Boing Boing Staging

600 lighted drones in murmuration over Black Rock City

Studio Drift FRANCHISE FREEDOM at Burning Man

This past year at Burning Man, 600 drones light up the sky — accompanied by live piano music — one evening in a beautiful “flying sculpture” called “Franchise Freedom.” This is the recently-released film of the piece made by its artists at Studio Drift.

As dusk fell over Black Rock City, 600 luminous drones rose into a hypnotic display of technological choreography, accompanied by the poignant keys of Joep Beving. The drones were guided by a specially made algorithm that simultaneously allows both individual choice and movement as a group. The innovative technology made it possible to create a 3d image in the sky that could be viewed from multiple angles.

Thanks, Cheryl!

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