Caption as seen on Vimeo: ''Every year thousands of “burners” migrate to the Tankwa Karoo, coming together in a whirlwind of affection, expression and dust. In 2017 among the pretty faces were three filmmakers (Dewald Brand, Herman du Toit and Michael Zomer)
The Roman numeral that signifies the number 10, and the letter X that represents an open signifier. It’s a time for both a backward reflection and an imagining of possibilities and futures. With the tenth incarnation of Tankwa Town in 2016, contemplate a decade
Juice Films together with 5 Sports Management, Umbro and lots of amazing sponsors put together a day to remember for many. It was our intention to buy 67 pairs of boots, however we managed to collectively raise enough for each boy to receive boots,
This year’s theme, “The Gift”, underpins the sharing and neo-socialist culture. “This year’s theme asks to us to contemplate the gift. As Marx would have it, to look beyond the object to the myriad of elements that make the object happen… What is art?
Standing watch over the Binnekring was this year’s Clan – a manifestation of the theme The Trickster – a giant mechanic hare. The crew’s rationale for the piece describe it as: “A synthesis of opposites: the duality of nature/technology; light/dark; male/female; life/death. The
Africa Burns Creative Projects (AfrikaBurn) was created in 2007 as a Not-For-Profit Company, with the intention that it would serve as a vehicle for the creation and co-ordination of an independent South African Burning Man regional event. AfrikaBurn was originally conceived by Paul Jorgensen.
2007 || The Year of Tribe A spectacle in the desert, AfrikaBurn is a deliberate echo of Burning Man (Nevada) – both are events with at least four major common characteristics: Firstly, a remote and harsh desert location; secondly, an artistic climax involving setting fire to gigantic