NK Guy Captures the Creation & Destruction of Burning Man Art Festival
Cadhla Gray — August 31, 2015 — Art & Design
References: burningman.org & dezeen
NK Guy's photographic essay showcases the creativity and intensity of Burning Man art festival. The festival is the home of a temporary city in Nevada that is created each summer and intentionally destroyed a week later.
The photos show the intense contrast between the semi-circular temporary city and the vast dry desert surrounding it. While some photos give a view into the festival's intense and wild night life, others show how structured the temporary city can also be. Bird's eye views display the pentagonal zones, the concentric streets and the radial roads that are labelled by the sun's shadows like a sun dial.
These photos showcase Burning Man art festival and the attending youth's desire to try out a different way of living for a week -- a return to nature, art and an economic system based on bartering.
The photos show the intense contrast between the semi-circular temporary city and the vast dry desert surrounding it. While some photos give a view into the festival's intense and wild night life, others show how structured the temporary city can also be. Bird's eye views display the pentagonal zones, the concentric streets and the radial roads that are labelled by the sun's shadows like a sun dial.
These photos showcase Burning Man art festival and the attending youth's desire to try out a different way of living for a week -- a return to nature, art and an economic system based on bartering.
Trend Themes
1. Temporary Pop-up Cities - The creation and destruction of the temporary city at Burning Man presents opportunities for disruptive innovation in the design and construction of pop-up cities.
2. Experience-based Tourism - Burning Man's unique approach to art, culture, and community presents opportunities for disruptive innovation in the tourism industry by offering experience-based travel packages.
3. Barter Economy - Burning Man's barter economy presents opportunities for disruptive innovation in the finance and payment processing industries by exploring alternative forms of exchange.
Industry Implications
1. Tourism - The Burning Man art festival presents opportunities for the tourism and hospitality industries to create experience-based travel packages that offer a different way of living for a week.
2. Construction - The creation and destruction of the temporary city at Burning Man presents opportunities for the construction industry to innovate in the design and construction of pop-up cities.
3. Finance - Burning Man's barter economy presents opportunities for financial and payment processing companies to explore alternative forms of exchange that can be adapted to other industries.
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