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hi I'm Kate lead designer for Cronus I dress one of Barney Man 2016 on terraria art installations now you need your help to turn back time on the playa thrown aside rot is a reverse hourglass that runs for the week of Burning Man an abstract kind beats for Black Rock City it's it's deep in the Playa awaiting your discovery the hourglass is filling upwards with small plastic pellets that float from bottom to top chamber the pellets catch the sunlight and a swirl like fireflies when lit at night this hourglass fills steadily throughout the week and stands full at Exodus the dust Crusaders are a group of volunteer designers architects engineers and inventors that have come together to bring you proneness I drew I'm Jay blue and I'm the fab guru my name is Emily also known as vector vixen some people call me a leak a browser title might be safety samurai's I'm Alex I'm the math lizard my name is the heat and my role in the project is water goddess so the IRS works by magic and a lot of science it's just water with less that's particularly floating in it more water than you're gonna drink at Burning Man for the entire week that you're out there we're talking about four-foot diameter by 10-foot height our glass that has a bottom chamber and a top chamber they're connected by an aperture you put a bunch of pellets into the bottom chamber and fill the whole thing to the top with water because this aperture is so tiny it sort of limits how many pellets can go I am most excited about bringing water to the fire not fire not kinetics nothing but water which is really really cool I mean for a place that usually water means disaster and three days of being stuck in a tent this is a first time that water's something celebrate furnace I drew for me is a conflation of this kind of inventors workshop with the surreal landscape of the playa Burning Man is one of the only events I can think of that we have the ability to transform and seven days it's where I rigidity I collect all this energy I can give it back that is how I see bring them as a place to resew it rejuvenates us and that's why we've chosen to build an art piece that will go from empty to full bowl like time itself has just been turned back if we have a successful campaign we'll be able to just pimp this thing out it would allow us to do some more innovative things in terms of the aperture where the beads flow from the bottom to the top material test storage transportation an interactive lighting system the would visually react to the number of people that are gathered around it we would also love to buy some GoPros and embed them in the benches to be able to capture a time-lapse of the hourglass transforming from a beautiful Burning Man art has already given us their support funding about 70% of our projects but we still need your help to make it happen reading your home your home your help you our help stream provider to life thank you for your support my name is Nate I'm a mechanical engineer I love to build fun interactive things hi my name is Brett hi I'm Aaron I'm helping work on playa beast this year what is Playa Beast fly beast is a all-metal four-person pedal-powered walking machine that stands roughly 12 feet tall you know just moving sculpture first time I saw I guess the best way to describe them is these moving pieces of kinetic art and they walk on the beach on their own Polybius was inspired by renowned artist tale Johnson's work he started in the early 90s developing beach animals strongest their half machine half animal half crazy invention their eerily lifelike their creepy but amazing at the same time defining characteristic is their amazing leg geometry which consists of 13 holy numbers which was the 13 dimensions involved in the leg tayo calls us his genetic code which she's released into the wild with the hope that others will take that genetic code and continue the evolution of strong beasts and create new things and that's exactly we're doing the playa beasts is bringing a whole new form of the Beast out to Burning Man 2016 and we're gonna walk around apply it with it it's gonna be huge it's gonna be awesome it's gonna kick ass and we can't wait for you guys to join us I love that it's interactive and built for multiple people and so you can hang out with your friends up there so the original strand beasts are made from PVC and only support themselves they're not meant to carry cargo the ply beast however is meant to be an interactive piece of art and carry for more passengers we really want you know other people to come up and experience this with that knowing me he always goes big with the things that he's done and to be a part of that and help bring such a fun thing to the playa and to everyone in San Francisco and hopefully beyond it's something I didn't want to miss out on and when they first told me about this project I would install the strand these that I was blown away it's such a beautiful and I think appliance is gonna take that to the next level we're super excited to bring the Playa beach to Burning Man but we need your help to do it we're hoping to raise $7,500 that's the bare minimum we need to get playa beasts up and running and out to the playa all of that is going into raw materials steel two bearings bolts washers screws all that stuff and if we raise more than that and we can exceed our goal which we're hoping to do we can add some kickass lights we can add some music to really check this thing out when we're walking at night we'll make it super awesome we're really passionate about this and we're really excited to help bring it to life and we can't do it without you send it to your friends and family we'd love to be able to make this a reality Burning Man to me means unlimited possibilities you can create anything you can dream when I first walked through those magical gates I felt like I was home I felt free to be myself after Burning Man was over as someone who grew up torn between two cultures the sense of belonging was what I miss most I learned so many valuable lessons and I was inspired to share my story I quit my job for Burning Man the biggest lesson Burning Man teaches us is that we are not spectators we can't sit back and let others create the world we live in I plan to contribute to this world by sharing the beautiful Filipino culture through a moving piece of art the goal is to honor my Filipino background while keeping GP culture alive jeepneys our Filipino buses are creating one-of-a-kind experience since no two were alike they are art on wheels using 3d modeling a steel frame and fabric I'm transforming my GP into the image of the endangered Philippine eagle it will also feature beautiful LEDs to put on a spectacular light show I'm working with digital permaculture to build our rolling campus what we do is we take structurally sound geometric shapes and we morph them and play with them to to make the things that we want to make like a big eagle head I also want to bring to light the issues facing the country today especially the effects of climate change with super storms rising sea levels and even severe droughts this mountain behind me meets the trees as you can see it's brown and before it used to have we can't accomplish this alone with your support we can make this happen pulling off a project like this is not easy to accomplish everything we're trying to do we'll need $65,000 to fund the project you can help pay for the build of the jeepney transport to Burning Man and the documentation of the entire thing to share the story for years to come and spread our message as far as possible you can also support the talented Filipinos that are offering their unique talents to the camp help fund chef Vienna of salò series to serve a traditional pop-up dinner on the playa or help gingy a Filipino DJ bring her mix of traditional cooling down drum beats and global electronic bass it's all up to you but we're not stopping there three percent of what we raise is going straight to the Philippine Eagle foundation which will help them in the preservation and conservation of our Philippine Eagles whatever you can help with just know that you're giving back to a world an idea and a way of thinking that has helped me so much Burning Man is just the beginning and can teach us this world is all we have how meaningful your life is depends entirely up to how much you're willing to give back you hi I'm Ida keshto I started space caps it's a whimsical tableau of cashewnuts landing which is also a memorial for cats that have passed away my cat Margot was inspiration for my project she's with me why does it make this project I think about her every time I'm working on it we'll be three cats or not standing outside of a seven foot by four foot rocket ship with one of them holding a sign says they're here for Daft Punk my partner just el NiO helped me come up with a design for the rocketship it's gone through many he's like process of prototyping and models those were all laser-cut due to the rapid prototyping nature of that and was able to get a good view of what looks like and then I'm went to just recently to see and see which is more of like a carving out of wood process I like the whimsical nature of it because it's also playful like cats are but also has like a serious undertone to it they're all have different personalities we got the smart one captain star go or you've got the mean one that was to take over the world Floyd and then he got a little goofy cute one cute I'm raising funds right now for my IndieGoGo to help me pay for we'll all the equipment's to build like a schnapps you know the mannequins the helmet domes or costumes and also to pay for all the plywood that I'm using to build the rocket ship as well as lighting which is a big factor of it especially on playa whether it's something small contribution or a big one any little bit helps when people find space cats I want them to smile and I want them to feel something in their heart especially for those that have lost a pet to know that this is you know something that happens to everybody you were all we've all felt that sadness that pain that never goes away it just gets easy and snow that you know they're not alone and also Jeff hope that you know what their spirit still is alive because they're not here with us right now it doesn't mean they're gone forever so I want to inspire those and if for those that haven't lost a pet I want them to have fun with it and use it as a photo crop and you know tell their friends about it I don't want to bring to the player is an old school shooting gallery except with firepower that burners love I won't be able to walk up to this thing load in the ball charge it up with propane and fire it and have it feel the recoil and this thing shoots out of the air with flames following it hits the target Bing can L do this I can totally do this do you remember the volcano with the slide and the big huge pooper the big bird Alvin and down what we've got here is a propane fire tennis ball candidate we have a cylinder full of propane we had a typical plumber's torch that feeds the air cast mixture into the firing chamber right here loads it up if the ball was loaded in there when you spark it that flame goes down the tube hits terming it literally explodes and these tubes flash that ball sends out the other side like a missile super cool it'll be easy to find us on the playa we're gonna have a 16-foot wide sign lit up at night that says fireball spitting out besides that they'll be the sound of the guns it's going to echo all the way across the playa we look forward to seeing you out there one step up targets explosions because that was the man you get the gun blow it up he's gonna set it on fire and you know what if it's gonna be it's gonna be spectacular to me shoot sparkler place our person one percenters no you can't do that to get this up the playa doesn't take a whole lot of money but it does take some so if you can donate maybe five bucks that would be fantastic even more please forward this information to your friends let everyone know look at our list of awesome perks thank you so much and we'll see you out on the playa nice you hit my doorbell you