Prey
A Metaphor On The Attack
A bald eagle about to strike. It's piercing gaze staring straight into your eyes. It's talons reaching for your chest. It’s the final moment before you become prey. Regarded as one of the greatest of hunters and graced with noble stature the American Bold Eagle has been characterized as a metaphor. A symbol for politics, patriotism, religion and business. But what if that metaphor turned its attention on you?
Once again Burning Man Arts supported us on this project and it was brought to the event in 2018. We are grateful to them for the boost in making our art dreams come true. Allowing our art to be displayed in the world’s biggest gallery opening with over 70,000 attending.
Prey was possible through the commitment of our volunteer art team who have given their time on our projects for Burning Man. As a team, they put in over 600 hours into this project.
Nearly all the feathers of this eagle were made from the contributions of pennies, nickels and dimes from Burning Man community members and friends from California and Alberta, Canada.
Each Burning Man day’s sunrise and sunset was the time we would meet participants who visited the Prey. Many enjoyed our intention of the art’s message and there were those who identified with the eagle as their favorite bird or their spirit guide.
After Burning Man, the Eagle was brought to Burning Man’s San Francisco Decompression event in October 2018 as the first art piece to greet participants at entry. In May of 2019, the Eagle was given an Editor’s Choice Award by Maker Faire Bay Area at its annual Maker Faire event. Following in August, the Eagle was displayed at Alameda Mini Maker Fair to a large, East Bay crowd. During pandemic it was a popular stop in a drive through art exhibition and fundraiser for the Sacramento Valley Spark.
From May 2022 to May 2024 Prey is at the civic art garden in Newport Beach, CA. Visiting Prey in the garden would part of delightful art tour in southern California.
