The Terrasphere
Lead Artist: Jim Bowers
Hardware Designer: John Wendt
Project Supervisor: Nannette Scott
Frame Consturction: Randy Davis
Team: JarJar, John Dyer, Kim, Jane, Moon, Russ, MusicVixen, Kent, Michelle, Jeff, Arlin, TimB, walking Larry, Bare, Charly, Dave, Eric, Katiie, Lindsey, Chad, Amelia, and Ashley

For the Burningman Vault of Heaven, the Tribe will create TerraSphere, a 14' tall spherical time machine. Incorporating thousands of feet of el wire and the first 512 channel computer sequencer. From a distance, onlookers will witness what appears to be the universe orbiting around it's axis. Upon entering the globe, a set of controls will allow you to jump into hyper space, transporting you to a distant planets core where all of the continents will revolve around you. Look for Terrasphere on a playa near you.... at about Orion's belt and Esplanade. In the mean time, watch this site for project updates and great new pictures as this fantastic project evolves.

Terrasphere at Burningman 2004
Copyright (c) Tristan Savatier - www.playa-dust.com

Visit John's site to learn more about the electronics behind the Terrasphere and see updated pictures.

And here are Eric Picures from August 2004

The terrasphere project is going excellent. All of the planets, moon and the warp (emanations) sequences are completely done. Jeff has the center console on site and we are currently embellishing and improving on it. The project when completed looks like it will have a total of 312 channels and over 3000 feet of el wire.

Jim B
August 4, 2004 (t-minus 23)

Concept Drawings -Top view:

Jeff and Randy mounting a dish

Jim and Jeff with a partially assembled structure