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Fire Birds of the 5th direction is a community building project

that educates, involves and stimulates human interaction through art!

Even the positive thoughts about this project are considered a contribution!

I am very thankful for everything that i receive !

The Fire Birds of the Fifth Direction will be four (4) sculptures created to mark the four corners of the compass around the great circle of the Man. The fifth direction concept involves the traditional directional concept (NE, SE, NW & SW), mixed with the fifth direction, in this case being the central axis – “The Man”. The center of the pentagonal form of the city and center of the broken circle, held within will honor/reflect the vertical direction of upward to the sky and downward into the central core of the earth.     

Each sculpture will stylistically reflect the four quadrants of the earth and will depict the nature of mythological and culturally motivated stylistic bird imagery such as the Quetzalcotal images of the Mayan culture mixed with imagery of the Northwest American Indian and etc. This project is intended to serve as congregation zone for the community at large along with the C.O.R.E. project and stimulate Interactivity. Interactivity is the key element of this art installation - Before even reaching the Playa, Citizens will be invited to assist in the off-site building of these beautiful collaborative creatures. There will be five (5) workshop weekends scheduled in May, June and July. This project will be built directly at these workshops where we offer an open door to the community to join in and learn as we teach the community welding, plasma cutting and metal working concepts. These workshops will be starting over the next couple of weeks, so get signed up today and get ready for the ride! In addition to the five workshops we will be hosting a fundraiser or two, so keep your eyes peeled and ears open, you never know what we may do........

 

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  • what the funding for?

    the funding is for taking the project to a higher level and to help of set some of the extreme over head that is incurred during the creation of this project ie insurance utilities unforseen transportation costs.

    Last updated: Thursday Jun 23, 7:44am EDT
  • how long have you been building fire sculpture?

    since i was a lil boy in silver springs MD.. just about burnt the house down with my first fire machine in the basenment! yikes.. as an artistic focus since 1996

    Last updated: Thursday Jun 23, 7:47am EDT
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either one of the below experience's @ $ 150 contribution and up! (doesnot include transportation and or ticket costs of event) #1) = a 2 day hands on metal fabrication workshop building the sculptural form #2) = a position to work on our burn crew for this project at burning man

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Charlie Smith has a colorful artistic life that encompasses family, sculptural creations, performance art and the curation of interactive exhibits & happenings. He has received multiple national and international grants, commissions, and exhibition opportunities creating both sole and collaborative visions. His devotion to The Artistic has launched him to creating both fine and functional art works for public and private environments, corporations, experimental art communities, music & arts festivals and residential settings. Charlie enjoys working with other artists, architects, designers, contractors and engineers to create artistic vision. His Atlanta based design and build studio is tailored to specialize in one of a kind creations. The works created are made from metal materials sometimes mixed with wood, concrete, glass, stone and light. His use of volume, line, shape, form, and texture lend to intriguing playful and deliberate iconic and symbolic creations. His aesthetic is very unique and resonates with the environments and communities that he creates and affects through his work. Charlie‘s history of timely production schedules, communication skills, and the delivery of high quality products has allowed his success as an Artisan in the South East, across the United States and Abroad.

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