Posts about Building BRC

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YOU Built This City… How Participation Fuels a Global Cultural Movement

October 10, 2024 By Kirsten Weisenburger

“We know that every person has value and their contributions are a gift. We honor that. It is the spirit ...Read More

August 18, 2024 By Marian Goodell

In days, there will be a gathering of people in the Black Rock Desert celebrating and putting into practice a ...Read More

August 15, 2024 By Leslie Moyer

"Burning Man is the perfect melting pot of creativity and inspiration,” observes Pablo González Vargas of Mayan Warrior, the iconic ...Read More

August 6, 2024 By Jonah Haas

Captain’s Log: C.C. Canopy — Star Year 2024 For the last four months I’ve been deeply immersed in world-building and ...Read More

August 2, 2024 By Stuart Mangrum

On a dry lake in Northern Nevada, four miles from the pavement and 100 miles from just about anything else, ...Read More

February 29, 2024 By Bryant Tan

Placement’s 2024 Statement of Intent (SOI) closed in January with nearly 1,300 submissions from theme camps that wish to be ...Read More

January 17, 2024 By Katie Hazard and spec Guy

As the mud dried last September, artists were already dreaming and planning for the next iteration of Black Rock City. ...Read More

August 26, 2023 By Dennis Hinkamp a.k.a. Flackmaster

Around midnight on August 20, the Hurricane Hilary-inspired rains came. By morning the water was ankle deep in Center Camp. ...Read More

August 26, 2023 By Roxane Jessi

I didn’t expect my entrance to Black Rock City to turn into a waiting game, spent next to a garish ...Read More

August 15, 2023 By Kim Cook

This year, with the creation of an extraordinary hive at the center of our desert city, our place of gathering ...Read More