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Earth Energy: An Interview with Burning Man Co-founder Will Roger Peterson

January 23, 2023 By Kirsten Weisenburger

Photographer, conservationist, and Burning Man Co-founder Will Roger Peterson lives in Gerlach with his life partner and fellow Co-founder Crimson Rose. His remarkable photography, whether captured in his home studio ...Read More

The Theme

The Case of the Missing Man — Part 2 — Oh Wilderness!

August 13, 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

The Theme

The Case of the Missing Man — Part 1 — The Multiversal Detective

August 5, 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

Serious Stuff, The Ten Principles

What the Fuck Do We Do Now?

June 19, 2020 By Caveat Magister

The part of Burning Man culture represented by Burners Without Borders is having no trouble knowing what to do in ...Read More

The Ten Principles

From the Archives: Larry Harvey — About Ritual, Community and Burning Man

June 17, 2020 By Burning Man Project

For the last two years, since Larry Harvey’s passing in 2018, we’ve celebrated the life and legacy of Burning Man’s ...Read More

The Ten Principles

Celebrate the Solstice With a Weekend of Community and Civic Engagement

June 16, 2020 By Burning Man Project

We’ve come around to the solstice once again! For the last two years, you have joined us around the world ...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

Serious Stuff, The Ten Principles

Creating Art Experiences in a Plague World — We Can Do This

April 17, 2020 By Caveat Magister

This past week I have attended a virtual quiz show, a virtual tarot reading, a virtual Big Art Event, and ...Read More

Community During COVID, Serious Stuff, The Ten Principles

Trapped in The Multiverse — What Should a Digital Burning Man Be?

April 14, 2020 By Caveat Magister

The theme of “Multiverse” has, I think, been changed by the pandemic. Before, the Multiverse was something we aspired to ...Read More

The Ten Principles

Burning Man Culture in a Time of Plague

March 17, 2020 By Caveat Magister

I haven’t seen them in over two weeks, but I now have a close friend who has been tested for ...Read More