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There are light art festivals across the world, BRC did not invent or does it own light art.

Ask any artist how they pay the rent. 99.9% are poor, even in art school star-making gallery cities like LA, NY, Miami, Berlin, London, Hong Kong and Berlin.

The BORG has been working to get burner art accepted in the collector, gallery, and museum world. Their first breakthrough was the Smithsonian Show. Another opportunity for commodification is public art. Usually (hopefully) it is selected by museum-types in the context of the contemporary art conversation.

But occasionally the Wyland's sneak in, like the Thomas Kinkade's embraced in one of the many parallel art universes.

Now we have the phenomenon of unauthorized traveling art shows financed by admission, Monet to Banksy.

Add:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/trans ... as-2262410

Isn't there a deal where some burner art is actually owned in percentage of proceeds to the BORG?

If only there was a way to harness the rotational energy generated in Larry Harvey’s grave.

I helped do some bone molding on Peter Hudson’s Charon, (which was touring Europe this summer and fall.). He had a day job doing theatrical set building, and paid out of pocket, and raised other money to make his burning man art, and share storage and workspace. His courage to make big art was inspired by the encouragement of Burning Man, that “Anybody with a desire can do this, and put it on display here. No permission is required. ” Now, it seems there is an expectation of a payoff, patronage, sponsorship, and a long term home for what used to be built and burned. It is best if it is large, sturdy, re-usable, and adds to the ticket value. Individuals come with no expectation they should even consider making some art to contribute, if they don’t see themselves as “artists.”

The business of art is almost like that of diamonds: there could be a whole lot more of it, so market access needs to be limited by elitist critical consensus, and controlled to keep the prices high. Profit goes against the original intent of the event that art was something everybody can experience making. The business of art was not a barrier, or goal, to being an artist at burning man.

I wish there was a way to again encourage every attendee to consider that they too are artists, worthy and capable of imagining something and building it, and bring it to Burning Man.

Yes. Burning Man art has many connections to the for profit and artist making a living ecosystem.

Actually the rarity of diamonds is my personal wound of crimes against humanity. It is not necessary to bring up diamonds on ePlaya. Blood diamonds, I was there, I am crying typing.

Who would have known what eplaya knows.

some seeing eye wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 05, 2023 3:34 pm

It is not necessary to bring up diamonds on ePlaya. Blood diamonds, I was there, I am crying typing.

I am sorry. It was an insensitive comparison.