Registered Art – 2026

Ephemeral is a playroom for light, perception and fleeting moments.

Celebrating the beauty of experiences that exist only for a moment, this immersive camera obscura invites you to experiment with one of the oldest optical phenomena in the world. Sunlight, movement and the ever-changing life of Kiwi Burn are transformed into living images that appear, shift and disappear before your eyes.

Explore with lenses, pinholes, prisms and mirrors. Play, experiment and rediscover the quiet wonder at the heart of perception. Nothing is recorded. Nothing is repeated. Every moment exists only once.

Ten Principles? What? Come and listen. Interactive. AT. THE. ARTery. GALLERY.

Come chat with the aliens at their table in the ARTery. Half an hour before the paddock news. If bringing COW stuff it may trigger the aliens...

Late at night, long after the kids should be well in bed, strange noises can be heard deep in the woods. Those who choose to venture out there will be in for a nasty surprise. One that might just scare them to their bones!

Come along (or avoid at all costs!) for an interactive "sound" experience, in the forest, every night (except after temple burn) 1am – 5am approx.

Grab a block, find a spot, and drop a beat. Building Beats is a collaborative, 16-step sequencer that strips away the complexity of music production and replaces it with the simple joy of play. Whether you’re a seasoned producer or haven't touched an instrument since primary school, come build a track - one block at a time.

Visionary, avante-garde architect Jöănńą has pulled together an elite construction team of seven mimes and one yoga teacher who has taken a vow of silence to erect the most fantastical theme camp structure never seen: Camp Invisible. Immerse yourself in the structure through the 3D viewer and watch the crew as they work in silence. Don’t forget to come back after dark for an architecture tour - the reviews have been glowing!

Plants are really wise, peer under a leaf, lift a mushroom cap and see what you can find.

Enjoy a big mural from afar or close up! Towering above the paddock, you'll see a giant- don't worry she’s only here to inspire curiosity and a positive look into the future! Sitting in the grass you'll come across our bright mural, a collaboration between Bella Guarrera and Clark Roworth. Come and get your photo taken with it to prove you were there. You can't miss it!

You'll find a bench. Take a seat. Find your bearings in the landscape, take a breath and hum or sing. Sing solo, with a stranger, or everyone you came with. Humans have always sat in the landscape and offered up thier song. Every living thing on this earth - the moss on the rock, the tree on the hill, the person beside you on the bench - is part of one vast, ancient, unbroken conversation that has been running since first life stirred in the ocean. We grew out of the earth. We are of the earth. Earthsong is a response to that fact. At the intersection of Moss & Microchips - the oldest human impulse meeting the newest human tools - the energy of your voice and this landscape speak to each other across the dark. Sit down. Sing. Bring everyone you love.

The Normal Worms are freaking back again!!! Doodle your worm! Find our worm stickers!! FUGGIN COME AND CHECK OUT THE SEQUEL!!! REAL ACTORS!! ON-STAGE!!! AT CENTRE CAMP!!!! ONE-AFTERNOON ONLY!!!!! ARGHHH HOW WILL GEMMA VS THE NORMAL WORMS TEN YEARS LATER?????

Are you hot and bothered? Are you thirsting for a load? A blast in the face?

Look out for our most well endowed friend on the paddock, Göönther. He's been edging all year and he needs just a little bit of your help and he'll cool your hot and bothered head in this sweltering heat.

In an age of endless messages, notifications, and demands on your attention, some things still resist language. Pause for a moment and wonder whether words can ever fully capture feelings.

Microcosm is a family of sculptural luminaires inspired by natural and industrial forms - Microorganisms and pollutant molecules.

In our present day world, life seldom exists without being surrounded and permeated by human pollution.

With silent, ethereal beauty, Microcosm invites the observer to reflect on our new hybrid world with neutrality and wonder.

An unfamiliar and novel interaction between mortal life and immortal matter.

A remnant of a former civilization, onlookers ask: is this sloth a natural being, a droid servant or something that we, ourselves, should kneel before in worship? It appears of another age, yet it could be ageless.... encouraging curiosity, presence, joy and most of all, to sloowww down.

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Small actions can have dramatic consequences! This sculpture showcases the heart breaking parasitic relationship of the Pūriri Moth and it's host, the Pūriri Tree. This ancient process serves to remind us that our host (planet earth) becomes more inhospitable to human-kind as we drain it of resources.

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Walking through the forest

Off to have some fun

A clear dark night

Everything is right

Till a glowing pair of eyes

Gets you begging for the sun

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Yoni art work by a group of artists. An Interactive red tent exhibition space to explore the creative depictions of this phenomenal and powerful part of human anatomy. Come to view and contribute.

Return to the Living Circuit: A Kiwiburn Pick-a-Path Adventure.

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The only Sparkle Pony you want to ride on the paddock.

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Only by watching the film does one become a frog. Climb into the Congregation Pool, sink into soft things, and let Frog Lyf wash over you. You only have two chances across the festival! The rest of the time, the frog just watches you back. Frog names given freely. No toads allowed.

When the bass drops, with that sweet squishy sound, your face does one thing; The Bass Face. Coming to a paddock near you, the most interactive Bass Face you ever did lay your eyes on. Play, create, climb, interact, melt. But make sure you bring your best Bass Face!

Wander into a peaceful grove where a white baby grand piano, herbal tea and gentle music invite you to slow down. Scheduled and spontaneous performances happen throughout the week, with everyone welcome to listen, rest or play. Open most days, weather permitting.

Find the Mosstume! This mossy creature awaits your caresses. Come and find her and see what she has to show you....

The Pattern Translator is an interactive oracle, an object which may use scientific and/or metaphysical technologies to offer guidance and understanding. Will you take the role of reader or seeker?

Follow the magical mycelium highway to the Shroom Room

ahhh tbc sorry, can I please work on this a little longer? x