This year’s effigy is titled “Communigy”– a conflation of “community” and “effigy.”
Communigy will give rise to radical participation, artistic self-expression, interactivity, and community building. The effigy at burner events has always been an anchor and focal point, both visually and as a gathering place for community interaction. However, it is usually executed by a small team led by the vision of one artist. This year, the effigy be built—literally— by every citizen of Apogaea.
Communigy consists of hundreds of identical plywood shapes (“segments”) that fit together in three dimensions like puzzle pieces. Each participant is given the opportunity—before or during Apogaea— to make at least one segment his or her own work of art. The segment can be painted, carved, sculpted, collaged, enveloped in crochet or studded with flashing LEDs—anything goes, as long as the attachment areas of the piece are not altered. At the event, each participant brings their segment to the effigy area and adds it to the sculpture in the way that they desire. As the event progresses, the Communigy becomes a living thing as it is added to and reconfigured, played with like a puzzle.
For burn night, Communigy will be sculpted into a beautiful multiple starburst shape. Segments arted out with non-burnable materials will be removed. And then it shall burn. More than just a metaphor, Communigy engages each participant in artistic self-expression and participation in a community project. How will the contribution of each individual—which stands alone as its own work of art— fit together into a larger expressive whole? More info and announcements on the Communigy Facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=117125734965394&ref=ts I can be reached at [email protected] ***
Thanks,
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Apogaea Effigy Lead