🐄 An analog art piece for a digital disco — abducted for Burning Man 2026

COW-MPLIMENT

HOTLINE

There's no number to call. Leave a cow-mpliment here right now — then find the Cow Hotline at Illumination Village, Mootopia camp (4:30 & Esplanade) and hear the herd's voices play on real phones on playa.

How it works

LIVE from the herd

The whole bit

HOW IT WORKS

01

Find the herd

No phone number. No app. The Cow Hotline is a wooden cart with eight landline phones, grazing at Illumination Village, Mootopia camp — 4:30 & Esplanade, Burning Man 2026. Follow the disco light and the moo.

02

Pick up

Grab the receiver. A stranger's cow-mpliment plays — something someone said out loud because they meant it.

03

Record yours

After the beep, leave a cow-mpliment for whoever picks up next. 30 seconds. Be kind. Be specific. Moo optional.

04

Load one now

The lines are open. Load a voice cow-mpliment into the system below right now — it'll be waiting in the rotation when the cart lands at 4:30 & Esplanade, ready to play for whoever picks up.

Your turn, human

LEAVE ONE

30 seconds of voice. Be kind. Be specific. Moo optional. Leave it now — it gets queued, reviewed by a human, then plays on a real landline at our camp: 4:30 & Esplanade, Burning Man 2026.

Ready to record. Press Space or Enter on the dial to begin.

Click the dial to start recording. Keyboard: Space or Enter.