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The Burning Man Art You Have To See This Year: I.L.Y. |
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About the organization Burning Man:
Type: Business
Sub-Types: Event Production, Event Promotion, Entertainment Production, Entertainment Promotion, Ticketing Agent |
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Notable Organizations: Burning Man, Mixmag
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| This year marks three consecutive decades of Burning Man in the vast expanse of Black Rock Desert. These vacant badlands extend for miles, just past the eternally quaint township of Gerlach, Nevada. The town was founded as a gypsum mining operation over a century ago, and it hasn’t changed much since. The 2010 Census registered a town population of 206 residents living in roughly three square miles, and there’s only one main road through the region. It’s a simple place, ripe with solitude in its isolation.
But in the desert, just beyond Gerlach’s city limits, Burning Man has pioneered an ambitious medium of societal interaction; a deranged and dusty, yet artistically decadent refuge from the sterility of the Default World.
Each year, from the end of August through Labor Day, this modest corner of northwestern Nevada becomes the third-largest city in the state. Gerlach’s panoramic backdrop provides a platform for nearly 70,000 Burners to frolic in an other-worldly display of human fortitude, generosity and showmanship. These participants transform an otherwise uninhabitable landscape into a thriving metropolitan oasis with uncut glee.
The only currency found at Burning Man comes in the form of smiles and sweat. The incentive to create comes from within, and to share the best of ourselves with one another in earnest fashion. Everything is a gift, without the expectation of anything in return. |
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