Joanna Priestleys The Art of Burning Man Returns to Oregon [Video]

An encore presentation “The Art of Burning Man,” a live digital image show by award-winning filmmaker Joanna Priestley celebrating the creativity of northern Nevada’s Burning Man festival, has been set for April 20 at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry’s Empirical Theater. Tickets and information are available here.

The show features sculptures, architecture, installations, and mutant vehicles made from 2002 to 2022, plus the world premiere of Fleeting Marvels, Priestley’s new short film about Burning Man, and the Portland premiere of Priestley’s award-winning animated short Jung & Restless. An audience question and answer session with Priestley and the film crew follows the presentation.

Burning Man’s co-founder, Larry Harvey, grew up in Portland, graduated from Parkrose High School in 1966, and attended Portland State University. With Burning Man, he co-created an immense blank slate for people to express their creativity, resulting in a community of tens of thousands of people who …