Imagine building a six-building structure, 120-feet tall at its peak, in the sweltering desert. It's over four months of hard labour, and when all is said and done, the 'Temple of Transition' will be publicly, and ceremoniously, burnt into a heaping pile of rubble.
He's not paid to do it: from first attending Kiwiburn in 2007, Hippathy Valentine has found an artistic outlet in the community, constructing larger-than life-art installations off the back of grants and with the help of other artists.
He describes Burning Man, held in the western United States, as the biggest arts festival in the world.
He joins Emile Donovan.
Photo: Hippathy Valentine / Scott London
Photo: Hippathy Valentine / Cliff Baise
