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Campaign Story
In this year's Burning Man Theme Axis Mundi, ALUNA emerges as a golden body of memory, vibration, and consciousness.
Part sculpture, part ritual space, part live instrument, ALUNA is an immersive art installation that invites participants to experience the invisible forces that shape reality itself.
Through the interaction of sound, water, frequency, and human intention, ALUNA transforms vibration into visible geometry using the principles of cymatics, the study of how sound frequencies organize matter into form.
As participants engage with the piece, water responds in real time: Patterns emerge, frequencies crystallize, and invisible energy becomes visible.
The work creates a direct sensory bridge between body, emotion, consciousness, and its environment.
The Meaning of ALUNA
ALUNA draws inspiration from the ancestral cosmology of the Tayrona peoples of the Colombian Sierra Nevada, where Aluna represents the invisible realm of consciousness and intention, the place where all things exist before becoming physical reality.
It is the field where thought becomes matter.
Where creation begins before form.
In dialogue with this year’s Burning Man theme, Axis Mundi, ALUNA reimagines the axis not as a monument or tower, but as living water itself: a conduit connecting spirit, land, body, and collective consciousness.
The installation becomes a living portal between the seen and unseen worlds.
A place where participants do not simply observe art , they actively shape it.
The Experience
Participants are invited to interact directly with ALUNA through sound and frequency.
As tones resonate through the structure:
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Water surfaces reveal sacred geometric formations
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Vibrations generate evolving cymatic patterns
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Light and reflection animate the environment
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Collective participation alters the visual landscape in real time
Each interaction becomes a meditation on resonance:
How our emotions shape environments.
How frequencies affect matter.
How intention leaves invisible traces on the world around us.
ALUNA invites participants to witness creation itself, the moment vibration becomes form, and thought begins to shape reality.
Why We’re Fundraising
Bringing interactive art to Burning Man requires immense collaboration, engineering, transportation, and community support.
Your contribution directly helps fund:
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Structural fabrication & engineering
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Cymatics and water resonance systems
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Interactive sound technology
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Lighting and immersive environmental design
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Sustainable materials
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Transportation & Logistics
- Roundtrip transport from Colombia to Black Rock City
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On-playa installation logistics
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Power systems and safety infrastructure
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Leave No Trace restoration efforts
- Art storage prior to and after Black Rock City
- Legal, insurance, miscellaneous , the unknown.
Every donation helps transform ALUNA from vision into an experience for tens of thousands of participants in the Nevada desert.
Donation Tiers & Perks
$25 — Resonance
Help power the frequencies that bring ALUNA to life.
$75 — Wavekeeper
Support water resonance and interactive sound systems.
$150 — Cymatic Builder
Help fabricate structural and immersive components.
$500 — Axis Supporter
Directly contribute to help us scale infrastructure and transportation.
$1,000+ — Consciousness Patron
Ways to Support
*Donate
Every contribution, large or small directly supports bringing ALUNA to life.
*Share
Help amplify the project by sharing the campaign with friends, communities, artists, dreamers, and Burners.
*Collaborate
We welcome aligned creators, fabricators, technologists, musicians, and sponsors who resonate with the vision.
Thank you!
From the bottom of our hearts, we want to thank you for your support and encouragement! We really couldn't do this without you.
We love you and hope to connect with you all at our upcoming fundraising events in Bogota, Miami, San Francisco, and Mexico City! And if you happen to spot us on the Playa don't be shy, come say hello and share a hug!
