Am I a “Burner?”
I’ve recently been traveling around the U.S. talking to people in open forums about Burning Man’s philosophy and culture, and ...Read More
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Cultural Direction Setting: From Vision to Action
In July we published the Cultural Vision for Residential Black Rock City, the first phase of the Cultural Direction Setting ...Read More
Four Insights About Gifting After Watching “Gift”
Burning Man didn't invent "Gifting," and the ideas presented in Lewis Hyde's seminal book "The Gift" have been extremely influential ...Read More
From Playa to Prince George: Life Outside the Frame for an Artist of Color
In early 2019, the Prince George’s African American Museum and Cultural Center in Maryland held a three-month show featuring my ...Read More
Stories From the City: Playing With the Wind on the Outer Rim
By Ben Buchholz
“We come here to sail and, hey, there’s a party in the neighborhood, too,” says Black Rock Yacht Club co-founder ...Read More
From Apotheosis to Artful Cities: Ra$pa’s Ride Through Burning Man’s Evolution
By Steven Raspa
“It was better next year” is a popular joke among veteran Burners, while others wax lyrical about how things once ...Read More
Burning Man 2020: The Multiverse
The 2020 Black Rock City event theme explores the quantum kaleidoscope of possibility, the infinite realities of the multiverse, and ...Read More
Anatomy of a BRC Census Survey, Plus Preliminary 2019 Results
By Census Team
By Sarah “Picky” Williamson and Dana “DV8” DeVaul It’s that time of year again, y’all. Time to: power-wash the rig ...Read More
Do-ocracy Rant
The Participation and Civic Responsibility Principles mean that we operate in a Do-ocracy. If you don’t like how something is ...Read More
The Art of War (at Burning Man) — Part 3 — How to Be a Warbringer
Burning Man is hard. The best things about Burning Man are fucking hard. War is no exception. And, like the ...Read More