Flaming Lotus Girls
flaming lotus girl volunteerbased group artist make largescale kinetic fire art flg described womenfocused anarchist art collective group began san francisco california group six woman two men wanted gain fabrication design experience needed create large sculptural installation group includes hundred member gender majority member woman many sculpture interactive element allowing audience control lighting flame sound effect collective work appeared throughout united state well canada australia netherlands mutopia evolution art installation burning man sea dream black rock city honorarium project sea dream immersive sculptural landscape featuring origami boat bound magical island fiery plant mystical origami crane serenity black rock city honorarium project feature group three giant many smaller firefly escaping piece large broken jar serenity primarily sculpted steel feature interactive flame led effect night debuted burning man august noetica set two sculpture constructed stainless steel square carved intricate pattern larger two sculpture hydraulically powered may controlled manually manipulating smaller sculpture noetica displayed black rock city nv pulse anatomicallycorrect heart beat fire four chamber emulating blood flow human heart outer steel structure mimic intricate vasculature predominant vein artery heart chamber aortic arch shoot pulse fire night sky sculpture displayed somarts cultural center san francisco part event promoting flaming lotus girl photo calendar xylophage giant sculptural fungi featuring sound light fire sprouting remains enormous tree xylophage appeared burning man tympani lambada sculptural representation inner ear interactive control flame led light sculpture approximately foot weighs pound planning construction sculpture involved building large truss pipe carry propane linked joint soma stainless steel neuron illustrates flowing electricity crowdcontrolled led light pattern shoot along dendrite axon soma appeared electric daisy carnival installed pier along embarcadero san francisco waterfront one year adapted light led light instead original ball fire moved vallejo california public art installation two year part effort draw visitor city downtown waterfront area mutopia spiraling sculpture seedpod laid according golden ratio proportion found throughout art nature sculpture also displayed maker faire bay area serpent mother footlong sculpture skeletal serpent coiled around egg serpent mother appeared electric daisy carnival coachella burning man serpent mother featured beakerhead calgary serpent mother featured white night festival melbourne australia sculpture originally built steel driftwood fire system rise earth form abstracted bird angel wing burn continuously ambient flame feather feature audiencecontrolled poofer fire effect head formed curved steel plate featuring handblown glass eye stand foot tall function woodburning fireplace participant invited move around angel feather climb sit atop driftwood torso debut appearance burning man driftwood torso burnt part performance new steel one designed constructed winter – bring toronto winter festival collection seven sculpture approximately foot height representing star pleiades constellation seven sister include alcyone celano maia taygeta asterope merope electra merope rebuild completed march feature cnc plasmacut stainless steel side foot copper sculpture woman hand shoot flame five finger huge plume liquid fire controlled midi interactive flaming flower cactus arbor garden fire including copper flower lily pond weeping willow sculptural flame thrower created burning man festival flaming lotus girl featured dust illusion documentary history burning man pouneh mortazavi rebecca anders rosa anna defilippis caroline miller charlie gadeken james stauffer flaming lotus girl member interviewed film footage feature serpent mother official flaming lotus girl web site flaming lotus girl blog