Making Placement and Camping in BRC Easier in 2025
By Bryant Tan
Placement’s Statement of Intent (SOI) is now open for Black Rock City 2025! If you’re sure (or mostly sure) you’d ...Read More
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What It Means for Black Rock City to Go from “Prototype” to “Outlier”
This is a very interesting time for Burning Man culture, and Burning Man institutions. So naturally we’re all fighting about ...Read More
Asked & Answered: Year-end Fundraising
You may have heard about our fundraising efforts and that we need ongoing charitable support to keep making Burning Man ...Read More
Burning Man 2025, by Heineken
Earlier today, our cacophonous instigator and Director of the Philosophical Center, Stuart Mangrum emailed a call to action for the ...Read More
When Is Gifting Not Gifting?
Some of my least favorite experiences as a Burner are when we become victims of our own success. Often this ...Read More
Adapting to Growth and Limits in Black Rock City
By Bryant Tan
Placement’s 2024 Statement of Intent (SOI) closed in January with nearly 1,300 submissions from theme camps that wish to be ...Read More
Taking a Stand on Convenience Camping – Preserving Our Culture Against Commodification
By Bryant Tan
As Black Rock City 2023 approaches, we’d like to take a moment to focus on a topic that’s critically important ...Read More
So You Want to DJ at Burning Man? Cptn Jay on Participation, Gifting, and the Point of It All
A DJ, event producer, community builder, and long-time Burner, Jay Austin Gregory has been bringing theme camps, musical experiences, pancakes, ...Read More
What Burning Man Can Teach the Surgeon General About Curing Loneliness
The Surgeon General has declared that loneliness and isolation are an epic health crisis and must be addressed. According to ...Read More
Decommodifying Permission: Participation vs. Commodification
Since I started this series, I’ve gotten a few messages from people saying (more or less): “YES, I want to ...Read More