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Friday, August 31, 2018
BIG architects' mirrored orb among installation highlights at Burning Man
www.dezeen.com: Instagram images confirm that BIG's Bjarke Ingels and Jakob Lange have inflated the huge reflective sphere they crowdfunded for this year's Burning Man festival, which is well underway in the Nevada desert.
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DJ Lesh
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What an absolutely marvellous sight. Burning man never ceases to amaze me. Think about it, let us bring in some perspective. Burning Man attracts upwards of 70,000 people every year. To accommodate these people, the organizers of the festival create a city in a place where no one normally is. Burning Man is, in fact, a city when it exists. It was an airport, named streets, and even its own ranger department. It is amazing what can be built in such an uninhabitable place. Every year one of my close older friends goes to Burning Man and constructs his own "camp," as they are called, with his friends. In his camp, he builds a 30-foot tall mylar covered reflective dome. That is exactly what I'm talking about when I say how impressive it is what is built at Burning Man every year. The inflatable mirrored orb built by the BIG architects is just one of many absolutely monstrous and marvellous pieces of art at Burning Man. These pieces of art create an atmosphere that is unparalleled. I can't wait to attend my first burning man.
The creativity and capability of Burning Man participants is simply unreal. So much is accomplished in such a short time, and for such a short time, for the pure purpose of art and creativity and self-expression. It’s incredible what people can do provided they have the inspiration and the outlet. I have such mixed feelings about Burning Man. The massive city that the participants create and maintain along with all the sculptures and projects built is a true feat of human brain power. I know that they spend time afterwards meticulously restoring the desert to the natural state in which they found it; however, the whole thing still feels profoundly wasteful to me. Do they recycle or reuse what they don’t burn down? Do they take the ideas and creativity generated and bring them to other fields in their real lives? Or is it all just lost in the desert? It’s strange to reckon with, being so in awe of the beauty of the festival and community but put off by its impermanent nature, particularly being involved in theater which is also impermanent and can be incredibly wasteful.
2 comments:
What an absolutely marvellous sight. Burning man never ceases to amaze me. Think about it, let us bring in some perspective. Burning Man attracts upwards of 70,000 people every year. To accommodate these people, the organizers of the festival create a city in a place where no one normally is. Burning Man is, in fact, a city when it exists. It was an airport, named streets, and even its own ranger department. It is amazing what can be built in such an uninhabitable place. Every year one of my close older friends goes to Burning Man and constructs his own "camp," as they are called, with his friends. In his camp, he builds a 30-foot tall mylar covered reflective dome. That is exactly what I'm talking about when I say how impressive it is what is built at Burning Man every year. The inflatable mirrored orb built by the BIG architects is just one of many absolutely monstrous and marvellous pieces of art at Burning Man. These pieces of art create an atmosphere that is unparalleled. I can't wait to attend my first burning man.
The creativity and capability of Burning Man participants is simply unreal. So much is accomplished in such a short time, and for such a short time, for the pure purpose of art and creativity and self-expression. It’s incredible what people can do provided they have the inspiration and the outlet. I have such mixed feelings about Burning Man. The massive city that the participants create and maintain along with all the sculptures and projects built is a true feat of human brain power. I know that they spend time afterwards meticulously restoring the desert to the natural state in which they found it; however, the whole thing still feels profoundly wasteful to me. Do they recycle or reuse what they don’t burn down? Do they take the ideas and creativity generated and bring them to other fields in their real lives? Or is it all just lost in the desert? It’s strange to reckon with, being so in awe of the beauty of the festival and community but put off by its impermanent nature, particularly being involved in theater which is also impermanent and can be incredibly wasteful.
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