The Museum of No Spectators (MoNS) is a fully participatory container encouraging people to participate in creating and nurturing culture. Radically inclusive and highly interactive, MoNS creates a space for everyone to become an exhibiting artist. The 1,400-square-foot structure of 17,000 pounds of tube steel framing and aluminum panels emerged from the desert after ten days of building by a team of 40 volunteers. The main museum comprises eight galleries, each dedicated to a different theme. In a study in decommodification, participants enter through the Gifting Shop, where they are encouraged to make a gift.

After this initial experience, these artists flow through galleries, making art right on the walls, standing on a pedestal and being the art, or bringing art to add to this outpouring of creativity. The art on the walls constantly changes. Throughout the event, more than 60 artists of 14 nationalities posted artwork, and 53% of the artists were BIPOC. Participants exit on the Theatre of the Participant stage, which opens you back up to the vast potential of the Playa and the World beyond. This is the stepping-stone to becoming the change you want to make in the world …….