Serious Stuff Remembering the Solstice Burn That Started it All June 21, 2022 By Kirsten Weisenburger “The force that through the green fuse drives the flower Drives my green age; that blasts the roots of trees Is my destroyer.” —Dylan Thomas, The force that through the ...Read More
Serious Stuff Celebrating the goddamn slackers among us April 7, 2014 By Caveat Magister I had a great time attending the last two Global Leadership Conferences, hobnobbing among some amazing people who are out ...Read More
Shenanigans Larry Harvey Appears on “Between Two Ferns” April 1, 2014 By Will Chase Following on his recent interview with Charlie Rose, Burning Man co-Founder Larry Harvey sat down with Zach Galifianakis on "Between ...Read More
BRC News, Shenanigans BURNING MAN FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2014 MUSIC LINEUP April 1, 2014 By Caveat Magister For Immediate Release San Francisco, California – April 1, 2014 (Burning Man) – The Burning Man Project today announced the ...Read More
Serious Stuff Burning Man is not a Meritocracy January 2, 2014 By Caveat Magister Burning Man as a cultural force is getting more interesting, not less, as it gets more mainstream attention and access ...Read More
Serious Stuff, The Ten Principles Crowdfunding Art Conundrum: is money “participation” in any meaningful sense? December 9, 2013 By Caveat Magister The closest I’ve ever come to “crowdfunding” something was asking a room to tip generously. But I’m told that web ...Read More
Serious Stuff Burning Man and the psychology of the “exotic” November 22, 2013 By Caveat Magister Having reached the point where any development from Burning Man provokes a media storm (we’re just a few years away ...Read More
Serious Stuff Why does Burning Man seem so much like a political movement? October 10, 2013 By Caveat Magister As America convulses and political gridlock is on everyone's mind, it seems as good a time as any to look ...Read More
BRC Art, Serious Stuff What if my art project is a loaded gun? September 26, 2013 By Caveat Magister It was Tuesday in the desert. The hottest part of the afternoon. I was sitting on my favorite couch in ...Read More
BRC Art, Shenanigans 2013 was a great year for pranks, too September 16, 2013 By Caveat Magister Is it just me, or is too much attention being paid to the Art at Burning Man? Yeah yeah, I ...Read More