visions
The Fertile Desert
April/05/2012
From the artist: “The
advent of knowing. The lovers and dreamers. The laser connections.
These are what bring life out of light while energy dances out of
desolate dust. All that is familiar and foreign comes together in
who we are and what we want to be... challenging nature and
inviting more of ourselves :)”
This is THE BEST Burning Man video I have yet seen. It most closely captures, for me, what it is like to be on the playa, communing and expanding with our people, freaking out in Black Rock City.
This is THE BEST Burning Man video I have yet seen. It most closely captures, for me, what it is like to be on the playa, communing and expanding with our people, freaking out in Black Rock City.
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Rites of Passage: Burning Man 2011
January/31/2011
“The story is told of how the first settlers of our city arrived in the Black Rock Desert. Drawing a line in the ground at the edge of the playa, they were told that once they crossed this line, "Everything will be different." Holding hands, they stepped across it. When present day participants arrive at Burning Man they're met by Greeters. Newcomers are invited to ring a bell and roll about in the dust. On the sixth day of the event, participants encircle Burning Man to witness its destruction. Here, for the very first time, an entire community regards itself. People do this with the reassurance that another Man, an always slightly different Man, will rise anew. At the the end of the event, thousands silently surround a temple dedicated to that strangest and most fearful change of all: the loss of loved ones and our ultimate departure from the world. From first to last, Burning Man has always been a rite of passage.”
Read more musings about the 2011 theme here.
Gone to Burning Man
August/26/2010
Thursday,
August 26, 8:02 am...leaving for Black Rock City: Bend, OR tonight,
Gerlach, NV tomorrow and on through the portal Friday
afternoon....excited to see my Get Found tribe and all the
beautiful Burners.....over & out!
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more...
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more...
Temple 2010
June/28/2010
"BM Temple 2010, 6/24/10" from the Temple of Flux Flickr pool.
A new team of Burners are hard at work constructing the next manifestation of the Temple for Black Rock City -- its called the Temple of Flux and is being constructed in San Francisco this summer. Here's some info on their vision from the Temple 2010 Facebook page:
"Artist and designers Jess Hobbs, Rebecca Anders, and Peter Kimelman collaborate on the building of Burning Man's 2010 Temple.
Drawing its inspiration from canyons carved by wind and water over time, the Temple of Flux rises from the playa floor as a series of graceful double curved walls. Their wide, heavy bases taper as they ascend, leading the eye from a solid urban foundation to an increasingly fragmented upper edge as these long angles reach to the sky.
The tallest of these walls is 40' with a footprint of roughly 140 x 100. The walls stand in an overlapping, linear layout, allowing access from all sides via passages of varying widths. The largest walls, describe a large chamber inside the array, creating space for gathering and celebration.
Our cities as massive structures have evolved over time, rising like mountains and spreading like the deserts. We look to them as places of permanence and wonder, where we inhabit the urban canyons carved by roads of commerce. The city differs little from the geological features in which we once dwelled: a metropolis too changes with time, shifting, growing, crumbling and eroding. The city will someday disappear altogether.
This Temple stands not as a habitable building, echoing churches and mosques from our histories, but as a counter-monument. We reference our impetus to create structure as well as relate to our environment. The Temple of Flux welcomes you to take respite and find strength at its feet. It beckons you to journey its pathways and follow its sensuous lines as they arc into the air."
The Temple team are blogging about the build at http://temple2010.org/wordpress/. They're also -- of course -- raising money for their project, which benefits our entire community -- they've raised over $6,000 towards their $16,000 goal. You too can donate some funds via Kickstarter.com:
Finally, here are some cool video profiles of the team members:
Temple Profiles 2010: Jonny Poynton from Sean Donnelly on Vimeo.
Temple 2010 Artist Profiles: Brittnee Jones from Sean Donnelly on Vimeo.
BBC in BRC
February/10/2010
While dBM has produced and then
offered up for viewing many
videos over the
past several years, it is always great for us to see somebody
else's take on trying to interpret Burning Man through video. We
were especially tickled by this heartfelt report from BBC Radio 1
and Booby Friction. From Burning Man 2009 Evolution
:
Have to admit that any hesitations I've been holding towards going to BRC this year were pretty much erased as soon as I saw the scrub brush desert road leading up to the city and remembered the feeling one get when one's tires hit the playa and you pass through the portal...
Have to admit that any hesitations I've been holding towards going to BRC this year were pretty much erased as soon as I saw the scrub brush desert road leading up to the city and remembered the feeling one get when one's tires hit the playa and you pass through the portal...
Boogie Universal Pyramid Project 2007 : World Premier of Moontroll's documentary video!
December/04/2008
BurningHamster Brainstorm I
April/08/2007
A local Burner group has begun loose planning for an encampment/art
project/installation/community event on playa in 2007. Stay
tuned...click here for
more...