Aug 24, 2020 | Art, Grants, Kiwiburn
“An interactive art piece to surprise, invigorate, challenge and “rebirth” willing participants” – Squishy. Content: vaginal chat. It was Thursday afternoon at Kiwiburn 2020, and the tension was high. The first episode of Kiwiburn Art Committee’s (KAC) Art Shark...
Aug 24, 2020 | Art, Grants, Kiwiburn, The Effigy, The Temple, Volunteers
Nico is a long time Art contributor and recipient of multiple Kiwiburn Art Grants. So we thought it would be a good idea to pry open that head of his and syphon out some of that juicy knowledge he has been squirreling away up there – with his consent of course!...
Aug 17, 2020 | Art, Grants, Kiwiburn
Kiwiburn Art Grant submissions are now open for 2021, so we caught up with one of the recipients of a 2020 KB Art Grant to find out more about his experience. Daniel applied for and received a grant for his project “TRONG!” Read on to find out more about Daniel, his...
Jul 1, 2019 | Art, Grants, Kiwiburn, Volunteer
How to make Art Grants work for you, by Pete Lumos Wyatt It is January 2008 in a paddock next to the Mangakino MX track, in the middle of the North Island. I am here because my friend Polly Lind suggested I should be. There are 182 people here, mostly youngsters, and...
Apr 1, 2019 | Art, Burning Man
by J Damrow What happens at a burn stays at a burn, unless all involved give explicit permission, right? Most would agree that this is a clearly understood and entrenched concept. So how would you feel if your intimate messages, inner most thoughts and written...
Jul 8, 2018 | Art, Grants, Kiwiburn
Photo by Karl de Jong Please give a brief overview of the story of your project – what was it? What inspired the idea? I stumbled across Firmament (a Burning Man art piece) and loved how much of an impact the lights had while soft music was played. I...
