Decommodifying Permission: Participation vs. Commodification
Since I started this series, I’ve gotten a few messages from people saying (more or less): “YES, I want to be part of a decommodified culture! But also, I need ...Read More
How Grants Breathe Cities of Art into Life
By Roxane Jessi
Every year the Black Rock City Honoraria program supports artists in creating art for the annual Burning Man event in ...Read More
Introducing the 2023 Black Rock City Honoraria
Burning Man Arts is thrilled to announce the artworks selected for Black Rock City 2023 Honoraria art grants. There’s nothing ...Read More
Animating the Animalia Theme Through the 2023 Man Pavilion
By Kim Cook
The Man Pavilion is our central plaza, for many a form of annual pilgrimage, a place of gathering, and a ...Read More
Cabinets of Curiosities: Archiving Burning Man Gifts and Ephemera
If you've been to a Burning Man event anywhere, chances are you came home with a pocket full of wonderful ...Read More
What I Learned from Bringing My First Art Piece to Black Rock City
By Erin Douglas
What the heck just happened? It’s been months since we left the desert and I’m still working through this in ...Read More
Introducing Your 2023 Temple: Temple of the Heart
It’s been three years since Burning Man Project announced a new physical Temple, so we are extremely excited to kick ...Read More
So Much Gratitude — For You (Yes, YOU)
Burners around the world kept the flame burning brightly this past year. Some of us built an ephemeral city in ...Read More
Everyone’s an Artist; Artists Need to Make a Living Like Everyone
This is part III in Caveat's series about "decommodifying permission" and figuring out how to square the needs of a ...Read More
Anything Commercial Art Can Do, Decommodified Art Can Do Better!
In my first post in this series, I said that decommodified art can do things that commercial art can't. But ...Read More