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The Prairie of Possibilities
Burning Man 2023
Intro
The Prairie is about the transformational power of storytelling to generate empathy, inspire connection, and create a space us to reflect on what it truly means to be human.
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Layout
Coming soon.
Interactivity
To walk through the Prairie is to stroll through a metaphysical field that (for some mysterious reason) has briefly become visible to the human eye. Participants walk a gently-sloping path among swaying grasses, stroking the glowing fibers. The grass stalks are outfitted with an array of sensors that enable it to respond to participants’ behavior and demonstrate a sense of interactive ‘aliveness’.
Interactive elements include the glowing Portals, hidden hot-spots throughout the field, the story-collector booths, the echo events that share back with participants, and the Research Lab on the Prairie perimeter.
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Artists
Core team
Casey Marvin // Creative Director
James Gwertzman // Chief Visionary
Nathan Pegram / Hardware Director
Paul McDaniel // Technical Director
Collaborators
Angela Lee // Technical artist (audio)
Dirk Rosenberg // Technical artist (audio)
Erin O'Brien // Project Manager
Jessica Creane // Voice artist (stories shared by the entity)
Kendrick Feller // Technical light artist (real-time audio visualization)
Sarah Elmaleh // Voice artist lead (voice of the Entity)
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Builders
Angela Lee
Benjamin Gebo
Brian Axelrod
Casey Marvin
Craig Massie
Colleen Sullivan
Danielle Kushner
Dirk Roosenburg
Erin O'Brien // Project Manager
James Gwertzman // Build Lead
Julia Kester
Julia Heasler
Kendrick Feller
Nathan Pegram
Mykola Simutkin
Paul McDaniel
Quailynn McDaniel
Simone Engelen
Petri Anne
Tech
Tech specs coming soon.
Logistics
Playa logistics coming soon.