Blooming Temple

Design Indaba | 13.03.2026 16:23
Artist James Gwertzman’s ‘Temple of the Moon’ will stand as a structure designed to exist only briefly at Burning Man 2026. “Temple of the Moon,” is dramatic and poetic installation that blooms each night before ultimately disappearing into fire, inspired by the rare Queen of the Night cactus flower which opens for a single nocturnal bloom and fading by morning. The temple expresses the fleeting phenomenon of both the flower and festival through temporal architecture.