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2023 Art Theme: ANIMALIA

Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2022 2:27 pm
by trilobyte
In case you missed it in social media, the Jack Rabbit Speaks newsletter, or on the Burning Man Journal... Burning Man has announced the 2023 art theme: a little ways back: ANIMALIA
This year’s Burning Man theme will celebrate the animal world and our place in it—animals real and imagined, mythic and remembered—and explore the curious mental constructs that allow us to believe that imagined animals are real, real animals are imagined, and that somehow, despite all evidence to the contrary, mankind is somehow not part of the animal kingdom.
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That's just a tiny part of the announcement, you can read the rest of the theme statement from Stuart Mangrum (the director of the Burning Man Philosphical Center and host of the Burning Man LIVE podcast) here.

For those who may be new to Burning Man, the art theme is completely optional. There will be people who dive right in and create camps, costumes and other art that plays with the idea, and there will also be people who do their own thing. I'm excited to see what kinds of things people come up with. What do you think? Like it? Love it? Hate it?

Re: 2023 Art Theme: ANIMALIA

Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2022 2:43 pm
by ygmir

Re: 2023 Art Theme: ANIMALIA

Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2022 3:00 pm
by trilobyte
That was one of the first things that came to my mind, too, Ygmir! Right after this old tune....


Re: 2023 Art Theme: ANIMALIA

Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2022 6:27 am
by ygmir
trilobyte wrote:
Fri Oct 21, 2022 3:00 pm
That was one of the first things that came to my mind, too, Ygmir! Right after this old tune....

no there's a dichotomy....

Re: 2023 Art Theme: ANIMALIA

Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2022 11:30 am
by Elorrum
Hopefully will not abrogate human civil responsibilities. Will tranq dart guns be utilized by rangers?

Re: 2023 Art Theme: ANIMALIA

Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2022 4:48 pm
by some seeing eye