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BRC Art, Official Announcements, The Theme

Burning Man 2022: Waking Dreams

October 14, 2021 By Stuart Mangrum

The 2022 Burning Man theme will explore the transformative power of dreams, both literal and figurative, and celebrate the dreamers who channel this potent energy in eye-opening, often surrealistic, sometimes ...Read More

The Theme

Burning Man 2021: Terra Incógnita

March 8, 2021 By Stuart Mangrum

"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes." –Marcel Proust This year's ...Read More

Global News, Serious Stuff, The Ten Principles

2020 Diversity + Radical Inclusion Town Hall: What We Heard and What We’re Doing

February 26, 2021 By Bryant Tan

Written on behalf of the R.I.D.E. Stewardship Group Last October, Burning Man Project held our very first Diversity & Radical ...Read More

Global Art, The Ten Principles

Beyond Dust: Exploring the Heart of What Truly Makes Us Burners

February 4, 2021 By Devyn Madsen

With the preface of knowing that the following statement may make your eyebrows raise, I am confidently clear in declaring ...Read More

Serious Stuff, The Ten Principles

The Radical Act of Inclusion — Now As Much As Ever

January 29, 2021 By Caveat Magister

People have tried to pull me into a number of discussions about whether we need to change the principle of ...Read More

Serious Stuff, The Theme

Happy Birthday, Larry

January 11, 2021 By Caveat Magister

People still ask me: “What do you think Larry’s theme would have been for Burning Man this year?” Oh, come ...Read More

Serious Stuff, Tales from the Playa, The Ten Principles

Unraveling the Connective Tissue of Storytelling at Burning Man

January 8, 2021 By Gustavo Campos

The Significance of Connecting the Burning Man Experience Through Our Stories Is there a connective tissue among the stories that ...Read More

Art Support Services in Black Rock City, 2019

Survive and Thrive, The Ten Principles

Introducing Blueprints: A New Audio Series About Hard-won Burner Knowledge

December 16, 2020 By Kirsten Weisenburger

Hosted by the inimitable Sassy VonDish, Blueprints is a new Burning Man Project oral storytelling project that documents the lessons ...Read More

The Ten Principles

BRCvr and the 10th Principle

September 16, 2020 By Diva Marisa

They built us a Thunderdome in BRCvr. We built one for one of the other Universes — and it was ...Read More

The Theme

The Case of the Missing Man — Part 9 — The Quick and the Iconographic

September 10, 2020 By Caveat Magister

Somewhere in the Multiverse someone is building the Man. Not just A Man but THE Man. Or are they?! This ...Read More