Fairy Shrimpy Camp made it to the City!
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Please click here - then scroll down- to open the post with a message from the fairy shrimp.
Please click here to view the video. It is from the 2017 installation, but the message is the same for 2023 and beyond. Some images in other...
Sunday, September 29, 2024
Fairy Shrimpy Camp at Black Rock City 2024
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
Fairy Shrimpy Camp - Coming to Burning Man 2024!
"Fairy Shrimpy Camp" exists as an effort to expand the habitat of the playa fairy shrimp that have "lived" during the two installations of the artwork, "Of a Temporary Nature."
Come to “Fairy Shrimpy Camp” in Black Rock City - Monday through Thursday afternoons (1-4pm) to personalize a fairy shrimp of your own and maybe learn something new about these critters and their friends!.
We are going to create baby fairy shrimp out of the larger sculptures and give them to folks (to decorate with ink) and put on their bikes, hats, ears - wherever they can "swim" in the air.
Although I camped with the Lamplighters in previous years, we camped as "Shrimpy Camp" in 2023, an art support camp for "Of a Temporary Nature, 2.0". We decided to create a small theme camp to return to the playa once again to allow the fairy shrimp to "release their offspring".
This is what Shrimpy Camp looked like in 2023, and we anticipate Fairy Shrimpy Camp to look fancier!
Tuesday, October 10, 2023
Their Post-Playa Home
The fairy shrimp were planted atop two hills overlooking the Central Basin of Middle Tennessee.
They can see for miles and miles from their new position, and hopefully can be seen from far away as well!
Tuesday, September 12, 2023
The newly hatched brood at Black Rock City 2023
Friday, August 18, 2023
Time to go.
On my calendar I have made a note that this is "Hell time", based on an annual circumstance of stressful events that seem to happen about this time of year. Although I'm referring to personal things it seems Hell has expanded to a global significance this year. Fires, hurricanes, wars, floods, excessive heat... But honestly it's not just this time of year. Hell is happening all the time somewhere.
Wednesday, June 21, 2023
"Mass" fairy shrimp production begins!
"Mass production" is underway, especially now that the weather has shifted into at least of week of rainy days.
Fairy shrimp are now created by batch processing (cutting, sewing, rodding...) instead of individually.
1. Cutting:
2. "Eyelash" filling:
3. Sewing (While Mom looks on and wonders how I keep from sewing my fingers together)
4. Gluing on the googly eyes!
5. Cutting the individual phyllopods.
Fairy Shrimp on Parade!
Some surviving members of the 2017 brood danced in the 2023 "Bell Buckle RC Moonpie Parade".
Since the community event was celebrating somewhat esoteric commodities (RC Colas and Moon Pies) there was not an emphasis on Burning Man, just FUN and Fairy Shrimp!
Monday, June 12, 2023
The 2.0 prototype
The design modifications are incorporated into the prototype for the 2.0 version.
There is some sacrifice of biologically oriented detail to reduce the amount of material waste and add a little personality to them.