Festival Burning Man, la energía colectiva del talento• El festival de los neohippies millonarios• A network of people inspired by the values reflected in the Ten Principles

Burning Man, festival de los neohippies millonarios

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«Del 25 de agosto al primero de septiembre, se explota la creatividad y la autoexpresión de todos los asistentes.

»Cómo explicar lo que está sucediendo en el desierto de Nevada. Quizás como una semana de locura a la espera de unas 60 mil personas compartiendo el arte, el amor, la felicidad; asegurándose autosustentables y evocando la más alucinante escena de películas como Mad Max, este grupo construye una ciudad entera que se rige por sus propias reglas y que al irse no deja huella.

»El festival Burning Man reúne a miles de personas en el desierto con el único objetivo de compartir ideas, arte, libertad y en realidad todo lo que a los neohippies millonarios que lo organizan les pueda pasar por la cabeza.

»Es un festival que tuvo mucha popularidad en los años 80 y ahora está de regreso.

»Para hacerlo realidad construyen Black Rock City, una ciudad inédita que solo existe durante una semana.

»Del 25 de agosto al primero de septiembre, se explota la creatividad y la autoexpresión de todos los asistentes, que ponen su talento a disposición de todos para diseñar las escenas más inimaginables posibles.

»Los datos básicos

»▪ Burning Man se despliega en los vestigios de un lago, en el desierto Black Rock, de Nevada.

»▪ La edición del 2012 congregó a más de 53 mil personas.

»▪ Los organizadores lo describen como un experimento en comunidad, de autoexpresión y autosuficiencia radical.

»▪ Algunos de los aspectos más interesantes del Burning Man son el arte, leave no trace (no dejar rastro ecológico), nada de comercio, y la energía colectiva del evento.

»▪ Burning Man ofrece becas a cientos de artistas, creando piezas luminosas, interactivas, psicodélicas en la ciudad-desierto.

»▪ Lo único que se vende es hielo y café, y no existen patrocinadores ni anunciantes.

»▪ Es una sociedad donde se comparte, regala o se hace trueque.

»▪ Los participantes traen todo lo que necesitan para subsistir durante una semana; casi nadie sale de BRC.»

«Burning Man is a network of people inspired by the values reflected in the Ten Principles»

Burning Man

Introduction

«About us: Burning Man is a network of people inspired by the values reflected in the Ten Principles and united in the pursuit of a more creative and connected existence in the world. Throughout the year we work to build Black Rock City, home of the largest annual Burning Man gathering, and nurture the distinctive culture emerging from that experience. The hub of this global network is the 501(c)(3) non-profit Burning Man Project, headquartered in San Francisco, California.

»Mission: The mission of the Burning Man organization is to facilitate and extend the culture that has issued from the Burning Man event into the larger world. This culture forms an integrated pattern of values, experience, and behavior: a coherent and widely applicable way of life.

»Vision: The Burning Man organization will bring experiences to people in grand, awe-inspiring and joyful ways that lift the human spirit, address social problems and inspire a sense of culture, community and personal engagement.»

«The 10 Principles of Burning Man»

«Burning Man co-founder Larry Harvey wrote the Ten Principles in 2004 as guidelines for the newly-formed Regional Network. They were crafted not as a dictate of how people should be and act, but as a reflection of the community’s ethos and culture as it had organically developed since the event’s inception.

»Radical Inclusion: Anyone may be a part of Burning Man. We welcome and respect the stranger. No prerequisites exist for participation in our community.

»Gifting: Burning Man is devoted to acts of gift giving. The value of a gift is unconditional. Gifting does not contemplate a return or an exchange for something of equal value.

»Decommodification: In order to preserve the spirit of gifting, our community seeks to create social environments that are unmediated by commercial sponsorships, transactions, or advertising. We stand ready to protect our culture from such exploitation. We resist the substitution of consumption for participatory experience.

»Radical Self-reliance: Burning Man encourages the individual to discover, exercise and rely on his or her inner resources.

»Radical Self-expression: Radical self-expression arises from the unique gifts of the individual. No one other than the individual or a collaborating group can determine its content. It is offered as a gift to others. In this spirit, the giver should respect the rights and liberties of the recipient.

»Communal Effort: Our community values creative cooperation and collaboration. We strive to produce, promote and protect social networks, public spaces, works of art, and methods of communication that support such interaction.

»Civic Responsibility: We value civil society. Community members who organize events should assume responsibility for public welfare and endeavor to communicate civic responsibilities to participants. They must also assume responsibility for conducting events in accordance with local, state and federal laws.

»Leaving No Trace: Our community respects the environment. We are committed to leaving no physical trace of our activities wherever we gather. We clean up after ourselves and endeavor, whenever possible, to leave such places in a better state than when we found them.

»Participation: Our community is committed to a radically participatory ethic. We believe that transformative change, whether in the individual or in society, can occur only through the medium of deeply personal participation. We achieve being through doing. Everyone is invited to work. Everyone is invited to play. We make the world real through actions that open the heart.

»Immediacy: Immediate experience is, in many ways, the most important touchstone of value in our culture. We seek to overcome barriers that stand between us and a recognition of our inner selves, the reality of those around us, participation in society, and contact with a natural world exceeding human powers. No idea can substitute for this experience.»