Infinite Connections – a 36 inch by 48 inch art poster. We made it for the Carnival Of Space & Time installation for our Eridu Society camp at Burning Man in 2015. This was years before we became Atomic Octopus. The event’s theme that year was Carnival Of Mirrors. We wanted to play on that. Subsequently, we decided to use it for our own art theme. Eridu Society often worked elements of steampunk and time travel into its installations. The premise was that members of the camp had traveled to future Burning Man events. Then we brought back the art theme posters to delight and inspire.
With Infinite Connections, Trilo wanted to visualize the space-time continuum as a sort of neural network. He achieved it using a 620 megapixel fractal visualization. If you’re going to do trippy fractal art at Burning Man, you go big. The other posters in the series are 14,400 pixels vertically at the full resolution, but this one is 28,800 pixels. Look very very close at the red dot in the middle, and you’ll see that it’s a heart. The font choice is an intentional nod to Terry Gilliam‘s classic film Time Bandits. Trilo was the art director on the future Burning Man future art theme poster series and creator of this particular piece.
Exhibition
Trilo and Pani felt honored to exhibit their art theme posters at Burning Man headquarters in San Francisco during the weeks leading up to Burning Man 2015. The exhibition gave friends and staff members a chance to experience the artwork before it made its playa debut. At the same time, it playfully reflected Eridu Society’s theme of time travel by presenting the pieces weeks before the event itself.
After Burning Man 2015, the story continued. Several works from the series joined the permanent collection at Burning Man headquarters. As a result, the exhibition became both a memorable milestone and a lasting contribution to the Burning Man community. Click on the images below to see in higher resolution.
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