I Am Not a Brand, Am I?
So, after my post about the Fyre Festival, my friend Robin Lehto — who is very active in San Francisco's underground ...Read More
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2018 AfterBurn
By Jon Mitchell
The AfterBurn is our annual look back at the past year in Burning Man history — its ups, its downs, ...Read More
(Non) Newsflash: Burning Man Is Not a Backdrop for Your Product
There are lots of reasons to go to Burning Man, but one of the best is to get away from ...Read More
An Update on Project Citizenship
In 2017, we launched Project Citizenship, a cross-departmental effort to address some problematic behavioral trends in Black Rock City and ...Read More
Setting a Cultural Direction for Residential Black Rock City
As we reflect on Black Rock City 2018 and begin preparing for 2019, one area we believe needs some extra ...Read More
From the Desk of Charlie Dolman
By Jon Mitchell
2024 Empowering Self-Reliance: Essential Guidelines for Black Rock City 2024 (July 2024) Being Good Stewards of the Land Requires Communal ...Read More
“Artificial Intelligence” Was Never About Intelligence – Conclusion to the I, Robot Series
Several times in this series, leading minds in their fields called for AI development to stop so that humanity can ...Read More
Playa Events: The What, the Where, and the When
By Anselm Engle
Let’s talk about Playa Events for a minute. Let’s talk about the 4,300+ events y’all input already, a jump from ...Read More
Can You Learn About Culture in a Gift Shop?
By CameraGirl
I took this photo of the brand spanking new 2018-2019 Burning Man Calendar at the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian ...Read More
Why We Approved a Fictional Film Shoot in Black Rock City (and Won’t Do It Again)
Burning Man Project takes media projects seriously. Anyone wanting to do something that involves images from Black Rock City has ...Read More