Back in 2015 I had the chance to write a blog about Blazing Swan - the year's theme was Inspiration.
Blazing Swan is a week-long arts event held in Western Australia each year at Jilakin Rock City, a temporary city erected at Jilakin Rock lake, by the home of the Kulin Bush racetrack near the town of Kulin. The event is held around late summer over the Easter long weekend and was inspired by the Burning Man event held each year in the Black Rock Desert in the USA.
It is an experiment in temporary community and art, influenced by Blazing Swans 11 principles of Radical Inclusion, Gifting, Decommodification, Radical Self-reliance, Radical Self-expression, Communal Effort, Civic Responsibility, Leaving No Trace, Participation, Immediacy and Consent.
Read more about the event here.
A giant wooden structure of WA's most iconic animal, the swan, stands in the middle of a paddock at night ablaze.
There are two feet standing in front of a sign. With words painted in black, red and purple the sign explains the reasoning behind the tree shaped build, and asks people to leave an inscription and light a candle in remembrance.
