Art Tour of the Playa
I told everyone that I wanted to go to BurningMan to see the art. So I took a guided tour of some featured art pieces on the Playa this afternoon on an art bus called the Purple ---
I saw some great pieces I have included several below.
This piece was by two architecture students who had never been to Burning Man. The piece utilized construction techniques from a 19th [?] century Russian architect. All members in tension. No compression or torsion.
This was the iron tree house. It featured a lot of interactive kinetic pieces, along with a Victorian living room.
The artist came up with the vision for this piece last year on his trip to Burning Man. It required the observers to power it for the full rotoscope effect. Very neat.
This particular piece crystallized my motivation for going. The curator only began a brief description of the meaning and inspiration behind the Temple and I felt very moved. Choked up actually. The Temple has been a fixture at the festival for a long time. It is meant as a place of remembrance and reflection for people who have passed on.
People are encouraged to write wishes on the walls. It provides a HUGE contrast to the mood of the rest of the festival. Large groups of people just sitting quietly, some caught up in very visable grief. A great counter weight to the frivolity of the rest of the festival. It was hard to visit without getting caught up in the gigantic well of emotion around the structure. I took some time to read some of the messages and to write my own. The Temple burned on the last night of the festival.
More art work links
Waldemar Horwat's Pics of Burning Man
Burning Man Art Tour on Current TV
Crude Awakening
1 comment:
It looks amazing. I guess I'm going to have to come see it for myself.
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