Archive for September 17th, 2015
Insane Pictures Taken At Burning Man Event.
Every year, participants in the Burning Man Festival descend on the playa of Nevada’s Black Rock Desert to form a temporary city—a self-reliant community populated by performers, artists, free spirits, and more.
An estimated 70,000 people came to Burning Man 2015, “Carnival of Mirrors,” from all over the world to dance, express themselves, engage in a social experiment and take in the spectacle.
Gathered below are some of the sights from the festival, photographed by Reuters photographer Jim Urquhart.
3. From the last Monday in August to the first Monday in September, Burning Man challenges visitors to give up commodities and money, to care for each other like family–and of course–to have a kick-ass time!
A gigantic wooden sculpture known as “The Man” is engulfed in flames during the Burning Man 2012 arts and music festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada.
People dance at a midnight rave until the early hours of the morning.
A woman riding in an outrigger fires a flame cannon over the heads of Burning Man participants as they dance in the early hours of the morning.
People play a game of “flaming skee-ball” at the 2015 Burning Man.
A fire tornado emerges from the burning embers of the “Temple of Whollyness” as it burns at the conclusion of the 2013 Burning Man.
The sun rises over the many art installations during the 2011 “Rites of Passage” Burning Man.
Members of the “Naobi Village” perform an early morning ritual in 2003.
A Nevada Sheriff accepts an invitation from a festival participant as another police officer videotapes the encounter. The Sheriffs reportedly do not interfere with the festival, unless an overtly illegal activity is observed.
A group of people lie on the ground for a community nude picture.
Festival goers enjoy a nice mud bath in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada.
Hector Mata / AFP / Getty Images
Jim Urquhart / Reuters
Jordan Lenaburg places a ring on Shandi Trolson’s finger at a wedding ceremony during Burning Man 2015.
Burning Man participants get ready to ride in the “Critical Tits” event in 2007.
A festival goer rides on the “Eidolon Panspermia Ostentatia Duodenum” art installation during Burning Man 2014.
An art installation called “Big Rig Jig” by artist Mike Ross is shown in 2007.
Jim Urquhart / Reuters
A woman sits in a shelter during a dust storm in 2007.
The art installation called “Pulse & Bloom” is seen during Burning Man 2014.
The art installation called “Embrace” burns during Burning Man 2014.
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Campers gather at Medusa Madness during Burning Man on September 6, 2015. #
YouStink campaign: Lebanese artist and activist Lucien Bourjeily badly hurt by Security Internal Forces
Posted on: September 17, 2015
YouStink campaign: Lebanese artist and activist Lucien Bourjeily badly hurt by Internal Forces
After the media were forced out of the Environment ministry where the youth movements were occupying for failing to resolve the enduring garbage crisis.
Actor, director, playwright, Bourjeily rose to fame after publicly campaigning against state censorship of theater and film, with the help of MARCH, an NGO that hopes to foster tolerance and diversity within Lebanese society.
Holding an MFA from Loyola Mormont University in Los Angeles, Bourjeily brought improvised acting to the Lebanese stage, in an attempt, as he calls it, to create “immersive and interactive” theater.
He has previously led workshops on improvised acting, screenwriting, and directing.
StepFeed shared
As Lucien Bourjeily recovers from alleged targeted police brutality at the American University of Beirut’s Medical Center, the activist and director reassured fans and followers of the YouStink movement on social media that his fight against government corruption was far from over.
شكراً الكن كلكن…بحبكن كلكن وبوسكن… مفروض أطلع اليوم من المستشفى.. :* :)و عندي بس سؤال لوزير الداخلية: ليش شحطوا الإ…
Posted by Lucien Bourjeily on Tuesday, September 1, 2015
Translation: “Thank you everyone. I love you all. I’m scheduled to be released from the hospital today. I only have one question to the Minister of Interior: why did you kick out the press before you came at us? Why did you, as soon as you interrupted the press’ live coverage, use your boots, batons in a barbaric, totalitarian way? You are [part of] the dictatorship of shame. You have no dignity and no gull. Because we were 100% peaceful, you cut off the press so that you wouldn’t let them show the crime you committed. You [works as] the mafia and your corruption has invaded the government… but the people will hold you accountable, and it will do so soon.”
Bourjeily told StepFeed Wednesday afternoon that he was out of the hospital, but still recovering.
Bourjeily was one of dozens of peaceful protesters who staged an 8-hour sit-in inside the Environment Ministry in Downtown Beirut Tuesday afternoon, demanding the immediate resignation of Environment Minister Mohamad al-Machnouk for his inability to solve a crippling trash crisis.
A picture showing him unconscious after being severely assaulted by officers went viral Tuesday night, causing public outcry on social media and the press:
But just who is Lucien Bourjeily?
Actor, director, playwright, Bourjeily rose to fame after publicly campaigning against state censorship of theater and film, with the help of MARCH, an NGO that hopes to foster tolerance and diversity within Lebanese society.
Holding an MFA from Loyola Mormont University in Los Angeles, Bourjeily brought improvised acting to the Lebanese stage, in an attempt, as he calls it, to create “immersive and interactive” theater. He has previously led workshops on improvised acting, screenwriting, and directing.
“If I have to describe my art in one word, I would say it’s thought-provoking,” Bourjeily said over the phone. “It provokes thought, like a book provokes you to think and go beyond what is obvious.”
In an LBCI interview from 2011, the award-winning director said he was “using art for social activism,” believing that every work of art has to deliver a pertinent message to its audience.
Bourjeily has repeatedly merged his art with social activism. In May 2014, his passport was confiscated by the Lebanese General Security ahead of a scheduled appearance in London where he was set to present “Bto2ta3… Aw Ma Bto2ta3?” (“Would it Pass or Not?”), an interactive play about censorship of artistic works in Lebanon. His play, which was banned in Lebanon, landed him a nomination by the Index on Censorship for its Freedom of Expression Awards.
CNN listed him as one of eight “leading lights” in Lebanese culture for his innovative work that had local and international impact.
Recently, he brought youth and militants from warring neighborhoods in Tripoli onto the Beirut stage in “Love and War on the Rooftop,” a play that was described “darkly funny” and praised for “confronting the taboo concept of reconciliation.”The production, which was also done in collaboration with MARCH, ran from mid-June to the beginning of August and brought a full house to standing ovation.
“The play has a message of breaking the taboos of sectarian speech and the manipulation of politicians, who are the true enemy of the Lebanese people,” he said.
Bourjeily’s prominent role in the YouStink campaign may have brought him renewed attention, but the activist-artist is no stranger to controversy – or fighting the Lebanese government for the advancement of civil society.
“Art could be a way into the heart and mind of the people,” Bourjeily added. “Art breaks the boundaries of the system.”
Palestinian kid girl is leading protests in the occupied West Bank
Israel is erecting another wall: This time on the borders with Jordan. Why?
So that the Syrian refugees are Not tempted to cross in to Israel.
As if Israel is Europe in the mind of the Syrians!
And Nationalists around the world say: “Why these Refugees Do not return to their Homes”
Probably they mean the Palestinians who were forced out of their lands?
This 14-year-old Palestinian girl is leading protests in the occupied West Bank.
Najat Rizk shared a link.
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