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Welcome to another episode of Founders Club! On this episode we'll be talking to Matty Mo, The Most Famous Artist, about his Real Estate Development Project "Art City". Connect with Founders Club Host Oliver Graf on Instagram: @OliverGraf360 In this episode of Founders Club, host Oliver Graf sits down with Matty Mo, also known as “The Most Famous Artist,” to discuss his groundbreaking new project, Art City. Matty shares his vision of transforming urban landscapes by blending art, technology, and real estate to create vibrant communities that challenge the status quo. Do me a solid and… Leave a 5 star review! Find me on Instagram: @OliverGraf360 Subscribe to my YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/c/OliverGrafTV Get on my VIP email list and get new episodes of Founders Club straight to you inbox: http://eepurl.com/g_L2Ev Book me to speak: https://olivergraf.tv/speaking Book a 1-on1 coaching session: https://calendly.com/olivergraf360/vip
Embark on a fascinating journey with Miguel and Iyvone as they share their profound insights into eco-art and sustainability in this captivating podcast episode. From their humble beginnings studying set design to their remarkable collaborations creating art from recycled materials, Miguel and Iyvone's passion for environmental stewardship shines through. Dive into their discovery of mycelium as an eco-friendly material, ignited by their experiences at Burning Man and driven by a commitment to finding sustainable alternatives to toxic substances. Explore their adventures in crafting intricate sculptures and immersive installations, seamlessly blending artistry with environmental consciousness. Delve into the world of bioluminescence as Iyvone recounts her pioneering collaboration with scientists to capture the ethereal glow of plankton. Journey alongside them through the highs and lows of experimentation, learning invaluable lessons from failures and setbacks that ultimately fuel their creative process. Discover their unwavering dedication to promoting environmental stewardship and mindfulness in all aspects of their art and lives. From advocating for sustainability to empowering others through workshops and education, Miguel and Iyvone are catalysts for change in the art world and beyond. As they share their future plans, including an ambitious Burning Man piece that bridges cultures through mycelium, listeners are invited to ponder the profound intersections between art, nature, and humanity. Don't miss this inspiring conversation that celebrates creativity, sustainability, and the transformative power of art to shape a brighter, more conscious future. Tune in and be inspired to explore your own journey towards a more sustainable and artful existence. Details: https://www.iyvonekhoo.co.uk/linktree.com/wishingtotem @wishingtotem @iyvone_khoo
Why do tens of thousands of people trek to a temporary tent city in an alkaline Nevada desert every August? Is Burning Man worth the heat and dust? What's queer about it?
Why do tens of thousands of people trek to a temporary tent city in an alkaline Nevada desert every August? Is Burning Man worth the heat and dust? What's queer about it?
How would you overcome shyness at BRC?How would you break people's brains at SantaCon?How would you acculturate museum docents to Burner culture?Brody Scotland shares how she did it, and how she went from hating Black Rock City to working year round in the Burning Man Art department.Brody and Stuart delve into the uncommon common sense of self-care and “feelings” in the emo roller coaster of BRC. They explore a style of pranking where no one is the butt of the joke. And they celebrate “Shit Dave X Says.”From hand-crafting iconic costumes, to logistics-crafting “weird little odd art,” this is a string of lively stories about Brody's bespoke approach to increasing happiness.Brody Scotland (Burning Man Journal)Brody Scotland (Burning Man Staff) No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man (Smithsonian Institution)Dave X (Burning Man Journal) & Shit Dave X Says
Our guest, Jennifer Raiser, an Author, is no stranger to experiences that stretch who we are and expand our understanding of ourselves and what we can do. Jennifer Raiser divides her roles as an Author and Management Innovator. She is the Author of the bestseller, Burning Man: Art on Fire, 2014/2016, Race Point Press, and lectures extensively on the significance of the Burning Man art movement, in Black Rock City and around the world. As founding Treasurer of Burning Man Project, she oversees a budget of over $47M; on playa, she also volunteers with the Black Rock Rangers and Gate Departments. She is the Author of In the Spirit of Napa Valley, 2015, Assouline, The Art of Being Bill: The Many Faces of Awesome, 2018, Race Point Press, two commissioned biographies, and has two books in development. She earned a BA in English Literature and an MBA, both from Harvard University. Buy the book: Burning Man: Art on FireBurning Man: Art on Fire is the book that inspired the stunning film of the same name. The book is the authorized collection of some of the most extraordinary examples of Burning Man art of the past two decades. Authored by longtime Burner Jennifer Raiser, it was published in 2014 by Race Point/Quarto, with a revised and updated in a slipcover edition in 2016. It records the effort, creativity, and interactivity of what becomes the largest art gallery in the world for one week a year. Braving extreme elements, artists and volunteer builders create a temporary city devoted to expression and participation. Within a 9-mile fence, over four hundred wildly ambitious sculptures delight, provoke, involve, and amaze. Interviews with the artists reveal not only their motivation to create art specifically for Burning Man, but also illuminate the dramatic efforts it takes to bring their vision to the remote Black Rock Desert, just because they can. Featuring the work of photographers Scott London and Sidney Erthal, with an introduction from Burning Man founder Larry Harvey and a foreword from Will Chase, this stunning book provides a tangible artifact of Burning Man for the other 51 weeks of the year.Watch the Film Burning Man: Art on FireCheck out all things Dia Bondi here.
"Accessing your creativity is a huge healing thing, individually and collectively" - Monique Schiess Isra Garcia interviews Afrika Burn Creative Development Director and Liason, Monique Schiess. A conversation that turns around creativity, leadership, change, disruption, imagination, experimentation and iteration, play and imagination as tools for thriving and finding joy, creating a movement that matters, the power of building a tribe of makers, Afrika Burn as a world-transformation artefact, and why values and principles matter most than anything. "The whole world is disrupted" Monique Schiess is a change-maker responsible for cofounding Afrika Burn in 2077, the Burning Man regional event a Southafrika and one of the most relevant burns in the world. She has been running the coordination of the creative projects since then. She was also a partner in the Mother City Queer Projects, has two degrees in Environmental Science and Social Anthropology, and had an incarnation as a game ranger. "Keep doing the next right thing" - Monique Schiess "I was living in the bush for some years, even without electricity" After fifteen years in the desert of Tankwa Karoo (South Africa), Monique Schiess has a doctorate in driving rebar pegs into rock and shale, and a PhD in the economics of artistic chaos and wrangling itinerant misfits and renegades. "Milestones at Afrika Burn happened when we were not planning anything" - Monique Schiess She is a fire-starter of sorts, an instigator and incubator of creative projects across the board. "Artists are the tricksters of the world" She makes sport of poking people in their creative ribs, and believes that fun and waking up creativity is a most powerful vector for change in this world. "Honor your creative and believe you can create change" "I'm not a brand; I'm Monique" Interview main topics (and index) Intro, Afrika Burn and more. Life milestones, why and what was the essential learning in each of them. What Afrika Burn has taught Monique about creativity that she can apply in everyday life. Leadership lessons. Leading and coordinating teams and departments at Afrika Burn. Self-knowledge learnings in seven years of Afrika Burn. Biggest 2022 Afrika Burn takeaway. Monique Schiess has used three things from her work at Afrika Burn that have improved her life. Three things from her creative background have helped her to improve Afrika Burn. A process for developing creative projects. The biggest challenge for Monique at Afrika Burn and how she overcame it. How we can have a healthy creative life, Monique personal experience. Top skills for staying creative. On copying with stress. Monique's most successful habits and why. The tools, knowledge and wisdom to redesign her life again Memorable moments at Afrika Burn that she will never forget. The most impressive thing she has seen in the desert so far. The thing that Monique feels most excited about and why. She feels weird behaviour is funny and cannot get rid of it. Advice to her college self after her first significant rejection. A closer look at Monique Schiess' pursuit of happiness. The lowest point that has become a catalyst in her career. Monique's recipe for a remarkable life. "You create a community first, and then, the rest will happen by itself" - Monique Schiess Podcast show notes: Monique Schiess TEDxTalk. Afrika Burn. Monique's Instagram account. Isra Garcia's 2018 Afrika Burn experience. Reflections about Isra Garcia's personal experience at Afrika Burn 2019. "What a privilege to be on this journey" - Monique Schiess
Well-known Humboldt muralist, kinetic sculpture racer and flame-throwing octopus creator Duane Flatmo joins the Outpost to share some fascinating stories from his long-spanning career.
In WAFDust Podcast #8, Yomi Ayeni is joined by Sophia Swire, and Jonathan Clark to talk about their new documentary "Burning Man - Art on Fire".While both are veteran Burners, neither had experienced being part of a desert art project, especially not one as big as Temple of Galaxia. The duo talk the demands of making a film on a bootstrapped budget, tracking down elusive contributors, protecting camera equipment, and winning the trust of fellow Burners, and how these difficulties helped shape one of the best Burning Man documentaries to date.
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-firehttp://www.sophiaswire.com/LIVE.BURNINGMAN.ORG
While I was at Burning Man a few weeks ago, I was lucky enough to camp alongside the team responsible for launching a monstrously impressive white, light-up, fire-breathing dragon art car, named Elektra. Peter Platzgummer was the project manager for the creation of this desert beast which took 2 years to make and involved over 40 artists, designers and fabricators. Peter has a PhD in Political Economy and now manages large scale art creation for a company called Engineered Artworks out of the Bay Area. | Featured song in this episode is "Storms" by Vancouver based Louise Burns.
Adventist Voices by Spectrum: The Journal of the Adventist Forum
This week Leslie Foster connects art and spirituality, being a church elder and a Burning Man temple guardian. A graduate of Southern Adventist University, Leslie is a Los Angeles-based experimental filmmaker and a current member of the Torrance Art Museum FORUM residency program. An activist and longtime leader at an Adventist community, he shares his journey and explores why pauses in participation can be faith restoring. You can learn more about Leslie Foster and support his work with Patreon.
In this episode I sit down with Christopher Schardt, creator of the Firmament LED installation and a prominent light artist. He's spent much of his artistic career making pieces for display at the Burning Man Festival and we ended up spending much of this episode discussing the intricacies of making light-art installations for that venue. Our discussion moves from the politics of creating art on the Playa, how he fits into the overall Burning Man scene, and where we see Burning Man Art headed in the future. It was an interesting conversation with a true veteran and we had a lot of fun drinking beer and talking about our respective experiences. Hope you enjoy! Links & Social Media Website
Dr. Heidi talks with Jennifer Raiser is a writer, strategist, and nonprofit junkie. She is the Treasurer of the Burning Man organization, and author of the bestselling book, "Burning Man: Art on Fire." Jennifer Raiser divides her roles as an author and management innovator. She is the author of the bestseller, Burning Man: Art on Fire, 2014/2016, Race Point Press, and lectures extensively on the significance of the Burning Man art movement, in Black Rock City and around the world. As founding Treasurer of Burning Man Project, she oversees a $47M budget. She is the author of In the Spirit of Napa Valley, 2015, Assouline, The Art of Being Bill: The Many Faces of Awesome, 2018, Race Point Press. She is the founding editor of SFWire.com, and writes for the San Francisco Chronicle, Huffington Post, and other publications. She also works in corporate communications for clients in the health care and food tech sectors. As a nonprofit advisor, she has served on the boards of the Bently Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Peninsula Community Foundation, Junior Statesmen Foundation, CuriOdyssey Museum, Ecology Action, Gatepath, and many community benefit organizations. Jennifer Raiser founded and managed Raiser Senior Services, a provider of luxury retirement communities in the Bay Area. The subject of a case study at the Harvard Business School, she was a trailblazer in the implementation of continuing care for the elderly, outlined in her book Designing Retirement Communities for the Future, 1998, John Wiley and Sons. She earned a BA in English Literature and an MBA, both from Harvard University. website: www.jenniferraiser.com Facebook Page - Twitter ID - Instagram : Jennifer.Raiser This episode is sponsored by Oska Pulse, the opiod-free solution for chronic pain. Oska Pulse is a Pain Relief and Recovery Device using Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Therapy (PEMF). For a discount on your order go to http://bit.ly/EDS-Oska, or simply enter discount code 2BU at checkout at OskaWellness.com. Your order will help support the Evolving Digital Self podcast. If you like it, please feel free to share it with your friends (both the discount and the podcast ).
Baba Yaga House: Burning Man Art 2018
Why do tens of thousands of people trek to a temporary camp city in a remote Nevada desert every August? Is Burning Man worth the heat and dust storms? What's queer about it? On Thursday's Out in the Bay (7pm PDT 8/20) Eric Jansen's guests are Jennifer Raiser and Sidney Erthal, writer and photographer, respectively, of the book Burning Man: Art on Fire ; and Foxy, past mayor of Camp Beaverton , the main lesbian camp in Burning Man 's "gayborhood." (This interview first broadcast Aug. 14, 2014)
Today on Photographer In Focus we have George P. Post as our guest. George has photographed Burning Man for the past 23 years starting in 1991. I know no other photographer that has consecutively photographed Black Rock City year after year. George’s photographs have appeared in books, and magazines world wide, including his own book "Dancing With the Playa Messiah A 21 Year Burning Man Photo Album". His work has exhibited at many galleries and museums that showcase the art of Black Rock City including The first major exhibition of Burning Man Art the "Incendiary Exhibition" at the San Francisco Art Commission Gallery also the Burning Man: Photographs and Neon from Black Rock City, Nevada 1992-1999 at The Museum of Neon Art in Los Angeles, CA. George is a long time photographer studio photographer of jewelry, paintings and sculptures pretty much any Arts & Crafts. Among many of his titles George has been the the official on-site studio photographer for the American Craft Council's San Francisco Craft Fair since 1981. I am so honored to bring George Post to to the Focused Audience! In this episode I talk about George's Journey into photography and how he discovered the world of Burning Man so early and what keeps him coming back year after year. This Tuesday as of the posting August 12th George will have a book signing of his book "Dancing With The Playa Messiah" At Book Passage 1 Ferry Building, San Francisco. Go check out a slide show of George's work, say Hi and get a copy of his book signed while your there. As I said, I believe Black Rock City to be the most creative and artistic place on the planet each and every year. In our interview we talk about how the discovery of Burning Man has influenced George's outlook upon the world of art and photography. It all started with a June showing of the neon art of "The Burning Man" in Fort Mason on a barge. From there it was a planned desert road trip that has happened every year since. 2014 will be George Post's 24th visit to Black Rock City, Nevada Burning Man. To get links and pictures discussed please visit the show notes page at www.PhotographerInFocus.com Please also visit iTunes and support the show by giving it a five star rating.
In this episode of Radical Travel, take a peek inside the world of Burning Man! Justin Jones shares his passion for this annual festival of art, community, and culture in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert, and shows you why the ephemeral Black Rock City is his favorite travel destination in the world. He speaks with Maria Scileppi, the artist behind … Read more about this episode...