Hello!

My name is Kacey, and I’m an actor, artist, and producer who creates large-scale immersive events and art installations. Professionally, I design and pilot drone light shows; in my personal creative life, I practice the art of fire spinning.

I'm a part of an artistic collective, Nebula Collective, and we create and execute large-scale immersive events and art projects. This year, Nebula is taking on this project.

This performance marks Phase Two of a multi-stage artistic journey. Phase Two is about discovery: learning how to combine drones and fire dancers in dynamic, safe, and compelling ways. Phases three and four will expand that foundation by scaling both the aerial and ground elements—growing the drone fleet, adding dancers, and building toward a long-term vision of a show featuring 600 drones and up to 30 performers working with fire props, LED props, and ground-based fire effects.

Nebula and I are honored to share that we received a small grant from the City of Austin to help bring this first phase to life. The grant covers the venue, but I soon discovered that the costs of safety personnel, fire permitting, fuel, equipment, materials, and essential artists and crew compensation are significantly higher than expected. Every donation directly supports these crucial elements, ensuring the show can be created safely, ethically, and at the level of excellence it deserves.

To make this possible, we've assembled a remarkable team. Some of Austin’s most skilled fire dancers have agreed to participate for almost no compensation, and all of Nebula is donating their time because we believe deeply in this vision. I am personally covering every cost I can before asking for help.

Nebula has executed large-scale Burning Man projects, performances, and sculptures, and produced immersive art installations and drone shows both locally and at regional burns. This project is the next evolution of that work—a fusion of technology and ritual performance that pushes at the edges of what drone shows can be.

In my professional work designing drone shows, clients often tell me, “Create something that’s never been seen before.” That request is notoriously difficult in an industry where global companies fly thousands of drones at a time, and there's been no deviation from traditional drone shows. But this project truly is something new. I can say with absolute certainty that Hecate’s Torch will showcase drones in a way that has never been attempted and create a visual spectacle unlike anything audiences have ever seen.

Thank you for believing in creativity, innovation, and the power of the unexpected. Your support doesn’t just help bring a single show to life—it helps ignite an entirely new frontier of performance art.