| OPERATION DESERT STORM |
Rough night behind us. A red fireball climbs up over the sandy soil, the aroma of freshly baked bacon and eggs remaining sleepers out of their tents. It seems as if we’ve been here forever. De `Uchronia-flag` is been raised; the first meeting in the middle of nowhere is a fact. Philosophies about our new raised creative-community. Ideas go back and forth. The first shoots of our time-ship start to grow out of the arid playa-ground. A sturdy wind rages over the plain and toys with the altitude worker, which doesn’t make the job any easier. Everything seems to be against us, but they're not going to get us. In the camp, people started to build a shower unit, also the kitchen start to get new shapes. From the chaos slowly a new structure develops. Evening falls over Uchronia, it`s sleepy time for the Uchronians. |
[6.30 am: Breakfast at Tilly’s. Alexander, Uchronian, consuming bacon and eggs.]
Photography by: Thierry van Dort
[Our first incentive in space.]
Photography by: Thierry van Dort
[‘Now that’s Uchronian, baby!‘ Thierry, Uchronian.]
Photography by: Thierry van Dort
[Don’t drive outside the lines.]
Photography by: Thierry van Dort
[Dusty field.]
Photography by: Thierry van Dort
[Make way for the doctor! Olivier, Uchronian.]
Photography by: Thierry van Dort
[Fre ‘YMCA’ Uchronian.]
Photography by: Thierry van Dort
[Johnny ‘Walker’, Uchronian, going for groceries.]
Photography by: Marc Vonstein
[Lost Highway: between desert and civilization.]
Photography by: Marc Vonstein
[Shooting down the first nail by Jan, Uchronian]
Photography by: Marc Vonstein
[The Tempest.]
Photography by: Thierry van Dort
[Creating the first cross.]
Photography by: Marc Vonstein
[Sunset at the first work day: Wow!]
Photography by: Marc Vonstein
[Find your way to Uchronia on the playa.]
Photography by: Marc Vonstein
[Higher than the sun.]
Photography by: Marc Vonstein
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.
