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Escape Velocity: Back Story of Coachella Astronaut
You didn’t have to go to Coachella this year to hear about the #coachellaastronaut. It reminds me of the Marshmallow Man from Ghostbusters, which is maybe lost as a reference on most of the born in the...
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Blinky Lights – the Next Level
So, you can make LEDs light up and change color. Maybe you can even make propane shoot out in a flame. What comes next? How about some of these ideas? Chemical reactions…let’s take it to the next...
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Temple of Decent Dance?
2014′s Temple will be known as “The Temple of Descendants”. They are keeping the design a secret until we all see it on the Playa, but you can catch a glimpse of the concept here (if you agree not to...
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De Young Guest Lecture on Burning Man
The Desert Arts Preview is on at the De Young museum in Golden Gate Park, June 8 2014. It is a free event, but reservations are necessary. Get in quick! From deyoung.famsf.org Guest Lectures: Burning...
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The Natives Are Restless
“Proposed arts and fire event stirs controversy”, reads the front page headline in the Lovelock Review-Miner. This story served to awaken and aflame locals, before a city council meeting to consider...
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Cool Hunting Interviews Leo Villareal
Leo Villareal is one of the founders of the Disorient major theme camp. He is also the first Burning Man artist to have an exhibition of their works at a major museum – in 2010, at the San Jose Museum...
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Temple Debacle Highlights Hypocrisy
So far, 2014 doesn’t seem like it’s been a great year for BMOrg. They started the year pretty promisingly, with the announcement that after 2013′s heavy-handed police presence, they’d reached a...
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Desert Spirits Get Naked
The Guardian brings us an amazing shot, taken at Burning Man 2013. Usually, photographer Spencer Tunick’s subjects are naked en masse. Last year, for the clothing-optional festival Burning Man, he...
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An Architect In Support of An Artist
The Temple of Descendants is no more. Here is the project organizer Ross Asseslstine, talking about the engineering and architecture that goes into the Temple design, less than a month ago. Ironically,...
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Souk On This!
Burning Man have launched “souk.burningman.com”, written by Larry Harvey. If this is a glimpse of where they are going artistically with their new web site, then I like it. They’ve also started a...
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2014 Art Grant Winners Announced
The man burns in less than 90 days. To help us get excited, BMOrg have finally announced the 2014 Honorarium Art Grant winners. The delay this year may be related to the Temple shenanigans. In the...
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Embrace Embrace
Embrace is going ahead – and looking for a home after Burning Man. Unlike the Temple design they were initially pitching for, now they are building art that can survive to be enjoyed by others outside...
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BELIEVE In Reno
Laura Kimpton and Jeff Schomberg’s massive word sculptures are a popular fixture at Burning Man. Now, Reno residents and visitors can enjoy last year’s “BELIEVE”, which has moved from the Playa to the...
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Catch Up On Some Light Reading
Reno’s KTVN 2 news brings us a story about the Library of Babel, which is taking shape at The Generator in Sparks, NV. It will be 50 feet across and 45 feet tall, with silk screening based on Muslim...
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Temples, Temples, Everywhere…
Inhabitat is one of my favorite Internet sites. They’ve just featured Burning Man – specifically, the Hayam Sun Temple designed by British architecture student Josh Haywood. This might give David...
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Big Art That Will Blow Your Mind
Fest300 have published a story on some of this year’s larger art installations. We’ve covered some of these already: Embrace Embrace Temples, Temples, Everywhere Temple Deal Falls Through 2014 Art...
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Soma Showcases Burner Culture on the Embarcadero
SFist tells us about a new Big Art installation on Pier 14. Soma was made by the Flaming Lotus Girls, and debuted at Burning Man in 2009. Bizarrely, Pier 14 on San Francisco’s Embarcadero is just to...
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Posties Go Postal!
A Nevada postie travelled back from the future to chastise us for promoting this young up-start: Just reading an article you have here on Nick Farr’s Playa Postal Union. This confuses me! He says it’s...
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Collected Wisdom of Burners
Paul Duane had an interesting project at Cargo Cult. He asked Burners to distill their wisdom down into 3 key points then photographed them. Here are some of the results. From PaulDuane.Net, hope we...
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BMOrg Announces ASS Project
And they really need your help. This time, they’re not asking for a donation. Just, if you’re gonna get free schwag at Burning Man, accept it in the form of gifts from Burners only: don’t take any of...
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