BURN: Into the Flames of Burning Art

Burn: Into the flames of burning art

A Visual Chronicle and Personal Journey

Winner of the 2018 Fine Art and Best Book Award at the South African Independent Publishers Awards (SAIPA).

Once a year, deep in the Karoo desert, a barren stretch of land transforms into Tankwa Town - a temporary city of imagination known as AfrikaBurn, the largest official Burning Man regional gathering. For a single week, over 10,000 participants create a transient city devoted to radical self-expression, performance, monumental to minuscule sculpture and kinetic burning art. The community is self-sustaining and money-free, built entirely on creativity, cooperation and participation. Towering sculptures, interactive installations, and fantastical Mutant Vehicles populate the landscape leading to a crescendo of celebration that culminates just as quickly - leaving no trace and nothing but desert silence.

Photographer, AfrikaBurn emeritus member and participant Simon O'Callaghan captures this extraordinary gathering over 7 years with more than 600 images, presenting the first authorised visual chronicle of AfrikaBurn.

This officially sanctioned collection features:

• Introductions from founders, artists, and Burning Man's Regional Network Director
• Over 600 breathtaking photographs
• The Clan, central signifier effigy, changes over the years
• Monumental to minuscule art installations and kinetic burning art
• Legendary Mutant Vehicles
• Portraits of participants in their desert element
• A chronicle of the Vlam-I-Stoff crew's pilgrimage to Burning Man

A powerful visual archive, this book is a must for Burners, dreamers, makers, artists, collectors and anyone curious about one of the world's most extraordinary transformative cultural gatherings.