In 2004, I created a Space Virgin Goddess as a literal sacrificial object to add to the installation.  She was crafted by taping newspaper and masking tape around a copper wire armature.  She stood in front of the temple, and people wrote messages on the goddess’ body over the course of a week. We then burned her in a large bon fire.

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Space Virgins Temple with Space Virgin Goddess

Working as creative director on a large-scale collaborative project (~30 people from the SV arts collective), we created a 1/3rd scale facade of the Parthenon “Space Virgin Temple”.  This temple appeared at Burning Man from 2002 to 2004.

The temple facade was built so that people could stand in the pediment, a live fresco of gods of goddesses. We often played the role of oracles from this position to passersby.

EventBurning ManLocationBlack Rock Desert, NevadaYear2002, 2003, 2004Created bySpace VirginsMaterialsFabric, plywood, sono tubes, scaffolding

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