I’ve been thinking a lot about Burning Man and Black Rock City lately, not just because of the recent news about financial challenges and debates about the event’s management and future, but mainly because this year marks 30 years since I first attended Burning Man in the Black Rock Desert. When I made my first …
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A Prank is Born
The story of a semi-epic shenanigan feud in Black Rock City As most of my friends and colleagues know, I’ve been attending the annual Burning Man event for the last 25 years. A week long arts event that takes place in the middle of a Nevada desert in “Black Rock City”, a temporary city of …
Thoughts on the future of Burning Man and the transient nature of things (circa 1996)
2019 Introduction In light of the recent announcement by Burning Man regarding their intended “Cultural Course Correction” (an endeavor I wholeheartedly support), I decided to dust off and repost a somewhat related message which I wrote to the now-defunct Burning Man email list way back in 1996 after my 3rd Burning Man. It is interesting …