Art Projects
Charismatic Metafauna
Charismatic Metafauna is a musically interactive sculpture developed by Majorelle Arts for Burning Man 2022, designed to bring participants into a conversational relationship with sculptural representations of endangered species.
I volunteered as the full-time volunteer software engineering lead, responsible for prototyping and implementing the sculpture’s musical interactivity.
Participants encountered a garden of endangered animal sculptures, each accompanied by a nearby xylophone. The creatures listened to what particpants played on the xylophone, and the creatures would sing back at participants variations on what they heard.
Interactive
Music
Sculpture
Burning Man
The Towers of Crete
The Towers of Crete was an interactive puzzle sculpture developed by Majorelle Arts for Burning Man in 2019.
As Lead Artist, I lead the development of this project with an amazing team, from grant writing all the way through production and deployment. Refer to the project website linked below for complete crew details.
The Towers of Crete consisted of an altar piece and seven tripod towers. Each tower was adorned with flames, programmed LED lighting, and held a cylidrical bell. Using the lights on the altar as their guide, participants navigated through a virtual maze by ringing the bells of the towers. When participants reached the final “room” they would ring the bell at the altar, triggering the release of a spectacular fireball above their heads.
Interactive
Sculpture
Burning Man