Black Rock City | Burning Man Journal

Calling All Citizens to Center Camp’s Many Worlds’ Fair

May 14, 2025 By Jonah Haas

FROM: Star Ship Center Camp TO: All Time-Traveling Creators of Black Rock City MISSION: The Many Worlds’ Fair of Tomorrow Today Calling all Citizens of Black Rock City! The stardust ...Read More

Survive and Thrive

Preventing Sexual Misconduct and Supporting Survivors in Black Rock City

August 13, 2019 By Burning Man Project

While much of the focus around Burning Man is on the awe-inspiring creativity and celebratory nature of the event, it ...Read More

Building BRC

The Colors of the Man

August 13, 2019 By John Curley

Smoke Daddy was sitting in a chair out at the Man base, looking at his and his crew’s handiwork, as ...Read More

Building BRC, Fly Ranch

The Future of Fly

August 12, 2019 By John Curley

You walk out onto the playa of Hualapai Flat, and you can’t keep yourself from going back in time. You ...Read More

Building BRC

Waxing the Man, and a Pick

August 10, 2019 By John Curley

We got a chance to be truly interactive with the Man on Friday night, as volunteers were welcomed to the ...Read More

Building BRC

Change is in the Air

August 8, 2019 By John Curley

The weather is a constant concern in Black Rock, especially when you are trying to build a city out of ...Read More

Building BRC

One More Time

August 7, 2019 By John Curley

The art piece that people love, and love to hate, is peeking over the fence at the north end of ...Read More

Building BRC

The Work Week

August 6, 2019 By John Curley

Since then, in a matter of days: Upwards of 250 shipping containers have been moved from the work ranch ...Read More

Building BRC

Notes from the Field: Relationships, Romantic Entanglements & Transformation

August 6, 2019 By Census Team

By Sholeh Salimi ‘Transformative experiences’ are regarded as those moments when one’s belief system has been altered or when one ...Read More

Building BRC

Hey! We Have a Fence!

August 2, 2019 By John Curley

They did it again. Those of you who frequent this space, following along as Black Rock City begins to take ...Read More