Sure, art can be 鈥渉eady鈥� in the metaphorical sense. But few projects both metaphorically and literally embody that adjective like the : a 20 foot tall, three-dimensional baby head.
Currently under construction, the exterior of the head will feature a fully mechanized mouth and eyes. But it's on the inside where things get interesting: the curious may walk inside the baby鈥檚 head to contemplate five shrines to objects familiar to modern life 鈥� homes, clothes, cars, chairs and phones.
Creator says that by immersing the audience in the mind of a child, he鈥檚 calling to shirk earthly possessions.
鈥淲hen you go into this head, you鈥檒l see all of these objects that represent some of the first objects that a child might question at the first moments of their lives,鈥� Karave says. 鈥淚t seems like our objects are always garnering so much of our attention, and we never seem to have time to take a moment to look inside ourselves and understand ourselves.鈥�
The project is being assembled by of over 20 artists, architects, engineers and volunteers. Many of the building materials 鈥� interlocking pieces of wood cut from a computer-assisted design 鈥� came from the .
After it鈥檚 debut in Austin, the wooden noggin will head to the , that famous shamanistic shindig in Nevada鈥檚 Black Rock Desert. While it isn鈥檛 his first installation featured at a music festival 鈥� his last piece of robotic art was featured at the 鈥� he鈥檚 happy to represent Austin weirdness at Burning Man.
鈥淲e鈥檙e really proud to bring this project out to what鈥檚 arguably the greatest art festival in the world and represent for Austin,鈥� Karave says.
Ready to get heady? The project will be on display at in a week or two, Karave says. After that, the baby head makes a quick stop in Denver, then it鈥檚 off to Burning Man 鈥� where it will be sacrificially burned as the festival peaks.
The crew is launching to help with travel expenses; in the video below, Karave waxes about the Psycho-Kinetic Child, misplacing his keys and more:
