{"id":1544,"date":"2007-11-03T10:05:57","date_gmt":"2007-11-03T18:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lee.org\/blog\/archives\/2007\/11\/03\/swissnex\/"},"modified":"2007-11-03T10:05:57","modified_gmt":"2007-11-03T18:05:57","slug":"swissnex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/2007\/11\/03\/swissnex\/","title":{"rendered":"Swissnex"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Went to this last night. It was cool. They said a video of it will be on fora.tv really soon. Fora.tv looks cool too&#8230;.. &#8220;There are brilliant ideas, expressed everyday in public discussions and events, all over the world. Don&#8217;t miss them&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h2 class=\"verdana18red\" style=\"margin-bottom: 2px\">Fire Arts &amp; Burning Desires<\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-style: italic\">Flame as a creative medium with Burning Man fire artists<\/p>\n<p> \t\t\t\t02 Nov 2007 from 6:30 PM to 10:30 PM<span> Pacific Time<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<table style=\"margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 25px\">\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"520\">\n<p class=\"verdana14red\" style=\"margin-bottom: 5px\"> \t\t\t\tPractical Information:<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 5px\"> \t\t\t\t<strong>Location:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 5px\">730 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA 94111<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 15px\"> \t\t\t\t<span><span class=\"link-external\"><a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=730+Montgomery+Street,+San+Francisco,+CA+94111&amp;sll=37.0625,-95.677068&amp;sspn=38.502405,71.015625&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;z=16&amp;om=1\" target=\"_blank\">map<\/a><\/span><\/span><span style=\"margin-right: 5px; margin-left: 5px\">|<\/span> \t\t\t\t<span><span class=\"link-external\"><a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=730+Montgomery+Street,+San+Francisco,+CA+94111&amp;sll=37.0625,-95.677068&amp;sspn=38.502405,71.015625&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;z=16&amp;iwloc=addr&amp;om=1\" target=\"_blank\">directions<\/a><\/span><\/span><span style=\"margin-right: 5px; margin-left: 5px\">|<\/span> \t\t\t\t<span><span class=\"link-external\"><a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=l&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;time=&amp;date=&amp;ttype=&amp;q=parking&amp;near=730+Montgomery+Street,+San+Francisco,+CA+94111&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;z=17&amp;om=1\" target=\"_blank\">parking<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 5px\"> \t\t\t\t<strong>Cost:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 35px\">Suggested donation $10<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-left: 1px solid #333333\" valign=\"top\" width=\"200\">\n<p class=\"eventrightcolumn\" style=\"padding-left: 20px\"><span class=\"captiontext\">In partnership with:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"eventrightcolumn\" style=\"padding-left: 20px\"> LEONARDO<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"body\">In collaboration with <span class=\"link-external\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.burningman.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Burning Man<\/a><\/span> and <span class=\"link-external\"><a href=\"http:\/\/leonardo.info\/leoinfo.html\" style=\"font-style: italic\" target=\"_blank\">Leonardo Journal<\/a><\/span>, swissnex San Francisco presents an evening symposium entitled &#8220;Fire Arts and Burning Desires&#8221; with presentations by several Burning Man fire artists who will discuss the use of their work with fire as a creative medium.<\/p>\n<p>From a pyrrhic highlight to a transcendent interaction, when is fire an appropriate part of a sculptural statement? How to use fire in a safe way for both the artist and the audience? Get a peek behind the scenes of the creation of previous Burning Man fire art spectacles.<\/p>\n<p>Fire Arts &amp; Burning Desires is hosted by swissnex San Francisco and presented by Burning Man and <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Leonardo Journal<\/span>, who recently collaborated in publishing an exclusive collection of essays and photographs on the Fire Arts of Burning Man (LJ Volume 40 issue # 4).<\/p>\n<p>Speakers attending the symposium will include Crimson Rose (The Fire Goddess), The Flaming Lotus Girls, (TBA), Bill Codding (The Burninator), Wally Glen (The Zen Fire Garden), Lucy Hoskins (Satin&#8217;s Calliope) and DaveX who will discuss the safety parameters of working with fire in an artistic way.<\/p>\n<p>For fore information or questions please <span class=\"link-mailto\"><a href=\"mailto:louisbrill@sbcglobal.net\">contact<\/a><\/span> event producer Louis M. Brill.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Program<\/span><\/p>\n<p>6:30pm:   Registration and aperitif<\/p>\n<p>7:00pm:    Introduction by Louis M. Brill, swissnex San Francisco and Leonardo Journal<\/p>\n<p>7:20pm:   Symposium starts<\/p>\n<p>8:50pm:   Q&amp;A<\/p>\n<p>9:15pm:   Networking and finger food<\/p>\n<p>10:00pm:  Doors close<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Went to this last night. It was cool. They said a video of it will be on fora.tv really soon. Fora.tv looks cool too&#8230;.. &#8220;There are brilliant ideas, expressed everyday in public discussions and events, all over the world. 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