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GET ME OFF THIS CRAZY RIDE!
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Art is everywhere at Burning Man ... in every theme camp, every street, every nook and cranny of the expansive open playa -- from Center Camp to the Man to the deepest point of the City's perimeter -- you'll find art. In fact, everybody at Burning Man is art, including YOU (see Halcyon's sage advice on this point).
That's part of what makes our city so special: everywhere you go, you're neck-deep in of one of the most fantastic (and fantastical) art experiences ever conceived. And the best part? A lot of it involves FIRE. In fact, there's going to be over 100 open fire pieces this year (counting burbling fires, blasting poofers and gigantic conflagrations) ... and that's a LOT, people.
Also, we will have the most interactive Man Pavilion to date, including a Souk filled with 26 engaging, interactive performance experiences!
At final count, there are 311 pre-registered art pieces, the largest number ever ... and there will undoubtedly be more to come during the event. There are some amazing pieces coming to the playa this year, and if you want to bring your own artwork, it's not too late ... read on to learn more about how to go about it. EVERYBODY'S art is welcome at Burning Man, including YOURS.
Lastly, we wanted to let you know about this little art opening happening this Thursday in Fernley, if you're around.
The Man burns in 25 days!
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Burning Man 2014 Art Listings
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What's the ARTery?
The ARTery is the on-playa headquarters for Burning Man's art department, facilitating the process of getting your art on the playa. To learn about all that they do (and don't do), see the ARTery information page.
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Want to Bring Your Art to the Playa This Year?
If you haven't registered your art with us yet, and you want to bring it to the playa, you still can!
Download and fill out the art registration PDF and bring it with you to the ARTery, found on the Esplanade & 6:30.
Here's the PDF.
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Art Tours!
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The ARTery offers a variety of art tours. Pick one that's right for you:
Guided Art Tours
For those in need (e.g. you can't get around to the artwork yourself on foot or by bike), there are art tours that depart on a bus daily from "Everywhere Pavilion", right next to First Camp on the Esplanade. These limited seats are first come, first served, and designed to help those who are mobility-challenged see the wonderful art of the playa. Tours are Tuesday - Friday at 11am Tickets are handed out the day of the tour, beginning at 9am at Everywhere Pavilion. Check in at the ARTery for additional details and tour availability.
Self-Guided Paper Tours
The ARTery also provides written tours you can pick up at the ARTery and create your own tour! Lead a tour with your friends ... take 'em around in a pack of bikes, or do a tour with your Mutant Vehicle.
Bike Tours
Tuesday-Friday, once a day at 10am, weather permitting. Meet in front of the ARTery and ride your bikes as volunteers from the ARTery provide information on curated art pieces, as well as the Temple and The Man.
Audio Art Tours
The ARTery's Jim Tierney (aka Anarchist Cowboy) has once again produced an awesome audio art tour together with Evonne Heyning, featuring great behind-the-scenes information about many of the Honorarium art installations. We'll post a link to the MP3s in the next JRS ... stay tuned.
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Don't Lock Your Bike to the Art
This may sound stupid, but (well) every year people lock their bikes to art installations ... as if they were giant bike racks. Which they're not.
Sometimes this results in a) the lock being cut before the piece is burned, or b) the bike being burned with the piece. Neither is cool.
Avoid this situation by ... guess what? ... not locking your bike to the artwork.
Done and done.
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Respect for the Art: It Goes Without Saying, But ...
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We hope you'll help us with this one. We have few out-and-out RULES in BRC, but there's one very serious thing that really must be called a rule: Unless you made it, don't vandalize artwork.
Yeah, we know "it's Burning Man, maaaan ... don't harsh my mellow ... it's my creative expression, maaaan!" Yeah, no. Messing with somebody else's art isn't cool ... unless of course they expressly imply that their piece is meant to be messed with, written on, etc.
Having created art, this Rabbit is here to tell ya: it blows when somebody else vandalizes your work. So please, help keep an eye on the artwork and treat it with respect, and if you see someone tagging, vandalizing, manhandling or climbing something fragile or unsound, or heaven forbid, stealing a piece of art, do your part and talk to them, or contact a Ranger if you're not equipped to deal with it yourself.
There's plenty of room on the playa for eveyrone's art and expression without us having to do it all over each others' work.
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Burning Man 2014 Art Round-Up(s)
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Support an Art Project
So you'd like to help out with an art project, but you're not sure how. Well, you can gift your services, skills, time, resources, or funding, and there are plenty of projects in need of assistance. How do you find them? Here's how:
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Support Your Temple! Fund the Temple of Grace
Let's be real about this. The Temple Crew needs your help to build Black Rock City's most sacred structure this year. They can't do it without you. No you, no Temple. Get it? This is a big deal.
Please make a tax-deductible donation to the Temple. They still need to raise $40,000, and Burning Man is in less than a month.
Donate to the Temple of Grace now.
Thank you for your contribution to our city and our culture.
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Big Art for Small Towns Opening Reception - August 7
FERNLEY, NV — Black Rock Arts Foundation (BRAF), Burning Man Project and the City of Fernley will unveil three art pieces in Main Street Park on Thursday August 7, including Desert Tortoise, a new, permanent piece by local artist Pan Pantoja using mosaics created by local students and community members.
The opening reception is from 6-8 p.m. at the park at 610 Main Street and will include live music, speakers and arts activities for children and adults.
The park and artwork are the latest effort by BRAF and Burning Man Project as part of their Big Art For Small Towns program, funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
“Several thousand participants pass through Fernley each year on their way to Burning Man and we felt compelled to share the cultural and economic benefits with the surrounding communities,” said BRAF Executive Director Tomas McCabe. “We’re tremendously grateful for the community’s enthusiastic participation and contributions to the project, without which it couldn’t have happened.”
Desert Tortoise is a 25-foot long and 17-foot tall tall sculpture crafted from boulders from a local quarry and thousands of 4”x4” painted ceramic tiles of images which reflect the culture of Fernley and the surrounding area. Pantoja worked with students from every school in Fernley and community members who took part in a community painting night.
“The tortoise fosters community,” Pantoja said. “The tiles were a way to include participation from the majority of the residents and their children.”
Rockspinner 6 is a nine-ton stone slab by artist Zach Coffin that rotates on an axis such that a single person can set the piece in motion.
“I design my pieces to encourage people to interact with them – and experience the surprise that something so massive can move so effortlessly,” Coffin said. “It’s a great feeling to know the people of Fernley will have a chance to experience it.”
Bottlecap Gazebo, by artists Max Poynton and Andrew Grinberg. The gazebo was designed to be a social meeting place fostering interaction and connection. The name comes from the thousandsof recycled bottle caps that were individually smashed flat and drilled and strung together with wire in the form of leaves, creating complex lattices of glimmering colors and patterns.
The Big Art for Small Towns project is a collaboration between Black Rock Arts Foundation, the Burning Man Project, and the City of Fernley. The founders of BRAF and the Burning Man Project have a personal investment in giving back to the Burning Man event’s neighboring communities.
With its intent to support creative placemaking projects that transform communities into lively, beautiful, and sustainable places with the arts at their core, the National Endowment for the Art’s Our Town grant was an ideal match for the vision of this project.
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We were listening to ...
Eddie Santiago (you really should click this link, to see Eddie in all his glory), amongst other salsa stalwarts.
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