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Three weeks ago I had no clue about Burning Man. That was until Jan Kriekels approached me with a proposal to experience this experiment. Quiting my job was the only option for me to be able to partake in this ‘once-in-a-lifetime-experience’. Today, Wednesday August the 23rd, temperatures reached 50 degrees Celsius and there are puzzle pieces made out of sand for as far as I can see; cracked earth due to extreme heath. All of theses impressions, emotions and sense of team spirit are indescribable. I’m a marketing manager, and here I am part of a building crew. And I must say that it is incredibly satisfying to be able to see each night what we have created that day. I’m grateful to be able to be a small part of the puzzle in all of this.
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Tony: ‘Can I get a hand here?’
Photography by: Marc Vonstein
4 men and a parachute .
Photography by: Thierry van Dort
Come on out you nasty cow!
Photography by: Thierry van Dort
Thierry and Ben getting cozy under an umbrella.
Photography by: Thierry van Dort
Composition by the artist van Dort.
Photography by: Thierry van Dort
Deborah on Mars.
Photography by: Marc Vonstein
Is that storm everyone’s talking about finally here?
Photography by: Marc Vonstein
Toby freestyle!
Photography by: Marc Vonstein
Fre: ‘Shall I get a piercing before I get married here?’
Photography by: Marc Vonstein
Is it a bird or is it a man?
Photography by: Marc Vonstein
Jimmy applying for Models Office.
Photography by: Thierry van Dort
Babe Lisa on the playa.
Photography by: Marc Vonstein
Humanoid ant hill.
Photography by: Thierry van Dort
‘Give me shelter…’
Photography by: Thierry van Dort
Geert at rest.
Photography by: Thierry van Dort
Change of plans.
Photography by: Marc Vonstein
Jan getting a massage by Doctor O.
Photography by: Marc Vonstein
Gathering for speeches.
Photography by: Marc Vonstein
All supporting teams represented.
Photography by: Thierry van Dort
Team spirit.
Photography by: Marc Vonstein
Moment of truth 1.
Photography by: Thierry van Dort
Moment of truth 2.
Photography by: Marc Vonstein
We did it!
Photography by: Marc Vonstein
Maurice, our hero of the day.
Photography by: Thierry van Dort
Jan getting interviewed.
Photography by: Thierry van Dort
Timing
Project timing:
August, 11: Return from the future
August, 15 : Arrival in Black Rock City
August, 16-27: Construction
August, 28: Start Burning Man Festival
September, 3: Burn of Uchronia
September, 7: Inspiring the planet for the future
Uchronia
We are coming back from a time where everyone creates products for themselves, getting pleasure of it. The experience of transforming personal creativity to a unique object being a source of satisfaction. The Uchronia installation is gigantic. It consists of 150 km of timber with a floor span of 60 by 30 meters in the center, and a height of 15 meters. Part of Uchronia involves the reforestoration of an equivalent surface. The extreme dimensions will fill you with awe for human creativity. It's a sculpture of sharing, a refuge for human beings and the recommendation to rediscover the essence of being. Sunlight will be dropping ever changing shadows inside of the structure. At dusk lights will come on in the structure dropping its shadows in the surrounding area. It opens a void to a time of freedom and boundless creativity.
Synergy
All participants are volunteers, they contribute freely to Uchronia
without personal benefit other than spiritual.
