Kwalq

The Kwalq Bus is a giant neon frog celebrating transformation, carrying people to new adventures across water and land. For Burning Man 2026 our plan is to transform the Thataway Bus into a giant neon frog, renamed “Kwalq” because that is the international sound of the frog. Not ribbit, not croak — but kwalq like a duck. It will be the same crew, same bus, same armature, same lights, etc., as the Thataway Bus, but now in the shape of a giant frog. The “Kwalq” project is simple yet stunning image in design — we convert a 30 foot metro…

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Kwalq Camp

For Burning Man 2026 we are changing our interactivity under our new name Kwalq Camp (formerly Clamp Camp). As a mock cult we will be helping tadpoles and polywogs reach their next level of amphibious enlightenment. Our camp will look like a Lily Pad pond, and be home to our god frog “Kwalq” mutant vehicle. Our camp is home to polywogs seeking to ascend to the next level as amphibians (with a humorous tongue in cheek ascension ritual). Why Kwalq? That’s the international sound of the frog — not ribbit, not croak, but kwalq like a duck. Our crew of froggie monks will help participants earn merit badges…

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Cassini-Declassified

The Color Out of Space- New art by Jeff Larson The Cassini–Huygens space probe was launched in 1997, an ambitious thirteen year exploration of Saturn and its moons, that transmitted back troves of stellar information. Up until now, the last 48 hours of data has been a carefully guarded secret. Join us on this exhibition, where we analyze the secrets of these strange missing days.

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Space Available

November 11, Capitol Hill, Seattle at Passable Out of time. Out of place. SPACE AVAILABLE is the universal, community-based, classified ad spectrum; for your inner and outer sanctum. Specializing in real estate and unreal states. Please tread carefully. SPACE AVAILABLE is like a Twilight Zone version of the Little Nickel classified ads with a touch of Mad Magazine. A blend of real ads from the past that don’t seem right in today’s world, remixed ads, and totally new ideas that seem funny to us: a group of artists obsessed with science, science-fiction, and pop-culture. November 11th Capitol Hill 2nd Thursday…

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