Global Art, Serious Stuff, The Ten Principles Decommodifying Permission: Participation vs. Commodification March 21, 2023 By Caveat Magister 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
Serious Stuff, The Ten Principles Burning Man’s New Challenge (It’s a High Culture, Bitches!) November 4, 2016 By Caveat Magister Let me cut to the chase: I think the major challenge facing the Burning Man Project in its new era ...Read More
Serious Stuff, The Ten Principles Burning Man’s First-Ever Philosophical Center Symposium October 24, 2016 By John "Halcyon" Styn Last week I was honored to participate in "Sustainable Creative Communities, A Symposium at the Esalen Institute." From the site: ...Read More
Serious Stuff, The Ten Principles Burning Man Believes in Magical Places October 13, 2016 By Caveat Magister The place most associated with Burning Man, the Black Rock Desert, is widely acknowledged in our culture to be “magical.” ...Read More
Serious Stuff, Shenanigans, The Ten Principles A Brief History of Who Ruined Burning Man October 6, 2016 By Caveat Magister In 1986, at the very first Burn, a crowd of complete strangers gathered around the Man once it was lit it ...Read More
Serious Stuff, The Ten Principles Burning Man Is an “Efficiency Third” Culture, and That’s Why You Love It October 3, 2016 By Caveat Magister In a recent article, burner and economist Conner Smith asked “Does Burning Man work?” Smith acknowledges by the end that ...Read More
Serious Stuff Structural Integrity: How It Feels to Choose Burning Man and (Nearly) Blow Up Your Life September 13, 2016 By Tales From the Playa By Anonymous So far as I see, I can tell this story three ways. Way 1: Last year, I ...Read More
Serious Stuff What happened to White Ocean, and why every prankster should condemn it September 7, 2016 By Caveat Magister Okay, let’s talk about White Ocean. If you hadn’t heard: on Sept. 1, White Ocean made a Facebook post discussing ...Read More
Shenanigans, Tales from the Playa PEACE IN OUR TIME!!! Media Mecca and the Census end their four year war with historic treaty! September 3, 2016 By Caveat Magister In 2012 the Census claimed that Media Mecca had poached one of their most beloved volunteers, while Media Mecca claimed ...Read More
Shenanigans, Tales from the Playa The Darker Impulses of Artists – or “Why We Shout Insults at People Through Megaphones (Maybe)” August 30, 2016 By Caveat Magister The other night, I was the asshole on a megaphone shouting things at people going by my camp. I couldn’t ...Read More