:: AURORA LIGHT PAINTERS

WHAT: Aurora Light Graffiti was born from a collaboration of Julian Cash, Ron Halbert and the “Aurora Light Painters” who recently performed and won several rounds on NBC’s “America’s Got Talent”. The technique is an extension of traditional photographic light painting, but instead of using an open shutter of a still camera, it uses video to create a totally unique live interaction where everyone can see the image as it’s being created. Inexpensive light toys are used as “paint brushes” and the open space around them is the “canvas”. The artist merely moves the light and its image stays behind, seemingly frozen in mid-air when projected on a screen or even the side of a building at night like virtual graffiti. The painters can also see themselves live and moving in the video but, like phantoms, their image is not frozen.
WHO: Ron Halbert (aka VJ Electrolight) blends his diverse Technical Director experience with his love of creating video art and environmental projections. He has designed video installations and been a VJ at many Burning Man events over the past 10 years. Julian Cash has used Light Painting as a artist tool in his work as an accomplished portrait photographer. His recent book “The People of Burning Man” captures the creative spirit of the event like no other photo journal. :: WEBSITE :: FACEBOOK

:: BEING THERE

:: ROTA DAEVA

WHAT: Rota Daeva (from the Video Alchemy Collective) is a computational divination device and interactive video installation with a knack for generating immersive mandalas. With the help of a hefty, yet luminous, physical interface named “OmiCron,” participants can interact with Rota Daeva as this ‘spirit of spinning light’ illuminates the Sea of Dreams . Watch Vimeo Video HERE!: And remember, use the ‘star’ button and snap a screenshot; saved images are labeled with a timestamp and uploaded to the Sea of Dreams collection on HERE on Flickr

WHO: The Video Alchemy Collective is a team of artists, engineers, healers, and performers devoted to the transmutation of interactive technology. :: WEBSITE:

:: LUMISKETCHER

WHAT: Lumisketching is the act/art of drawing on glow-in-the-dark material with a UV LED or UV laser. Lumisketcher art is the wonderful combination of phosphorescent paint and UV LED lights

WHO: Peter Rademacher and friends who work to integrate light and chemistry together in imagainative ways to create interactive art experiences.WEB: www.facebook.com/lumisketcher Etsy: www.etsy.com/shop/lumisketcher

:: MATRIX DISPLAY

WHO: Phillip Pearson, born in New Zealand and now living in San Francisco, is an electrical engineer and software developer with an interest in light and sound. He discovered Burning Man and its art scene soon after moving to the USA, and has camped with Want It! since 2011. This will be his third year celebrating NYE at Sea of Dreams. :: FACEBOOK

:: CRAIG DORETY/ Quantum Flower: Hallucination Engine

Embodied in my work is a sense of scientific realism; the elements and information of a natural system can be reduced and modulated and still exhibit characteristics of that natural system and to me this is proof that information is a true and robust representation of our universe. Clean lines, simple shapes, self-similarity on varying scales, and pure, changing color are my palette; information systems and data-sets are my subject matter. I use mathematics and engineering to formulate physical space-time distortions: displaying static images through time while squeezing and folding the images’ space into 3-dimensional layers. Using industrially prefabricated LED technology and custom firmware, I collapse space and re-map it onto the time axis. By re-displaying information in this manner I give the viewer a glimpse into space-time as seen through my eyes. It’s an automatism whereby I fold my own perception of space-time in an effort to understand what it means to exist.

:: VERENA RUECKERT/ DESERT SPRING
WHAT: Desert Spring intends to bring that primal feeling of life-giving water using modern materials. Built from metals, fiberglass, and LED lighting, Desert Spring simulates the flow and play of water. It is illuminated with 300 individually programmed LED lights. Each stream is segmented in 50 LEDs which allows for the simulation of water flow and other playful patterns in a colorful and exciting composition. Watch and touch the water without getting wet. Walk through or lie down under a water stream to see and enjoy the flow of water.

WHO: Verena Rueckert is a visual design student. When she moved from Germany to beautiful San Francisco in 2008, she quickly fell in love with the art of Burning Man. With the support of friends and family she made the dream of an art project at Burning Man and the fountain in the desert coming true. :: WEBSITE

And still MORE to be added…