WILD HEART Conscious Dinner / BURNING SEED fundraiser for the giant bird sculpture!

A Conscious dinner to connect with our own wild hearts and connect heart-to-heart

WILD HEART - Our heart calls for the wild, unleashed, unraveled, unfolded, we ache to roam in the fields, soar in the sky, filled with love.

- conscious sober event for like-minded people to connect

- be present, connect with your authentic self

- unlock your wild heart

- connect with like-minded people

- eat delicious heart-warming food

- experience heart-felt music

- be immersed in art and creativity

- contribute financially through your ticket for a good cause (info below)

WHEN

Saturday Evening 14th Sept 6pm - 10pm

LOCATION - Inner West in Sydney, NSW (To be announced)

What we are offering on the night (more to be announced!)

Art Installation (Melissa)

Heart-warming cacao - set your intention

Unleash your wild heart - energetic movement (Aaron)

Eye gazing and heart opening (Eliot) & sound bathing music

Warming home cooked dinner (meat option and vegan option available, menu to be announced)

Conscious conversations

Live music (To be announced)

Performances (To be announced)

ABOUT THE SCULPTURE - WILD HEART

We are making a giant bird sculpture that will represent a bird with splayed wings. There will be a glowing heart at the base of the sculpture that will be lit up at night. The sculpture will span a minimum of 3 metres high and 4 metres wide (but the more funding we get, the bigger we can build it!). It will be created using a mixture of structural timber, recycled timber and foraged natural timber from the nearby forest. It will be set on fire during the Friday night Art Burn where it will be set free and transformed through the fire element.

Burning Seed is an experimental gathering dedicated to creativity, collaboration and a cash-free community — conceived, built, run and returned to nothing again by YOU. It is the Australian version of the Burning Man festival in the US and is based on the same principles. Each year, tens of thousands gather on an ancient lake bed to create Black Rock City, a whirling dervish of radical expression, collaboration and art that lasts a week and culminates with the burning of a wooden man and temple, before the city disappears again without a trace.

WHY

This is an event that I have been thinking about for the past 6 months, it is close to my heart and I want to bring people together through my art and sharing a delicious meal.

I am raising money through this event to build the biggest sculpture possible, to offer to the community at BURNING SEED Festival this September 25th. 100% PROFIT from tickets will go towards these costs.

I have been given a small art grant by BURNING SEED, but this only covers a small amount of costs towards timber. We need extra funding to cover the following costs:

- Purchase more structural timber for a bigger sculpture

- Assist in costs to transport the timber to the festival using 4 vans and trailer hire

- Purchasing recycled timber

- Pay for lighting so we can light up the heart of the sculpture at night

- Pay for white cards for my crew as the requirement by the festival

- Assist with the cost of our tickets (as the philosophy of burning seed is that everyone pays for a ticket)

- Build a small model for our design

- Any extra money will help us build a bigger sculpture!

WHO

Artist Melissa Carey is an established Contemporary Artist living in Sydney and her work has been showcased internationally. She loves to create large sculptural installations, contributes installation art within the community through festivals, art exhibitions, collaborations and commissions, and has a passion for sharing her knowledge and creativity through teaching art workshops for adults and kids since 2014. She recently created a sculpture at Confest called "Woven Conversation Pod". Instagram @artistmelissacarey

Melissa will be building this sculpture with this amazing crew that will be volunteering their time:

Kira - is a multidisciplinary artist based in Melbourne who creates art installations, sculptures and stunning jewellery pieces Instagram @morphica_

Dreadful creations - Rhys & Mase are 2 beautiful souls who currently design and build stages, sets and artworks for sculptures. Instagram @dreadfull_creationsco

Leon - a creative fire spirit at heart, who performs with the fire dragon and other props, will be assisting with the build. Instagram @dreadsndragons

All performances are volunteer so that all of the ticket sales can go straight to raising money for the costs of the sculpture.

Please contact me if you would like to contribute to this community event.

I hope to see all of you beautiful souls there!

With Love,

Melissa xx

Artist Melissa Carey

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WILD HEART Conscious Dinner / BURNING SEED fundraiser for the giant bird sculpture!