Disorient

What Disorient does

Disorient is a non-profit sound, visual, and performance art collective that has operated a camp at Burning Man continuously since 2001. Its core offering is experiential: the collective designs and builds immersive art installations using a heterogeneous hardware stack that includes geodesic domes, scaffolding, shipping containers, Raspberry Pi microcontrollers, video systems, black lights, inflatable structures, repurposed objects, and vehicles, complemented by in-house open-source software released on GitHub. It is governed by the Disorient Model and Disorient Council with no traditional corporate ownership structure; approximately eight core organizers support a much larger participating community.

The annual Burning Man camp (D25 hosted 223 campers on 200 ft. × 400 ft. of land at Esplanade & 2:45 in 2025; D26 is themed 'Disorient Sbagliato' for 2026) anchors the brand alongside recurring branded sub-spaces including the Club House with Void Sound System, Bedouin Tent, Kitchen Tent, Tea House, Phoenix Sauna, and the CoSign LED sign installation. Programming includes the Disorient Talks speaker series, daily Amp'd Yoga, the Pornj clothing exchange, dye sublimation station, and the DisOrientations participatory framework. Off-playa retreats extend the model to other geographies: Country Club in upstate New York (since 2011), Bedouin Tech in Dubai (2014-2018), Fun Tsang in Hong Kong (since 2016), and Burning Mantap in Bali (since September 2021).

The economic model is explicitly 100%-profit-reinvestment with no commercial product or service sales. Revenue is generated through event-based fundraising at off-playa events and limited merchandise sales (D-shirts, 214 Socks, Mask, Leggings, Plastic Woven Mat, Scarf, Goggles). The market is community-driven rather than transactional: thousands of 'DOers' (DisOrienters) participate across dozens of countries, with roughly half U.S.-based and the remainder distributed internationally. Customer segments are personas, not accounts: Burning Man participants seeking immersive creative community, and the wider art community attending Disorient-organized off-playa retreats.

Name

Disorient

Website

https://disorient.info

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Disorient is a non-profit sound, visual, and performance art collective operating a Burning Man camp since 2001. It builds immersive installations using containers, scaffolding, domes, and Raspberry Pi systems, hosts off-playa retreats globally, and reinvests 100% of event proceeds into art.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Art Collective & Event Experiences

NAICS

Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers (71151), Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation (71), Performing Arts Companies (7111)

SIC

Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation (7990)

akta.pro primary industry

Event Fabrication & Scenic/Set Build (Custom Builds, Installations) (BPAFAGAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Event Signage, Props & Custom Installations (HSACAOAG)

Keywords

• Art collective experiences
• Burning man camp
• Immersive art installations
• Community art events
• Off-playa retreats

Headquarters

HQ city

New York, NY

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Event Fundraising: Funds raised during off-playa events (Country Club, Bedouin Tech, Fun Tsang, Burning Mantap) help support art projects on and off the playa. Following their economic model, 100% of profit is reinvested in Disorient.
2. Merchandise Sales: Sale of branded merchandise including D-shirts, 214 Socks, Mask, Leggings, Plastic Woven Mat, Scarf, Goggles to supporters and community members.

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Disorient is a sound, visual, and performance art collective that has operated a camp at Burning Man every year since 2001. It builds immersive art installations using hardware (wood, scaffolding, shipping containers, Raspberry Pi, geodesic domes, inflatables, video, black lights, repurposed objects) and develops open-source software for those installations on GitHub. Beyond the annual Burning Man camp, it organizes off-playa retreats (Country Club in NY, Bedouin Tech in Dubai, Fun Tsang in Hong Kong, Burning Mantap in Bali), sells branded merchandise, and reinvests 100% of profits back into the collective.

Product overview

Disorient is a sound, visual, and performance art collective that has operated a camp at Burning Man since 2001. It is not a commercial product company but rather a community-driven organization that creates art installations and hosts events. The core offerings include art installations built with hardware (wood, scaffolding, containers, Raspberry Pi, geodesic domes, video, black lights) and software developed on GitHub. The ecosystem encompasses branded spaces and experiences at Burning Man (CoSign signage, Club House with Void Sound System, Bedouin Tent, Candle Vibe, Kitchen, Tea House), recurring off-playa events (Country Club since 2011, Bedouin Tech 2014-2018, Fun Tsang since 2016, Burning Mantap since 2021), and community participation programs (DisOrientations, Pornj clothing exchange, Amp'd Yoga, Disorient Talks). The organization operates on a 100% profit reinvestment model with no commercial products for sale.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Pornj: A contribution to the vernacular by Disorient, part of their creative platform.
• GlamTech

Products and services

• Disorient Burning Man Camps (D25, D26 and prior annual camps) Annual Burning Man camp offering immersive sound, visual, and performance art installations, sound systems, communal gathering spaces, and participatory programming for Burning Man participants.
• Disorient Art Installations Sound, visual, and performance art installations built with hardware (wood, scaffolding, palette rack, containers, recycled materials, Raspberry Pi, geodesic domes, inflatable structures, video, repurposed objects, black lights, vehicles) and open-source software, produced at Burning Man and off-playa retreats.
• Country Club (off-playa retreat) Off-playa outdoor camping retreat in upstate New York, aligned with Burning Man ethos and acting as a fundraiser for Disorient art projects.
• Bedouin Tech (off-playa retreat) Desert camping retreat in Dubai, UAE, aligned with Burning Man ethos, operated from 2014 to 2018.
• Fun Tsang (off-playa retreat) Beach retreat on a tiny uninhabited tropical island of Hong Kong, aligned with Burning Man ethos, running since 2016.
• Burning Mantap (off-playa retreat) Burning Man-style event held in Bali, Indonesia, since September 2021, aligned with Burning Man ethos.
• Disorient-branded merchandise Branded merchandise including D-shirts, 214 Socks, Mask, Leggings, Plastic Woven Mat, Scarf, and Goggles, sold to community members and supporters.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Meow Wolf: Meow Wolf operates permanent immersive art installations and is the most prominent scaled-up analog of Disorient's "immersive art experience" model. Useful as a broad incumbent reference for how a Burner-adjacent art collective can professionalize immersive experiences at scale.
• The Do Lab: The Do Lab produces Lightning in a Bottle and other large-scale transformational festivals featuring custom-built stages and immersive environments. Closely mirrors Disorient's combination of artistic fabrication, sound, and community-driven event production, but at significantly greater scale.
• Symbiosis Gathering: Symbiosis is a transformational festival and art collective aligned with Burning Man ethos. Comparable to Disorient in curating immersive art, sound, and participatory experiences for an intentional community, with a regional-festival rather than camp-based delivery model.

Direct peers

• Black Rock City Arts Collective: The wider Burning Man art-camp ecosystem functions as the immediate competitive and collaborative set for Disorient's annual playa presence. Direct peer category referencing other large, thematically defined camps that vie for shared infrastructure, volunteers, and premium placement each year.
• Pink Mammoth: Pink Mammoth is a dance-music collective with a long-running Burning Man camp plus off-playa parties in San Francisco. Direct peer to Disorient as a sound-and-event collective that bridges playa presence with an urban community programming calendar.
• Distrikt: Distrikt is a Burner-centric sound and art collective known for its Burning Man camp and affiliated events. Direct peer to Disorient as a music-led, community-organized camp with off-playa programming.
• Mayan Warrior: Mayan Warrior is a multi-level Burning Man sound camp and art car famous for its sculptural aesthetic and audio production. Shares Disorient's DNA of combining large-format custom fabrication with curated music programming for the Burning Man community.
• Opulent Temple: Opulent Temple is a long-running Burning Man sound camp with a dedicated DJ lineup and annual fundraising culture. A direct parallel to Disorient in operating as a themed sound-and-visual camp with a multi-year track record on playa.
• Robot Heart: Robot Heart is one of Burning Man's most iconic sound camps, operating a custom art car and DJ-led sunrise sets for Burners. Directly comparable to Disorient as a large, art-and-music centered camp with a distinct visual and sonic identity on playa.

Regional players

• Oregon Eclipse / Oregon Country Fair collective: The Oregon Country Fair and adjacent transformational gatherings in the Pacific Northwest operate on a similar participant-built art and community ethos. Comparable to Disorient in volunteer-driven art installation culture, though rooted in a regional rather than nomadic/BRC context.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/disorient
• GitHubgithub.com/disorient
• Facebookfacebook.com/groups/pornj
• Instagraminstagram.com/dis.ori.ent
• TikToktiktok.com/@dis.ori.ent
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/disorient

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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