Our very own Major Tom Varden made an appearance on Burner Podcast! BRO has its roots and origin in Burning Man and it is an honor for Burner Podcast to host Tom and speak about our presence there. Without further ado, Episode 80: Beyond The Observatory. http://www.burnerpodcast.com/previous-episodes/episode-80-beyond-the-observatory
SOAK! 2016 Looking back by Zoom Newhouse – A few months ago, I discovered that the theme for SOAK, Portland’s regional Burningman event, was to be SCIENCE! What a great opportunity to bring an outpost of Black Rock Observatory to yet another event. Bought tickets and a camping vehicle pass, and signed up as an art […]
Proto-planetary disks forming. Check back soon!
Black Rock Observatory participated in an exhibition at Natural History Museum’s Summer Nights in the Garden, where we were invited back for a second year after an overwhelming response in 2015. This free public event provided an opportunity to view the moon as well as Jupiter and various star clusters through both our 14” and custom […]
Want to see more stars? (The answer is always yes). Check out this great event taking place at Black Rock City! More info here: See the sky! Black Out Black Rock! Synopsis: WHEN: Wednesday, August 31, 11 – midnight WHAT: Turn all your lights out. Look up at the sky.
Our Kickstarter: http://kck.st/1dzBxvP
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. […]