Update 8/23
WOW! Thank you so much to our community for rallying behind this project. We have less than $6K to go. Please consider what your donation can do to help this project get to the finish line.
We have been blessed by the most amazing build crew, phenomenal support from the org, and generous-beyond-belief donors. And yet with building costs and shipping costs, we still need a little more. Can we get this campaign to $20,000 tonight? Tomorrow morning?
Update 8/19
With the bulk of our crew on playa or headed up this weekend, we are incredibly grateful and touched by the support of our community. We have less than $9,000 to raise to finish this project.
Please consider donating and sharing among your friends. Our crew will rest a little easier knowing that the campaign is nearly over.
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Our deepest gratitude,
CoV Crew
How far we've come...
For the past two months hundreds of volunteers and artists from the Bay Area, Los Angeles, Vancouver, Boston, Reno, Portland, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, France, you get the picture; have come to SF to help us construct the Catacomb of Veils. Until now, we have raised $68K toward our goal of ~$90k that will enable us to complete this sculpture and deliver it to the playa for Burning Man 2016. The community that has been built is incredible, it's truly a family of folks that have come together with a singular vision to see this built and individual desires to be a part of something special. Along with our donors, we make up the Catacomb of Veils.
At 220' across and covering almost 19,000 square feet of playa area, Catacomb of Veils will be the largest art piece at Burning Man 2016 and one of the largest burned sculptures in the history of the event.
Your donation goes 100% to procuring materials, construction, transportation, insurance, and build-site rental for the project. Everyone participating in the creation of Catacomb is all-volunteer with a commitment to the transformative power of temporary art. Our community of artists and builders is so grateful for your contribution and support.
Catacomb rises like a rocky outcropping off the desert floor, and as the dust swirls up and around, it evokes Black Rock Point itself. It is a ruin of a previous society-- a remnant of our collective search for moments of quiet, introspection and reflection. It is a journey of discovery and a descent into a subterranean world.
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A path winds up to the Narthex at the Eastern Pyramid of the Catacomb and from this vantage point the community begins its descent inward. Ancient relics of a collective history adorn the walls as shafts of light illuminate effigies and offerings. These are moments in our primeval memory, inviting us further downward and inward into ourselves. The journey culminates in an inner sanctum-- a Sanctum of Veils-- a confluence of concealment, revelation and sublime beauty.
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The core crew met while working together on the Temple of Grace in 2014 and has a long history of creating huge art for the Burning Man community.
Make a contribution, follow us on Facebook, spread the word or bring your energy to lift lumber and build a mountain. We guarantee your contribution makes a difference.
Thank You!
- The Catacomb Crew
** For donations that require or desire a tax deduction receipt, please donate directly to our campaign on Fractured Atlas' site. Go to https://www.fracturedatlas.org/site/fiscal/profile?id=14182
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