Here is a sequence of images showing the construction and destruction of the giant wood sculpture designed by Arne Quinze of Quinze & Milan at the Burning Man festival in Death Valley, USA in September last year.
The sculpture is a larger version of the timber installations Quinze has built at design shows in London, Cologne and Miami and required 150km of wooden laths.
It took 25 people over three weeks to build the structure, which measured 60m x 30m x 15m high.
The structure was destroyed as the “final burn” of the week-long festival.
The project was a collaboration between Quinze and radiator brand Jaga, for whom Quinze has also designed a customised truck.
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Posted by Marcus Fairs
the planet is suffering, and this artist is burnig wood for a reason he calls “art”….
May 1st, 2007 at 3:06 pmbad bad taste!
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like a child playing fire…big fire
structure looks nice
May 2nd, 2007 at 9:55 amIt was also part of a promotional tour Quinze produced for the launch of Lexus’s new flagship sedan, and as such, it was an insult to the non-commercial, non-corporate ethos which is the Burning Man Festival’s foundation.
Also, Burning Man takes place in the Black Rock Desert in Nevada, approximately 2 hours north of Reno, not in Death Valley, which is in southern California, closer to Las Vegas.
May 3rd, 2007 at 12:15 amI like the structure, pitty it was burnt…
May 29th, 2007 at 5:21 pmFunny enough the shape in general looks like the Dubai Metro station
Nice structure and about the burning: at least if you are going to release CO2 to the atmosphere, don’t drive the car for a year and burn a gigant wood structure!!
June 22nd, 2007 at 12:11 am…welcome to BRUSSELS this summer 2007
July 19th, 2007 at 9:05 pmestupido trabajo, como es posible que se despedicie tanta madera, hay tantas personas sin hogar, se necesitan reconstrucciones por desatres y este “artista” hecha a la basura tanto recuso natural y contamina la atmosfera. Lastima diseño, lastima creatividad
August 6th, 2007 at 4:20 pmThis is a magnificent piece. I don’t care why it was made or by whom or that it burned wood or any of that concern that your viewers have expressed. I am simply pleased to have been witness to this project and wonderful piece of art. Thanks for the visual joy!
August 7th, 2007 at 7:12 pmgood, nice design, aspecially at night view
but why sould be burnin’
that not good for the world issues today,,
childist dream,
sometimes creative,, hyperactive
sometimes doin’ bad habbit
think again not just for art and design
September 4th, 2007 at 2:16 ambut for this mother nature,,
A most magnificent conceptual sculpture. Arne is one of the great ones. And don’t worry about adding to the suffering of the planet by burning the sculpture because with over 6 billion people it just doesn’t matter anymore.
October 11th, 2007 at 2:18 amI like the shiny lights. I think it’s destroying our planet. You should have left it standing.
October 15th, 2007 at 7:30 pmI don’t know, it looks alright. it’s pretty cool to look at. but as far as making statements goes i have to agree with those of you who feel some kind of inherent compassion for the earth rather than those who say let’s keep doing wrong ’cause that’s all that’s happenin’ anyways. there’s a future for this planet, but which is it? at some point we have to decide not to follow mass trend. not a good idea to follow leaders (or entrepeneurs of modern art) and support them if what they do is overuse and abuse the planet. ANYTHING mass produced compiled together “abstractly” becomes “wonderfully imaginitive modern art” but theres no talent, no soul in that. nothing but having access to resources and excess time and space.
November 3rd, 2007 at 7:49 pm