As the year comes to a close, the Burning Man Arts festival, one of the biggest events of the year, is already preparing for 2019. Designs for the temple, which is central to the black rock city experience, have been revealed.
Picked from a host of submissions for its "elegant simplicity", the 2019 Temple will feature a design inspired by the torii gates at the Fushimi Inari Shrine in Japan, where the artist, Geordie Van Der Bosch, previously lived.
The temple will consist of a series of wooden archways that form a linear passageway leading to a large central hall. An altar and shelves to place offerings will help set the stage for festival-goes to have a collective and spiritual experience.
The design elicits "both a physical experience and a metaphorical journey," said the organizers in a statement on the design. "It’s a space that responds to the openness of the playa by creating a framework that encourages you to travel from end to end," they added.
Spanning 180-feet-long, 37-feet-wide, and 36-feet-high, the installation will be decorated with lanterns throughout. Taking place this year from August 25th to September 2nd, the temple will be burned at the festival's end in the annual temple burn.
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how will they prevent more nuts to run into the fire?
If this was the best of the entries then either the jury was intoxicated or the submissions were pathetic.
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