by Logan Mirto and Christian Davies of San Francisco, CA

The Dicky Box plays with the notion of an isolated psyche amongst a community consciousness. For the duration of Burning Man, "Dicky" Davies will be locked into a 10 x 10 plexiglass room on the open playa where his perceptions of isolation will be pushed, celebrated, and delivered as a gift to the community. He will be given enough food and water to survive the event, and a medical staff will be on hand to ensure his safety. He will not be able to leave the box, nor will anyone be able to join him. His only interaction with the outside world will be through a standard size parcel slot and a screened 6" by 6" portal. Everything he receives will be at the discretion of Black Rock City's citizens. With his necessities tended to, we invite the community to engage, nurture, and push the needs of one of its own, as he spends a week in isolation and heads toward a deeper understanding of self. The Dicky Box will be an experiment of restriction in the world's most unrestrictive community.