panorama
Burnstream Point Lighthouse mutant vehicle
by Bruce Reuser
at Burnstream Court Camp
from post-impressionism
to post-modernism
Shapes of protection
Camp Cingulata Evergreen
!
Camp Node Republik
Camp Saga with burlap shade
Camp Saga underneath the burlap shade
Camp Saga artistic structure
Prefab shelters of The Last Camp
Camp Dumb Luck carports
Entrance to walk-in camping towards Old Razorback Mountain
Tipi in walk-in camping with Old Razorback Mountain
Shiftpod in the walk-in with Old Razorback Mountain
The Oasis Camp
The Oasis Camp impressive stakes system
Camp with camouflage net
Camp Tazii with caïdal tent
Tahoe Gear Blackhorn cone tents
Camp One Tribe with connected tipis
Camp One Tribe inside the connected tipis
Lotus Belle Mahal Tent
The minimalist Camp X of Tristan Savatier
T.B.C. Camp
Camp Tiki Bar and Hammocks tensegrity structure
Shade cloth
Camp with stretch fabric
Church of Now Camp
Church of Now Camp under the canopy
Camp Take it Easy main shade
made of 4 tensegrity structures
Tents underneath the green canopy of Camp Dusty Frogz
Camp No Boundaries
"Voted Best Camp" Camp with roller coaster
besides the Big Imagination Camp's 747 art car
cryptic transition
Trump ASSault Camp
Camp Santa Man Comet with tree and Santa
Campfire Cove Camp
Camp HOH near the Orgy bus
the tree hugs you when you step on its baseplate!
Camp Pollination
Camp Floveida with zip-tie-node dome and tree
Octopus Garden Camp
Camp Hardlys
Dante's Infurno Room camp
Viking Saloon Utopiaville
Camp OK Korral
¡Bang! Camp
a dream come true for neighbors
Camp Gold Dust
Camp Advice and Cheese Palace
Camp Sacred Cow
Dusty Frogz Camp with misting Eiffel Tower
Badlands Bordello Moulin Rouge Camp
Camp Orgy Bus
Frog Camp
Eggs Camp
High Desert Cinema Camp
Holi High Camp portal
Holi High Camp color guns
Invisible Pink Unicorns Camp
Distrikt senior center
At Black Rock City reality gets distorted
Sunset Lounge Camp was pranked
with the DISTRIKTSenior Center
sign added to its arch
which confused everyone looking for DISTRIKT
Camp Coco Poco Loco
Camp OKNOTOK
Live Bait Camp
Hostel Camp
The Hostel Camp lobby with the revolving door
accessing the rooms for couples, below
The Hostel Camp beds and art exhibit
Ibiza Camp communal space
Ibiza Camp portal
Camp Bobo
Media Mecca
Savage Kingdom Camp
Unnecessarily High Five Camp
Miki Beach Camp
art by Claudia La Bianca
Teddies Camp
Blacklight Rainbow Titea Lounge Camp
Camp 3907 Black Rock City Summit
This Old Camp with useful BRC maps
Never Never Camp and Mission District Camp
Never Never Camp
Earth Guardian Camp
Look at You Camp
look at me!
Camp La Grange
Camp La Grange communal space
Follow the sign for foamy bliss
Maxa Village Camp
home of Maxa Xaman mutant vehicle
Maxa Camp caïdal tents
Plaisance Camp with Octogonal Delta Canopy
Camp with Nomad
Nomad tent with a view to Incendia domes
Shabbat diner table under a Nomad at Node Republik Camp
Metal frame and Aluminet
Blue camouflage net
Big versus small
Large Camp with Camouflage net
Black Rock Travel Agency BRTA
The Hexaplex Hotel camp (ex Space Camp)
Hexayurts and shade
Connected Monkey huts
Monkey Hut Iphone charging station
Large Monkey hut
Camp The Land
Military Quonset hut up in 2 hours by 2 burners
Bucky Dome By Archimedes Basket
Camp Random Pants
Galactic Jungle Camp with Palm trees
Automatic Subconscious camp
inverted catenoïd dome
Tower of Slackjaw
4 domes on top of each other!¡!
Pollination camp
At sunset near walk-in area
Front porch at dusk
Sunset over the trash fence
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