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The towering artwork and wild structures of Burning Man are already taking shape - take a look

This is "The Folly," a carnival village.

The towering artwork and wild structures of Burning Man are already taking shape - take a look

This structure has ballet pointe shoes and a sewing machine for the forthcoming "Dreyma" dance performance project.

This structure has ballet pointe shoes and a sewing machine for the forthcoming "Dreyma" dance performance project.

This structure was also made by Dave Keene — it's for the debut performance "Dreyma" by Marlowe Bassett and Tracy Windisch.

This is "the Man," which gets burned on Saturday — hence, "Burning Man."

This is "the Man," which gets burned on Saturday — hence, "Burning Man."

Olivia Steele's "Art Park" has a burning sign reading "I wish you were here."

Olivia Steele

According to Steele's Instagram, "Art Park" is an "immersive outdoor gallery comprised of 11 installations." The project represents Steele's transition away from their usual neon installations.

Art Park's main piece, a large-scale fireplace made of hand-bent iron filled with propane gas, reads "I wish you were here."

This is "Slonik," a 75-foot, neon green, inflatable elephant bringing attention to elephant abuse and endangerment in Africa and Asia.

This is "Slonik," a 75-foot, neon green, inflatable elephant bringing attention to elephant abuse and endangerment in Africa and Asia.

"Slonik" is the diminutive form of "elephant" (slon) in Russian. Michael Tsaturyan is the artist behind Slonik.

"Playa Harvey" is a response to the now-annual "Playa Barbie" art installation.

"Playa Harvey" is a response to the now-annual "Playa Barbie" art installation.

"Barbie is a plastic aesthetic that degrades the Burning Man culture with a false identity and unrealistic proportions," reads the description of Steve Landis' piece "Playa Harvey," which is a response to the "Playa Barbie" now-annual art installation.

"Radical inclusion is not poorly defined gender stereotypes and artificial visions that upset the moral arc of the universe bending towards realistic body shapes and non-binary gender roles," the description says.

This is titled "The Temple of Direction."

This is titled "The Temple of Direction."

"The Temple of Direction" by Geordie Van Der Bosch "is organized linearly" as "linearity also reflects the passage of life," according to the structure's description.

"It creates a restricted passage which expands in the center into a large hall" that provides "a bright area suitable for gatherings or performances with a staggered edge for peripheral participation."

"Talking Heads" is an abstract, reflective statue.

"Talking Heads" is an abstract, reflective statue.

"The viewer can experience a multiplicity of meanings, depending on what goes on inside their own heads," the sculpture's description reads. "Talking Heads can show the power of imagination to lead us into a metaphysical and magical experience of metamorphosis."

Some of the art doesn't appear to have a name listed online, like this cabana with a chandelier ...

Some of the art doesn

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