Art on Fire: To Build, Film and Burn in Black Rock City

Stuart talks about Burning Man art, making art, and making art
about the art, with Jennifer Raiser, author of
the book “Art on Fire,” Sophia Swire, producer
of the new film of the same name, and Andrew
Johnstone, one of the artists profiled in the film.


Burning Man art has become a movement in the mainstream art world
and in popular culture, and spawning museum shows, books, and
films. In what ways does this radically participatory, highly
interactive form of expression translate from its desert home to
these more traditional channels? 


Jennifer Raiser is a member of the board of directors of Burning
Man Project and the author of books including The Art of Being
Bill: Bill Murray and the Many Faces of Awesome, In the Spirit of
Napa Valley, and Burning Man: Art on Fire. She’s also a Black
Rock Ranger and answers to the playa name “Coco
Cabana.”  


Joining us today from London is Sophia Swire, an entrepreneur,
activist, author and film-maker. She’s produced documentaries for
BBC Channel 4 and her latest film, Art on Fire, will be premiered
online, on Burning Man’s Kindling channel, on August 15th.


Andrew Johnstone is an Oakland based artist, painter, muralist,
and longtime Burning Man contributor. For close to 20 years he
worked with Burning Man founder Larry Harvey to design one of the
most ambitious works of interactive art in Black Rock City, the
Man base or pavilion, which changes every year according to the
annual art theme and forms the centerpiece of the
city.  


https://www.kindling.burningman.org/art-on-fire


http://www.sophiaswire.com/


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