The Machine, a multi-storied meta-mechanical structure with 8 articulated kinetic limbs stands in the open vista of the playa. Over the course of the week it will be shaped and altered carrying the cumulative evidence of environmental and human influence.

Its transformation requires the community to bring it forth from concept to reality. As drive wheels are turned the transmission will engage gears that rotate a central core and upper platform and slowly raise the limbs. Each interaction will generate a new stage of evolution and unique configuration. The city will give breath to this monolithic organism.