AFRIKA BURN 2015
2015 || The Year of the Gift || 27 April - 3 May 2015 saw the event swell to 9800 people, what a fabulous year!.....
AFRIKA BURN 2015
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?
AFRIKA BURN 2014
2014 || The Year of the Trickster This year's theme was ‘The Trickster’, a theme to highlight those anti-heroes who know no limits, aren't afraid to question everyday norms, help create change for the good of all and generally play the joker.....
AFRIKA BURN 2014
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
AFRIKA BURN 2008
2008 || The Year of Power || 16–19 October 1200 people participated in the year that AfrikaBurn was renamed, goodbye to AfrikaBurns!....
AFRIKA BURN 2008
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.
AFRIKA BURN 2007
2007 || The Year of Tribe || 22–25 November 1000 people participated at the first Afrika Burn in the Tankwa Karoo, I was part of Camp Vuvuzela which features in my Photo album quite a lot.....
AFRIKA BURN 2007
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