Andrea Aguilar and this project tells the story about how she quit her job to build a creative community centered around Filipino culture. After more than 10 years of telling the stories for others as a television producer and filmmaker, she attended Burning Man. It was at the biggest cultural and arts festival in the world that she realized the importance of telling your own story and embracing who you are. Through reconnecting with her roots she decided to build an art project, start a camp, and film a documentary to tell the story of how one can one discover and connect with your culture through art.
If you can find the biggest, brightest symbol for a group of people it will spark conversation and provide the opportunity to learn who they are. An undeniable symbol unique to the Philippines is the Jeepney, a popular mode of public transportation that also serve as moving works of art. Customized to the individual taste of each driver, brighter and crazier the Jeepney, the more people will want to ride. Drivers are rewarded to display their personality and creativity – something she believe we need more of in the world!
To honor this very Filipino cultural icon, she is creating her own Jeepney to put on display at Burning Man. Her group have partnered with Digital Permaculture to modify it the image of the endangered Philippine eagle. Using their own state-of-the-art software and 3D mapping, they outfit the jeepney with a steel frame covered in fabric and line it with LED’s for spectacular lighting.
Learn more and give your support:
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/jeepney-art-car-goes-to-burning-man-2016#/
