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!
