The Art Angle Podcast: The Secret Art History of Burning Man
On this week's episode, Burning Man cofounder and photographer Will Roger conveys the magic of the (almost) anything-goes cultural festival.
Today, practically everyone on earth knows about Burning Man, the countercultural extravaganza that draws tens of thousands of true believers to a barren landscape in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert every August to create a temporary city full of monumental art installations and mind-expanding experiences. But far fewer people know that this zeitgeist-shaping powerhouse was created by a small group of artists in the California Bay Area as an ad hoc beach party with a few big ideas under the surface—and one very important cobbled-together sculpture going up in flames at its end.
James Stanford: The Motel Vegas Book
By Eric Minh Swenson | Youtube | July 14, 2020
An inside look into Fred Sigman’s book Motel Vegas
James Stanford: Shimmering Zen Book
By Eric Minh Swenson | Youtube | July 14, 2020
An inside look into James Stanford’s book Shimmering Zen.
Fred Sigman’s Motel Vegas Wins Bronze IPPY Award in Architecture
Independent Publisher | May 14, 2020
Congratulations and sincere thanks to the independent authors and publishers who participated in our 24th annual, 2020 Independent Publisher Book Awards contest. The quality of this year's entries is so impressive, with so much creativity, so much talent...so much independent spirit!
Hit the Road: Burning Man Photo Book Shows a Desert Transformed
By E'Louise Ondash | The Coast News Group | April 8, 2020
The 15 years of aerial photos of Black Rock City in photographer Will Roger’s new book give us scenes similar to interplanetary colonies in a sci-fi film. These settlements, however, are fully of the Earth.
“Compass of the Ephemeral: Aerial Photography of Black Rock City through the Lens of Will Roger” takes readers high above the annual Burning Man festival, staged every August in Nevada’s stark Black Rock Desert, and gives us an eagle-eye view of, inarguably, one of the most unique gatherings on the planet.
20 from 20: Our Favorite Books of the Past 20 Years
By C. Moon Reed | Las Vegas Weekly | January 7, 2020
The last two decades have been a transformative time for Las Vegas, and the literature about this unique metropolis certainly reflects that. From fact to fiction, here are our favorite reads about our favorite city and, sometimes, our favorite state.
The Street Art of Sin City: Book Reveals the Gritty Graffiti that Decorates the Walls, Sidewalks and Tunnels Away from the Glitz and Glamour of the Las Vegas Strip
By Claire Toureille For Mailonline | Daily Mail | December 29, 2019
Think 'Las Vegas' and you'll likely conjure images of the glitz and glamour of the strip. But away from the casinos, gamblers and theatres, there is a rich world of vibrant, gritty street art, which has been documented in a new book.
Photographers William Shea and Patrick Lai collaborated on Street Art Las Vegas, published by Smallworks Press, which showcases the amazing street art and graffiti that sprouted up around Sin City between 2012 and 2018.
