Black Rock City | Burning Man Journal

Census 2023: Preliminary Random Sample Results — THANK YOU for Gifting Us Your Data!

November 14, 2023 By Census Team

Since 2002, the Black Rock City (BRC) Census has collected valuable data from Burners that allow us to better understand the makeup of our population on playa. It also lets ...Read More

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“Project: EMPIRE” — the Culmination of 20 Years of Experience Building Masterful Mutant Vehicles

July 14, 2023 By Brinkley

ABOUT THE MUTANT VEHICLE…s If you’ve participated in Black Rock City in the last two decades, there’s a good chance ...Read More

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Let’s Create Delightful Mayhem in Center Camp — the Playa’s Living Room

June 14, 2023 By Burning Man Project

Do you gift snow cones? Host show tune singalongs? Love to tango? Lead random parades to nowhere? Whatever you love ...Read More

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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 ...Read More

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Small-scale, Sustainable Mutant Vehicle Creates Big Playa Magic

May 25, 2023 By Brinkley

THE INSPIRATION Harley’s mutant vehicle journey began way back in 2003, when he used a $1,500 work bonus to purchase ...Read More

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“Mutant Vehicles of BRC” series: the Makers, the Magic, the Mayhem

May 24, 2023 By Brinkley

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How to Make Small Art for Burning Man: A Pictorial

May 5, 2023 By Steve Landis

Maybe big art gets all the beauty shots, but there is magic in the small and whimsical works of art ...Read More

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Streets of BRC 2023: Cavalcade of Cryptids

May 3, 2023 By Stuart Mangrum

Black Rock City has named its streets since 1997, when “Esplanade” first appeared on a dusty map. Our modern practice ...Read More

Leaving No Trace

Watch “Going Solar” – Experiential Learning for a Sustainable Future

April 12, 2023 By Burning Man Project

Burners are tinkerers. More than that, many of us are makers and technologists who venture out into the Black Rock ...Read More

Leaving No Trace

Leaving No Trace 2022: MOOP Maps, Inspection, and the New #1 MOOP

March 17, 2023 By DA

Leaving No Trace: A Critical Moment and a Call to Action This was not our cleanest victory. Returning to the ...Read More