Partially completed "Cradle" ready for transport to Burning Man Festival
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Yoga balls, prom dresses, lilac, pink and lavender steel mesh make up the 26' wide x 30' long and 15' high steel sculpture being created by art professor Jann Nunn of Sonoma State University this week and next.
Nunn and collaborator Deirdre de Franceaux are currently constructing "The Cradle" at the Rohnert Park campus for the upcoming Burning Man Festival in the Black Rock Desert, Nevada, 60 miles north of Reno.
The two artists were commissioned by Burning Man for the entry piece to the Seven Ages of Man installation that festival-goers will find when they arrive on site from August 27 to September 3.
The piece will be completed at the university's art department courtyard during the week of August 12.
"The Cradle allows participants to experience the wonder and excitement of birth and the overwhelming sensory overload associated with viewing the world for the first time as a newborn, and finally, the warmth and security of resting in the Cradle of the mother's arms," Nunn says about the sculptural installation.
Ranging outward from the center of the city on an axis called the Promenade, the Seven Ages of Man will consist of large art installations including the Cradle, the Playground, the Chapel, the Coliseum, the Temple of Wisdom, the Maze, and the Mausoleum.
For further information and photo opportunities, contact Jann Nunn at (707)664-3043.
For additional details on Nunn and de Franceaux's installation go to the web site at:
www.burningman.com/themecamps_installations/installations/themeart_list.html#cradle
Sculpture professor Jann Nunn with the curtain made of prom dresses.
