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Black Rock City is full of odd creatures, and they’re well represented in the art as well! A kinetic and adorable half cat/half mermaid tells the ecological story of kelp forests, and is appropriately named “Purrmaid.” The not-quite-human figure “Behind Closed Eyes” invites you to feel the topographic surface textures shaped by the hand tools of Balinese and Javanese craftspeople. “Resilience” is a fire sculpture of a tardigrade, a microscopic water bear, one of the most indestructible organisms on Earth, capable of surviving in the vacuum of space.

Artists :: Spencer Hansen & Team