Building the Temple 2010: Community, art and change for Burning Man 2010
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"Change is inevitable. Change is constant," as Benjamin Disraeli said, standing on the shoulders of Heraclitus. The Flux Foundation embraces this knowledge as they create the Temple for Burning Man 2010.
The Burning Man Temple is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year. It is an institution dedicated to remembrance, catharsis, and rebirth – an essential place of memorial for the over 45,000 participants who attend Burning Man every year. This year, it will also be dedicated to change.
This year's temple, The Temple of Flux, is being built in West Oakland at American Steel by a newly formed group of artists, the Flux Foundation, led by three established artists specializing in large-scale sculptures, Rebecca Anders, Jess Hobbs, and Peter Kimmelman. The Flux Foundation is a collaboration of many Bay Area communities, including the Flaming Lotus Girls, the SpaceCowboys, House of Lotus, the Department of Spontaneous Combustion, Burning Man's Department of Public Works, the Deep End/Distrikt, House of Lotus, Neuroweapon and so many others. The crew are carpenters, artists, metal workers, machinists, pyrotechnicians, and a vast array of other individuals from the Bay Area and beyond. They have a huge range of experience and backgrounds, with one unfying vision: Creating awe-inspiring, memorable art that emerges from the community and inspires change.
The groups draws from a pool of talent and experience that is unique in the Temple's history, and for the first time ever, the project is being lead primarily by women. It is the aim of the Flux Foundation to empower women, in the traditionally male-dominated field of large-scale art, by creating a supportive hands-on educational environment for all genders.
This is the first chapter in the story of this very big art created by amazing minds, hands and hearts in West Oakland, CA. There's much more to come. Be part of making the temple a reality! Visit http://www.temple2010.org or http://kck.st/bvavk2 for more information.
Video by Jeff Bush.
The Burning Man Temple is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year. It is an institution dedicated to remembrance, catharsis, and rebirth – an essential place of memorial for the over 45,000 participants who attend Burning Man every year. This year, it will also be dedicated to change.
This year's temple, The Temple of Flux, is being built in West Oakland at American Steel by a newly formed group of artists, the Flux Foundation, led by three established artists specializing in large-scale sculptures, Rebecca Anders, Jess Hobbs, and Peter Kimmelman. The Flux Foundation is a collaboration of many Bay Area communities, including the Flaming Lotus Girls, the SpaceCowboys, House of Lotus, the Department of Spontaneous Combustion, Burning Man's Department of Public Works, the Deep End/Distrikt, House of Lotus, Neuroweapon and so many others. The crew are carpenters, artists, metal workers, machinists, pyrotechnicians, and a vast array of other individuals from the Bay Area and beyond. They have a huge range of experience and backgrounds, with one unfying vision: Creating awe-inspiring, memorable art that emerges from the community and inspires change.
The groups draws from a pool of talent and experience that is unique in the Temple's history, and for the first time ever, the project is being lead primarily by women. It is the aim of the Flux Foundation to empower women, in the traditionally male-dominated field of large-scale art, by creating a supportive hands-on educational environment for all genders.
This is the first chapter in the story of this very big art created by amazing minds, hands and hearts in West Oakland, CA. There's much more to come. Be part of making the temple a reality! Visit http://www.temple2010.org or http://kck.st/bvavk2 for more information.
Video by Jeff Bush.
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artemis6
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I am so excited !!!!!! THAT is gonna be great !
- 1 year ago
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artemis6
