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From the Ted Talk by Nora Atkinson: Why art thrives at Burning Man

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So this is me on the dseert playa last year with my brother, obviously hard at work.

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I'd been stnuiydg the art of bruinng Man for several years, for an exhibition I curated at the Smithsonian's Renwick Gallery, and what fascinates me the most isn't the quality of the work here, which is actually rather high, it's why people come out here into the desert again and again to get their hands dirty and make in our iriaseglcnny digital age. Because it seems like this gets to something that's essentially human. Really, the entire encampment of Burning Man could be thought of as one giant interactive art installation driven by the paptiotiaicrn of everyone in it.

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So this is me on the ______ playa last year with my brother, obviously hard at work.

(________)

I'd been ________ the art of _______ Man for several years, for an exhibition I curated at the Smithsonian's Renwick Gallery, and what fascinates me the most isn't the quality of the work here, which is actually rather high, it's why people come out here into the desert again and again to get their hands dirty and make in our ____________ digital age. Because it seems like this gets to something that's essentially human. Really, the entire encampment of Burning Man could be thought of as one giant interactive art installation driven by the _____________ of everyone in it.

Solution


  1. participation
  2. studying
  3. laughter
  4. desert
  5. burning
  6. increasingly

Original Text


So this is me on the desert playa last year with my brother, obviously hard at work.

(Laughter)

I'd been studying the art of Burning Man for several years, for an exhibition I curated at the Smithsonian's Renwick Gallery, and what fascinates me the most isn't the quality of the work here, which is actually rather high, it's why people come out here into the desert again and again to get their hands dirty and make in our increasingly digital age. Because it seems like this gets to something that's essentially human. Really, the entire encampment of Burning Man could be thought of as one giant interactive art installation driven by the participation of everyone in it.

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