Complementary exhibition · Los Angeles

El Correfoc del Desierto

A curatorial proposal by Dani Nebot, with curation by Begonya De Salvo. A choreography of images and one sculptural object — five graphic "Dimonis" alongside a scale model of the Correfoc piece that will burn at Burning Man 2026.

Venue: Los Angeles Public Library
Curator: Begonya De Salvo
Artist: Dani Nebot
Year: 2026

00 — Walkthrough

Exhibition space — preview

01 — Framework

Conceptual frame

The exhibition transposes the ritual intensity of the Mediterranean correfoc into the symbolic landscape of Black Rock City — articulating a productive tension between tradition and counterculture, between the iconography of the dimoni and the ephemeral ethics of the burn.

In the gallery, image and volume operate as devices of presence. They do not illustrate an event; they activate one. Fire reads as celebration and threat, purification and archive. The dimoni is not folklore — it is a limit figure: desire, chaos, transformation.

02 — Graphic series

Dimonis — five totemic portraits

Five large-scale images conceived as totemic portraits. Read in sequence as formal variations of a single entity, suspended between celebration and unease. Installed at eye level with generous museographic breathing room and even light.

Dimoni I — Mask / cat ears / pink field — 01Dimoni IMask / cat ears / pink field

Dimoni II — Blue mask / horned silhouette — 02Dimoni IIBlue mask / horned silhouette

Dimoni III — Toothed totem / diamond eyes — 03Dimoni IIIToothed totem / diamond eyes

Dimoni IV — Red mask / black markings — 04Dimoni IVRed mask / black markings

Dimoni V — Black mask / purple horn — 05Dimoni VBlack mask / purple horn

Installation view: magenta horned sculpture with two dimoni portraits on the walls — Installation reference — sculpture and series in dialogue

03 — Sculpture

Correfoc — scale model

A scale piece built from the assembly drawings of the full sculpture. In the gallery it operates as a ritual model: it anticipates the burn and turns the future into present experience.

Recommended: low plinth allowing 360° viewing, discreet safety perimeter, even light. Full piece footprint approx. 6000 × 6000 mm; model adjusted to room conditions.

04 — Documentation

Assembly drawing

Construction system: dovetail-joined panel assembly. Plans, sections, details and montage documented at A3, dimensions in mm.

05 — Public program

Around the exhibition

TalkFiesta, mask and community — from the Mediterranean to the desert
PerformanceLight and sound piece on the language of fire and the ephemeral
WorkshopContemporary iconography — designing emblems and totems