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The artists who built the incredible Temple of Transition at
Burning Man in 2011 are doing it again.
We are building a giant wooden sculpture to inspire and entertain before it burns with great fanfare. Coney McConeface: The Life and Death of a Traffic Cone will embrace the nonsense and make things better!
The crew is in Reno building right now, and they need your help. Fundraising has been extra challenging this year and we need your help to pay for the special effects, lighting, transport and pyrotechnics that will make Coney go down in Burning Man history.
We need you to take action and donate! We've hit crunch time and we have to raise $10k just to break even - to build, paint, transport and install Coney.
In addition to that we have the following stretch goals…
$12k - Coney will have a beautiful, awesome and more interactive interior.
$17k - The exterior lighting will go from functional to awesome.
$25k - Upgrades Coney's burn from fiery to explosive.
$30k - We level up the top secret special effects we have planned for Coney's day time interactivity
There will be a giant traffic cone on playa this year.
Please help make it the most glorious it can possibly be!
It's time to embrace the nonsense and give generously to help the artists who built the 2011 Temple of Transition to build Coney McConeface: The Life and Death of a Traffic Cone.
Build space is way more expensive than we budgeted, and so are materials. We need your help right now.
Please donate NOW.
If you are a US tax payer and would like a tax receipt then go to conecophony.com and click the link.
All rewards are available to be picked up on playa - please tick "pick up in person" when you choose your reward(s) - this is our strong preference - saving us both the cost and hassle of shipping. If you do need your reward shipped, shipping costs can be added when you make your donation and items will be shipped in Autumn 2024.
Your contribution, no matter the size, will make a difference.
By donating you will be joining our crowdfunding campaign. You're not just supporting a project - you're becoming a member of the Guardians of the Cone. The true devotees and masters of Cone nonsense.
Who are we ?
We are the Conecophony Collective. We are led by the Burning Man artists who created the 2011 Temple of Transition, Mazu: Goddess of the Empty Sea, Megatropolis, the Control Tower and a number of other on playa and international projects.
Coney McConeface: The Life and Death of a Traffic Cone.
At 60 feet tall, Coney will be the biggest honorarium art piece burnt on playa this year.
Coney will appear to teach us his cautionary mantra:
"Don't be a Dick, Embrace the Nonsense, Make Things Better"
Participants will be encouraged to make things better in small ways on playa and throughout their lives. Inspiration such as "be kind" "help a friend" "volunteer" "charity" "peace" "support local" "recycle" and much more.
Please help us make Coney go down in burning man history as one of the most memorable art pieces Burning Man has ever seen.
No matter what, there will be a huge amount of cone based pranks and shenanigans instigated by the Guardians of the Cone.
Okay, but what does Coney McConeface protect us from?!
A giant smoking chasm has opened up in the middle of the playa and a giant traffic cone has appeared to save us all.
Coney is a homage to the unsung hero - the traffic cone - a 60 foot tall replica, built to scale.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
Follow us @Conecophony and join us and support us at www.conecophony.com
If there are other ways you would like to support us, please fill in our participation form
Perks
Be one of the first to get the clues to an exciting on-playa adventure. Coney will lead you all over Black Rock City, visiting art pieces, camps and more. At the end of the adventure you will receive a sticker, a patch, a bandana AND a secret prize for completing the quest.
If you gift this perk to a friend, make sure they have your email address to be able to pick up your full reward.
The Quest will be emailed to you the week before Burning Man 2024.
(For all you burners rightfully worried about decommodification on playa, there will be ways for burners to get the clues to the quest on playa - this just guarantees that you get to join the adventure.)
For Coney to be the best, most shining, explosive, innovative, exciting cone possible, the Conecophony collective needs to raise money fast. Your large donation will make the bells and whistles happen and you will have the undying love of Coney and his crew.
We will contact you to find out which perks you want, and discuss how we can thank you properly.
Of course you will also have undying bragging rights, in the years that come, when someone says "Hey do you remember that amazing traffic cone back in 2024?" You will be able to tell them that it was extra cool because of you. Or just nod and smile knowingly.
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Be one of the first to get the clues to an exciting on-playa adventure. Coney will lead you all over Black Rock City, visiting art pieces, camps and more. At the end of the adventure you will receive a sticker, a patch, a bandana AND a secret prize for completing the quest.
If you gift this perk to a friend, make sure they have your email address to be able to pick up your full reward.
The Quest will be emailed to you the week before Burning Man 2024.
(For all you burners rightfully worried about decommodification on playa, there will be ways for burners to get the clues to the quest on playa - this just guarantees that you get to join the adventure.)
For Coney to be the best, most shining, explosive, innovative, exciting cone possible, the Conecophony collective needs to raise money fast. Your large donation will make the bells and whistles happen and you will have the undying love of Coney and his crew.
We will contact you to find out which perks you want, and discuss how we can thank you properly.
Of course you will also have undying bragging rights, in the years that come, when someone says "Hey do you remember that amazing traffic cone back in 2024?" You will be able to tell them that it was extra cool because of you. Or just nod and smile knowingly.
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