Resonance
Resonance is a climbable bamboo queen conch shell that transforms sound, light, and movement into a shared ritual experience.
Standing three stories tall and built entirely from bamboo, it is an immersive structure designed to be explored, a playground for movement and a gathering space for deep, reflective listening.
Participants enter, climb, pause, and listen as sound and light shift around them, turning the structure itself into a living instrument.
Resonance will debut in Black Rock City before becoming a permanent space for art, music, and collective ritual.
Why Resonance Matters
Resonance invites us into balance and harmony with nature and with one another. It reminds us that we are not separate from the rhythms that shaped us. The spiral form reflects life’s cycles of growth, change, and return, and demonstrates what is possible when we build with natural materials.
Constructed entirely from bamboo, a rapidly renewable and carbon storing resource, the installation shows how regenerative materials can support new possibilities in architecture while inspiring more responsible ways of building and revealing the beauty and complexity of organic form. By creating a powerful work at monumental scale, the project helps expand global awareness of bamboo as a material for the future.
Resonance also uplifts people and community. Through curated sound, shared participation, and collective creation, the project highlights Indigenous knowledge, amplifies BIPOC and LGBTQ+ voices, and brings people together through collaboration rooted in care, purpose, and shared effort.
Resonance is an invitation to listen, reconnect, and help shape a future where creativity, community, and the living world are honored as one.
Why We Need Your Support
Your support helps make the physcial building of Resonance possible.
Funds will go directly toward:
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Sourcing sustainably grown bamboo from responsible plantations
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Fabricating structural and prefabricated components
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Transportation of materials
All design, coordination, and building labor for this project is 100% volunteer, created with care, dedication, and love for art, architecture, and bamboo.
Your contribution directly supports the materials and resources required to bring the structure to life.
Join the Spiral
Resonance is a collective act of creation.
By supporting this project, you help transform natural material into shared experience, sound into connection, and structure into living ritual.
If for any reason we are unable to fully fund this project, you
may request a refund (minus transaction fees).
All of our perks have been thoughtfully designed and sourced
by a member of the Resonance team with an eye towards
sustainability and intentionality.
Thank you for supporting immersive, sustainable art. Join us today and be a catalyst for change. Together, we can inspire and build a brighter future for all.
With deep gratitude,
Resonance Art Collective
https://resonanceart.org
Perks
Wear a little piece of Resonance with this intricately laser-cut wooden necklace inspired by the top-down view of the conch shell structure - because life should always have a natural twist!
Become part of the voice of Resonance. This handcrafted bamboo wind chime will be installed within the structure’s living sound field, where wind and movement bring it to life. Each chime is engraved and placed as a lasting contribution to the collective harmony of the piece.
Light up your life with eco-friendly flair, custom-designed by one of our own Resonance team members.
A layered and richly textured wind chime designed to deepen the voice of Resonance. Crafted from multiple bamboo elements suspended from a woven ring, this piece creates a fuller, more dimensional sound as the wind moves through its many tones and rhythms.
Handmade from natural materials and installed within the structure’s living sound field, it becomes a dynamic part of the installation’s collective harmony.
This detailed architectural drawing reveals the full geometry and structural vision behind Resonance, capturing the flowing spiral form, spatial relationships, and engineering design of the installation. Each print is signed by the architectural and engineering team, offering a rare behind-the-scenes connection to the minds and craftsmanship that bring the structure to life.
A sculptural bamboo chandelier designed as a flowing spiral of suspended poles, arranged in a cascading wave that echoes the movement of the Resonance form itself. Crafted from natural bamboo and suspended , it creates a striking architectural presence while embodying the motion, flow, and geometry of the installation.
Step into the build and learn how to shape, join, and bring bamboo to life using real structural techniques. Work hands-on with the material and become part of the creative process behind Resonance.
An immersive private dining experience where seasonal ingredients are transformed into sensory art through a custom multi course menu by Chef Elliot of Roots Alchemy. Available in select locations across Northern and Southern California for an intimate and unforgettable culinary journey.
Immerse yourself in a transformative sound healing experience, where soothing vibrations and harmonious frequencies promote deep relaxation and inner balance. Shane Thunder has traveled throughout the country for the last 8 years offering his 432hz Spirit Metacine in the passionate belief of unifying the body, mind, and spirit through the healing arts. Sound Healing Experience will take place in San Francisco, Los Angeles, or San Diego metropolitan areas.
Wear a little piece of Resonance with this intricately laser-cut wooden necklace inspired by the top-down view of the conch shell structure - because life should always have a natural twist!
Become part of the voice of Resonance. This handcrafted bamboo wind chime will be installed within the structure’s living sound field, where wind and movement bring it to life. Each chime is engraved and placed as a lasting contribution to the collective harmony of the piece.
Light up your life with eco-friendly flair, custom-designed by one of our own Resonance team members.
A layered and richly textured wind chime designed to deepen the voice of Resonance. Crafted from multiple bamboo elements suspended from a woven ring, this piece creates a fuller, more dimensional sound as the wind moves through its many tones and rhythms.
Handmade from natural materials and installed within the structure’s living sound field, it becomes a dynamic part of the installation’s collective harmony.
This detailed architectural drawing reveals the full geometry and structural vision behind Resonance, capturing the flowing spiral form, spatial relationships, and engineering design of the installation. Each print is signed by the architectural and engineering team, offering a rare behind-the-scenes connection to the minds and craftsmanship that bring the structure to life.
A sculptural bamboo chandelier designed as a flowing spiral of suspended poles, arranged in a cascading wave that echoes the movement of the Resonance form itself. Crafted from natural bamboo and suspended , it creates a striking architectural presence while embodying the motion, flow, and geometry of the installation.
Step into the build and learn how to shape, join, and bring bamboo to life using real structural techniques. Work hands-on with the material and become part of the creative process behind Resonance.
An immersive private dining experience where seasonal ingredients are transformed into sensory art through a custom multi course menu by Chef Elliot of Roots Alchemy. Available in select locations across Northern and Southern California for an intimate and unforgettable culinary journey.
Immerse yourself in a transformative sound healing experience, where soothing vibrations and harmonious frequencies promote deep relaxation and inner balance. Shane Thunder has traveled throughout the country for the last 8 years offering his 432hz Spirit Metacine in the passionate belief of unifying the body, mind, and spirit through the healing arts. Sound Healing Experience will take place in San Francisco, Los Angeles, or San Diego metropolitan areas.
