http://basurasagrada.org BRC Temple Project, 2008 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:16:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en test 1 http://basurasagrada.org/progress-and-updates/prog-up/ TEMPLATES! (please note: all sizes are in inches! thanks.) printable version These are shapes you can cut out of corrugated cardboard and send in to us to be included in the upper layers of the temple. Please do this as a group (it's more fun that way!). We will use these ... http://basurasagrada.org/get-involved/templates/ We are building a temple worthy of your blessings. Our vision, like the temple itself, is grand. Explore... be inspired... We truly hope that you will be involved. http://basurasagrada.org/home_pg_blurb/home-page-top-blurb-this-title-does-not-show/ We build art out of trash for many reasons. Our goal is to make something amazing and exotic out of materials deemed unworthy, the stuff we throw away everyday. And while it is obvious that making something beautiful out of refuse is a political act, the question we hope to ... http://basurasagrada.org/concept/philosophy/ The sketches on this page represent the concept of this year's temple: a group of shrines, driftwood structures and glass houses growing towards a central nave, which is clad in a series of spires that reach hopefully towards the sky. A pathway leading from one end of the site to ... http://basurasagrada.org/concept/form/ To understand the vision, one must also be familiar with the materials. While in the past we have not burnt our art, the specific intention of doing so has presented us with certain challenges—which we gladly welcome. We intend to build this structure from burnable materials, while still including non-burnable ... http://basurasagrada.org/concept/materials/ We are extremely humbled by this opportunity and hope to create a temple worthy of the name as well as the legacy. The responsibilities that come with a project like this are daunting, but we feel up to the task. Burning Man has been generous in their support of ... http://basurasagrada.org/get-involved/get-involved/ One of the things we are most excited about is the ability to include the community in the process of making the temple. Building from refuse essentially allows any and every individual to collaborate in its creation passively, by donating interesting junk to be including in its fabrication. There are a ... http://basurasagrada.org/get-involved/got-trash/ this is a frequently updated list of items we are currently seeking. Currently, they include: - solid core doors -windows (clear or stained glass) -plywood and quality lumber -wrought iron fencing or wooden fencing -industrial cardboard and large cardboard boxes (refrigerator boxes, etc) -moving trucks/semis -tools (framing guns, drills, hammers, sawzalls, etc.) -sheet metal -ornate broken wooden furniture (dressers, ... http://basurasagrada.org/get-involved/what-we-are-looking-for/ The question we asked ourselves in designing this temple was not, “how large is it?” but rather: “is it larger than life?” In order for a space to enable the conversation between humans and the divine, the space should have sufficient scale to stimulate the urge for contemplation. That said, ... http://basurasagrada.org/concept/scale/