Remembering the Solstice Burn That Started it All
“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
Celebrating the goddamn slackers among us
I had a great time attending the last two Global Leadership Conferences, hobnobbing among some amazing people who are out ...Read More
Larry Harvey Appears on “Between Two Ferns”
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
BURNING MAN FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2014 MUSIC LINEUP
For Immediate Release San Francisco, California – April 1, 2014 (Burning Man) – The Burning Man Project today announced the ...Read More
Burning Man is not a Meritocracy
Burning Man as a cultural force is getting more interesting, not less, as it gets more mainstream attention and access ...Read More
Crowdfunding Art Conundrum: is money “participation” in any meaningful sense?
The closest I’ve ever come to “crowdfunding” something was asking a room to tip generously. But I’m told that web ...Read More
Burning Man and the psychology of the “exotic”
Having reached the point where any development from Burning Man provokes a media storm (we’re just a few years away ...Read More
Why does Burning Man seem so much like a political movement?
As America convulses and political gridlock is on everyone's mind, it seems as good a time as any to look ...Read More
What if my art project is a loaded gun?
It was Tuesday in the desert. The hottest part of the afternoon. I was sitting on my favorite couch in ...Read More
2013 was a great year for pranks, too
Is it just me, or is too much attention being paid to the Art at Burning Man? Yeah yeah, I ...Read More