The previous post is Afterburn: INTRODUCTION.
The next post is Afterburn: RETURN TO NORMAL.

Afterburn: ART · Sep 13, 06:55 PM

[DISCLAIMER—I am writing these afterburn posts in order to get stuff off my head and into words. There is no intended audience. Any resemblence to content either amusing or informative is coincidental.]

0. The Dance Dance Revolution reference in the previous post is not only hyperbole for communication; it’s actualized art. Replace “revolution” with “immolation” and submit to your favorite search engine. Someone had a thought and acted. That thought? “You know what’s better than video games? Video Games with FIRE!” [or just download this clip]

1. We catagorized by the set of boundaries chosen by an artist for a piece. Sets of limis define: painting, music, sculture, prose, & c.. Art is not catagorized at Burning Man. It is conceptualized in the head of the artists, who then searches for appropriate materials, people, and technology to instantiate his vision. There are no limits on art that are neither technological nor immaginative.

2. The buzz-phrase “interactive multimedia” is fully implemented at Burning Man. The participants who come after the artist as intrinsic to the existance of the art as the artists wood, lights, and electronic controllers. Thunderdome would not be thunderdome without the screaming mob hanging off the metal struts and the fighters. God would be lonely if nobody walked into the phone booth and picked up the receiver. The temple would be cold and emotionless if burners left no messages, scratched no apologies, posted no eulogies.

3. Participation is performance. Survival is art. My gig: walk around at night in a white tailcoat tuxedo and top-hat; carry an umbrella. Hang bright colored LEDs from the umbrella; they illuminate the tuxedo. Dance like the fool everybody’s watching.

* * *

Name
E-mail
http://
Message
  Textile Help