Help get Banana for Scale to Burning Man!

Hey there! My name is Caroline, and this year I received a BRC Honorarium to bring my sculpture, "Banana for Scale," to Burning Man! I'm super excited to be building this larger-than-life, inflatable banana, and I would be wildly grateful for any support from the generous burner community.

The Honorarium covers about 60% of the costs of building and installing the banana at Burning Man. All donations will go toward build costs (if I can secure a bigger budget, I want to make the inflatable as huge as possible), transportation, and installation costs, like on-playa electrical and lighting. I'm also planning on some banana swag for supporters, to say thank you!

So why an enormous banana?

The banana is used online as a universal measuring stick, to provide a concept of scale when photographing objects. Check out r/bananaforscale if you'd like to get a better idea of what I mean. “Banana for Scale” plays with the disorienting size of Black Rock Desert, by placing a massive inflatable banana on the playa. This banana offers little to no real visual information, and that’s the point!

“Banana for Scale” celebrates the importance of silliness in our lives and work as artists. It also highlights one of the unique challenges of making art for Burning Man: everything looks small in the expanse of the desert. This piece intentionally pokes fun at the conundrum of perspective on the playa, as well as the seemingly arbitrary choice of using a banana to demonstrate scale.

I can't wait to see you all at Burning Man this year! Thanks for the support!