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Tower Art Reception in L.A. this Friday

Buster Friendly, the artist behind the successful regional burn event Junkmail Man is holding a fund raiser for his latest Burning Man project:

An art reception for The Tower of Enlightenment project will be held on Friday, August 15th, from 8p.m. till Midnight at the Brewery Art complex in L.A.

The Tower Of Enlightenment is a 33-foot tall replica of the Trinity Atomic Bomb Test Tower, which will incinerate self-help books donated by the citizens of Black Rock City at this year's Burning Man Festival.

I have nothing but respect for BF -- his pyromaniac tendencies are deeply ingrained in each one of the fire sculptures he creates. I've never met someone who knows so much about how to make things burn in new and creative ways.

If you live in LA and you appreciate and want to support non-traditional art, then this reception should be for you. Go out and show your support by making a donation to the project and/or by donating a self help book for the burn.

From: Buster Friendly
Subject: [Fandango] Tower Art Reception in L.A. this Friday
Date: 11 Aug 2003 18:02:17 -0800

An art reception for The Tower of Enlightenment project will be held on
Friday, August 15th, from 8p.m. till Midnight at the Brewery Art complex
in L.A. The top 2/3's of the tower will be on display in Studio 232 of
the main building (2020 N. Main Street), which is the same building a
Barbara's Bar.

The Tower Of Enlightenment is a 33-foot tall replica of the Trinity
Atomic Bomb Test Tower, which will incinerate self-help books donated by
the citizens of Black Rock City at this year's Burning Man Festival.
Scheduled to burn at 11 p.m. on the Friday night of the festival, the
Tower will be ignited as part fire performance show called "Apocalypse
A Go-Go", which will go on as the Tower burns and not end until the
Tower's collapse.

People are encouraged to bring self-help books along to the reception
for contribution to the project, (that way they won't need to remember
to pack them for the playa). While no books will be turned away, it's
requested that people not contribute what are commonly accepted and
historically recognized as sacred books, such as the Bible, Koran,
Bhagavat Gita, and Torah, nor any books printed before August 6, 1945

This art reception will be the last opportunity to see the Tower before
it's disassembled for and shipped up to the Black Rock Desert. For
other information about the project contact

BusterFriendly(at)Junkmailman.org 

Posted by Mayhem at August 12, 2003 12:52 PM