We participated in our first Mini Maker Faire on November 16th, in our remote northern outpost of Rochester, New York. And people absolutely loved Black Rock Observatory! We brought the 1:6 model of dome 2 to Rochester Riverside Convention Center to participate in the first ever Mini Maker Faire in Rochester on November 16 where […]
My wonderful supporters, we are working with the supplier to make sure you all get your rewards for pledging your support. Many have already gone out and I appreciate the patience of those who have not received their rewards. We’re actually ahead of schedule on some of them, but behind on others. We’ve run […]
Black Rock Observatory at YouTopia Just before Burning Man, the folks in the San Diego Collaborative Arts Project invited us to their regional decompression event, YouTopia: Revelation Revolution and asked us to apply for a grant and we did. The observatory was running over budget, so I desperately needed the funds in order to avoid […]
What an honor! Kickstarter shows us off to the world. The Observatory at Kickstarter Film Fest before opening. Since our last update, we’ve built the observatory twice. We had the honor of being chosen to represent the Los Angeles Kickstarter community among other awesome projects at the Kickstarter Film Fest in Griffith Park at the […]
Burning Man 2014 was a huge success!! Burning Man 2014: Caravansary was amazing. Two weeks seemed to disappear before our eyes and it’s hard to believe it’s all over. Crew descended from all over the world on Black Rock City to show participants the cosmos and build this observatory and it was just beautiful to […]
BRO is on it’s way! We’re going to Burning Man! The trucks are loaded. Everything’s ready to roll. The crew will work in the night time, sleep in the day time, and we are definitely on our way home! Visit the Black Rock Observatory at Burning Man 2014, at 12:00 and 5000′, beyond the Temple. […]
>>>>>Check out and share our Kickstarter page! Share this link: http://kck.st/1q79SUW <<<<<< Wow! What a wild ride! Our Kickstarter is 47% funded in just over 2 days! Here we go!!!! We’re building an astronomical observatory for Burning Man 2014 and beyond, complete with giant telescope and science exhibits! The Black Rock Observatory will be a mobile observatory dedicated […]
We have new content for your brains! From renderings of the dome to telescope news and fundraising, things are starting to get really exciting. As we approach our launch date and the Burning Man gate, our focus has shifted a little from planning to fundraising. We’ve had hundreds of hours of meetings and thousands of […]
Gregg surprised us last week by having a 1:6 scale model cut and inviting us to his place for a build. We all knew we we’d be building a model eventually, but this was a fantastic surprise and my anticipation grew all week. When I arrived at his place, it was a feast for the […]
Well, I’m just thrilled to show you these new dome designs from Gregg Fleishman, architect extraordinaire and the designer of The Temple of Whollyness at Burning Man: Cargo Cult. It’s an honor to have him aboard. He schooled us on geometry and blew our minds with math the night before he dropped these amazing domes […]