American Counter-Culture: Burning Man 2008
Monday, August 25th, 2008Today the Burning Man Festival starts in Nevada/US. Not that I have been there, but I heard quite a bit and recently read an article about it in the Guardian. This years’ art theme is ‘American Dream’:
In 2008, leave narrow and exclusive ideologies at home and carefully consider your immediate experience. What has America achieved that you admire? What has it done or failed to do that fills you with dismay? What is laudable? What is ludicrous? Put blame aside, let humor thrive, and dare to contemplate a larger question: What can America contribute to the world?
Would be quite interesting to see what people come up with, wouldn’t it? Last years theme was ‘Green Man’. So they are really in tune with what’s happening zeitgeist-wise. Some people also call it ‘the only sane place left in the US’…I personally guess/hope that there will be more and more of this all over.







