Last year, we took our years of grief, anger, fire & plague, dusted some magical fairy shrimp on top & planted a playground! This year we’re excited to see what has started to sprout!
For 2023, the courtyard appears as "Perennial Playground : Germination". Returning are raised garden beds filled with colorful fairy light “buds” that sway in the breeze & bloom shaped chairs around the perimeter. This flower garden play area will have GROWN to include a raised central padded fuzzy yellow ovary accessible via colorful petals of climbing net ladders. Reaching the top is an adventure, & gives explorers a chance to see things from a new perspective, having overcome an obstacle & being able to see the growth from last year.
This piece represents our perennial resilience; that we can turn our betrayal & loss into something amazing. While flowers bud, bloom, & die, they keep returning. Our joy in life, friends, family, & opportunities ARE returning, and we're blooming again, but stronger!
Gloria Lamb, is part of the LA artist collective, The GASS Co, which brought “Oh, Crap!” to BRC in 2018. Gloria started Burning in 2007. Working by day as a Designer and Art Director for variety television and live events, her skills carry over as a BRC installation artist & theme camp creator. Her off-playa talents and enthusiasm for Black Rock City earned her a position as one of the Los Angeles Regional Contacts from 2013-2019. Her glowing smile & galaxy-colored dreadlocks have also been seen fire dancing in the Great Circle on many a burn night.
We will lovingly accept both monetary and appropriate material donations. Follow the DONATE MATERIALS button for a list of items. We have chosen not to utilize crowdsourcing until subsequent years. In the meantime, direct monetary donations are always welcome via button below.
Interested in volunteering? We're always interested in enthusiastic additions to our hive! There will be future opportunities locally in the Los Angeles area, at Black Rock City, as well as tasks that can be done remotely. Many of our helper bees also camp with us at our Art Support Camp, The GASS Co. If you signed up to volunteer pre-pandemic and are still interested, we ask that you re-fill out the volunteer form, as we know life has changed for most of us. Fill out the form AND drop us an email today!
Email us at perennialplayground@gmail.com
GASS Co. member, Stormy Monday rides up to "Perennial Playground : Prologue" in Black Rock City at night in 2022. Photo by Anna Nguyen
Rebecca stops to smell the flowers. "Perennial Playground : Prologue" in Black Rock City during the day in 2022. Photo by Shawn Levin/SuperNovaPhota
Stunning photo of "Perennial Playground : Prologue" in Black Rock City at night in 2022. Photo by Eleanor Preger
Yoni, Gloria (Good Vibrations), and Stormy Monday gather around "Perennial Playground : Prologue" at Los Angeles Regional Burn, BEquinox, in 2023. Photo by Yoni Klein
"Perennial Playground : Prologue" at Los Angeles Regional Burn, BEquinox, in 2023. Photo by Gloria Lamb
Unpainted and not yet upholstered Flower chairs in production prior to their Black Rock City debut in 2022. Photo by Gloria Lamb
Center watering can 'fountain' of "Perennial Playground : Prologue" in Black Rock City at night in 2022. Photo by Gloria Lamb
2022 concept rendering of "Perennial Playground : Prologue" by Gloria Lamb
2023 Concept rendering of "Perennial Playground : Germination" by Gloria Lamb
As this Perennial returns each year, it will continue to bloom as it evolves. It will become a large flower that's also a playground! This early concept video from 2020 shows what it might look like several years from now, with Burners helping to pollinate it along the way.