AURORA: Painted Desert

Since 2005, I have been collaborating with photographer Scott London  (Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, GQ, Elle Décor, Marie Claire, Outside, Sierra and National Geographic Traveler), as a scholar. He has provided many images for my book on the Burning Man festival. Last year, he documented my performance at Burning Man and featured my work in Rolling Stone. I designed and constructed three costumes inspired by the colors of the desert--sage green, agave blue, and desert rose. We spent a day at the Painted Desert/Petrified Forest to do a photoshoot. These images were then projected via hand-held projectors by the roaming performers on all the surfaces of the Mesa Art Center bringing the beauty of the desert back into the urban environment. 

COMMISSIONED FOR THE SPARK FESTIVAL, MESA ART CENTER. 2015. PHOTOGRAPHS BY SCOTT LONDON.