Regionals, Rhymes with Burning Man What It Means for Black Rock City to Go from “Prototype” to “Outlier” December 13, 2024 By Caveat Magister This is a very interesting time for Burning Man culture, and Burning Man institutions. So naturally we’re all fighting about ...Read More
Rhymes with Burning Man, Serious Stuff Can We Make Our (Terrible) Online Conversations Feel More Like Amazing Theme Camps? September 23, 2024 By Caveat Magister I’ve heard nothing but glorious things about this year’s Black Rock City — lots of people saying that it was ...Read More
Serious Stuff, The Ten Principles Does Your Art Party Need a Philosophy? July 29, 2024 By Caveat Magister Whenever a discussion of Burning Man’s philosophy gets big enough, someone who isn’t enjoying themselves always tries to ruin it ...Read More
Serious Stuff, The Theme Does Your Art Party Have a Philosophy? July 23, 2024 By Caveat Magister Larry Harvey wrote the 10 Principles in 2004. He established the Burning Man Philosophical Center in 2013. Five years ago ...Read More
Serious Stuff, The Ten Principles What Does Burning Man Do for the World? June 7, 2024 By Caveat Magister What does Burning Man have to offer the world? This has always been a question with good answers that are ...Read More
Regionals Has Black Rock City’s Torch Passed to the Regionals? May 10, 2024 By Caveat Magister For as long as I’ve been involved, people have been saying that “the Regionals are the future of Burning Man.” ...Read More
Serious Stuff, The Ten Principles When Is Gifting Not Gifting? April 5, 2024 By Caveat Magister Some of my least favorite experiences as a Burner are when we become victims of our own success. Often this ...Read More
Serious Stuff, The Ten Principles What Burning Man Can Teach the Surgeon General About Curing Loneliness May 18, 2023 By Caveat Magister The Surgeon General has declared that loneliness and isolation are an epic health crisis and must be addressed. According to ...Read More
Global Art, Serious Stuff, The Ten Principles Decommodifying Permission: Participation vs. Commodification March 21, 2023 By Caveat Magister Since I started this series, I’ve gotten a few messages from people saying (more or less): “YES, I want to ...Read More
The Ten Principles To Reconcile Art and Commerce, Take Them Less Seriously February 28, 2023 By Caveat Magister My first post in this series explored the way in which Decommodified art can do things that commodified art can’t. ...Read More