The Burning Book of Brian - Memorial - Burning Man 2026
Philosophic Concept The Dream Time Fire "The Burning Book” is a dedicated memorial fire sculpture to "The Writer” The One and only Brian Doherty whom we lost March 13th 2026. AKA "The Writer” of "This is Burning Man", a dear friend of mine since we met at HEARTH 2000 - by Syd Klinge & Charlie Smith -This Sculpture is a community building experience will be constructed through a series of workshops TBA -
Time to process, Time to heal in a surreal time in space. ThIs art piece is a direct outlet for a group of artists that want to do a dedication to Brian and our relationships through & to Brian. The art space will have solitary time and festive time for those who wish to reflect 24/7 during the event . We will have a one time ONLY large procession leading to the art piece on Wednesday sunset. Igniting a dusk -till- dawn celebration opens a portal to exhibit their human being through the collective burning of this artifact. spoken word performances music ridiculousness
our Beating Burning True Hearts Unite!
book cover aka back side and side view of Burning Book in action aka too scale
Objective Description-
The Burning book stands at 14-15ft tall with a foot print of 12’w x 8’deep. the sculpture is a stylized Metallic LPG & Wood fired effigy. Siting upon a stand tilting slightly back the structure lays open exposing a large human heart piercing the books core. Suspended in tension, an LPG fed flame effect pulses from inside pumping thump-THUMP-thump” Pulsing heart beat of the Playa, Participants, & our man Brian. A Collective of 8-10 artists reflections and connections to brian skin the burning books pages & cover with dedicated design-text- symbolism creating the illuminated melting pages illuminated by fire and led light and night. Atop the book right n left sides are stylized ports for wood load in and the flames flow out. The Art space surrounding has benches, impromptu soap box, stylish control box and fuel depot. 6 Flagged perimeter poles with led festoons and silver flags string the 100 ft diameter activation zone. see attached drawings
Art activation installation Layout
It all started when… we met and it will live on past our lives and the now
Armature plans for wood fired elements and base structure
The Chance to Unite as one = To create as a team of visionaries - to continue to learn frorm each other
the plan is to be apart of something bugger than all of us!
Side view top view of layers comonents
SPFX placement and details of routing line heat shields protection of fv mecanism,,
detail of fx plan routing lines pilots fx heads spcs and definitions
site plan bellow
for fire saftey reference near fx plans