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We are a New York City arts collective. Our large scale, kinetic sculpture Exquisite Animalus is currently open to traveling or finding a permanent home. Send us an email here
Lead Artist and Conceptual Design
KJ created all the graphics and drawings for this piece
Past project Burning Man honorarium: Mind of the Man
Project Manager Extraordinaire
Producer of New York City Decompression 2021 & 2022
DPW Lead Love Burn 2021 & 2022
Countless other art projects & events
Engineer
An expert in the design and implementation of kinetic systems
Past Burning Man projects include:
R-Evolution 2015
Disc-Go-Sphere 2016
Big Pollenator 2018
Elektra Dragon Art Car 2019
Sandi D Levine (aka Sassaki)
Sandi D Levine (aka Sassaki)
Lead Fabricator
PEX - lead builder/fabricator:
PEXas, PEXikstan, and Temple of Boom interactive art installations
Burning Man - lead builder/fabricator:
Mind of the Man, Helios, Jay’s Suitcase. On Playa builder for Carillon
Scott 'Smash' Ashkenaz
Scott 'Smash' Ashkenaz
Electronics Consultant and Build
Semi-retired semiconductor executive with a background in photographic science, microlithography, metrology, and strategic and product marketing for technology. He does a bit of consulting in tech and the semiconductor industry.
Scott's been involved in numerous large art projects, including Sonic Runway, Peter Hudson's zoetropes, the Flamethrower Shooting Gallery, Carillon, Marco & Julia's Gaia, and a couple of Burning Man Temples. He travels (want to do a house exchange?), cooks with chile peppers and science, dabbles in photography, and tries to snatch disorder from the paws of two terrorist cats.
Electronics and Computational Lead
Iain is a multi-disciplinary engineer focused on the intersections of machines and humans.
These interests are manifested in full-stack engineering at Oscar Health, building immersive experiences and prototyping iot and wearable devices.
Shii Ann Huang
Shii Ann Huang
Electronics Project Manager
Matthew Talmage
Matthew Talmage
Sound Designer
A lifelong pursuit of music via percussion: oh, the joy of hitting things!
By day Matthew composes and designs sounds for games; by night he can be seen playing about NYC clubs in eclectic groups… and occasionally he still runs away to play with the circus.
Renee Bergan
Renee Bergan
Builder
Filmmaker, musician, singer, belly dancer, fire dancer, stilt walker, clown and all around antics creator, Renée Renata Bergan lended her hands, brains and wit to this amazing project!
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