Black Rock City | Burning Man Journal

Meet the Determined 76-Year-Old Artist Bringing Her First-ever Mutant Vehicle to Burning Man

June 2, 2023 By Brinkley

MEET THE ARTIST Jennifer Cull first attended Burning Man in 2016. After holding art shows annually on Labor Day, the weekend the Black Rock City (BRC) event culminates, she was ...Read More

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Progress Report

August 13, 2018 By John Curley

If you’ve been following along at home, you know a little about what’s been going on out here in the ...Read More

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Before Decommodification, There Was Once a Merch Table in Center Camp

August 11, 2018 By Rusty Blazenhoff

Did you know that there was once merchandise for sale at Burning Man? There was! In 1996, a few of ...Read More

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September is Census Month: Prepare to Be Counted!

August 9, 2018 By Census Team

BRC Census volunteers are a busy bunch at this time of year! 2017 results have been published and our attention ...Read More

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Finnegan Wakes: a Machine of Memory and Meaning

August 9, 2018 By Guest Post

By Gavan Kennedy One of the many participatory events to unfold at this year’s Burning Man will be the return ...Read More

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Playa Events: The What, the Where, and the When

August 9, 2018 By Anselm Engle

Let’s talk about Playa Events for a minute. Let’s talk about the 4,300+ events y’all input already, a jump from ...Read More

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The Point of Black Rock City

August 7, 2018 By Shalaco

Black Rock City is an Impossible City in the true nature of Italiano Calvino’s Impossible Cities. One impossible aspect about ...Read More

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Galaxia Reunites Old Friends and Original Man Builders

August 7, 2018 By Jane Lyons

This year, as the flames consume the Temple and the dust devils begin to swirl, you might catch the glimpse ...Read More

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Happy Together: Bicycles and Burning Man

August 6, 2018 By Guest Post

By Playa Bike Repair Remember the freedom and adventure your bike gave you as a kid? Having a bicycle at ...Read More

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We Got Ourselves a Fence

August 4, 2018 By John Curley

Just George, the leader of the operation, declared the Fence finished at just after two in the afternoon on Friday, ...Read More