GLOBAL – Master Timeline – Michael Christian

2025

Drain
A steel sculpture. Commissioned by Burning Man Project Honoraria.

Installed at: Burning Man 2025, Factory Town, Miami, FL 2025-2026

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2024

Arena
Steel & wood, Performance space and lounge.

Installed at: Burning Man 2024, Sierra Meadows 2024-Present
2024

Heave
Climbable metal ladder sculpture

Installed at: Burning Man 2024, Factory Town, Miami, FL 2025-2026

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2024

Walking Dreams
Climbable steel sculpture and performance space

Installed at: Bombay Beach Biennale 2024, Rocky Ranch, Grass Valley, NV 2024-Present
2023

Card Globe
A steel globe decorated with acrylic playing cards, a nod to the site’s history as a card factory.

Permanently Installed: Factory 52, Cincinnati, Ohio
2023

Giant Cards
A pair of 12 foot tall painted steel playing cards built to honor the history of the Factory 52 site, a playing card factory.

Permanently Installed: Factory 52, Cincinnati, Ohio
2022

Sprouts 2
A series of tree-like lighting fixtures with LED fronds built to light the streets of the Reno Neon Line District.

Permanently Installed: Reno Neon Line District, Reno, Nevada
2021

Bloom EDC
A series of climbable steel sculptures commissioned for EDC 2021, 2022, & 2023

Installed at: EDC 2021 – 2026, Big Art Loop 2025 – 2027

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2021

Ladder Play Structure Reno
A whimsical climbable play structure designed to entertain residents & visitors of Reno Experience District.

Collaborators: Reno Experience District

Permanently Installed: Reno Experience District, Reno, Nevada
2020

Home NYC
An illuminated globe rotating on Earth’s axis, crafted from layered maps from around the world.

Collaborators: Fisher Brothers

Permanently Installed: 1345 Avenue of the Americas, New York City
2019

Corpus
Climbable steel sculpture. Commissioned by Burning Man Project.

Installed: Burning Man 2019 Big Art Loop SF, CA 2025-2027

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2018

Bloom
Climbable steel sculpture.

Installed at: Burning Man 2018, Reno Neon Line 2018-Present

Permanently Installed: Reno, NV
2017

Sprouts Merry Gogo
A series of human-powered merry-go-round with responsive LED fronds.

Collaborators: Dallas Swindle, Taylor Harrison Installed at: Burning Man 2017, Snowglobe, EDC 2018

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2017

Asterpod
Climbable steel sculpture. Collaborators: Scottie Chapman, Orion Fredericks

Displayed at: Burning Man 2017, Oregon Eclipse Festival 2017

Permanently Installed: Point San Pablo Harbor, Richmond, CA
2016

Jejunum
A steel tunnel with dynamic lighting and climbable interior.

Collaborators: Dallas Swindle, Jason Gronlund, Tom Sepe, and Taylor Harrison.

Installed at: 2016 EDC Las Vegas

Purchased by Meow Wolf
2016

OID
Climbable steel sculpture

Installed at: Burning Man 2016, Beyond Wonderland, Symbiosis

Permanently Installed: Private Collection. Aspen, CO
2015

Brainchild
A climbable, interactive steel sculpture, a chimera of a toddler’s body and sparkling steel neuron for a head. Commissioned by Insomniac, later a Burning Man Honoraria project.

Collaborators: Warren Trezevant, Dallas Swindle, Chad Mitchner, Orion Fredericks, Taylor Harrison

Installed at: Burning Man 2015, Symbiosis 2015

Permanently Installed: Sierra Meadows – Oakhurst, CA
2014

Tentacles
LED, steel, and wood sculpture – 30’ x 7’ x 7’ Glowing, motorized, and articulating tentacles with wood and steel bases. Collaborator: Dallas Swindle

Installed at: Insomniac Events – Ghostship 2014
2014

ePod
A human-powered, kinetic, climbable steel carousel sculpture. Capacity: 80. Run time: Indefinite. Collaborators: Dallas Swindle, Auriah Milanes

Installed: Burning Man 2014, Lightning in a Bottle 2017, Burning Man 2026

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2013

XOD
Steel, Fabric & LED lighting, 30′ x 40′ Collaborators: Orion Fredericks, Dallas Swindle and Lumigeek

Installed at: EDC 2013, Lightning in a Bottle 2013, Ghost Ship 2014
2013

Drifts
Steel, 24’ x 8’ x 16’ Three glowing steel sculptures

Installed at: Burning Man 2013, Symbiosis 2013, Art Outside
2012

Archway 2
Steel 24’ x 42’ x 6’ Collaborators: Lucas Swartz and Callan Morgan

Installed at: Symbiosis Tour 2012, Oregon Eclipse 2012
2012

Skrillex DJ Space Pod
Steel, 15′ x 16′ x 14′

DJ Booth for Skrillex 2012 music tour

Private Commission
2012

Almost
Steel 28′ x 16′ x 16′ A merry-go-round powers the robot’s rotation and wobble.
Collaborators: Dallas Swindle

Installed at: Burning Man 2012

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2012

Omma
Steel body with sewn material head. Video projection interface. 30′ x 18′ x 26′

Collaborators: Dallas Swindle, Warren Tresevant, Scottie Chapman, Orion Fredericks, Liz Judkins, Ben Harris and Mat Hale

Installed: EDC 2012

Repurposed for Brainchild 2015
2011

Candelaphyte
Steel, 28′ x 7′ x 7′ Kinetic steel sculpture

Installed at: Coachella 2011
2010

Home
Steel, 13′ x 10′ HOME is a 13ft tall illuminated globe rotating on the same axis as the planet. It was created using multiple layers of metal cut in the shapes of street maps from cities around the world.

Installed at: Burning Man 2010, Lightning in a Bottle 2010, Art Outside, Voodoo Fest 2011, Snowglobe 2012, Makerfaire 2012, Insomniac 2014, Downtown Berkeley Bart Station 2018-2026, EDC 2026

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2009

Fire Flowers
Steel with Fire Poofers 14′ x 4′ x 4′

Installed at: Fire Arts Festival 2009, Snowglobe Festival 2009, Symbiosis 2012, Joshua Tree Music Festival 2023

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2009

Successful House Plants
Steel Sculpture 21′ x 80′ x 80′

Installed: Coachella 2009

Permanently Installed: Toronto Distillery District
2009

Key Note
Steel, Locks & Keys 12′ x 3′ x 20′ with key

Installed: Burning Man 2009, Boom Festival Portugal 2010, Art Outside, Austin, TX 2014, Maker Faire San Mateo, CA 2015, Pemberton Fest British Columbia 2016

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2008

Sphae
Steel, ripstop nylon
28′ x 8′ x 8′

Installed at: San Mateo County Fair 2008, Downtown Oakland 2008, Reggae on the River, Coachella 2009, Australia Symbiosis 2012

Permanently Installed: Private Property, Oregon
2008

Elevation
Steel, 69′ tall x 25′ wide Collaborators: Auriah Milanes, Dave Andres, and Scotty Chapman.

Installed at: Burning Man 2008, Burning Man 2019, Sierra Meadows Oakhurst, CA 2022-Present

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2007

Koilos
Steel, 14′ x 19′ x 8′ Steel sculpture

Installed at: Burning Man 2007, Hayes Valley Green, San Francisco, CA 2007-2008, Toronto Distillery Historical District, Canada 2009-2013, Lake Muskoka 2013-2020, Muskoka Lakes Farm and Winery, 2020-Present

Permanently installed: Muskoka Lakes Farm Ontario, Canada
2006

I.T.

Steel, 40′ Climbable steel sculpture with moving head and oscillating eye beam.

Installed at: Burning Man 2006, Coachella 2007, Yuri’s Night, Fire Arts Festival 2009, Nasa Aims, Maker’s Faire 2009, Pacific Heights, SF 2009

Permanently Installed: Toronto Distillery Historic District
2005

Hypha
Steel, 38′ tall play structure and aerial rig Installed: Burning Man 2005, Coachella 2005. On tour with Vau de Vire 2006-Present.

Purchased by Vau De Vire Society
2004

Celestial Body
Steel tube, 18′ x 8′ x 8′

Installed at: Burning Man 2004, Coachella 2004

Permanently Installed: Santa Rosa, CA
2003

Klimax
Steel tube 32′ x 14′

Installed at: Burning Man 2003

Permanently installed: Laytonville, CA
2001

Flock
Steel 40′ tall x 30′ wide
Installed at: Burning Man 2001, Coachella 2005, SF City Hall 2001, Art Outside 2008, Voodoo Fest 2010
2000

Babel
Steel, 12′ tall x 22′ Steel & Organ Pipes wide spinning calliope controlled by hand pumps.

Installed at: Burning Man 2000, Coachella 2003, Santa Rosa County Fair

Permanently Installed: Los Angeles, CA
1999

Orbit
Steel 12′ x 10′ Three concentric spinning spheres of cutouts

Installed at: Burning Man 1999
1998

Nebulous Entity
Steel, Fiberglass, and interactive audio 28′ x 30′ Mobile sculpture

Installed at: Burning Man 1998

Repurposed into the Bone Tree by Dana Albany in 1999
1997

Bone Arch
Steel & Bones, 24′ x 14′

Installed at Burning Man 1997 – First Honoraria Grant

Bones repurposed into Dana Albany’s Bone Tree
1996

Flaming Archway
Steel 12′ x 22′ x 4′

Collaborators: Lucas Swartz, Callan Morgan

Installed at: The Crucible, Burning Man 2013

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