If you aren’t
familiar with Burning Man, this is a festival, a living laboratory, that takes
place every summer in the Nevada dessert. Guided by 10 principles (radical
inclusion, self-reliance, self-expression; communal effort; civic
responsibility; leaving no trace; participation; gifting, decommodification;
and immediacy) Black Rock City is formed and enjoyed for 10 days. When it is
over, they depart leaving no trace behind.
The art at Burning
Man is stunning, visionary and a host of other descriptors. Today’s “take a
break” is about creating a design for the 2016 event, which has the theme DaVinci’s Workshop. Inspired
by the Italian Renaissance of the middle fifteenth and early sixteenth
centuries, when an historic convergence of inspired artistry, technical
innovation and enlightened patronage launched Europe out of the dark ages and
into modernity. Our story will focus on the republic of Florence, for it was
here, in a city-state of about the same size and population as Black Rock City,
that humanist ideals, a rediscovery of science, and funding from a newly
moneyed class of entrepreneurs fueled a revolutionary cultural movement that
redefined Western civilization. Five centuries later, we will attempt to
recreate this potent social alchemy by combining Burning Man art, maker culture
and creative philanthropy to make Black Rock City the epicenter of a new
renaissance.
While there are lots of big art installations, there
are also wonderful small art pieces such as the jewelry made there.
Big or small, start sketching or crafting art with the
Da Vinci Notebook theme. Some links to help you get started:
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