Arts + Civics | Burning Man Journal

A Trip Around the World in Regional Burns and Events: 2020 Edition

December 21, 2020 By Burning Man Project

In a year when many of us were unable to gather, Burners around the world rose to the occasion, devising (safely distanced) new ways to co-create, stay connected, and support ...Read More

Community During COVID, Regionals

South African Burners Join Forces With Local Volunteers to Help Vulnerable During COVID

May 6, 2020 By Guest Post

Kevin Kgara Rack is a long-standing community member of AfrikaBurn who has devoted his time to the participation and engagement ...Read More

Community During COVID, Serious Stuff

Creating Burning Man Experiences Online — a Grand Unified Theory

May 4, 2020 By Caveat Magister

Some of the best experiences I've had in quarantine have been art experiences, held over conference call software, which felt ...Read More

Community During COVID, The Ten Principles

The Law of “Conservation of Effort” and Creating Online Burning Man Events

May 1, 2020 By Caveat Magister

Another week spent exploring the ways in which we reach out from our own isolated corners of the multiverse to ...Read More

Community During COVID

Upcoming Global Virtual Events, April 30 – May 5

April 30, 2020 By Kirsten Weisenburger and Jane Lyons

In some ways we’re all experiencing the great FOMO: missing out on all the things we love, to stay in ...Read More

Community During COVID

Trapped in Paradise, Using Burner Wits at Wits’ End

April 29, 2020 By Mia Quagliarello

Athena Demos went to Panama’s Tribal Gathering Festival in search of the sacred feminine, but a global pandemic would lead ...Read More

Community During COVID, Global Art

BRC Multiverse: Create Home Away From Home At Home

April 27, 2020 By Misa Rygrova

It seems the master of all tricksters has played yet another prank on us all. And if truth be told, ...Read More

Community During COVID

Around the World in Seven Virtual Burns

April 25, 2020 By Jane Lyons

Faced with the cancellation of their local Burns and ongoing lockdown, Regional Burning Man communities have thrown down the gauntlet ...Read More

Community During COVID

On the Front Line With Black Rock City’s Emergency Services Department Volunteers

April 23, 2020 By Jane Lyons

Emergency Services Department (ESD) volunteers won’t be saving our butts on playa this year, but many are on the front ...Read More

Community During COVID, Regionals

Upcoming Global Virtual Events, April 15-21

April 15, 2020 By Jane Lyons

The Burnerverse is bubbling over with virtual events — so many it's hard to do justice to them in one ...Read More