Africa Burn 2012 Festival of Radical Self-expression
If it so happened that you are
traveling through the desert, met aliens on stilts, with pink wings, the whole
body is splashed with fluorescent dyes, and on his head a traditional Indian
headdress - do not think that you are overheated in the hot African sun. Most
likely, you just accidentally hit on the festival Afrika Burn (abbreviated AB),
which was held this year in the desert Karoo in South Africa. This annual event
is a creative for the fifth time. 5000 participants are ready to build, sing,
dance, play and self-developing around what you can and cannot imagine.
Each year, built a temporary
city called Tankva, basically it consists of tents of various sizes, cars,
trailers and crafts festival participants, often enormous size and the most
incredible view. This year's theme for fantasy was "Mirage", and won
the award Mariella Rossi future study:
“Mirage - a natural optical
phenomenon in which light rays are bent to create the illusion of water, people
or objects.
What is it? What is reality?
And that - pure fantasy?
Is it a mirror of ourselves?
Flickering reflection. Temporary
and transitory.
We going to live on line,
where the hot earth meets the sky, we will dance, sing, and rejoice.
But come quickly, because if
you wait too long, by the time you get here, we can leave. "
Website explains that AB no
separate audience. There are all present - and artists and the audience at the
same time. You can get anywhere on the stool and start my speech - and, quite
possibly, in a minute you will be cheering crowd. It all depends on the talent
and personal qualities.
This year the festival was
held from 25 to 30 April. In addition to the most incredible costumes and
architectural facts, participants exercised in the creation of unique
vehicles.
The only restriction for them
was the maximum speed of 6 miles per hour, which is justified by the high
population density in Tankve. By hands "Bjorner" transports also
differed variety of shapes and designs.
The key phenomenon of the
festival is, of course, the music, which contributed to the emancipation of
internal participants and create an atmosphere of creativity and creation.
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