Drones create a face in the sky
Drones create a face in the sky

2022
Burning Man

Black Rock City, Nevada, USA

Man vs. Machine Sky Story

Designed by Studio Drift and ten other amazing aritsts, the 2022 drone sky story at Burning Man was a beautiful and meaningful display called “Man vs. Machine.” Starting out as sketches on paper, artist Ralph Nauta and a team of artists translated the ideas through Nova’s software system Genesis to calculate the sketches into drone art. Nauta co-founded Studio Drift with Lonneke Gordijn in 2006 with the aim of questioning human behavior with their art. With 1000 drones, 4 different show designs and 15 shows in total, the response in Black Rock City was magical.

Special thank you to TwoFiftyK, Human Experience Creations and Drone Stories.

Location

Black Rock Desert, Nevada, USA

Date

August 2022

Drone Count

1000

Production

Nova Sky Stories