![]() ![]() There one gets the gist of both the creative spirit and incredible backbreaking work needed to produce such a enormous extravaganza. What I found the most interesting were the artist interviews on the DVD. Aimed at virgins and non-virgins alike, Kreuter and company manage to capture the spirit of this huge, participatory fantasy, rendering it successfully as both a book and a DVD. Every art project built is burned to the ground at the end. ![]() ![]() It is part be-in, part Documenta, part Woodstock, and part temporary city (last count 29,000 and growing). It is a lovingly designed and beautifully photographed book that captures the spaciousness of the desert, the art-extravaganza nature of the experience, and the wonders of the playa, the semi-circular grid structure that surrounds the event.īurning Man is a two-week event in the Nevada desert that takes place around Labor Day. She should be granted her own day in the media sun for having done such an extraordinary job. As an art project, the experience must have obsessed Holly Kreuter, the producer and main photographer, for years. But this new, Burning Man-endorsed, all-encompassing book and DVD offer up a taste of what it must be like to be deflowered. At least I am according to the standards of Burning Man, because I’ve never been there before. A Raised Barn Press Production (I’m a virgin. Drama in the Desert: The Sights and Sounds of Burning Man, based on the images of Holly Kreuter. ![]()
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