In addition to countless pieces of art in people's camps, there were many art installations on the playa. The largest ones were the Temple of Honor, shown later; Johnny on the Spot, an homage to Marcel Duchamp's urinal art; the Chandelier; the House of Cards; and the Temple of Gravity. There were scores of smaller ones all over the place, added every day.

This carousel was foot-powered, and was covered with whimsical art.

This stove looks just like the one in our living room.

A large rotating copper cylinder with many symbols and proverbs.

You could write a wish on a ribbon and tie it to this structure, which would undoubtedly be burned.

An interesting tower with three vertical panels forming a triangle, each with a large spherical mirror.

The tower on the inside.

A pretty twisted jungle gym.

A prayer bell.

This was being set up. It became a little hamburger shrine called Wholly Burger (where the W was the golden arches upside down).

A bird.

The Chandelier, which apparently fell from the sky and lodged in the playa. You can even see the part of the sky/ceiling that was torn out with it in the background.

Putting up the Chandelier.

The Temple of Gravity. Five immensely heavy slabs of granite hung by two chains each from a metal frame. People climbed onto them and hold on as they swung around.

What happens if you abut seven equilateral triangles: you get a curving surface.

A machine which creates a fire tornado.

The fire tornado.

This hand-cranked rotating platform has a strobe light. When you turn it at night, and look in one spot, you see a man swimming.

A pyrotechnic sculpture framing the Temple of Honor.

On to Art Cars