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
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SOAK! 2016 Looking back
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 […]
Summer Nights at the Natural History ...
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 […]
YouTopia: Revelation Revolution
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 […]
Kickstarter Film Festival and Mindsha...
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 […]
Primary Mission Accomplished!
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 […]