Our art project is two parts (one is a secret 😉) but we’d like help with part 2: The Guerilla Pop-Up Birds
Here’s the idea:
It’s a bird take-over of the Burn! We will be creating as many life-size paper mache guinea fowls & hadedas as possible (realistically,10-30) and secretly installing them over the course of Burn week. The idea is that they will pop up unexpectedly, with more and more of them showing up as the week goes on. We’re thinking:
- Cable-tied to Burners’ cars’ bullbars
- Screwed down on top of the street signs
- Screwed down on the wall of a toilet
- Screwed down on other artwork (assuming the artists give permission, of course)
- Rebarred down near theme camp entrances
- Hanging down from scaffolding
- etc.
What we need help with, in rough order of importance:
- Bird-making – Come paper-mache with us 🙂 We’ve got all the parts, tools and know-how. Once you learn how to make a bird, we’ve got a GoogleDoc so you can also make them on your own or host other bird-making parties 😉
- Transport – They’re life-sized and slightly fragile, so 10-30 birds is actually kind of a lot of space. We’re hoping to not need to rent a trailer for this, so would love people to help volunteer transport a bird or three. Pickup is in Cape Town CBD. We’ll tell you where we’re camped for delivery.
- Installation (maybe) – Depending on how many birds are made (ie only if it’s like 15+), we might ask you to help install them! Or else just swing by our AfrikaBird camp if you want to go on the installation missions with us. 🐦🤫
