16 pictures from the crazy holiday art Burning Man 2016
Weekly art festival Burning Man - it is 70 thousand participants , the atmosphere of freedom, self-expression and the concentration of bold ideas . Here you can see the giant fantastic facilities , installations and sculptures crazy , creative exhibitions and creative projects , people in costumes and extraordinary images .
The key installation of the festival Burning Man 2016 .
At every festival there is a wooden effigy of a man that is traditionally burned at the end of the holiday. This year the theme of the event was chosen the Renaissance . That is why the installation is reminiscent of Vitruvian Man by Leonardo da Vinci .
Creative participant of the festival . One of the ways of self-expression to Burning Man - incredible images .
Most installations illuminated when it gets dark . Night on the festival lit such gigantic words like "home" , "love" , "earth" , "magic" .
At Burning Man can be everything. For example, to climb on the sculpture .
One of the hosts of the festival - two massive gorilla made of cardboard .
Fluorescent moving mushrooms.
Users can interact with fungi and affect the way they move. At night, this installation is lit inside and react to sounds around .
One of the most popular sculptures at the festival . Who are the participants not only tried to ride this wild boar .
Gramophone La Victrola.
Artists created a huge gramophone , which lost at the festival music in the styles of jazz, blues , bluegrass , country and western .
Frightening giant or cute monster - what you see in this installation you ?
A huge sculpture of an octopus .
Medusa - a monster with a woman's face whose eyes , according to legend , turns a man into stone. Instead of hair - a snake . At night at the festival out of their mouths burst fire.
Architectural building " Tangential dreams ."
On the planning and creation it took 2 years . Winding tower consists of thousands of wooden parts , assembled around a horizontal axis . It has several interpretations : interweaving the life line , the value of mathematics in art , the emergence of a new Renaissance , where highly complex design in the design can be made at very low cost
Architectural building "Lighthouse" .
At night, the structure is really filled with light , and performs the function of a beacon , helping participants to better focus on the festival . At the end of the holiday lighthouse was burnt , as well as many of the installations .
Geometric installation " Heart of Gold " .
The inspiration for the creation of this project are the polyhedra in the works of Leonardo da Vinci .
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Pyatnadtsatimetrovy space whale and her calf made of steel and colored glass is a symbol of our relationship with nature. The sculpture was created to remind us of the need to preserve the environment and encourage the creation of a bright future for our descendants .
Keeper of the Milky Way .
The owl symbolizes the defense that protects our world from the dark forces .
Wonderful photographs. This one is my favorite.
I personally am not a fan of Burning Man for a multitude of reasons, but I am glad that you enjoyed yourself. And you took incredible photographs. :D
Damn, it looks like an amazing event. maybe i get to go one day. Great pictures
The best!!!!!
Thanks for sharing.
I went back in '92, when it had just been kicked off the beaches of Cali. Much more informal then, no tickets or anything. LOTS of fun though. lol