Venetians head for Burning Man
By Rich
Mann
Much like our Venice
Boardwalk’s daily pedestrian community, the “Burning Man
Festival,” is located in the Central Nevada Desert area.
It’s the second largest flat barren
uninhabited terrain in the West. Located 600 miles northeast of Venice, and 100
miles north of Reno.
Somewhat like
the Woodstock Festival, the community of Black Rock City is very cooperative of
this yearly event, which attracts about 40,000 participants. This illusive
happening occurs between: August 29 and Sept. 5. The actual burning takes place
on Friday, Sept. 2 at 9:38 pm.
This
years art theme is “Psyche: Conscious, subconscious, and the
unconscious.”
If you ever
wanted to join a Circus, at Burning Man, are the Circus.The events are of a
creative/art cultural Love-In nature, with a tolerant-survival-ceremonial
bonfire, and self-expressing campgrounds, flavored with a
masqueraded-psychedelic like funhouse of the mind.
Ritualistically, “Burning Man
has taken place in the US. since 1986. Originating from San Francisco by
it’s creator, and organizer; Larry Harvey, it has been permanently
relocated to the ever-mystical Black Rock Desert for the past nine enchanting
years.
Our local aesthetic posse
traveled to this event from the socioeconomically marbled 5th St./Vernon St.
Oakwood District of Venice and is depicted here, departing with an eclectic
assortment of whims, wits and wonderments, also known as the: “Venice Vibe
Tribe.”
*For further information
go to: www.Burningman.com or www.playa-dust.com, or view the Oct. 2004 issue of
the Beachhead.
*Mucho ethereal fun,
amusement, didactic enlightenment, and all out hilarity takes place at
“Burning Man.”
Posted: Thu - September 1, 2005 at 07:02 AM