21 Days of Black Rock City Photo Exhibition
21 Days of Black Rock CityWhat: Exhibit of time lapse and more than 130 juried, large-format photographic prints of Burning Man.
When: May 30 to Aug. 3. Viewing hours are 1 to 5:30 p.m. Friday through Sunday.
Where: Marin French Cheese Company, 7500 Red Hill Road.
Admission: Free.
Information: www.reichek.org
“The idea for this exhibit came about many years ago when I was hunting for a legitimate excuse for getting into the Burning Man event early,” said Joshua Reichek, president of the exhibit’s sponsor, Creators Equity Foundation. “I had to come up with a project that would be interesting enough for folks to be willing to give up a slot for someone like me to come in. I decided to do a time lapse of the city being built out of the existing desert, through the event and its dismantling. The first frame is of empty desert, the next frames show the city growing and then finally disappearing. The first and last frames are the same.”
The result is the centerpiece of the exhibit, a 180-degree panoramic-view time-lapse of the rise, weeklong event and dissipation of Black Rock City — the Burning Man gathering, presented on three 50 inch, high-resolution plasma displays.
The time-lapse project consists of thousands of high-resolution sequenced images taken over a 21-day period by three cameras arranged in a 180-degree view of the Black Rock Desert of Nevada and captures Black Rock City from start to finish, all in a 40-minute program, synchronized and set to music.
